Hey Chris, This is Ryan from GemRate. Great overview of our data - thanks for highlighting the new Universal Search and Pop Report features. Sharing a couple quick clarifications for your audience. The all-time sets info shared is limited to sets that have been trending of late - so there’s a filter on that data set. We don’t actually have a simple view that showcases that information for all sets, so sharing the info below for those interested. Top graded sets all time at PSA (in order): 2019 Prizm Basketball 1986 Fleer Basketball 1961 Topps Baseball 2019 Mosaic Basketball 1959 Topps Baseball 1956 Topps Baseball 1968 Topps Baseball 1960 Topps Baseball 2018 Prizm Basketball 1975 Topps Baseball (Pokemon Base Set & Pokemon Japanese S&S VStar Universe would be 1 & 4 if TCG were included) Lastly, that Ja’Marr Chase is a bit of anomaly that our system doesn’t automatically detect. It’s a card that recently had some metadata changed at PSA - so it looks new to our system - but in this instance was just a card that was recategorized. Thanks again! -Ryan
Bar graph would be the correct term. For anyone wondering what TCG means, it stands for Trading Card Game, such as Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon cards (I had to look it up because I also didn't know what it meant. My 1st thought was Topps Chewing Gum!).
That 1.4 million for Jordon graded cards is insane. Kind of puts some perspective how many cards are out there and maybe people are overpaying for things that collectively aren’t that rare.
It makes sense to me. Lately I’ve been buying common graded Jordan’s for wayyyyyy less than what it would cost to grade them. To your point I think people just think any Jordan will be worth something graded. Even though they are just 25 cent cards ungraded. People made bad decisions spending money to get these graded but on the buyers side I’m certainly not complaining now.
I've been collecting on and off for 40 plus years.... I'd say I have wildly underestimated the sheer numbers of collectors still subbing and buying ... the hobby I grew up in (late 70's ~ mid 90's) has changed from the soft spoken sleepy card shows at a Howard Johnson's or Holiday Inn to the internet Universe. It makes me giggle when I see some tubers questioning whether the hobby is dying.... just calculate the weekly card sales on ebay alone.... talk about liquidity. I live in Alexandria, Va., Chris~ I'm coming to the Chantilly show to say hi and to show you some stuff I've gathered over the years.....
The hobby is dying , just click bait , for views. There very well could be fewer card shows in 5 years. But, yeah. Most of the negative content or skewing towards drama, is lazy and basic
I am a very low end collector. If I spend $20 on a card that's rare. I see so many slabs of basic cards that can be found in dollar bins everywhere. You can't make your money spending $20 to grade a $1-$3 card and then they sell for $10-$15 even as a PSA 10. I don't get it. I am debating if I can up my bid another dollar and some of these guys have no sense and money to burn. Thanks as usual for the great video!
I randomly started looking around data for Wrestling/WWE. Ok, here’s a weird one. (Numbers are just for PSA) Total Hulk Hogan 1985 Topps WWF #1 cards graded - 2,567 Total Hulk Hogan 1985 Topps WWF #16 cards graded - 2,400 Total Roman Reigns cards graded (across every release since his 2013 debut) - 2,775 Alexa Bliss - 2,589 John Cena - 2,497 Sasha Banks - 1,332 Becky Lynch - 1,309 Triple H - 1,236 Charlotte Flair - 1,133 Bron Breakker - 1,067 Randy Orton - 1,059 Cody Rhodes - 855 (that’s WWE & AEW combined) Seth Rollins - 656 Drew McIntyre - 360
In terms of just the last month or so, I feel like there is a correlation between grading specials and the data. The TCG numbers certainly reflect that. But starting in February and March, PSA actually started to have what I would call meaningful specials. So it makes sense to see the spikes continue to increase. Great vid, Chris!
Hi Chris. Thank you for the interesting data. I will make sure to stop by your table on Friday to say hello. I always look forward to the CSA shows in Chantilly. Hope you have a great buying weekend.
I think a lot of the bulk of the cards being graded are from either folks like me who, while I'd like a 10, I more want it encapsulated or those psa set collectors you talked about. Of course there are those who think grading everything is the way to go. The last show I went to, I had multiple people ask me "You dont like grading?" when looking at my raw case. I told them, if you feel that is financially worthwhile, you can buy all these and the grading fee and I'll send them in for you; no one took me on it.
My son is 8 and has latched on to the “slab” trend. He doesn’t care about the investment. It’s simply cool to have a slabbed card. Great for the grading companies.
It would be interesting to see the universal pop count for a short print card - for example a card out of 99 to see how many times it has been graded and see if there is a total over 99 even though there are only 99 versions of the card.
Next time you do an auction high rollers I suggest the upcoming mile high auction. Probably a good number of us here get the catalog in the mail because of our psa membership so we'll be wondering how much some of the cards went for, but probably most of us will be too lazy to look up the results.
Griffey is obvious tops of the class in the 90s and early 2000s, but its crazy Jeter is only about half. Mike Trout will probably get knocked down this list by years end?
I do send in cards sometimes just because I like the look of some cards in PSA slabs--like contemporary Topps reprints of vintage players like Sandy Koufax. Never heard of TCG. Gem rate is killing it with customer service.
They should expand on that so we can see what cards in what sets are missing. Like 1/1s or like a super rare parallel or a 20s baseball card that just shows up.
Just really dipping my toes back in the water after a good 30 years and I'm really looking forward to it! I have watched about half of your videos before I've really even started selling or grading/selling, and have written down all sorts of useful information, thank you so much Chris. On the Ichiro pop count screenclip... what does the A stand for all the way to the right, below 1?
I think grading numbers continue at record pace because there is now so many "rare" numbered cards and "rare" autos that there's still a huge amount of cards worth sending in to grading.
the normal (not uniform, uniform means flat across - all the same) becket distribution means there is no bias in what people tend to send in for grading
I was able to guess the top two players (Jordan/Griffey) and figured Ohtani was on the list. also the 1986 Fleet for most graded set was easy guess. I remember growing up thinking Upper Deck was a premium rare product. Oh the power of marketing.
Grading is just a cash grab. The money I'll save on grading fees I'll just buy more PC cards. The obsession the hobby has with grading is just insane. I get it more if you're getting a card authenticated but if you just want to protect a card, you don't have to slab it. One touches work or there are even some custom slabs.
You may be right but I sent in cards from my childhood to get graded and it was an awesome experience. I’ve just done it the once but it added value to most of the cards and I had a blast slowly revealing them.
I've never sent in anything, but I get doing it for new cards if they aren't base. Like if you pull a good RC from Topps in a gold, gold foil... Really all the parallels but the rainbow foil and maybe the royal blue are worth grading. And even in those cases, if you have a really pristine looking copy, the added value may be worth the risk.
its a cash grab but it also can add loads of value. ive graded $60 cards and sold for $900 and that sort of range lots of times. thats money FOR the pc
Looks like the 1989 Upper Deck should be near the top of all Time sets graded especially with 100K+ Griffey graded, or am I missing something? Not to mention some of those other sets from the 80s on that chart.
I really thought grading would go way down when the bubble burst. There are so many base cards that people graded for $30-50 or more each that are on ebay for $5-10. I just assumed so many people got killed and were forced into learning a lesson. I was wrong.
i feel that more and more collectors are grading cards for thier pc. its a long proven strategy for sellers to buy raw and grade so that buyer base has been well established. adding more collectors grading to keep could make up some of the rise in grading
When I was a kid I collected cards because I love cards. Now people are collecting cards to get graded and make money. Then they cry when they get a low grade. People wanting to grade everything ruined the hobby.
I loved collecting cards as a kid but the general consensus they'd put me through college when i got older. I remember all the kids being fascinated with the value.
I was curious about the Ja'Marr Chase card that was at the top of the trending cards for the past week. Looking at the page for that specific card it appears that the last time the pop report was updated was 6/1/22. The next time the pop report was updated was 3/28/24. So it appears that over a year and a half worth of data was updated all at once and skewed the data for that specific card.
How is the T206 set not near the top for the most graded set? Just on the psa pop report alone, it says 279,616 graded cards which would put it at 3rd place.
I don’t know where they are pulling their total graded. But the most graded baseball card set is 61 Topps with 349,691 graded as of right as I went to PSAs site as I’ve been tracking baseball total and by grade from 1950 to 1985. Curious
With the overall market in steady decline the past 2+ years, it's not surprising folks are trying to "recoup" their net losses by trying to inflate the value of their cards through grading.
I’m not sure the set grading table is correct. I was shocked that the 2019-20 Prizm Basketball set wasn’t on there (Zion and JA rookie year). Looking at PSA’s Pop Report on their website, it says that set has 653,566 cards graded all time. Would be #1 based on the chart.
@5:00 I must be confused because I think t206 also has hundreds of thousands of cards graded & doesn’t the Ken Griffey Jr rookie have over 100k copies graded alone?
How could the 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey be graded 107,987 times, yet the 1989 Upper Deck set is not on the list for most graded cards by set? Should it not at the very least fall between 2020 Panini Prizm(102,760) and 2020 Panini Select(129,281)? Maybe I'm confused?
Hey Chris,
This is Ryan from GemRate.
Great overview of our data - thanks for highlighting the new Universal Search and Pop Report features.
Sharing a couple quick clarifications for your audience. The all-time sets info shared is limited to sets that have been trending of late - so there’s a filter on that data set. We don’t actually have a simple view that showcases that information for all sets, so sharing the info below for those interested.
Top graded sets all time at PSA (in order):
2019 Prizm Basketball
1986 Fleer Basketball
1961 Topps Baseball
2019 Mosaic Basketball
1959 Topps Baseball
1956 Topps Baseball
1968 Topps Baseball
1960 Topps Baseball
2018 Prizm Basketball
1975 Topps Baseball
(Pokemon Base Set & Pokemon Japanese S&S VStar Universe would be 1 & 4 if TCG were included)
Lastly, that Ja’Marr Chase is a bit of anomaly that our system doesn’t automatically detect. It’s a card that recently had some metadata changed at PSA - so it looks new to our system - but in this instance was just a card that was recategorized.
Thanks again!
-Ryan
nice site.
@@KennyLessing thank you!
What is it about the '59 and '75 Topps that are graded so much compared to others? I actually really love both those sets too...
Bar graph would be the correct term. For anyone wondering what TCG means, it stands for Trading Card Game, such as Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon cards (I had to look it up because I also didn't know what it meant. My 1st thought was Topps Chewing Gum!).
Back in the old days TCG stood for Topps Chewing Gum, took me awhile when I got back in 2018 that it had changed 😅
That 1.4 million for Jordon graded cards is insane. Kind of puts some perspective how many cards are out there and maybe people are overpaying for things that collectively aren’t that rare.
It makes sense to me. Lately I’ve been buying common graded Jordan’s for wayyyyyy less than what it would cost to grade them.
To your point I think people just think any Jordan will be worth something graded. Even though they are just 25 cent cards ungraded. People made bad decisions spending money to get these graded but on the buyers side I’m certainly not complaining now.
I am going to send in my Todd Van Poppel collection and corner the market!
I'll send my Kevin Maas and Sam Horn in to counter those
Brien Taylor has to be in the mix with those names
I've been collecting on and off for 40 plus years.... I'd say I have wildly underestimated the sheer numbers of collectors still subbing and buying ... the hobby I grew up in (late 70's ~ mid 90's) has changed from the soft spoken sleepy card shows at a Howard Johnson's or Holiday Inn to the internet Universe. It makes me giggle when I see some tubers questioning whether the hobby is dying.... just calculate the weekly card sales on ebay alone.... talk about liquidity. I live in Alexandria, Va., Chris~ I'm coming to the Chantilly show to say hi and to show you some stuff I've gathered over the years.....
Looking forward to seeing you there!
The hobby is dying , just click bait , for views. There very well could be fewer card shows in 5 years. But, yeah. Most of the negative content or skewing towards drama, is lazy and basic
Great video. Great info.
More evidence we are knee deep in the junk slab era.
Thank you for highlighting this resource! It is new to me and looks incredibly valuable, especially the universal pop reports.
Wow, that was very informative. I had no clue that this data was available. Thank you!
I haven’t been reminded to eat my vegetables in a while.
I often try to remind Chris to eat his vegetables, and for him to remind his viewers. 🥕🥕🥬🥬🥔🥔🥦🥦👍👍
I am a very low end collector. If I spend $20 on a card that's rare. I see so many slabs of basic cards that can be found in dollar bins everywhere. You can't make your money spending $20 to grade a $1-$3 card and then they sell for $10-$15 even as a PSA 10. I don't get it. I am debating if I can up my bid another dollar and some of these guys have no sense and money to burn. Thanks as usual for the great video!
I randomly started looking around data for Wrestling/WWE.
Ok, here’s a weird one. (Numbers are just for PSA)
Total Hulk Hogan 1985 Topps WWF #1 cards graded - 2,567
Total Hulk Hogan 1985 Topps WWF #16 cards graded - 2,400
Total Roman Reigns cards graded (across every release since his 2013 debut) - 2,775
Alexa Bliss - 2,589
John Cena - 2,497
Sasha Banks - 1,332
Becky Lynch - 1,309
Triple H - 1,236
Charlotte Flair - 1,133
Bron Breakker - 1,067
Randy Orton - 1,059
Cody Rhodes - 855 (that’s WWE & AEW combined)
Seth Rollins - 656
Drew McIntyre - 360
In terms of just the last month or so, I feel like there is a correlation between grading specials and the data. The TCG numbers certainly reflect that. But starting in February and March, PSA actually started to have what I would call meaningful specials. So it makes sense to see the spikes continue to increase. Great vid, Chris!
Hi Chris. Thank you for the interesting data. I will make sure to stop by your table on Friday to say hello. I always look forward to the CSA shows in Chantilly. Hope you have a great buying weekend.
I think a lot of the bulk of the cards being graded are from either folks like me who, while I'd like a 10, I more want it encapsulated or those psa set collectors you talked about.
Of course there are those who think grading everything is the way to go. The last show I went to, I had multiple people ask me "You dont like grading?" when looking at my raw case. I told them, if you feel that is financially worthwhile, you can buy all these and the grading fee and I'll send them in for you; no one took me on it.
I wish there was a filter to show autographed cards
Yes, I've been thinking the same thing we want to know who has the most autographed cards
My son is 8 and has latched on to the “slab” trend. He doesn’t care about the investment. It’s simply cool to have a slabbed card. Great for the grading companies.
Great data presentation Chris! I don't grade any more than usually, but I switched from SGC to PSA for regular issue cards.
Bar graph. People are possibly grading fewer cards but I think the number of people submitting cards is growing.
Great stuff for us to know thanks! Chances are if you find it interesting, we will also!
It would be interesting to see the universal pop count for a short print card - for example a card out of 99 to see how many times it has been graded and see if there is a total over 99 even though there are only 99 versions of the card.
Yes, very glad that GR has put together the Universal Pop Report for us 'vintage-only' collectors
Next time you do an auction high rollers I suggest the upcoming mile high auction. Probably a good number of us here get the catalog in the mail because of our psa membership so we'll be wondering how much some of the cards went for, but probably most of us will be too lazy to look up the results.
Great video, Chris. Would be nice to hear how YOU specifically use this data to inform your decisions as a collector, investor, dealer ;)
Oh my data nerd heart loves this! This is spectacular, thank you so much for sharing all of this.
Griffey is obvious tops of the class in the 90s and early 2000s, but its crazy Jeter is only about half. Mike Trout will probably get knocked down this list by years end?
Universal pop report seems like a great tool. Thanks for the video.
You had me at charts and graphs
That was most certainly a pie chart. Someone just ate the middle.
I do send in cards sometimes just because I like the look of some cards in PSA slabs--like contemporary Topps reprints of vintage players like Sandy Koufax. Never heard of TCG. Gem rate is killing it with customer service.
TCG- trading card game. Cards like pokemon, disney, magic, yugioh, etc
They should expand on that so we can see what cards in what sets are missing. Like 1/1s or like a super rare parallel or a 20s baseball card that just shows up.
Just really dipping my toes back in the water after a good 30 years and I'm really looking forward to it! I have watched about half of your videos before I've really even started selling or grading/selling, and have written down all sorts of useful information, thank you so much Chris. On the Ichiro pop count screenclip... what does the A stand for all the way to the right, below 1?
Really fun and well done breakdown!
I think grading numbers continue at record pace because there is now so many "rare" numbered cards and "rare" autos that there's still a huge amount of cards worth sending in to grading.
the normal (not uniform, uniform means flat across - all the same) becket distribution means there is no bias in what people tend to send in for grading
Hi Chris. Awesome data, thanks for sharing pal.
Where is my guy Barry Sanders on that all-time graded list?
One of your greatest videos EVER! Actually the info I was looking for👍🏻. Thanks Chris
I was able to guess the top two players (Jordan/Griffey) and figured Ohtani was on the list. also the 1986 Fleet for most graded set was easy guess. I remember growing up thinking Upper Deck was a premium rare product. Oh the power of marketing.
I love those old BVG slabs with sub grades. If you have a card worth over 2k why wouldn't you want the best holder in the hobby?
thank you Chris for another informative video to watch while eating my eggs&bacon 😋
As always Chris, lots of great information. Thank you so much!
4:27
My guess was T206. Interestingly, the PSA pop report shows 279,616 T206 cards graded; however, that set doesn't seem to be on this list.
I apparently mis understood that chart. It was filtered so did not include all sets.
Another set with over over 100,000 cards graded is the 1933 Goudey
Grading is just a cash grab. The money I'll save on grading fees I'll just buy more PC cards. The obsession the hobby has with grading is just insane. I get it more if you're getting a card authenticated but if you just want to protect a card, you don't have to slab it. One touches work or there are even some custom slabs.
You may be right but I sent in cards from my childhood to get graded and it was an awesome experience. I’ve just done it the once but it added value to most of the cards and I had a blast slowly revealing them.
Grading all the new shit is wild. I send in few cards.
I've never sent in anything, but I get doing it for new cards if they aren't base. Like if you pull a good RC from Topps in a gold, gold foil... Really all the parallels but the rainbow foil and maybe the royal blue are worth grading. And even in those cases, if you have a really pristine looking copy, the added value may be worth the risk.
its a cash grab but it also can add loads of value. ive graded $60 cards and sold for $900 and that sort of range lots of times. thats money FOR the pc
It would be great to have Beckett Subgrades on the universal pop chart.
I have never had to crack any of my sgc slabs unlike i did with psa when i subbed with psa ,sgc gets it correct the first time
Mmmmm..... donuts.
Looks like the 1989 Upper Deck should be near the top of all Time sets graded especially with 100K+ Griffey graded, or am I missing something? Not to mention some of those other sets from the 80s on that chart.
Cajun Cardboard is single handedly inflating those Jordan numbers lol
I really thought grading would go way down when the bubble burst. There are so many base cards that people graded for $30-50 or more each that are on ebay for $5-10. I just assumed so many people got killed and were forced into learning a lesson. I was wrong.
8:06 Mathematically, it is an annulus chart. (Really a type of pie chart.)
i feel that more and more collectors are grading cards for thier pc. its a long proven strategy for sellers to buy raw and grade so that buyer base has been well established. adding more collectors grading to keep could make up some of the rise in grading
I wonder if they broke out that Chase from a different parallel recently. Seems odd that all of them seemed to show up at the same time.
3:40 you can thank 2020 Prizm for that
I much rather have the high rollers.pleaseeeee
Great info! Thanks Chris!
when you see a distribution, its not a bar chart, its a histogram
Big shock is LeBron was number 3 on all time graded list.
‘89 Griffey over 100k alone, but the set didn’t make the list for all time top sets? How does that work?
When I was a kid I collected cards because I love cards. Now people are collecting cards to get graded and make money. Then they cry when they get a low grade. People wanting to grade everything ruined the hobby.
I loved collecting cards as a kid but the general consensus they'd put me through college when i got older. I remember all the kids being fascinated with the value.
When I look at you sitting in the middle of mountain cards I know I never want to be a card collector !
Nice vid thanks
I was curious about the Ja'Marr Chase card that was at the top of the trending cards for the past week. Looking at the page for that specific card it appears that the last time the pop report was updated was 6/1/22. The next time the pop report was updated was 3/28/24. So it appears that over a year and a half worth of data was updated all at once and skewed the data for that specific card.
Yes correct. The owner of gemrate commented and confirmed your finding.
Who doesn't love stats.
If it isn't called a "doughnut/donut chart", it IS NOW! (for me!)
Awesome info. Thanks.
The future is TCGs. Not sports cards. I can actually play with a TCG card
TCG may have more utility but Pokémon is more likely you die off in 10 years than sports are.
this song is amazing
How is the T206 set not near the top for the most graded set? Just on the psa pop report alone, it says 279,616 graded cards which would put it at 3rd place.
I apparently misunderstood that chart. It was filtered and did not include all sets.
I don’t know where they are pulling their total graded. But the most graded baseball card set is 61 Topps with 349,691 graded as of right as I went to PSAs site as I’ve been tracking baseball total and by grade from 1950 to 1985. Curious
I misunderstood that particular chart. It was filtered so did not include all sets.
With the overall market in steady decline the past 2+ years, it's not surprising folks are trying to "recoup" their net losses by trying to inflate the value of their cards through grading.
Pretty Numbers
That 18 soto gem rate is dumb because most are off centered. W cut off.
I’m not sure the set grading table is correct. I was shocked that the 2019-20 Prizm Basketball set wasn’t on there (Zion and JA rookie year). Looking at PSA’s Pop Report on their website, it says that set has 653,566 cards graded all time. Would be #1 based on the chart.
Yeah I misunderstood that particular chart. It was filtered so did not include many sets.
maybe its just me but i really prefer...... lol
@5:00 I must be confused because I think t206 also has hundreds of thousands of cards graded & doesn’t the Ken Griffey Jr rookie have over 100k copies graded alone?
I misunderstood that particular chart. It was filtered and did not include every set.
Jordan is the #1 graded player,
but CHARIZARD is about to surpass him in a couple of months.
Thank you for a wonderful presentation and interesting data. ? Is this data available for free or is it something someone needs to buy?
It is completely free. Gemrate.com
@@collectorinvestordealer Thanks!!!!
Pokemon dominates. It pays to know a little about it guys.
Mmmmmm…donut chart
How could the 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey be graded 107,987 times, yet the 1989 Upper Deck set is not on the list for most graded cards by set? Should it not at the very least fall between 2020 Panini Prizm(102,760) and 2020 Panini Select(129,281)? Maybe I'm confused?
I misunderstood that particular chart. It was filtered so did not include every set.
Thanks for clarifying, Chris, keep up the great work!
Say bar chart again Chris 😂
Haha :)
second !
A "uniform distribution" is when all bars are the same size
Why do you think 2020 was overproduced compared to other years?
Well it was more that it was during the pandemic when everyone was grading everything
@@collectorinvestordealer I thought everyone is grading everything now.
TCG = Trading Cards Graded ?
Trading Card Games ie Pokemon, Magic The Gathering, etc
It means trading card game and is things like Pokémon, Yu Gi Oh, Magic The Gathering, etc.
@@RPLJGThanks!
@@NukeBryanThanks!
What's "TCG"? Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh?
“Trading Card Game” which includes Pokemon, magic, YuGiOh, etc.
?1st..🎉
We have a winner!
Histogram
Someone has over 1000 of that jamaar chase card and sent them all in, only explanation it can be