August 2021 WNBA Cards PSA POP Count Update

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Yo, what’s up fellow WNBA card collectors, investors, and evil flippers 😂

Since our last update late in July, PSA has been BUSY. In total, PSA graded 1,081 cards, a bit over 2.5x the amount graded for the previous 30 day period.

This is the highest number of WNBA cards that have been pumped out of PSA for any 30 day period in the past 12 months. There’s now almost 13,000 WNBA cards in PSA slabs.

2020 Panini Prizm POP Count Explodes

Over 80% of the total PSA cards graded during the 30 day period, a whopping 976, where from this past year’s release. This is a 49% increase!

The overwhelming majority of the 2020 Panini Prizm WNBA cards graded were no surprise – Sabrina Ionescu rookie cards. The Signature Series autograph cards saw a large jump as well, since many expect the first Prizm autos to hold their value long term.

This makes the 2020 set the second most graded WNBA card set ever, trailing only the 1997 inaugural season set.

Rank	Set	POP Count	Growth
1	1997 Pinnacle Inside	3762	<1%
2	2020 Panini Prizm WNBA	1991	49%
3	1999 Hoops	1959	<1%
4	2000 SkyBox Dominion WNBA	1027	<1%
5	2000 Fleer Ultra WNBA	995	2%
6	1999 Fleer Ultra WNBA	911	<1%
7	1998 Pinnacle WNBA	352	0%
8	2001 Fleer Tradition WNBA	317	0%
9	2019 Panini Donruss WNBA	264	<1%
10	2001 Fleer Ultra WNBA	209	0%

Sabrina Ionescu Rookie Cards Now Third Most Graded WNBA Card Ever

Oh Sabrina! The Prizm heads have driven the Liberty PG to the top of the charts thanks to the allure of her college career and buzz the league built for her return to the courts.

Her 2020 Panini Prizm WNBA rookie card is now third to only Sheryl Swoopes, and Cynthia Cooper, both all time greats and hall of famers. This should obviously give collectors and investors pause for concern. Given Sabrina’s performance hasn’t exactly looked like that of a multi-time MVP capable of pulling down multiple titles, there’s an awful lot of her encapsulated cardboard out there.

While the jury is still out on whether or not Sabrina will end up at the the top of the all time player charts, it’s highly likely we see another WNBA rookie card approach this high of a population count at PSA any time soon.

Rank	Card	POP Count
1	1997 Pinnacle Inside Sheryl Swoopes	872
2	1997 Pinnacle Inside Cynthia Cooper	788
3	2020 Prizm Sabrina Ionescu	687
4	1997 Pinnacle Inside Lisa Leslie	602
5	1997 Pinnacle Inside Rebecca Lobo	149
6	1999 Ultra Chamique Holdsclaw	143
7	1997 Pinnacle Inside Tina Thompson	119
8	2000 Fleer Ultra Becky Hammon	114
9	2004 Ultra Diana Taurasi	72
10	1999 Ultra Katie Smith	61
11	1999 Ultra Yolanda Griffith	59
12	1999 Ultra Dawn Staley	58
13	2002 Authentix Sue Bird	42
14	2002 Ultra Sue Bird	38
15	2016 Rittenhouse Breanna Stewart	35
16	2020 Prizm Satou Sabally	33
17	2001 Ultra Tamika Catchings	24
18	2008 Rittenhouse Candance Parker	23
19	2008 Rittenhouse Sylvia Fowles	21
20	2011 Rittenhouse Maya Moore	20
21	2002 Authentix Swin Cash	18
22	2013 Rittenhouse Brittney Griner	18
23	2002 Ultra Swin Cash	17
24	2013 Rittenhouse Elena Delle Donne	15
25	2006 Rittenhouse Seimone Augusts	13
26	2006 Rittenhouse Cappie Pondexter	15
27	2001 Ultra Lauren Jackson	11
28	2018 Rittenhouse A’ja WIlson	12
29	2010 Rittenhouse Tina Charles	9
30	2011 Rittenhouse Courtney Vandersloot	8
31	2011 Rittenhouse Liz Cambage	8
32	2013 Rittenhouse Skylar Diggins	6
33	2017 Rittenhouse Kelsey Plum	5
34	2012 Nneka Owgumike	2
35	2016 Rittenhouse Jonquel Jones	1

That’s it for this month. Do you think PSA has cleared through all of the Panini Prizm WNBA cards in their backlog, or are we set to see another large bump in September?