| Year | Album | Copies | Source |
| 1981 | Speak And Spell | Wikipedia 2011-01 | |
| 1982 | A Broken Frame | ~ 2.600.000 | Wikipedia 2011-01 Wikipedia screenshot |
| 1983 | Construction Time Again | ~ 2.800.000 | Wikipedia 2011-01 Wikipedia screenshot |
| 1984 | Some Great Reward | ~ 4.100.000 | Wikipedia 2011-01 |
| 1986 | Black Celebration | ~ 4.400.000 | Wikipedia 2011-01 |
| 1987 | Music For The Masses | ~ 5.700.000 | Wikipedia 2011-01 |
| 1990 | Violator | ~ 15.000.000 | Wikipedia 2011-01 |
| 1993 | Songs Of Faith And Devotion | ~ 7.325.000 | Wikipedia 2011-01, Wikipedia 2021-01 4.000.000 |
| 1997 | ULTRA | ~ 4.650.000 | Wikipedia 2011-01, Wikipedia 2001-05 4.000.000 |
| 2001 | Exciter | ~ 3.400.000 | Wikipedia 2011-01, Wikipedia 2021-01 3.000.000 |
| 2005 | Playing The Angel | ~ 4.850.000 | Wikipedia 2011-01, Wikipedia 2011-03 1.600.000 |
| 2009 | Sounds Of The Universe | ~ 3.250.000 | Wikipedia 2011-01 |
| 2013 | Delta Machine | ~ 1.100.000 | Mediatraffic Albums Countdown 2013 in December 2013 |
| 2017 | Spirit | ~ 705.000 | Wikipedia until Sept 2017, Wikipedia 2019-08 800.000 |
| Year | Album | Copies | Source |
| 1981 | Speak And Spell | chartmasters.org 2025-07 | |
| 1982 | A Broken Frame | 2.612.500 | chartmasters.org 2025-09 |
| 1983 | Construction Time Again | 2.912.500 | chartmasters.org 2025-06 |
| 1984 | Some Great Reward | 3.895.000 | chartmasters.org 2025-09 |
| 1986 | Black Celebration | 4.407.500 | chartmasters.org 2025-08 |
| 1987 | Music For The Masses | 5.590.000 | chartmasters.org 2025-08 |
| 1990 | Violator | 10.420.000 | chartmasters.org 2025-08 |
| 1993 | Songs Of Faith And Devotion | 4.640.000 | chartmasters.org 2025-08 |
| 1997 | ULTRA | 3.657.500 | chartmasters.org 2025-08 |
| 2001 | Exciter | 2.817.500 | chartmasters.org 2025-06 |
| 2005 | Playing The Angel | 2.577.500 | chartmasters.org 2025-09 |
| 2009 | Sounds Of The Universe | 1.622.500 | chartmasters.org 2025-06 |
| 2013 | Delta Machine | 1.320.000 | chartmasters.org 2025-05 |
| 2017 | Spirit | 830.000 | chartmasters.org 2025-08 |
| 2023 | Memento Mori | 545.000 | chartmasters.org 2025-08 |
| Year | Album | Copies | Source |
| 1989 | 101 | chartmasters.org 2025-07 | |
| 1985 | The Singles 81>85 | 4.055.000 | chartmasters.org 2025-02 |
| 1998 | The Singles 86>98 | 3.710.000 | chartmasters.org 2025-02 |
| 2006 | The Best Of (Volume 1) | 3.347.500 | chartmasters.org 2025-07 |
| 1985 | Catching Up With Depeche Mode | 2.447.500 | chartmasters.org 2025-03 |
| 1984 | People Are People | 1.667.500 | chartmasters.org 2025-02 |
| 2004 | Remixes 81····04 | 1.517.500 | chartmasters.org 2025-02 |
| 1993 | Songs Of Faith And Devotion Live | 922.500 | chartmasters.org 2025-02 |
| 2014 | Live In Berlin (A Film By Anton Corbijn) | 417.500 | chartmasters.org 2025-02 |
| 2011 | Remixes 2. 81-11 | 322.500 | chartmasters.org 2025-06 |
