The collector market · as of September 5, 2026

The Grading Desk

You are holding the raw card. Is it worth $25.00 to send it to PSA? That depends on how often this card comes back a 10 — so this board prints how often it would have to.

We do not know your odds, and we are not going to guess them. Whether a submission pays turns on the card’s gem rate — the share of copies that come back a 10 — and that lives in a population report we do not have. So we invert the question and give you the hurdle instead: the number beside each card is how often it must gem to break even. You bring the odds. Break-even assumes the card comes back a PSA 9 or a PSA 10. Real submissions come back 8 and below, and those losses are not in this number — so every figure here is optimistic.

429 cards priced and traded enough to rank (20+ sales) · 65 clear the fee even as a PSA 9 · 303 need the odds, median 51.9% · 61 no gem rate can save. Fee assumed: $25.00, PSA bulk plus return shipping.

Clears the fee as a 9

The PSA 9 price alone covers the raw card and the fee. A 10 is the upside, not the requirement. Ranked by what a 10 would add.

Mike TroutRC

Mike Trout #US175

raw $295 · PSA 9 $390 · PSA 10 $969

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $649 over

Shohei OhtaniRC

Shohei Ohtani #49

raw $119 · PSA 9 $184 · PSA 10 $728

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $585 over

Munetaka Murakami

Munetaka Murakami [Mojo] #9

raw $7.50 · PSA 9 $124 · PSA 10 $469

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $437 over

Eli Willits

Eli Willits #CPA-EW

raw $159 · PSA 9 $206 · PSA 10 $598

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $414 over

Esmerlyn Valdez

Esmerlyn Valdez #CPA-EV

raw $74.95 · PSA 9 $156 · PSA 10 $461

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $361 over

Eli WillitsRC

Eli Willits #BSPA-EW

raw $120 · PSA 9 $186 · PSA 10 $491

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $346 over

Zack Wheeler

Zack Wheeler #AA-9

raw $214 · PSA 9 $337 · PSA 10 $580

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $341 over

Jacob MisiorowskiRC

Jacob Misiorowski #10

raw $1.12 · PSA 9 $54.00 · PSA 10 $305

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $279 over

Ryan Ward

Ryan Ward [Orange Foil] #98

raw $82.00 · PSA 9 $136 · PSA 10 $381

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $274 over

Kade Anderson

Kade Anderson #BDC-3

raw $3.05 · PSA 9 $64.33 · PSA 10 $274

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $246 over

José Ramírez

Jose Ramirez #HA-27

raw $40.00 · PSA 9 $80.00 · PSA 10 $290

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $225 over

Seiya Suzuki

Seiya Suzuki #HA-22

raw $45.00 · PSA 9 $76.50 · PSA 10 $265

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $195 over

Juan Soto

Juan Soto #HA-32

raw $40.00 · PSA 9 $76.00 · PSA 10 $234

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $169 over

Ben RiceRC

Ben Rice #139

raw $2.51 · PSA 9 $29.00 · PSA 10 $189

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $162 over

Jarren Duran

Jarren Duran #HA-24

raw $33.00 · PSA 9 $78.81 · PSA 10 $218

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $160 over

Pete Crow-Armstrong

Pete Crow-Armstrong #177

raw $3.99 · PSA 9 $46.82 · PSA 10 $181

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $152 over

Freddie FreemanRC

Freddie Freeman #145

raw $15.50 · PSA 9 $48.51 · PSA 10 $188

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $147 over

Aaron JudgeRC

Aaron Judge #32

raw $23.04 · PSA 9 $55.93 · PSA 10 $192

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $144 over

Kevin McGonigle

Kevin McGonigle #BCP-79

raw $3.88 · PSA 9 $41.00 · PSA 10 $170

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $141 over

Chandler Simpson

Chandler Simpson #HA-50

raw $23.67 · PSA 9 $60.08 · PSA 10 $189

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $140 over

Kyle SchwarberRC

Kyle Schwarber #66

raw $3.94 · PSA 9 $38.42 · PSA 10 $166

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $137 over

Cody Bellinger

Cody Bellinger #HA-13

raw $20.00 · PSA 9 $52.46 · PSA 10 $182

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $137 over

Mike Sirota

Mike Sirota #BDC-32

raw $2.99 · PSA 9 $30.00 · PSA 10 $160

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $132 over

Ryan Sloan

Ryan Sloan #CPA-RS

raw $85.50 · PSA 9 $122 · PSA 10 $240

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $129 over

Kenley JansenRC

Kenley Jansen #US-114

raw $8.14 · PSA 9 $38.00 · PSA 10 $158

pays as a 9

a 10 pays $125 over

Lowest hurdle

These need a 10 to pay — but not often. Lowest break-even first; on this board smaller is better.

Travis Bazzana

Travis Bazzana [Refractor] #BDC-1

raw $5.90 · PSA 9 $29.09 · PSA 10 $145

1.6% tens

a 10 pays $114 over

Drake Baldwin

Drake Baldwin #96

raw $2.53 · PSA 9 $27.00 · PSA 10 $59.90

1.6% tens

a 10 pays $32.37 over

Edwin DíazRC

Edwin Diaz #US214

raw $1.99 · PSA 9 $25.14 · PSA 10 $118

2% tens

a 10 pays $90.85 over

Junior Caminero

Junior Caminero #213

raw $3.01 · PSA 9 $26.50 · PSA 10 $92.12

2.3% tens

a 10 pays $64.11 over

William Contreras

William Contreras #HA-30

raw $23.91 · PSA 9 $46.74 · PSA 10 $120

3% tens

a 10 pays $71.09 over

Theo GillenRC

Theo Gillen #BMA-TG

raw $26.94 · PSA 9 $48.78 · PSA 10 $135

3.6% tens

a 10 pays $83.55 over

Tarik SkubalRC

Tarik Skubal #92

raw $2.01 · PSA 9 $24.99 · PSA 10 $76.29

3.9% tens

a 10 pays $49.28 over

Jesús MadeRC

Jesus Made #BCP-50

raw $6.76 · PSA 9 $28.00 · PSA 10 $120

4.1% tens

a 10 pays $88.60 over

Pete Crow-ArmstrongRC

Pete Crow-Armstrong #85

raw $2.25 · PSA 9 $24.99 · PSA 10 $71.93

4.8% tens

a 10 pays $44.68 over

Bryce HarperRC

Bryce Harper #661

raw $15.25 · PSA 9 $37.33 · PSA 10 $95.16

5.1% tens

a 10 pays $54.91 over

Carlos NarváezRC

Carlos Narvaez #RA-CAN

raw $4.25 · PSA 9 $22.00 · PSA 10 $158

5.4% tens

a 10 pays $128 over

Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez #UV-6

raw $36.25 · PSA 9 $56.66 · PSA 10 $143

5.4% tens

a 10 pays $81.25 over

Bobby Witt Jr.RC

Bobby Witt Jr. #520

raw $3.01 · PSA 9 $24.50 · PSA 10 $90.00

5.4% tens

a 10 pays $61.99 over

Max MeyerRC

Max Meyer #ROA-MMR

raw $12.32 · PSA 9 $35.00 · PSA 10 $75.44

5.7% tens

a 10 pays $38.12 over

Manny Machado

Manny Machado #HA-36

raw $32.75 · PSA 9 $49.00 · PSA 10 $200

5.8% tens

a 10 pays $142 over

Enrique HernándezRC

Enrique Hernandez #US117

raw $9.98 · PSA 9 $20.00 · PSA 10 $225

7.3% tens

a 10 pays $190 over

Dillon Dingler

Dillon Dingler #RA-DD

raw $33.28 · PSA 9 $52.92 · PSA 10 $125

7.4% tens

a 10 pays $66.72 over

Mike SirotaRC

Mike Sirota #CPA-MS

raw $73.38 · PSA 9 $87.27 · PSA 10 $234

7.6% tens

a 10 pays $135 over

Chris SaleRC

Chris Sale #65

raw $3.10 · PSA 9 $23.00 · PSA 10 $89.99

7.6% tens

a 10 pays $61.89 over

Brooks Lee

Brooks Lee #HA-12

raw $19.23 · PSA 9 $37.00 · PSA 10 $129

7.9% tens

a 10 pays $84.65 over

Justin Wrobleski

Justin Wrobleski #CPA-JWR

raw $25.58 · PSA 9 $34.62 · PSA 10 $237

7.9% tens

a 10 pays $187 over

Josue BriceñoRC

Josue Briceno #B25-JB

raw $12.69 · PSA 9 $32.77 · PSA 10 $94.79

7.9% tens

a 10 pays $57.10 over

Lawrence ButlerRC

Lawrence Butler #CBA-LB

raw $19.99 · PSA 9 $39.99 · PSA 10 $102

8.1% tens

a 10 pays $56.60 over

Riley Greene

Riley Greene #HA-19

raw $24.00 · PSA 9 $44.00 · PSA 10 $106

8.1% tens

a 10 pays $56.50 over

Max MuncyRC

Max Muncy, Tyler Ladendorf #US54

raw $5.26 · PSA 9 $24.00 · PSA 10 $100

8.2% tens

a 10 pays $69.80 over

Prices are SportsCardsPro sold comps from FVR’s nightly archive, the same source as The Card Pulse. This page is about the economics of a submission, not about the player — the engine’s read on the man lives on the boards.