When we began the research on this topic, we wanted to present a Top 10 list of the richest street artists. After hours of research, we reached the verdict that this will become a Top 5 list.

Not our fault, really, it just seems that street artists aren’t really that big on communicating their net worth. Although we were quite disappointed when we found this to be the case, we also understood why this is so.

Graffiti and street art originate from a subculture that opposes commercial reward for art. Moreover, usually the wealthiest are the target for the street artists criticism and ridicule. The idea of street art being transient public art that everyone can enjoy for free, makes being a millionaire undesirable for street artists.

That is not our opinion by the way, but a presumed reason for street artists not to reveal how much money they earn.

We excluded late artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring or DONDI from this list because it is unfortunately not their wealth now. We can assume that many of graffiti’s legends like Futura, SEEN or Lady Pink have also made big dough over the years but not enough to make it in the list of street art’s millionaire club.

The best thing about it all is that mountains of cash say nothing about the artistic brilliance of artists.