January 2022 SGC Grading Recap

  • SGC graded 81,604 items during January. This is GemRate’s first month tracking SGC data - we’ll begin posting growth rates next month.
  • Baseball was the top graded category in January with 31% share of items graded, followed by basketball with 25%, and football at 22%.
  • Cards manufactured during or after 2020 made up ~42% of the items graded (this compares to 28% at PSA and 18% at Beckett in January).
  • Mac Jones hype impacted SGC as he was the most graded player, 2021 Donruss football was the most graded set, and his 2021 Donruss base was the most graded card.
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    Published February 2nd, 2022

    SGC graded 81,604 items during January.

  • SGC grading activity increased each of the first 4 weeks of January.

    • Cards manufactured during or after 2020 made up ~42% of the items graded

    Category Summary

    Baseball was the top graded category in January with 31% share of items graded, followed by basketball with 25%, and football at 22%.

    Set Summary

    2021 Donruss football tops the chart, followed by 2020 basketball (Donruss Optic, Prizm, Select)

    Player Summary

    Mac Jones tops the list for now; followed by Michael Jordan

    Card Summary

    Mac Jones and Lamelo Ball each had two of the most graded cards in January

    What's Next?

  • SGC momentum is clearly building as grading activity increases and sentiment around the hobby appears to be increasingly favorable. The recent updates to prices and tiers should help as competitors have also become more aggressive. We are very interested to see how SGC momentum fares when the playing field is a bit more level and backlogs are less of a factor. Stay tuned.