| Rank | Artist | Sales US$* | Art College | Sales price per square foot ** |
| 1 | Wu Guanzhong | 49,300,000 | China Academy of Art (Hangzhou National Colleage of Art) | 125,000 |
| 2 | Zhang Xiaogang | 38,400,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | 98,400 |
| 3 | Zhao Wuji | 37,850,000 | China Academy of Art (Hangzhou Art School) | 86,900 |
| 4 | Zeng Fanzhi | 31,600,000 | Hubei Institute of Fine Arts | 32,000 |
| 5 | Yue Minjun | 29,900,000 | Hebei Normal University | 46,500 |
| 6 | Zhou Chunya | 24,750,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | 12,300 |
| 7 | Zhu Ming | 23,300,000 | Wood Carving master: Li Jinchuan*** | NA |
| 8 | Zhu Dequn | 22,700,000 | China Academy of Art (Hangzhou National College of Art) | 30,600 |
| 9 | Cai Guoqiang | 14,800,000 | Shanghai Theatrical Institute | NA |
| 10 | Luo Zhongli | 12,850,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | 25,100 |
| 11 | Wang Huaiqing | 11,800,000 | Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University | 34,800 |
| 12 | Liu Ye | 11,700,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 71,600 |
| 13 | Wang Guangyi | 11,200,000 | China Academy of Art (Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts) | 22,300 |
| 14 | Wang Yidong | 10,650,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 49,300 |
| 15 | Fan Zeng | 10,300,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 6,500 |
| 16 | Fang Lijun | 10,250,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 22,300 |
| 17 | Liu Xiaodong | 9,950,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 22,700 |
| 18 | Ai Xuan | 9,300,000 | The Fine Arts School attached to
the Central Academy of Fine Arts | 31,100 |
| 19 | Yang Feiyun | 9,100,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 28,200 |
| 20 | Chen Danqing | 8,900,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 53,100 |
| 21 | Yin Zhaoyang | 8,050,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 6,700 |
| 22 | Jin Shangyi | 6,450,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 107,300 |
| 23 | Shi Chong | 5,650,000 | Hubei Institute of Fine Arts | 51,500 |
| 24 | Leng Jun | 5,350,000 | Hubei University (Hankou Campus of Wuhan Normal College) | 41,200 |
| 25 | Cheng Conglin | 5,000,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | 20,800 |
| 26 | Yan Peiming | 4,800,000 | Universite de Bourgogne | 19,900 |
| 27 | Mao Yan | 4,300,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 20,600 |
| 28 | Ji Dachun | 4,000,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 3,700 |
| 29 | Huang Yongyu | 3,900,000 | Xiamen Jimei Middle School | 4,900 |
| 30 | Tang Zhigang | 3,520,000 | Nanjing Arts Institute | 19,100 |
| 31 | Ding Xiongquan | 3,510,000 | Shanghai Fine Arts School | 5,200 |
| 32 | Li Shan | 3,500,000 | Shanghai Theatrical Institute | 9,600 |
| 33 | He Jiaying | 3,490,000 | Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts | 8,800 |
| 34 | Mao Xuhui | 3,380,000 | Yunnan Arts University | 6,700 |
| 35 | He Duoling | 3,300,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | 8,700 |
| 36 | Yang Shaobin | 3,200,000 | Hebei Light Industry Institute | 7,300 |
| 37 | Ye Yongqing | 3,160,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | 4,900 |
| 38 | Yang Zhiguang | 3,140,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 2,400 |
| 39 | Zeng Chuanxing | 2,960,000 | Sichuan Neijiang Arts & Sports Normal College | 20,600 |
| 40 | Chen Peiqiu | 2,940,000 | China Academy of Art (National Colleage of Art) | 8,500 |
| 41 | Feng Zhengjie | 2,810,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | 10,100 |
| 42 | Wang Mingming | 2,810,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 2,500 |
| 43 | Pan Dehai | 2,800,000 | Northeast Normal University | 4,400 |
| 44 | Liu Wei | 2,790,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 33,200 |
| 45 | Chao Ge | 2,730,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 17,300 |
| 46 | Shi Qi | 2,580,000 | The Arts and Design College, Xiamen, Fuzhou University | 4,600 |
| 47 | Su Xinping | 2,500,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 4,900 |
| 48 | Jia Youfu | 2,440,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 9,300 |
| 49 | Ma Baozhong | 2,390,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 9,100 |
| 50 | Bai Xueshi | 2,390,000 | Masters: Zhao Mengzhu & Liang Shunian*** | 3,500 |
