June 20, 2024
The manufacturer wins… at the expense of the passionate collector.
In this blog, we examine how trading card manufacturers have approached “bringing fans closer to the game.” I have listed all the variations of Victor Wembanyama’s rookie cards as detailed in the PSA Pop Report.
There are over 180,000 PSA-graded Wembanyama cards and more than 1,000 variations of his rookie card.
Medium estimates this blog is a 9-minute read, but it should only take you 60 seconds. Scroll to the bottom to see the entire list. Experience just how many variations of your favorite player’s rookie card exist. Then, take a moment to consider what this means for you, the collector.
Case Study: Victor Wembanyama — The NBA’s most coveted rookie since LeBron James in 2003.
*Each set is listed in the following format: (#card number) SET NAME (total graded and total PSA 10’s as of June 20th, 2024). The list contains fifty line items per page, with each line item representing a unique trading card. There are a total of 1,141 line items.
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(#101) 2022 BOWMAN CHROME UNIVERSITY
- (#51 — Base) 2022 BOWMAN UNIVERSITY BEST (2k+ / 90 PSA 10’s)
- (#BOAVW) 2022 BOWMAN UNIVERSITY BEST BEST OF 2022 AUTOGRAPH
- (#VW) 2022 BOWMAN UNIVERSITY INCEPTION AUTOGRAPHS
(#__) 2023 TOPPS ALLEN & GINTER
- (#271) 2023 TOPPS ALLEN & GINTER (3k+ / 2.6k PSA 10’s)
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- (#MAVW) 2023 TOPPS ALLEN & GINTER FRAMED MINI NON BASEBALL AUTOGRAPHS
- (#271) 2023 TOPPS ALLEN & GINTER X
(#DAPVW) 2023 TOPPS DYNASTY AUTOGRAPHED PATCH
(#472 — Base) 2023 TOPPS NOW — (5.8k / 5.3k PSA 10’s)
- (#472A) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#472B) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#472C) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#472D) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#472E) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#472F) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#472G) 2023 TOPPS NOW
(#106) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS
- (#139) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS
- (#172) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS
- (#73) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS
- (#4) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS ACETATE ROOKIES
- (#ANWEM) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS ART NOUVEAU RELIC
- (#AEWEM) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS RELIC
- (#12) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS ARTISTRY IN MOTION
- (#8) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS AURORA
- (#DSMWEM) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS DEBUT SHOWCASE MEMORABILIA
- (#19) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS DOUBLE EXPOSURE
- (#5) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS DRESSED TO IMPRESS
- (#1) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS FIRST STEPS
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- (#27) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS MODERN STROKES
- (#1) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS PAINT BY NUMBERS
- (#1) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS ROOKIE EXCLUSIVE
- (#7) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS SELF EXPRESSION
- (#10) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS STATE OF THE ART
- (#1) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS WATER COLOR
- (#2) 2023 PANINI COURT KINGS WORKS IN PROGRESS
(#48) 2023 PANINI CROWN ROYALE
- (#11) 2023 PANINI CROWN ROYALE KABOOM!
- (#15) 2023 PANINI CROWN ROYALE PILLARS OF THE GAME
- (#10) 2023 PANINI CROWN ROYALE ROOKIE ROYALTY
- (#19) 2023 PANINI CROWN ROYALE SNO GLOBE
(#220) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS (8.2+ THOUSAND) — 2184+ PSA 10’s
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- (#4) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ANIMATION
- (#231) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE
- (#20) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE CLARITY
- (#4) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE CLEAR PATH
- (#17) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE CRAFTSMEN
- (#3) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE FULL THROTTLE
- (#8) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE GLASS MASTERS
- (#3) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE NEXT UP
- (#1) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE SPELLBOUND
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- (#10) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE SPELLBOUND
- (#2) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE SPELLBOUND
- (#3) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE SPELLBOUND
- (#4) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE SPELLBOUND
- (#5) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE SPELLBOUND
- (#6) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE SPELLBOUND
- (#7) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE SPELLBOUND
- (#8) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE SPELLBOUND
- (#9) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS ELITE SPELLBOUND
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- (#11) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS FADEAWAY
- (#29) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS FRANCHISE FEATURES (1.0 THOUSAND) — 651 PSA 10’s
- (#10) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS GREAT X-PECTATIONS
- (#3) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS HARDWOOD MASTERS
- (#1) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS MAGICIANS
- (#NDVWB) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS NEXT DAY
- (#23) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS NIGHT MOVES
- (#225) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS OPTIC
- (#18) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS OPTIC ELITE DOMINATORS
- (#4) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS OPTIC LIGHTS OUT
- (#2) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS OPTIC RED HOT ROOKIES
- (#11) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS OPTIC RISING SUNS
- (#24) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS OPTIC SLAMMY!
- (#4) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS OPTIC THE ROOKIES
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- (#11) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS PLAYMAKERS
- (#1) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS RETRO SERIES
- (#1) 2023 PANINI DONRUSS THE ROOKIES (1.3 THOUSAND) — 176 PSA 10s
(#143) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#156) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#162) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#173) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#19 — Base) 2023 PANINI INSTANT (1.4 THOUSAND) — 655 PSA 10’s
- (#210) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#225) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#226) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#237) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#243) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#258) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#26) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#267) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#268) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#277) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#32) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#331) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#347) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#36) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#371) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#384) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
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- (#385) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#394) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#434) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#463) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#473) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#474) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#495) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#5) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#544) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#60) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#85) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#98) 2023 PANINI INSTANT
- (#DN1) 2023 PANINI INSTANT DRAFT NIGHT (7.1 THOUSAND) — 3200+ PSA 10’s
- (#B1) 2023 PANINI INSTANT NBA BREAKAWAY
- (#RPS1) 2023 PANINI INSTANT RPS FIRST LOOK
- (#YO1) 2023 PANINI INSTANT YEAR ONE
(#277) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS (10.8 k— 8.4k+ PSA 10’s)
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- (#298) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS
- (#15) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS ANTI GRAVITY
- (#26) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS ARRIVING NOW
- (#1) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS ATTACK THE RACK
- (#30) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS CITY EDITION
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- (#1) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS EXTREME TEAM
- (#20) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS IGNITION
- (#26) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS NOW PLAYING
- (#20) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS PRESENTATIONS
- (#RSWEM) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS RISE N SHINE MEMORABILIA
- (#__) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS RISING STARS
- (#1) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS ROOKIE GREETINGS
- (#3) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS ROOKIE SPECIAL
- (#RSWVWE) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS ROOKIE SWEATERS
- (#23) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS SHEESH
- (#33) 2023 PANINI NBA HOOPS WE GOT NEXT
(#9) 2023 PANINI OBSIDIAN
- (#EMWEM)2023 PANINI OBSIDIAN ECLIPSE MATERIALS
- (#18) 2023 PANINI OBSIDIAN HOTSPOT
(#86) 2023 PANINI ORIGINS
- (#4) 2023 PANINI ORIGINS BIG BANG
- (#3) 2023 PANINI ORIGINS CATAPULTS
- (#14) 2023 PANINI ORIGINS COSMIC STORM
- (#25) 2023 PANINI ORIGINS DAWN
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- (#1) 2023 PANINI ORIGINS EUPHORIA
- (#8) 2023 PANINI ORIGINS NUCLEUS
- (#13) 2023 PANINI ORIGINS ORIGINALS
- (#RJJWEM) 2023 PANINI ORIGINS ROOKIE JUMBO JERSEYS
- (#1) 2023 PANINI ORIGINS SNAKE EYES
- (#19) 2023 PANINI ORIGINS TAKING THE LEAP
- (#8) 2023 PANINI ORIGINS TIGER EYES
(#200) 2023 PANINI PHOTOGENIC
- (#13) 2023 PANINI PHOTOGENIC FIRST NIGHT
- (#3) 2023 PANINI PHOTOGENIC MIRRORED
- (#11) 2023 PANINI PHOTOGENIC ROOKIE FOCUS
- (#1) 2023 PANINI PHOTOGENIC ROOKIES IN MOTION
- (#2) 2023 PANINI PHOTOGENIC THE SHOE GAME
- (#9) 2023 PANINI PHOTOGENIC WITH AUTHORITY
(#136) 2023 PANINI PRIZM (19 THOUSAND) — 12.6 THOUSAND PSA 10’s
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- (#1) 2023 PANINI PRIZM DEEP SPACE
- (#2) 2023 PANINI PRIZM DRAFT PICKS
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- (#1) 2023 PANINI PRIZM DRAFT PICKS BLACK COLOR BLAST
- (#1) 2023 PANINI PRIZM DRAFT PICKS BRILLIANCE
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- (#1) 2023 PANINI PRIZM DRAFT PICKS COLOR BLAST
- (#1) 2023 PANINI PRIZM DRAFT PICKS COLOR WHEEL
- (#1) 2023 PANINI PRIZM DRAFT PICKS FEARLESS
- (#1) 2023 PANINI PRIZM DRAFT PICKS FIREWORKS
- (#3) 2023 PANINI PRIZM DRAFT PICKS MANGA
- (#2) 2023 PANINI PRIZM DRAFT PICKS NATIONAL PRIDE
- (#1) 2023 PANINI PRIZM DRAFT PICKS PRIZM BREAK
- (#1) 2023 PANINI PRIZM DRAFT PICKS WIDESCREEN
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- (#12 — Base) 2023 PANINI PRIZM EMERGENT (1.7 THOUSAND) — 840+ PSA 10’s
- (#2 — Base) 2023 PANINI PRIZM GLOBAL REACH (1.3 THOUSAND) — 540+ PSA 10’s
- (#3 — Base) 2023 PANINI PRIZM INSTANT IMPACT (2.7 THOUSAND) — 2.2 THOUSAND PSA 10’s
- (#7) 2023 PANINI PRIZM LUCK OF THE LOTTERY
- (#81 — Base) 2023 PANINI PRIZM MONOPOLY (11.3 THOUSAND) — 7.1+ THOUSAND PSA 10’s
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- (#B20) 2023 PANINI PRIZM MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRE BLACK
- (#W16) 2023 PANINI PRIZM MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRE WHITE
- (#MB18) 2023 PANINI PRIZM MONOPOLY MONEY BLAST
- (#S8) 2023 PANINI PRIZM MONOPOLY STARTER DECK
- (#11) 2023 PANINI PRIZM PRIZMANIA
(#225) 2023 PANINI RECON
- (#6) 2023 PANINI RECON CONTOURS
- (#14) 2023 PANINI RECON FUTURE LEGENDS
- (#10) 2023 PANINI RECON FUZION
- (#18) 2023 PANINI RECON ROCK THE RIM
- (#20) 2023 PANINI RECON ROOKIE PORTRAITS
- (#14) 2023 PANINI RECON ROOKIE RECON
- (#9) 2023 PANINI RECON SKY’S THE LIMIT
- (#15) 2023 PANINI RECON THE MIGHTY
- (#22) 2023 PANINI RECON VECTOR
- (#3) 2023 PANINI RECON WORLD TRAVELERS
(#104 — Base) 2023 PANINI REVOLUTION (252 / 49 PSA 10’s)
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- (#6) 2023 PANINI REVOLUTION LIFTOFF!
- (#16) 2023 PANINI REVOLUTION PRIME TIME PERFORMERS
- (#25) 2023 PANINI REVOLUTION REVOLUTIONARY
- (#14) 2023 PANINI REVOLUTION ROOKIE REVOLUTION
- (#15) 2023 PANINI REVOLUTION SHOCK WAVE
- (#10) 2023 PANINI REVOLUTION STAR FACTOR
- (#6) 2023 PANINI REVOLUTION SUPERNOVA
- (#1) 2023 PANINI REVOLUTION VORTEX
(#121) 2023 PANINI SELECT
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- (#17) 2023 PANINI SELECT
- (#288) 2023 PANINI SELECT
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- (#311) 2023 PANINI SELECT
- (#87) 2023 PANINI SELECT
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- (#3) 2023 PANINI SELECT ARTISTIC SELECTIONS
- (#10) 2023 PANINI SELECT COLOR WHEEL
- (#DSMVW) 2023 PANINI SELECT DRAFT SELECTIONS MEMORABILIA
- (#4) 2023 PANINI SELECT EN FUEGO
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- (#RJSVW) 2023 PANINI SELECT JUMBO ROOKIE SWATCHES
- (#9) 2023 PANINI SELECT LODESTARS
- (#13) 2023 PANINI SELECT NEON ICON
- (#9) 2023 PANINI SELECT ROOKIE REVOLUTION
- (#3) 2023 PANINI SELECT SELECT CERTIFIED
- (#13) 2023 PANINI SELECT SELECT FUTURE
- (#7) 2023 PANINI SELECT SENSATIONS
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- (#17) 2023 PANINI SELECT SNAPSHOTS
- (#SVW) 2023 PANINI SELECT SPARKS RELICS
- (#5) 2023 PANINI SELECT STARCADE
- (#5) 2023 PANINI SELECT THUNDER LANE
(#71) 2023 PANINI STICKER CARDS
- (#96) 2023 PANINI STICKER CARDS
- (#465) 2023 PANINI STICKERS
(#179) 2023 PANINI TOP CLASS
- (#__) 2023 PANINI TOP CLASS HOLO GIANTS
(#__) 2023 SLAM DECK COLLECTION EQUIPES DE FRANCE (1.9 THOUSAND / 1351 PSA 10’s)
(#VW1) 2023 TOPPS NOW (1.0 THOUSAND / 619 PSA 10’s)
- (#VW1A) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#VW1B) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#VW1C) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#VW1D) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#VW2) 2023 TOPPS NOW
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- (#VW2A) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#VW2B) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#VW2C) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#VW3) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#VW3A) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#VW3B) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#VW3C) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#VW4) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#VW4A) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#VW4E) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#VW5) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#WR1) 2023 TOPPS NOW
- (#D1) 2023 TOPPS NOW DRAFT — (12.8 THOUSAND / 11,566 PSA 10’s)
- (#D1A) 2023 TOPPS NOW DRAFT
- (#D1B) 2023 TOPPS NOW DRAFT
- (#D1C) 2023 TOPPS NOW DRAFT
- (#D1D) 2023 TOPPS NOW DRAFT
- (#D1E) 2023 TOPPS NOW DRAFT
- (#D1F) 2023 TOPPS NOW DRAFT
- (#D1G) 2023 TOPPS NOW DRAFT
(#VW) 2023 PANINI NATIONAL SILVER PACKS MARKETING
(#__) 2023 S.I. FOR KIDS
- (#1053) 2023 S.I. FOR KIDS (1.5 THOUSAND / 0 PSA 10’s)
(#NSCC2) 2023 TOPPS NOW NATIONAL SPORTS COLLECTORS CONVENTION
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You’ve reached the end. Congratulations! Hopefully, you’ve gained some insights into the current state of The Hobby without needing further explanation.
For more information on grading trends, check out GemRate’s data for 2023.
In 2023, over 15 million cards were graded, and in 2024, the grading market shows no signs of slowing down. Is this truly a wise investment of money and time?
Be cautious. Collect what you love and never spend more than you can afford to lose.
If you’re looking to make a quick buck or start a business in trading cards, keep in mind the ever-increasing supply. Consider fixed supply assets to save in — like *Bitcoin. Don’t let those with a vested interest in your spending in The Hobby influence your judgment. Stay critical.
All information in this blog is derived from two primary sources: (1) PSA, the largest trading card authenticator and grader by volume, and (2) GemRate, which analyzes population reports published by PSA and similar entities.
*Bitcoin is notable for its fixed supply of 21,000,000 Bitcoins, compared to a world population of 8,000,000,000 people and growing. There are more millionaires on earth (~60million) than the total number of Bitcoins that will ever exist.
