Football cards may lack the pedigree of their baseball counterparts, but the most valuable piece of collectable cardboard in the realm of gridiron greats is still worth a healthy chunk of change.
TOP TEN MOST VALUABLE FOOTBALL CARDS
The only PSA Mint-9 rated Bronko Nagurski 1935 National Chicle football card sold for $240,000 in 2006, and again in 2011 for $350,000, firmly establishing it at No. 1 among the top ten most valuable football cards in auction history.
Just missing the cut to make the top ten was a 1948 Leaf card of Bobby Layne (with yellow pants and name misspelled as Bobbie) which sold by Heritage Auctions in 2016 for $38,240.
As for modern era cards, Joe Montana’s Topps rookie card held the record at $65,880 until being surpassed by Tom Brady’s rookie card, which sold for a quarter million dollars on eBay just days before Super Bowl LII.
10) CHARLES BEDNARIK, 1948 LEAF – $38,600
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9) TERRY BRADSHAW, 1971 TOPPS – $50,190
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8) PAUL HORNUNG, 1957 TOPPS – $50,324
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7) JOE MONTANA, 1981 TOPPS – $65,880
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6) SID LUCKMAN, 1948 LEAF – $71,800
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5) JIM BROWN, 1958 TOPPS – $84,800
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4) JOE NAMATH, 1965 TOPPS – $92,433
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3) JIM THORPE, 1933 SPORTS KINGS – $119,500
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2) TOM BRADY, 2000 PLAYOFF CONTENDERS – $250,000
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1) BRONKO NAGURSKI, 1935 NATIONAL CHICLE – $350,000
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