Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's biggest public basketball card sales, mixing vintage rookie importance, elite condition-sensitive staples, and a few true crossover trophy cards. Use this page for the quick collector read: where the ceiling sale lives, which rookie lane still matters most, and which cards the serious money keeps circling back to.
Record sales
The ranked list stays simple on purpose so the cards, prices, and collector memory do the talking.
| Visual | Rank | Sale | Card |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | $420,000 Dec 16, 2024 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers 2006-07 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman Autographs #ADL-AB BGS 8.5/9 Autograph | 1-of-1 | Game-Used Patches | On-Card Autographs Checklist force plus true one-of-one scarcity turns this into a full trophy-card result, which is why serious Kareem money keeps reaching this tier. | |
| #2 | $266,400 Aug 6, 2022 | 1986-87 Fleer Sticker #1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – PSA GEM MT 10 Condition-sensitive sticker cards like this only reach these levels when the grade, scarcity, and long-term collector memory all line up. | |
| #3 | $240,000 May 19, 2022 | 1986 Fleer Sticker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar #1 PSA 10 GEM MINT Condition-sensitive sticker cards like this only reach these levels when the grade, scarcity, and long-term collector memory all line up. | |
| #4 | $204,000 Aug 20, 2021 | 1969 Topps Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) Rookie #25 PSA Mint 9 The result holds because this is one of the cards serious Kareem collectors keep circling back to when the market wants a headline sale. | |
| #5 | $198,000 Feb 26, 2021 | 1970 Topps Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) #75 PSA Gem Mint 10 The result holds because this is one of the cards serious Kareem collectors keep circling back to when the market wants a headline sale. | |
| #6 | $180,000 Jan 19, 2023 | 1986 Fleer Sticker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar #1 PSA 10 GEM MINT Condition-sensitive sticker cards like this only reach these levels when the grade, scarcity, and long-term collector memory all line up. | |
| #7 | $168,360 Nov 1, 2025 | 1984-85 Star Court Kings 5x7 Basketball Signed Complete Set (50) - Featuring Michael Jordan Rookie Card, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Beckett Authentic Autograph The iconic shared rookie-panel construction is the point here; the best high-grade copies still act as one of the hobby's defining early-era benchmarks. | |
| #8 | $132,000 Apr 18, 2024 | 1986 Fleer Sticker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar #1 PSA 10 GEM MINT Condition-sensitive sticker cards like this only reach these levels when the grade, scarcity, and long-term collector memory all line up. | |
| #9 | $120,000 Jul 27, 2023 | 1986 Fleer Sticker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar #1 PSA 10 GEM MINT Condition-sensitive sticker cards like this only reach these levels when the grade, scarcity, and long-term collector memory all line up. | |
| #10 | $98,820 Feb 21, 2026 | 1969-70 Topps Basketball Fully Signed Complete Set (99) - Featuring Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2) - All Authenticated by PSA (92) or Beckett (7) The result holds because this is one of the cards serious Kareem collectors keep circling back to when the market wants a headline sale. |
Direct answers
What is the most expensive card?
Checklist force plus true one-of-one scarcity turns this into a full trophy-card result, which is why serious Kareem money keeps reaching this tier.
What is the most expensive rookie card?
Kareem's rookie answer is still the 1969-70 Topps Lew Alcindor, even if some of his most expensive public results now come from later crossover trophy cards.
What cards do collectors care about most?
Sales Context
