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Johnny Unitas
Football · Baltimore Colts · Quarterback
The 1957 Topps #138 is the card that matters: PSA lists it as his only recognized rookie card, and it is the top vintage football card for collectors. Recent PSA auction data shows a PSA 9 sold for $92,062.50, but no PSA 10 has ever been graded, so the PSA 10 market is effectively empty; mid-grade copies (PSA 4 to 8) trade from a few hundred dollars to about $8,500. Some blogs cite 1955 or 1956 Unitas rookies with large PSA 10 values, but I could not confirm those cards, so I left them out.
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- Flagship rookie
1957 Topps #138 Johnny Unitas Rookie (RC)
His only recognized rookie card and the most valuable card in the 1957 Topps set; the Hall of Fame QB's key vintage card.
PSA auction data, sales from Apr to Nov 2025 by grade: PSA 8 $8,504 (May 2025), PSA 7 $1,725 (Jul 2025), PSA 5 $565 (Oct 2025), PSA 4 $248.88 (Nov 2025). Top sale is a PSA 9 at $92,062.50. No PSA 10 has been graded (PSA population 0). No verified ungraded sold comp found, so raw left blank.
$92,063
top recent sale
- Autograph
2001 Topps Archives 1957 Reprint Rookie #138 Autograph
Signed reprint of his 1957 rookie card, a lower-cost way to own his rookie image with a real autograph; it is a reprint, not the 1957 original.
Ungraded near-mint copy sold at $305 with 18 bids (eBay, sale date not clearly shown). A PSA-graded MINT 9 listing was offered at $749 (asking price, not sold). Thin market.
$305
raw, recent sale
Top sale $749
- Autograph
2000 Fleer Greats of the Game On-Card Autograph Johnny Unitas
A certified on-card autograph from a 2000 Fleer set, one of the few on-card Unitas signatures from the period.
Thin market: the only sold comps are from 2021 (on-card auto $510.01, Feb 2021; autograph $116.75, Apr 2021). Nothing newer found.
$510
top recent sale
- Other
1958 Topps #22 Johnny Unitas (2nd-year base)
Unitas's second Topps card, from the year he led the Colts to the NFL title; a popular early-Colts card with a strong PSA 8 market.
Sold comps: PSA 8 $2,247 (Apr 2025), PSA 8 $2,160 (Heritage, Dec 2024), SGC 8 $1,699.99 (Nov 2024). Newest comp is older than 90 days. No PSA 10 sales found.
$2,247
top recent sale
- Other
1959 Topps #1 Johnny Unitas
Card number 1 in the 1959 Topps set, a prestige spot that makes it a popular pick among Unitas collectors.
PSA sales: PSA 7 $360 (Nov 2025), PSA 5 $84 (Nov 2025), PSA 5 $90 (Oct 2025), PSA 3 $39 (Dec 2025). PSA population for PSA 10 is 1, with no sale shown. Thin market.
$360
top recent sale
- Other
1971 Topps Johnny Unitas (card number not confirmed)
Often called the rarest Unitas card in PSA 10 form; collectors seek it for its scarcity.
Based on a 2025 article citing PSA recent sales for PSA 9 at about $2,650 (not dated precisely). No PSA 10 sales recorded. Thin market.
$2,650
top recent sale