Jordan holds the #1 spot even after cooling off post-National, young baseball stars bounce back, and Caitlin Clark climbs back into the top 10. View the full rankings.
Each week I update sell-through rates for PSA 10s based on eBay sold listings — how many active listings actually closed in the last 7, 30, and 90 days. The composite score weights recent activity heavily, so this report reflects who’s moving right now, not who moved six months ago.
Hottest right now
1. Michael Jordan (Basketball) — 439 score
7d: 40% (698 sellers) · 30d: 54% · 90d: 55%
Jordan keeps the top spot, again. It’s been several months now without anyone bumping him from #1 on the list. Even with some post-National cool-off, a 40% sell-through with nearly 700 sellers in a 7-day window is still an absurdly strong market.
2. Shohei Ohtani (Baseball) — 398 score
7d: 38% (1,201 sellers) · 30d: 44% · 90d: 45%
Ohtani is steady at #2 and the volume numbers remain staggering. Nearly 1,200 sellers in the 7-day window and almost 10,000 over 90 days — his international market gives him such a high floor. It will be interesting to see what happens with this year’s MVP voting. Both he and Pete Crow-Armstrong have very strong cases, but Ohtani does suffer from Jokic-like voter fatigue which means he needs to have a significant margin over PCA in terms of performance to capture the votes.
3. LeBron James (Basketball) — 354 score
7d: 31% (622 sellers) · 30d: 44% · 90d: 48%
LeBron moved up one spot to #3 this week. The 76ers jersey on him still feels weird. So very weird. But he’s LeBron. Time will tell what happens with his market as the season progresses. With Maxey, Edgecombe, Embiid (when he’s healthy), Jaylen Brown and LeBron, there’s a lot of high-usage mouths to feed and you have to expect some of his stats to dip, potentially significantly. Even then it will be heard to imagine his market bottoming out too low.
Biggest risers
Cam Schlittler (+49 pts → 213 score)
7d: 16% (38 sellers) · 30d: 29% · 90d: 42%
Schlittler had the biggest score jump on the entire board this week, climbing 22 spots to #19 in the sports rankings. The 7-day volume is still thin at only 38 sellers, so there’s some noise in these numbers given that small sample size, which is part of the reason we see him toggle between the biggest riser and biggest faller lists so frequently. If Misiorowski wasn’t having the ridiculous season he is, Cam would likely be getting a lot more attention for his incredible season.
Kevin McGonigle (+39 pts → 198 score)
7d: 15% (44 sellers) · 30d: 29% · 90d: 36%
McGonigle climbed 18 spots to #22, following the same pattern as Schlittler—low volume leading to some pretty significant swings in his sell through rate data. The Tigers lost another one last night, but Kevin is up to 14 HR’s in what has been an impressive rookie season.
Shedeur Sanders (+33 pts → 158 score)
7d: 12% (126 sellers) · 30d: 23% · 90d: 28%
Sanders rose 18 spots to #38, but I’m willing to bet he drops pretty hard in next week’s report. Deshaun Watson has been really bad, and just went off on the fan-base, which lead to some speculation he could be benched or even cut, which would have propelled Shedeur to a starter. The Browns opted instead to name Watson the starter. While I do think that will pour water on the Shedeur market in the short-term, if you like playing the backup quarterback game, I’m not sure there’s an easier target for “will likely start within a couple games” candidate than Sanders.
Biggest fallers
Junior Caminero (-46 pts → 185 score)
7d: 11% (94 sellers) · 30d: 32% · 90d: 47%
Caminero had the steepest drop on the board, falling 17 spots to #28. His sell-through rate has felt too low all season, and he’s had a little bit of a quiet stretch as of late. But he’s still sitting at #4 in the MLB in home runs and has incredible bat power—with more hits over 114mph than anyone else in the league.
Michael Jordan (-29 pts → 439 score)
7d: 40% (698 sellers) · 30d: 54% · 90d: 55%
We already talked about Jordan above. There’s usually a dip after the National, and it appears Jordan isn’t immune, but if you’re watching his auctions, his cards continue to set new highs left and right and he still holds a sizable lead over Ohtani for the #2 spot.
Jalen Hurts (-26 pts → 158 score)
7d: 11% (139 sellers) · 30d: 26% · 90d: 30%
Hurts dropped 9 spots to #37. Hurts has never had a lot of hobby love outside of a very brief period after his super bowl win, though even then his post-win bump was much lower than most quarterbacks see.
Market pulse
Category-level averages are a mixed bag this week:
Football: 184 avg score (↓3 pts) — 7d 14% · 30d 27% · 90d 33%
Slight dip, but as the season nears we’ll likely see a few more bumps. That being said, historical precedent is that the card values of most young prospects peak around week 3 of the pre-season. Up until that point, players can ride the off-season hype and buzz, but after this point, they start having to earn it. Get off to a hot-start, and their markets can continue to grow, but most will start seeing their values dip.
Basketball: 179 avg score (↓5 pts) — 7d 13% · 30d 26% · 90d 35%
Basketball dipped again. We’re deep in the off-season and this is pretty predictable movement. Once training camp buzz starts, expect a bounce.
Baseball: 176 avg score (↑1 pt) — 7d 13% · 30d 26% · 90d 35%
Essentially flat. The individual fallers (Caminero, a few other prospects) were offset by risers like Schlittler and McGonigle.
Other notable shifts
A few rank changes worth watching even though they didn’t make the top-three mover lists:
Caitlin Clark climbed 7 spots to #7 in sports with a 25% 7-day sell-through and 45% over 90 days. I speculated a couple weeks ago that Caitlin would likely reclaim her spot back in the top 10—she was a weekly mainstay throughout her last season in college and rookie season in the WNBA. Clark has been absolutely incredible and just went for 37 points and 10 assists yesterday on 54% shooting, giving her more 30 point/10 assist games in her three-year career than the total of all WNBA players in the history of the league combined.
Jacob Misiorowski jumped 5 spots to #8. His 90-day sell-through of 58% is the highest number on the entire board. He leads the league with a 1.68 ERA and is all but a lock to win the Cy Young award. As the post-season approaches, I’d expect his market to rise and he could once again crack the top 3.