Most Expensive Pokémon Cards
The most valuable Pokémon cards PackSpy tracks, ranked live by PSA 10 market value. Top of our ranking right now is Kangaskhan Family Event Trophy Card #115 at $465,360 in gem mint. These are live market prices for cards that actually trade, not one-off auction records. Cards with a handful of known copies sit in the record sales below instead.
- Cards ranked
- by PSA 10 value
- Combined value
- top 100 in gem mint
- Worth $100k+
- of the 100 listed
- Sets covered
- across the ranking
The big three
The three most valuable cards we track
Full ranking
Ranked 4 to 100
Values from PriceCharting, refreshed automatically
Click any card for its full price history, the grade ladder from raw to PSA 10, and every time PackSpy has seen it pulled.
All-time records
The most expensive Pokémon card ever sold
These are auction results, not market prices. The cards involved are effectively unobtainable, and none of them were ever pulled from a booster pack, which is why they sit apart from the live ranking above.
Sold by Logan Paul at Goldin Auctions after 41 days of bidding. The only known Gem Mint copy, and the most expensive trading card of any kind ever sold.
The previous record, set when Logan Paul acquired the same card for $4 million in cash plus a PSA 9 copy valued at about $1.3 million.
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Questions
Most valuable Pokémon cards, explained
What is the most expensive Pokémon card?
The Pikachu Illustrator. A PSA 10 copy sold for $16,492,000 at Goldin Auctions in February 2026, which Guinness World Records recognises as the most expensive trading card ever sold. It was given away in a 1998 CoroCoro illustration contest, with only 39 awarded, and it has never been available in a booster pack.
Why are some Pokémon cards worth so much?
Three things stack up: scarcity, condition and demand. A low print run matters, but grading matters more. A PSA 10 gem mint copy can be worth many times the same card in raw condition, which is why the ranking here is ordered by PSA 10 value.
Are these prices live?
Yes. Values come from PriceCharting and refresh automatically, so the ranking reflects current market value rather than a one-off snapshot. Each card's own page shows its full price history and the grade ladder from raw up to PSA 10.
Why is the card at number one not the Pikachu Illustrator?
Because they measure different things. The ranking here tracks live market value for cards that genuinely trade, so you can see what something is worth today. The Illustrator is a one-off auction record for a card with fewer than 41 copies in existence, which is why it sits in the record sales section instead.
What does PSA 10 mean?
PSA 10 is the top grade from Professional Sports Authenticator, described as gem mint. Centering, corners, edges and surface all have to be near perfect. A PSA 9 of the same card is usually worth a fraction of the PSA 10.
Can you actually pull cards like these?
The very top cards come from sets printed decades ago, so they are not in current packs. Modern chase cards do still appear, and PackSpy records every pull across the pack sites it tracks, so you can see real outcomes rather than marketing claims.
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