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Victor Wembanyama rises again with record $5.1M card
As we documented recently, cards of NBA superstar Victor Wembanyama have been surging as he led the San Antonio Spurs to the Western Conference Finals.
Now a Wemby card has set a record and emerged as one of the most valuable NBA cards of all time.
Fanatics Collect announced on Monday that it had brokered the sale of a 2023 Prizm Black #1/1 Wemby card for $5.1 million, a record for the most expensive Wembanyama card. The private sale is also the fourth highest NBA card sale of all-time and the most expensive non-autographed NBA card ever.
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The sale was more than five times higher than Wemby's previous record of $860,000 set in February of 2025. It is the third sports card to top $5 million this year.
According to Fanatics Collect, the Wemby card now ranks eighth on the all-time list of the most valuable sports card, following: Michael Jordan ($12.9M); Kobe Bryant ($12.9M); Mickey Mantle ($12.6M); LeBron James ($10M); Honus Wagner ($7.25M); Babe Ruth ($7.2M); Aaron Judge ($5.2M); and Wembanyama ($5.1M).
According to Sports Card Investor’s Market Movers, Wemby has had more trading cards sold in the NBA over the last 60 days with 61,000 cards sold. He is followed by: Cooper Flagg (53,000); Kon Knueppel (26,200); LeBron James (20,400); and Dylan Harper (17,200).
