Written and compiled by Thibault Choay repping Classic Paris and Topsafe London.

Far from distributing crowns around and instituting any kind of hierarchy, this list is focused on those who really stood out in the crowd in the three decade long graffiti craze we've been experiencing in Paris. And, since the scene today draws its culture from the heavy bombing inherited from the '90s, we privilege the biggest vandals who wrote this history.

In alphabetical order then, here are the 25 greatest Paris graffiti writers.