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Pokemon Card Value Distribution

69.1% of the 26,043 priced English Pokemon cards in our current analysed catalogue have a raw market reference under $5.

Catalogue snapshot: . Raw, ungraded market references only.

Analysed population: individually-catalogued, priced, English, non-specialty Pokemon cards with a usable raw market reference.

Pokemon card value distribution

Share of the 26,043 analysed cards in each raw-market-reference band.

Raw market reference distribution of 26,043 priced English non-specialty Pokemon cards, catalogue snapshot 31 Oct 2026. Under $5: 69.1% (18,007 cards). $5 to $25: 16.7% (4,358 cards). $25 to $100: 9.1% (2,368 cards). $100 or more: 5% (1,310 cards).
Raw valueShare of catalogueShareCards
Under $569.1%69.1%18,007
$5 – $2516.7%16.7%4,358
$25 – $1009.1%9.1%2,368
$100 or more5%5%1,310

Pokemon Deal Finder · pokemondealfinder.com · snapshot 31 Oct 2026

Core statistics

Analysed cards
26,043
Sets represented
213
Pokemon represented
1,025
Median raw reference
$1.05 USD
Under $5
69.1%
Under $25
85.8%
$100 or more
5%

Key findings

  • 69.1% of the analysed cards have a raw market reference under $5 (18,007 cards).
  • 85.8% are under $25.
  • 9.1% fall between $25 and $100 (2,368 cards).
  • 5% have a raw market reference of $100 or more (1,310 cards).
  • The median raw market reference is $1.05 USD.
  • The analysed catalogue spans 213 sets and 1,025 Pokemon.

The distribution shows how unusual high-value cards are within the priced catalogue we track: the large majority of individually-catalogued, priced cards carry a raw reference of only a few dollars, while cards at $100 or more are a small minority - even though record-setting cards dominate news coverage of the hobby.

What these numbers are (and are not)

  • Raw market reference is an estimate of recent ungraded sold value. It is not a PSA 10 / BGS / CGC graded price, and not a confirmed auction-record sale.
  • The tracked, priced catalogue is the set of English cards we hold a usable raw reference for. It is not every Pokemon card ever printed.
  • Non-specialty excludes the formats the site's shared classification treats as specialty - oversized “Jumbo” cards and World Championship deck reprints - so a single $10,000 jumbo cannot distort the bands.

How this analysis was calculated

We scan the English cards in our catalogue and keep each one that is an individually identifiable card with an image, a stable catalogue id, and a usable (non-placeholder) raw market reference. From that set we exclude specialty formats (oversized / Jumbo and World Championship deck reprints). Every surviving card is placed in one raw-value band by its market reference, and the median is taken over the same set. These reference prices are TCGplayer market prices synced daily via TCGCSV for 24,904 cards, and the PokemonPriceTracker market price our catalogue was last synced with for 1,139 cards. References are held in USD; a reference is an estimate of recent ungraded sold value, not a guaranteed price. The snapshot date is the newest catalogue sync time, not the date this page was published. Full detail: methodology.

Citing this analysis

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Pokemon Deal Finder, "Pokemon Card Value Distribution", catalogue snapshot 31 Oct 2026. https://pokemondealfinder.com/market-data/pokemon-card-value-distribution

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