Recent sales
  • OPCPSA 6$5,505 USDeBay
  • OPCPSA 1$738 USDeBay
  • OPCPSA 7$7,500 USDeBay
  • OPCPSA 3$1,250 USDeBay
  • OPCPSA 7$6,661 USDeBay
  • OPCPSA 2$1,586 USDGoldin
  • OPCPSA 3$1,250 USDeBay
  • ToppsPSA 3$1,050 USDeBay
  • OPCPSA 7$7,577 USDeBay
  • OPCPSA 5$3,035 USDeBay
  • ToppsPSA 5$2,489 USDeBay
  • OPCPSA 2$1,184 USDeBay
  • ToppsPSA 2$1,075 USDeBay
  • OPCPSA 4$2,205 USDeBay
  • ToppsPSA 8$7,631 USDGoldin
  • OPCPSA 7$7,503 USDGoldin
  • OPCPSA 5$3,782 USDGoldin
  • ToppsPSA 5$1,891 USDGoldin
  • Source: SportsCardsPro
Source: SportsCardsPro

Wayne Gretzky rookie card portal

Introduction

The 1979-80 #18 Wayne Gretzky rookie card is one of the most important hockey cards ever printed, and one of the most misunderstood. Fakes, reprints, altered slabs and Topps/O-Pee-Chee mix-ups cost collectors money. This portal brings together what Sprunger Originals has learned from years of studying the card: a free rookie card cheat sheet, the 1979-80 OPC & Topps set reference, our PSA population and value analysis, and the 42-page History of the O-Pee-Chee Rookie Card (5th edition, January 2026).

Own one? Upload a few photos for a free estimated grade (PSA-style), plus a real, fake or reprint check, reviewed by Sprunger Originals. Then get a Card Owner Report, or list it in Sprunger Marketplace. Listing is free, buyers are ID-verified and screened for fraud, and every sale comes with a Verisart certificate.

Looking for one? Thinking of buying? Send us the seller's photos or screenshots for a free check before you pay. See the Gretzky rookies we've sold, browse cards available from verified sellers, and read buying and selling tips in The Verified Vault.

Free estimated grade and real check   Vault my Gretzky rookie

✔ ID-verified buyers & sellers · ✔ Verisart certificate · ✔ Fraud screening on every sale · ✔ Tracked shipping

Resources

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Grading & value

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  • Virtual Vault collector value packs for graded and ungraded cards
  • Card Owner Report – custom PDF on your card's print quality, market value, population numbers and more
  • Digital twin – Web3 record of your card for proof of ownership

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Gretzky #18 by the numbers

1979-80 Wayne Gretzky rookie card — O-Pee-Chee (OPC) and Topps, side by side.

Updated weekly · as of Oct 26, 2026
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PSA grade · whole grades

PSA population by grade

Every PSA-graded copy, by set. PSA Population Report, as of Oct 13, 2026.

OPCTopps
Auth
174
390
PSA 1
1139
196
PSA 1.5
511
101
PSA 2
1599
487
PSA 3
2126
917
PSA 4
2849
1686
PSA 5
2248
1934
PSA 6
2314
2523
PSA 7
1719
2337
PSA 8
1154
1804
PSA 9
131
207
PSA 10
2
1
OPC 15966 graded · 751 with qualifiers · 2 PSA 10s Topps 12583 graded · 794 with qualifiers · 1 PSA 10

Population bars include half grades (e.g. 8.5 is counted in PSA 8; PSA 1.5 is shown on its own) and qualified grades. Prices use the exact grade only.

PSA 5 market price

Average of PSA 5 sales in the last 90 days (USD).

Recent PSA 5 sales · OPC

    Recent PSA 5 sales · Topps

      PSA 5 price trend

      Monthly median of PSA 5 sales (USD), months with 2+ sales, last 12 months.

      The record

      Record public sale for the Gretzky rookie card

      $3.75M USD
      OPC 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee #18 · PSA 10
      Heritage Auctions · May 27, 2021

      PSA 5 population growth

      How many copies PSA has graded at PSA 5, by set, and how fast that is growing. Counts include half grades and qualified grades, like the bars above.

      As of Oct 13, 2026

      Source: PSA population report, as of Oct 13, 2026. Latest year uses the nearest snapshots about a year apart (Jun 1, 2025 to Oct 13, 2026), with the rate annualised. Counts can go down when PSA regrades or removes a copy.

      #18s at Sprunger Originals

      Every card sold here carries a blockchain certificate of authenticity (COA) you can verify.

      For sale nowNo #18s listed this weekID-verified sellers list here for free.List your Gretzky rookie
      Updated weekly — market sales as of Oct 26, 2026; population as of Oct 13, 2026. Sources: PSA Population Report, as of Oct 13, 2026; PSA sales by grade compiled from public sold listings (eBay, Goldin, Heritage, Fanatics) via SportsCardsPro (formerly PriceCharting), retrieved Oct 26, 2026. Links: SportsCardsPro — OPC #18 · SportsCardsPro — Topps #18 (sportscardspro.com). Record sale: Heritage Auctions. Population data: PSA (psacard.com). Market prices in USD; Sprunger Originals prices in CAD. Exact PSA grade only: other graders, qualified grades and half grades are excluded from prices. A grade needs 3+ sales in 90 days to show an average. For information only, not an appraisal.

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