NBA · Record sales
The most expensive card ever sold for 15 NBA players
The single highest price ever paid for one card of each player, for the 15 NBA players whose record we could confirm from published sale reports. Cooper Flagg is #1 at $8,040,000, 1.4x the next record (Stephen Curry, $5,900,000).
Updated Oct 2026 · single-player cards only · public auctions and reported private sales
Every record, ranked
- Cooper Flagg$8M
$515 → $8M. Pulled Aug. 10, 2026 by Jason Williams, a machine shop owner and father of five from Clover, South Carolina, who bought the Mavericks spot in a Rhody Breakers livestream for $515. Six weeks later it sold for $8.04 million.
- Stephen Curry$5.9M
- LeBron James$5.2M
- Victor Wembanyama$5.1M
- Luka Dončić$4.6M
- Michael Jordan$4.3M
- Dylan Harper$2.9M
Pulled in a Fanatics Live break on Aug. 14, 2026, and sold six weeks later after 57 bids.
- Kon Knueppel$2.3M
Pulled live as a redemption by Backyard Breaks in August 2026, and sold a month later after 62 bids.
- Kobe Bryant$1.8M
$58,100 → $1.8M. This exact copy sold on eBay for $58,100 in March 2016. Five years later it brought $1.79 million at Goldin.
- Nikola Jokić$1M
- Allen Iverson$701.5K
- Jalen Brunson$312K
How we built this. Each record is the highest reported sale for a card featuring only that player, from public auction results (Goldin, Fanatics Collect, Heritage and others) or a private sale reported by the press. Prices include the buyer’s premium as reported. Dual- and multi-player cards are left out so every sale belongs to one player. Each record is backed by at least two published reports of the sale, and each pull story by its own reports, all listed below.
Frequently asked
- What is the most expensive NBA card ever sold?
- Among single-player NBA cards for the 15 players we track, the record is Cooper Flagg's 2025 Topps Chrome Update NBA Rookie Debut Patch Autographs #DPA-CF, which sold for $8,040,000 through Fanatics Collect in Sep 2026.
- Which NBA players have a $1 million card?
- 13 of the 15 players here have a single card that sold for $1 million or more: Cooper Flagg ($8M), Stephen Curry ($5.9M), LeBron James ($5.2M), Victor Wembanyama ($5.1M), Luka Dončić ($4.6M), Michael Jordan ($4.3M), Dylan Harper ($2.9M), Kon Knueppel ($2.3M), Giannis Antetokounmpo ($1.8M), Kobe Bryant ($1.8M), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ($1.1M), Anthony Davis ($1M), Nikola Jokić ($1M).
- Do these prices include dual-player cards?
- No. Each record is the highest reported price for a card featuring only that player. Cards shared by two or more players, like dual Logoman autographs, are left out so each sale belongs to one player.
Sources
- Cooper Flagg: Basketball Card Insider, CBS Sports, CNN, ESPN, OpenCourt
- Stephen Curry: Beckett — 2009-10 NT Curry Rookie Logoman Auto sells for record $5.9 million, NBC Sports Bay Area — Steph 1-of-1 card sells for $5.9M
- LeBron James: Sports Collectors Daily — LeBron rookie patch parallel sold for $5.2 million, Black Enterprise — LeBron James rookie card sold for a record $5.2M
- Victor Wembanyama: ESPN, Sports Illustrated
- Luka Dončić: CBS Sports, Eurohoops, Yahoo Sports
- Michael Jordan: WFTV/Cox — Autographed game-used Michael Jordan card sells for record $4.25M, Hypebeast — Michael Jordan Upper Deck jersey card sets $4.25M record
- Dylan Harper: Heavy.com, Roundtable
- Kon Knueppel: Athlon Sports, Yahoo Sports
- Giannis Antetokounmpo: Sports Collectors Daily
- Kobe Bryant: Beckett, theScore, Bleacher Report, CBS Sports
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: Sports Collectors Digest — Redemption card for SGA Logoman tops $1 million, The Card Shop Finder — SGA Logoman million dollar sale, Sportscasting — SGA's $1 Million Logoman Sale
- Anthony Davis: CBS Sports, theScore, Goldin lot
- Nikola Jokić: Card Base — Every million-dollar card sale Jan-May 2026, The Card Shop Finder — Jokic Logoman rookie record sale Goldin Elite
- Allen Iverson: cllct, TMZ, AfroTech, Intelligent Collector
- Jalen Brunson: ESPN, SI, GetMoreSports