The list of the 10 best-selling NFT artists is a who\u2019s-who of the most famous and celebrated names in crypto art. Of course, sales are far from everything when it comes to making a list of the best NFT artists today. Although it goes without saying, most rankings of art and artists come down to personal taste. After all, art is subjective.<\/p>\n
With all that said, here is the list of the top 10 NFT artists ranked by their sales numbers. There are the household names you\u2019d expect, as well as a very strong showing from artists from the Art Blocks Curated platform.<\/p>\n These rankings and sales figures come via Crypto Art\u2019s ranking of top artists as of the time of writing.<\/em><\/p>\n Total NFT Value<\/strong>: $430,444,627.84 NFTs Sold<\/strong>: 66,320 Highest Sale<\/strong>: $49,843,557.40 Average Sale Price<\/strong>: $6,490.42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Coming in at number one on this list is the famous, and anonymous NFT artist Pak, formerly known as Murat Pak. The artist, who some believe is actually a team of people as opposed to one person, has been active in the digital art space for years.<\/p>\n Even so, Pak\u2019s notoriety has skyrocketed ever since entering the NFT space. As a matter of fact, Pak is recognized as the NFT artist behind the most expensive NFT collection ever. Indeed, Pak\u2019s\u00a0Merge\u00a0<\/em>collection famously sold on Nifty Gateway last year for an incredible $91.8 million.<\/p>\n Total NFT Value<\/strong>:$176,201,356.04 NFTs Sold<\/strong>:1,351 Highest Sale<\/strong>:$69,346,250.00 Average Sale Price<\/strong>: $130,422.91<\/p>\n While Beeple may come in second on this list, he has a very strong argument as the most famous NFT artist in the world. Of course, that\u2019s because he is the single artist who gets the most credit for bringing NFTs to the mainstream. To be sure, his landmark sale of\u00a0Everydays: The First 5000 Days\u00a0<\/em>made headlines around the world when it sold for $69.3 million back in March 2021.<\/p>\n Keeping in line with the prolific work ethic that made\u00a0Everydays\u00a0<\/em>possible, Beeple continues to cement his place as one of the most famous and acclaimed NFT artists.<\/p>\n Want to know more about the iconic artist? Check out Beeple\u2019s exclusive interview with NFTevening on YouTube.<\/p>\n Total NFT Value<\/strong>:$116,585,360.91 NFTs Sold<\/strong>:1,012 Highest Sale<\/strong>:$196,406.55 Average Sale Price<\/strong>: $115,202.93<\/p>\n Tyler Hobbs is third on the list, and the first of the six Art Blocks artists here. Most famous for the Fidenza <\/em>NFT series, Hobbs is hands down one of the best artists working in generative blockchain art. Hobbs has a distinctive style featuring different colored blocks set against an off-white backdrop.<\/p>\n Notably, Hobbs\u2019\u00a0Incomplete Control\u00a0<\/em>collection sold out before the art was even revealed! The 100-NFT collection sold for over $7 million, and is the famous NFT artist\u2019s most expensive collection to date.<\/p>\n Total NFT Value<\/strong>:$98,319,885.49 NFTs Sold<\/strong>:875 Highest Sale<\/strong>:$2,682,000.00 Average Sale Price<\/strong>: $112,365.58<\/p>\n Despite selling the fewest NFTs on the list, Dmitri Cherniak\u2019s famous NFT artworks have sold at a high enough clip that he still comes in the top five.<\/p>\n The NFT artist is best known for his\u00a0Ringers\u00a0<\/em>collection of generative art, also on the Art Blocks platform. His work generally focuses on geometric shapes, with some collections featuring vibrant colors and others in black and white. Besides the NFT sales that made Cherniak famous, the artist is also well known for some innovative experiments.<\/p>\n Total NFT Value<\/strong>:$90,024,872.89 NFTs Sold<\/strong>:9,543 Highest Sale<\/strong>:$4,896,324.40 Average Sale Price<\/strong>: $9,433.60<\/p>\n Rounding out the top five is a favorite of the NFT community, XCOPY. Like all of the artists on this list, the anonymous XCOPY had been cutting their teeth in digital art long before NFTs came along. Notably, the artist has some major NFT influencers in his collector base, including Cozomo de\u2019 Medici and Punk 6529.<\/p>\n XCOPY\u2019s work generally follows an almost nightmarish theme, featuring skulls and strobe lighting. Most recently the famous NFT artist made headlines for his open edition collection on Nifty Gateway, Max Pain.\u00a0<\/em>The collection made a mind-blowing $23 million in just 10 minutes.<\/p>\n Total NFT Value<\/strong>:$54,958,643.33NFTs Sold<\/strong>: 2,070 Highest Sale<\/strong>:$36,963.58 Average Sale Price<\/strong>: $26,550.07<\/p>\n Matt DesLauriers is another NFT artist representing the best of the Art Blocks platform. While a lot of the most famous generative NFT art takes a more abstract form, DesLauriers\u2019 work is different. That is to say, it commonly features many different strokes of color to represent landscapes in both 2D and 3D.<\/p>\n Total NFT Value<\/strong>:$42,079,970.32NFTs Sold<\/strong>: 9,184 Highest Sale<\/strong>: $932,285.00 Average Sale Price<\/strong>: $4,581.88<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Somewhat unique on this list, Hackatao might be as famous for their physical work as they are as an NFT artist. Their artist name stems from the words \u201chack\u201d and \u201cTao\u201d. This represents the major explorations of their art \u2013 digging into things to see what lies inside, and a sense of duality and balance.<\/p>\n Hackatao\u2019s NFTs frequently showcase expressive and vibrant illustrations of female characters. What\u2019s more the famous artist\u2019s pieces often tackle the main issues of society, the environment, humanity, and crypto.<\/p>\n Total NFT Value<\/strong>: $37,746,808.69 NFTs Sold<\/strong>: 3,054 Highest Sale<\/strong>: $12,359.79 Average Sale Price<\/strong>: $12,359.79<\/p>\n Snowfro is famous not just for being the founder of the Art Blocks generative NFT art platform, but also for creating the iconic\u00a0Chromie Squiggle,\u00a0<\/em>which has become the de-facto logo of Art Blocks. As the dominance of Art Blocks NFT artists on this list shows, Snowfro\u2019s influence on the field of NFT art extends far beyond his own work.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re interested in learning about Snowfro\u2019s incredible journey to becoming one of the best NFT artists and founders working today, check out his interview with NFTevening.<\/p>\n Total NFT Value<\/strong>: $30,364,325.04 NFTs Sold<\/strong>:1,423 Highest Sale<\/strong>: $28,000.07 Average Sale Price<\/strong>: $21,338.25<\/p>\n Rich Lord is another NFT artist famous for his work from the Art Blocks platform. Lord\u2019s most popular artwork comes from the\u00a0Geometry Runners\u00a0<\/em>collection. Those NFTs feature animated geometric shapes \u201cwalking\u201d across a variety of surfaces.<\/p>\n The colors of the collection vary between NFTs, but tend to be more muted colors, with only a few appearing in each artwork. Even so, Lord shows tremendous range in his work as shown by the\u00a0Octo Garden\u00a0<\/em>collection that comes from the non-curated Factory section of Art Blocks Factory.<\/p>\n Total NFT Value<\/strong>: $29,972,304.82 NFTs Sold<\/strong>: 1,026 Highest Sale<\/strong>: $29,268.07 Average Sale Price<\/strong>: $29,212.77<\/p>\n Last but certainly not least, is Monica Rizzolli. It should come as no surprise, given the rest of the top ten list, that Rizzoli\u2019s most famous works also came via the Art Blocks Curated platform.<\/p>\n Rizzolli\u2019s striking generative art uses a mesmerizing mix of colors to blend the abstract with forms from the natural world. As her sales figures indicate, the Brazilian artist certainly comes in as one of the best artists creating captivating generative art.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n That concludes the top 10 list! It goes without saying that there are many more, famous and talented NFT artists who rank just behind these 10 when it comes to sales figures. Nevertheless, these artists have worked to establish themselves in the highest tier of the best NFT artists today.<\/p>\n![\"Merge](\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Pak_Merge.jpeg\")
1. Pak | Notable Works: Merge<\/h3>\n
![\"Everyday](\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CH-Beeples-NFT.jpeg\")
2. Beeple | Notable Works: Everydays: The First 5000 Days<\/h3>\n
![\"Famous](\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/tyler-hobbs-fidenza-612.png\")
3. Tyler Hobbs | Notable Works: Fidenza, Incomplete Control<\/h3>\n
![\"Ringers](\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ringer-109.png\")
4. Dmitri Cherniak | Notable Works: Ringers<\/h3>\n
![\"Xcopy's](\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/right-click.png\")
5. XCOPY | Notable Works: Right-click and Save As guy, All Time High In The City<\/h3>\n
![\"Meridian](\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/meridian-738.png\")
6. Matt DesLauriers | Notable Works: Meridian<\/h3>\n
![\"NFT](\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hackatao.jpg\")
7. Hackatao | Notable Works:<\/h3>\n
![\"Famous](\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cs6790.png\")
8. Snowfro | Notable Works: Chromie Squiggles, Founder of Art Blocks<\/h3>\n
![\"Geometry](\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/gr0.png\")
9. Rich Lord | Geometry Runners<\/h3>\n
![\"generative](\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/frag353.png\")
10. Monica Rizzolli | Notable Works: Fragments of An Infinite Field<\/h3>\n