This is the final installment of a three-part series highlighting the top-10 most graded cards of 2024. Grading submission totals as of Nov. 8, 2024.
This is the final installment of a three-part series highlighting the top-10 most graded cards of 2024. Grading submission totals as of Nov. 8, 2024.
No. 4, 3,055 Submissions - 2023-24 Upper Deck Series Two Connor Bedard O-Pee-Chee Glossy Rookie Card
Upper Deck 2023-24 Series Two retail products feature great value, if you could find them on the shelves at places like Target and Walmart. Available at a fraction of the price of hobby boxes, Upper Deck 2023-24 Series Two retail tins, Mega boxes, and blasters featured hits that were not found in hobby boxes.
O-Pee-Chee Glossy cards features some of the best rookies and active veterans in the National Hockey League.
Connor Bedard's O-Pee-Chee Glossy Rookie card could be found in approximately one out of 400 packs of the retail products listed above.
No. 3, 3,293 Submissions - 2023 Upper Deck NHL Star Rookies Box Set No. 1 Connor Bedard
One of the easiest paths to guaranteeing yourself a Bedard rookie card was to purchase an Upper Deck 2023-24 NHL Star Rookies Box Set. Each box set featured 25 rookies with a chance to pull a rare autograph card.
No. 2, 3,681 Submissions - 2023-24 Upper Deck Series Two Hockey Leo Carlsson Young Guns
Leo Carlsson has the distinct honor of being the only player, besides Bedard, to make the top-10 list twice. The No. 2 overall pick of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft sits at nine points (five goals) in the 2024-25 season. The 19-year-old had 29 points (12 goals) in his rookie campaign during the 2023-24 season.
No. 1, 14,141 Submissions - 2023-24 Upper Deck Series Two Hockey Connor Bedard Young Guns
It is no surprise that the Bedard Young Guns out of Upper Deck 2023-24 Series Two Hockey was the hockey card graded most by PSA in 2024.
The Bedard effect is real. There are just over 12,000 PSA 9 and PSA 10 Bedard Young Guns. To compare, Connor McDavid has just over 5,000 PSA 9 and PSA 10 Young Guns.
Upper Deck 2015-16 Series One Hockey was released Nov. 5, 2015. Bedard's PSA graded Young Guns have more than doubled McDavid's Young Guns in eight months.
Happy hunting and collecting!