Player sales board | 10 ranked results
See the 10 most expensive Kareem Abdul-Jabbar basketball cards ranked by public sale price. Each result includes source context, followed by the rookie and grail lanes collectors use to understand the market.
Record sale
$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
Record sales
Updated May 20, 2026
$420,000
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.
$420,000
Dec 16, 2024
$266,400
Condition-sensitive sticker cards like this only reach these levels when the grade, scarcity, and long-term collector memory all line up.
$266,400
Aug 6, 2022
$240,000
Condition-sensitive sticker cards like this only reach these levels when the grade, scarcity, and long-term collector memory all line up.
$240,000
May 19, 2022
$204,000
The result holds because this is one of the cards serious Kareem collectors keep circling back to when the market wants a headline sale.
$204,000
Aug 20, 2021
$198,000
The result holds because this is one of the cards serious Kareem collectors keep circling back to when the market wants a headline sale.
$198,000
Feb 26, 2021
$180,000
Condition-sensitive sticker cards like this only reach these levels when the grade, scarcity, and long-term collector memory all line up.
$180,000
Jan 19, 2023
$132,000
Condition-sensitive sticker cards like this only reach these levels when the grade, scarcity, and long-term collector memory all line up.
$132,000
Apr 18, 2024
$120,000
Condition-sensitive sticker cards like this only reach these levels when the grade, scarcity, and long-term collector memory all line up.
$120,000
Jul 27, 2023
$98,562
This result earns a place on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's top sales board because it pairs confirmed public sale proof with the kind of scarcity and player demand that defines the upper end of the market.
$98,562
Sep 9, 2023
$81,740
This result earns a place on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's top sales board because it pairs confirmed public sale proof with the kind of scarcity and player demand that defines the upper end of the market.
$81,740
Mar 7, 2026
Collector context
Record-sale context
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.
Rookie-card benchmark
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.
How the market is layered
Kareem has one of the strongest basketball resumes on the board, but the card market is more concentrated than his legacy. The 1969 Topps rookie does almost all of the heavy lifting, which makes copy quality and vintage discipline more important than chasing a broad catalog.
Cards that define the market
Where collectors get it wrong
Kareem's market fools people when they confuse all-time player rank with a wide card ladder. The market is powerful because it is concentrated, not because every Kareem card matters equally.
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