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Jan 3

GemRate | 2025 Grading Year in Review

Sports Cards

Grading

  • 26.8 million cards were graded across the major graders in 2025. Total cards graded were ⬆32% compared to 2024 (20 million).

  • 16.8 million TCG/non-sport cards (⬆95% YoY) and 10.0 million sports cards (⬇12% YoY) were graded in 2025.

2025 Grading Breakdown

— PSA graded 19.26m cards - ⬆26% YoY

— CGC graded 4.92m cards - ⬆121% YoY

— SGC graded 1.42m cards - ⬇24% YoY

— Beckett graded 824k cards - ⬆26% YoY

— TAG graded 440k cards - ⬆83% YoY

2025 Share Breakdown

— PSA share: 72% overall, 76% sports, 69% TCG [2024 share = 76%, 80%, 72%; 2023 share = 78%, 80%, 76%]

— CGC share: 18% overall, 7% sports, 25% TCG [2024 share = 11%, 2%, 22%; 2023 share = 10% ,3% ,18%]

— SGC share: 5% overall, 13% sports, 0% TCG [2024 share = 9%, 15%, 2%; 2023 share = 7%, 13%, 2%]

— Beckett share: 3% overall, 3% sports, 3% TCG [2024 share = 3%, 3%, 4%; 2023 share = 4%, 4%, 5%]

— TAG share: 2% overall, 0% sports, 2% TCG

Top Categories in 2025

— TCG = 16.1m (⬆102%)

— Baseball = 3.6m (⬇14%)

— Football = 3.0m (⬆11%)

— Basketball = 2.1m (⬇23%)

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