season:
crown
2020
leaderboard
2020

tattoo artist of the year

The Artist of the Year Leaderboard is intended to be the king of all leaderboards on our site. The Artist of the Year Challenge is exactly what its name implies: it aims to crown the undisputed most skilled and popular tattoo artists of the year. It does this through a specially weighted accumulation of all 3 of the other leaderboards. Put simply, the Artist of the Year Leaderboard is a combination of all of the other leaderboards on our site.
The Artist of the Year Leaderboard is intended to be the king of all leaderboards on our site. The Artist of the Year Challenge is exactly what its name implies: it aims to crown the undisputed most skilled and popular tattoo artists of the year. It does this through a specially weighted accumulation of all 3 of the other leaderboards. Put simply, the Artist of the Year Leaderboard is a combination of all of the other leaderboards on our site.
Rank Artist Points
1 Travis Cadeau
Travis Cadeau ca
 199.9k
2 Daniel Melaniuk
Daniel Melaniuk pl
 199.5k
3 Kyle Chaney
Kyle Chaney us
 137.4k
4 Helene Dahlberg
Helene Dahlberg se
 137.3k
5 Henrique Carmo
Henrique Carmo pt
 121.8k
6 Nathan Lavell
Nathan Lavell au
 90.1k
7 Aleksander Lien
Aleksander Lien no
 68.6k
8 Gretch Tattoo artist
Gretch Tattoo artist au
 63.1k
9 Jacob Gwynn
Jacob Gwynn au
 53.8k
10 Etgar Oak
Etgar Oak lv
 48.3k
11 Takis Thirtyseven “Godfathers tattoo studio”
Takis Thirtyseven “Godfathers tattoo studio” de
 45.8k
12 Gavin Dunbar
Gavin Dunbar gb
 45.4k
13 Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia
Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia ve
 44.3k
14 Carlos the Tattoo Artist
Carlos the Tattoo Artist mc
 43.4k
15 Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson us
 42.2k
16 Carlos Almeida
Carlos Almeida pt
 38.7k
17 Matt Grosso
Matt Grosso us
 36.4k
18 Christelle Damien
Christelle Damien ca
 35.2k
19 Kristina Taylor
Kristina Taylor by
 34.1k
20 Alvin Dzihic
Alvin Dzihic us
 32.0k
21 Elric Gordon
Elric Gordon au
 30.8k
22 Dragisa Jovanovic
Dragisa Jovanovic de
 29.4k
23 Darlan Red
Darlan Red pt
 28.8k
24 Joko Sandala
Joko Sandala us
 28.2k
25 Ty Ryan
Ty Ryan ca
 27.2k
26 João Dias
João Dias pt
 27.2k
27 Alexandr Doronin
Alexandr Doronin kz
 26.8k
28 Jlynn Attaway
Jlynn Attaway us
 26.1k
29 Michael Burger
Michael Burger de
 25.5k
30 Silvano Fiato
Silvano Fiato it
 25.2k
Ranking highly on the Touring Tattoo Artist Cup Leaderboard reflects that an artist is highly decorated and has won many awards at a large number of live tattoo convention Challenges. The Touring Tattoo Artist Cup is also the most heavily weighted leaderboard in respect to its point contribution to Tattoo Artist of the Year. 50% of all points won through the Touring Artist Cup also count for an artist toward the Artist of the Year, making this leaderboard the most heavily weighted of all.
Rank Artist Points
1 Travis Cadeau
Travis Cadeau ca
 199.9k
2 Daniel Melaniuk
Daniel Melaniuk pl
 199.5k
3 Kyle Chaney
Kyle Chaney us
 137.4k
4 Helene Dahlberg
Helene Dahlberg se
 137.3k
5 Henrique Carmo
Henrique Carmo pt
 121.8k
6 Nathan Lavell
Nathan Lavell au
 90.1k
7 Aleksander Lien
Aleksander Lien no
 68.6k
8 Gretch Tattoo artist
Gretch Tattoo artist au
 63.1k
9 Jacob Gwynn
Jacob Gwynn au
 53.8k
10 Etgar Oak
Etgar Oak lv
 48.3k
11 Takis Thirtyseven “Godfathers tattoo studio”
Takis Thirtyseven “Godfathers tattoo studio” de
 45.8k
12 Gavin Dunbar
Gavin Dunbar gb
 45.4k
13 Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia
Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia ve
 44.3k
14 Carlos the Tattoo Artist
Carlos the Tattoo Artist mc
 43.4k
15 Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson us
 42.2k
16 Carlos Almeida
Carlos Almeida pt
 38.7k
17 Matt Grosso
Matt Grosso us
 36.4k
18 Christelle Damien
Christelle Damien ca
 35.2k
19 Kristina Taylor
Kristina Taylor by
 34.1k
20 Alvin Dzihic
Alvin Dzihic us
 32.0k
21 Elric Gordon
Elric Gordon au
 30.8k
22 Dragisa Jovanovic
Dragisa Jovanovic de
 29.4k
23 Darlan Red
Darlan Red pt
 28.8k
24 Joko Sandala
Joko Sandala us
 28.2k
25 Ty Ryan
Ty Ryan ca
 27.2k
26 João Dias
João Dias pt
 27.2k
27 Alexandr Doronin
Alexandr Doronin kz
 26.8k
28 Jlynn Attaway
Jlynn Attaway us
 26.1k
29 Michael Burger
Michael Burger de
 25.5k
30 Silvano Fiato
Silvano Fiato it
 25.2k
Judge's Choice competitions is a type of a challenge where items are not being voted for, but instead are judged by a hand-picked panel of industry leaders. Attaining a winning position in a Judge's Choice Challenge awards a significant amount of points, reflective of the level of difficulty present in winning these Challenges. This leaderboard is weighted at 35% toward Artist of the Year, so 1,000 points won through a Judge's Choice Challenge awards 350 points toward Artist of the Year.
Rank Artist Points
1 Travis Cadeau
Travis Cadeau ca
 199.9k
2 Daniel Melaniuk
Daniel Melaniuk pl
 199.5k
3 Kyle Chaney
Kyle Chaney us
 137.4k
4 Helene Dahlberg
Helene Dahlberg se
 137.3k
5 Henrique Carmo
Henrique Carmo pt
 121.8k
6 Nathan Lavell
Nathan Lavell au
 90.1k
7 Aleksander Lien
Aleksander Lien no
 68.6k
8 Gretch Tattoo artist
Gretch Tattoo artist au
 63.1k
9 Jacob Gwynn
Jacob Gwynn au
 53.8k
10 Etgar Oak
Etgar Oak lv
 48.3k
11 Takis Thirtyseven “Godfathers tattoo studio”
Takis Thirtyseven “Godfathers tattoo studio” de
 45.8k
12 Gavin Dunbar
Gavin Dunbar gb
 45.4k
13 Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia
Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia ve
 44.3k
14 Carlos the Tattoo Artist
Carlos the Tattoo Artist mc
 43.4k
15 Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson us
 42.2k
16 Carlos Almeida
Carlos Almeida pt
 38.7k
17 Matt Grosso
Matt Grosso us
 36.4k
18 Christelle Damien
Christelle Damien ca
 35.2k
19 Kristina Taylor
Kristina Taylor by
 34.1k
20 Alvin Dzihic
Alvin Dzihic us
 32.0k
21 Elric Gordon
Elric Gordon au
 30.8k
22 Dragisa Jovanovic
Dragisa Jovanovic de
 29.4k
23 Darlan Red
Darlan Red pt
 28.8k
24 Joko Sandala
Joko Sandala us
 28.2k
25 Ty Ryan
Ty Ryan ca
 27.2k
26 João Dias
João Dias pt
 27.2k
27 Alexandr Doronin
Alexandr Doronin kz
 26.8k
28 Jlynn Attaway
Jlynn Attaway us
 26.1k
29 Michael Burger
Michael Burger de
 25.5k
30 Silvano Fiato
Silvano Fiato it
 25.2k
Artists who rank highly on this leaderboard have tattoos that are trending often both on our website and on social media. Earning points on the People's Choice Leaderboard are based on the number of votes a tattoo receives, and each vote is then converted into points by our system and put into a prize pool. The higher amount of total votes there are in a Challenges, the more points will be added to the prize pool and awarded to the top artists in the Challenge.
Rank Artist Points
1 Travis Cadeau
Travis Cadeau ca
 199.9k
2 Daniel Melaniuk
Daniel Melaniuk pl
 199.5k
3 Kyle Chaney
Kyle Chaney us
 137.4k
4 Helene Dahlberg
Helene Dahlberg se
 137.3k
5 Henrique Carmo
Henrique Carmo pt
 121.8k
6 Nathan Lavell
Nathan Lavell au
 90.1k
7 Aleksander Lien
Aleksander Lien no
 68.6k
8 Gretch Tattoo artist
Gretch Tattoo artist au
 63.1k
9 Jacob Gwynn
Jacob Gwynn au
 53.8k
10 Etgar Oak
Etgar Oak lv
 48.3k
11 Takis Thirtyseven “Godfathers tattoo studio”
Takis Thirtyseven “Godfathers tattoo studio” de
 45.8k
12 Gavin Dunbar
Gavin Dunbar gb
 45.4k
13 Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia
Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia ve
 44.3k
14 Carlos the Tattoo Artist
Carlos the Tattoo Artist mc
 43.4k
15 Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson us
 42.2k
16 Carlos Almeida
Carlos Almeida pt
 38.7k
17 Matt Grosso
Matt Grosso us
 36.4k
18 Christelle Damien
Christelle Damien ca
 35.2k
19 Kristina Taylor
Kristina Taylor by
 34.1k
20 Alvin Dzihic
Alvin Dzihic us
 32.0k
21 Elric Gordon
Elric Gordon au
 30.8k
22 Dragisa Jovanovic
Dragisa Jovanovic de
 29.4k
23 Darlan Red
Darlan Red pt
 28.8k
24 Joko Sandala
Joko Sandala us
 28.2k
25 Ty Ryan
Ty Ryan ca
 27.2k
26 João Dias
João Dias pt
 27.2k
27 Alexandr Doronin
Alexandr Doronin kz
 26.8k
28 Jlynn Attaway
Jlynn Attaway us
 26.1k
29 Michael Burger
Michael Burger de
 25.5k
30 Silvano Fiato
Silvano Fiato it
 25.2k

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