{
  "url": "https://www.moonstonehq.com/articles/the-most-graded-cards-in-pokemon",
  "slug": "the-most-graded-cards-in-pokemon",
  "title": "The Most Graded Cards in Pokemon: a Japanese Promo Pikachu Has 329,337 PSA Slabs and Nothing Else Is Close",
  "summary": "Across the 24,174 provider registry lines we snapshot, PSA has graded 29.4 million copies, and five distinct cards have crossed 100,000. The deepest registry is not a Charizard. It is a Japanese promo Pikachu with 329,337 slabs, 87.6% of them tens, still adding 268 a day. Base Set Charizard sits at 105,288 with a 0.5% gem rate. Here is the whole top of the registry, who is adding slabs fastest, and the provider collisions we had to remove to say any of it.",
  "section": "Data forensics",
  "published": "2026-09-12",
  "readMinutes": 8,
  "publisher": "moonstone",
  "findings": [
    {
      "value": "29,412,136",
      "measures": "PSA slabs across the provider lines we snapshot",
      "basis": "24,174 lines, before collision dedupe"
    },
    {
      "value": "49.0%",
      "measures": "of those slabs are PSA 10s",
      "basis": "14,404,591 tens, zero counts treated as absent"
    },
    {
      "value": "5",
      "measures": "distinct cards above 100,000 slabs",
      "basis": "8 provider lines, 3 are duplicates"
    },
    {
      "value": "329,337",
      "measures": "the deepest registry we track",
      "basis": "Pikachu 020/M-P, Japanese promo"
    }
  ],
  "tables": [
    {
      "title": "Deepest English PSA registries we track, most recent snapshot per card (2026-09-06 to 2026-09-12)",
      "columns": [
        "#",
        "Card",
        "Set",
        "PSA slabs",
        "PSA 10s",
        "Gem rate",
        "Added recently"
      ],
      "rows": [
        {
          "#": "1",
          "Card": "[Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat](/card/svp-085)",
          "Set": "SVP Black Star Promos 085",
          "PSA slabs": "117,361",
          "PSA 10s": "49,982",
          "Gem rate": "42.6%",
          "Added recently": "+988 in 23d (43/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "2",
          "Card": "[Mega Charizard X ex](/card/mep-023)",
          "Set": "MEP Black Star Promos 023",
          "PSA slabs": "106,786",
          "PSA 10s": "51,216",
          "Gem rate": "48.0%",
          "Added recently": "+5,371 in 18d (298/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "3",
          "Card": "[Charizard](/card/base1-4)",
          "Set": "[Base Set](/set/base%20set) 4",
          "PSA slabs": "105,288",
          "PSA 10s": "490",
          "Gem rate": "0.5%",
          "Added recently": "+741 in 15d (49/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "4",
          "Card": "[Charizard ex](/card/sv03.5-199)",
          "Set": "[151](/set/151) 199",
          "PSA slabs": "103,617",
          "PSA 10s": "28,477",
          "Gem rate": "27.5%",
          "Added recently": "+1,084 in 26d (42/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "5",
          "Card": "[Charizard V](/card/swshp-SWSH050)",
          "Set": "SWSH Black Star Promos SWSH050",
          "PSA slabs": "90,689",
          "PSA 10s": "51,047",
          "Gem rate": "56.3%",
          "Added recently": "+200 in 18d (11/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "6",
          "Card": "[Eevee](/card/svp-173)",
          "Set": "SVP Black Star Promos 173",
          "PSA slabs": "82,555",
          "PSA 10s": "31,041",
          "Gem rate": "37.6%",
          "Added recently": "+1,170 in 26d (45/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "7",
          "Card": "[Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno GX](/card/smp-SM210)",
          "Set": "SM Black Star Promos SM210",
          "PSA slabs": "76,546",
          "PSA 10s": "43,008",
          "Gem rate": "56.2%",
          "Added recently": "+710 in 16d (44/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "8",
          "Card": "[Blastoise ex](/card/sv03.5-200)",
          "Set": "[151](/set/151) 200",
          "PSA slabs": "63,081",
          "PSA 10s": "18,803",
          "Gem rate": "29.8%",
          "Added recently": "+435 in 16d (27/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "9",
          "Card": "[Pikachu](/card/swsh12.5-160)",
          "Set": "[Crown Zenith](/set/crown%20zenith) 160",
          "PSA slabs": "61,418",
          "PSA 10s": "32,521",
          "Gem rate": "53.0%",
          "Added recently": "+949 in 18d (53/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "10",
          "Card": "[Charizard](/card/cel25cc-CC002)",
          "Set": "Celebrations Classic Collection CC002",
          "PSA slabs": "60,810",
          "PSA 10s": "35,869",
          "Gem rate": "59.0%",
          "Added recently": "+883 in 29d (30/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "11",
          "Card": "[Mew ex](/card/svp-053)",
          "Set": "SVP Black Star Promos 053",
          "PSA slabs": "60,581",
          "PSA 10s": "10,980",
          "Gem rate": "18.1%",
          "Added recently": "n/a"
        },
        {
          "#": "12",
          "Card": "[Charizard VSTAR](/card/swshp-SWSH262)",
          "Set": "SWSH Black Star Promos SWSH262",
          "PSA slabs": "59,839",
          "PSA 10s": "9,263",
          "Gem rate": "15.5%",
          "Added recently": "+459 in 18d (26/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "13",
          "Card": "[Charizard ex](/card/sv03-223)",
          "Set": "[Obsidian Flames](/set/obsidian%20flames) 223",
          "PSA slabs": "57,289",
          "PSA 10s": "12,887",
          "Gem rate": "22.5%",
          "Added recently": "+569 in 22d (26/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "14",
          "Card": "[Oricorio ex](/card/mep-024)",
          "Set": "MEP Black Star Promos 024",
          "PSA slabs": "57,116",
          "PSA 10s": "30,098",
          "Gem rate": "52.7%",
          "Added recently": "n/a"
        },
        {
          "#": "15",
          "Card": "[Greninja ☆](/card/swshp-SWSH144)",
          "Set": "SWSH Black Star Promos SWSH144",
          "PSA slabs": "56,974",
          "PSA 10s": "3,034",
          "Gem rate": "5.3%",
          "Added recently": "+917 in 22d (42/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "16",
          "Card": "[Venusaur ex](/card/sv03.5-198)",
          "Set": "[151](/set/151) 198",
          "PSA slabs": "56,285",
          "PSA 10s": "16,277",
          "Gem rate": "28.9%",
          "Added recently": "n/a"
        },
        {
          "#": "17",
          "Card": "[Charizard](/card/xy12-11)",
          "Set": "[Evolutions](/set/xy%20-%20evolutions) 11",
          "PSA slabs": "53,539",
          "PSA 10s": "602",
          "Gem rate": "1.1%",
          "Added recently": "+197 in 18d (11/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "18",
          "Card": "[Mega Charizard X ex](/card/me02-125)",
          "Set": "[Phantasmal Flames](/set/phantasmal%20flames) 125",
          "PSA slabs": "52,212",
          "PSA 10s": "30,681",
          "Gem rate": "58.8%",
          "Added recently": "+2,608 in 20d (130/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "19",
          "Card": "[Blastoise](/card/base1-2)",
          "Set": "[Base Set](/set/base%20set) 2",
          "PSA slabs": "51,522",
          "PSA 10s": "381",
          "Gem rate": "0.7%",
          "Added recently": "+514 in 23d (22/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "20",
          "Card": "[Mew ex](/card/sv04.5-232)",
          "Set": "[Paldean Fates](/set/paldean%20fates) 232",
          "PSA slabs": "49,991",
          "PSA 10s": "16,553",
          "Gem rate": "33.1%",
          "Added recently": "+417 in 18d (23/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "21",
          "Card": "[Mega Heracross ex](/card/me02-004)",
          "Set": "[Phantasmal Flames](/set/phantasmal%20flames) 004",
          "PSA slabs": "49,891",
          "PSA 10s": "29,815",
          "Gem rate": "59.8%",
          "Added recently": "n/a"
        },
        {
          "#": "22",
          "Card": "[Zapdos ex](/card/sv03.5-202)",
          "Set": "[151](/set/151) 202",
          "PSA slabs": "49,372",
          "PSA 10s": "14,099",
          "Gem rate": "28.6%",
          "Added recently": "+776 in 29d (27/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "23",
          "Card": "[Mega Sharpedo ex](/card/me02-061)",
          "Set": "[Phantasmal Flames](/set/phantasmal%20flames) 061",
          "PSA slabs": "49,142",
          "PSA 10s": "29,372",
          "Gem rate": "59.8%",
          "Added recently": "+1,299 in 26d (50/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "24",
          "Card": "[Charizard VMAX](/card/swsh4.5sv-SV107)",
          "Set": "Shining Fates Shiny Vault SV107",
          "PSA slabs": "48,658",
          "PSA 10s": "36,375",
          "Gem rate": "74.8%",
          "Added recently": "+251 in 18d (14/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "25",
          "Card": "[Charmander](/card/svp-044)",
          "Set": "SVP Black Star Promos 044",
          "PSA slabs": "48,374",
          "PSA 10s": "11,095",
          "Gem rate": "22.9%",
          "Added recently": "+466 in 19d (25/day)"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Deepest Japanese PSA registries we track, most recent snapshot per card",
      "columns": [
        "#",
        "Card",
        "Set",
        "PSA slabs",
        "PSA 10s",
        "Gem rate",
        "Added recently"
      ],
      "rows": [
        {
          "#": "1",
          "Card": "[Pikachu 020/M-P](/card/jat-649586)",
          "Set": "M-P Promotional Cards 020/M-P",
          "PSA slabs": "329,337",
          "PSA 10s": "288,362",
          "Gem rate": "87.6%",
          "Added recently": "+4,549 in 17d (268/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "2",
          "Card": "[Pikachu 001/SV-P](/card/jat-587758)",
          "Set": "SV-P Promotional Cards 001/SV-P",
          "PSA slabs": "93,941",
          "PSA 10s": "77,631",
          "Gem rate": "82.6%",
          "Added recently": "+2,086 in 18d (116/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "3",
          "Card": "[Umbreon ex](/card/ja-SV8a-217)",
          "Set": "Terastal Festival ex 217",
          "PSA slabs": "92,708",
          "PSA 10s": "80,586",
          "Gem rate": "86.9%",
          "Added recently": "+1,957 in 18d (109/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "4",
          "Card": "[Mega Charizard X ex](/card/ja-M2a-223)",
          "Set": "Mega Dream ex 223",
          "PSA slabs": "69,805",
          "PSA 10s": "63,648",
          "Gem rate": "91.2%",
          "Added recently": "n/a"
        },
        {
          "#": "5",
          "Card": "[Magikarp](/card/ja-SV1a-080)",
          "Set": "Triplet Beat 080",
          "PSA slabs": "63,850",
          "PSA 10s": "58,080",
          "Gem rate": "91.0%",
          "Added recently": "+1,015 in 19d (53/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "6",
          "Card": "[Mega Charizard X ex](/card/jat-655886)",
          "Set": "M2 Inferno X 110/080",
          "PSA slabs": "59,553",
          "PSA 10s": "51,698",
          "Gem rate": "86.8%",
          "Added recently": "+2,634 in 18d (146/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "7",
          "Card": "[Sylveon ex](/card/ja-SV8a-212)",
          "Set": "Terastal Festival ex 212",
          "PSA slabs": "58,463",
          "PSA 10s": "52,199",
          "Gem rate": "89.3%",
          "Added recently": "n/a"
        },
        {
          "#": "8",
          "Card": "[Detective Pikachu 098/SV-P](/card/jat-587856)",
          "Set": "SV-P Promotional Cards 098/SV-P",
          "PSA slabs": "57,046",
          "PSA 10s": "49,384",
          "Gem rate": "86.6%",
          "Added recently": "n/a"
        },
        {
          "#": "9",
          "Card": "[Pikachu](/card/ja-SV2a-173)",
          "Set": "Pokemon Card 151 173",
          "PSA slabs": "56,753",
          "PSA 10s": "47,589",
          "Gem rate": "83.9%",
          "Added recently": "n/a"
        },
        {
          "#": "10",
          "Card": "[Pikachu 208/S-P](/card/jat-597392)",
          "Set": "S-P: Sword & Shield Promos 208/S-P",
          "PSA slabs": "54,172",
          "PSA 10s": "40,553",
          "Gem rate": "74.9%",
          "Added recently": "n/a"
        },
        {
          "#": "11",
          "Card": "[Pikachu 120/SV-P](/card/jat-587870)",
          "Set": "SV-P Promotional Cards 120/SV-P",
          "PSA slabs": "50,021",
          "PSA 10s": "39,247",
          "Gem rate": "78.5%",
          "Added recently": "+771 in 18d (43/day)"
        },
        {
          "#": "12",
          "Card": "[Espeon ex](/card/ja-SV8a-211)",
          "Set": "Terastal Festival ex 211",
          "PSA slabs": "47,001",
          "PSA 10s": "41,094",
          "Gem rate": "87.4%",
          "Added recently": "+1,109 in 18d (62/day)"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Deepest sets by summed PSA slabs across tracked provider lines (not deduped; gem rate with zero counts treated as absent)",
      "columns": [
        "Set",
        "PSA slabs",
        "Lines tracked",
        "Slabs per line",
        "Gem rate"
      ],
      "rows": [
        {
          "Set": "SVP Black Star Promos",
          "PSA slabs": "887,865",
          "Lines tracked": "215",
          "Slabs per line": "4,130",
          "Gem rate": "35.4%"
        },
        {
          "Set": "[151](/set/151)",
          "PSA slabs": "883,747",
          "Lines tracked": "179",
          "Slabs per line": "4,937",
          "Gem rate": "29.2%"
        },
        {
          "Set": "SWSH Black Star Promos",
          "PSA slabs": "749,246",
          "Lines tracked": "299",
          "Slabs per line": "2,506",
          "Gem rate": "31.6%"
        },
        {
          "Set": "SV-P Promotional Cards (JP)",
          "PSA slabs": "634,878",
          "Lines tracked": "30",
          "Slabs per line": "21,163",
          "Gem rate": "81.8%"
        },
        {
          "Set": "Terastal Festival ex (JP)",
          "PSA slabs": "608,136",
          "Lines tracked": "27",
          "Slabs per line": "22,524",
          "Gem rate": "88.1%"
        },
        {
          "Set": "VSTAR Universe (JP)",
          "PSA slabs": "577,237",
          "Lines tracked": "46",
          "Slabs per line": "12,549",
          "Gem rate": "85.3%"
        },
        {
          "Set": "Pokemon Card 151 (JP)",
          "PSA slabs": "576,385",
          "Lines tracked": "32",
          "Slabs per line": "18,012",
          "Gem rate": "81.9%"
        },
        {
          "Set": "[Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery](/set/crown%20zenith%20galarian%20gallery)",
          "PSA slabs": "564,857",
          "Lines tracked": "70",
          "Slabs per line": "8,069",
          "Gem rate": "52.6%"
        },
        {
          "Set": "[Destined Rivals](/set/destined%20rivals)",
          "PSA slabs": "505,615",
          "Lines tracked": "231",
          "Slabs per line": "2,189",
          "Gem rate": "45.3%"
        },
        {
          "Set": "[Paldean Fates](/set/paldean%20fates)",
          "PSA slabs": "472,269",
          "Lines tracked": "244",
          "Slabs per line": "1,936",
          "Gem rate": "37.3%"
        },
        {
          "Set": "SM Black Star Promos",
          "PSA slabs": "440,931",
          "Lines tracked": "246",
          "Slabs per line": "1,792",
          "Gem rate": "33.2%"
        },
        {
          "Set": "[Phantasmal Flames](/set/phantasmal%20flames)",
          "PSA slabs": "440,249",
          "Lines tracked": "120",
          "Slabs per line": "3,669",
          "Gem rate": "54.6%"
        },
        {
          "Set": "[Prismatic Evolutions](/set/prismatic%20evolutions)",
          "PSA slabs": "434,100",
          "Lines tracked": "178",
          "Slabs per line": "2,439",
          "Gem rate": "35.0%"
        },
        {
          "Set": "Surging Sparks",
          "PSA slabs": "413,223",
          "Lines tracked": "251",
          "Slabs per line": "1,646",
          "Gem rate": "34.2%"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "charts": [],
  "sections": [
    "676 lines hold half of all slabs",
    "The top of the English registry",
    "Who is adding slabs right now",
    "The deepest registry in the game is a promo Pikachu",
    "Promos and 151 are the two biggest grading businesses",
    "The provider maps several cards onto one registry"
  ],
  "method": [
    "Source: our daily PSA population snapshots (24,174 provider lines keyed by TCGplayer product id) as of 2026-09-12, using the most recent snapshot per line, taken between 2026-09-06 and 2026-09-12 for all but one line; PSA 10 fallbacks reach back to 2026-09-03. Slab totals and PSA 10 counts are the provider's pass-through of the PSA registry; a PSA 10 count of zero on the latest snapshot is treated as absent, not zero, and the most recent snapshot carrying a count is used instead (the rule in [The Gem Rate Curve](/articles/the-gem-rate-curve)). Recent growth is the latest total minus the total at the nearest snapshot at least 14 days earlier, or the earliest snapshot when none is that old, spans 15 to 29 days, expressed per day; lines with a single snapshot print n/a. A per-day figure is arithmetic over the window and can hide a single-step provider refresh, as the MEP line shows. Collision rule: two lines whose totals agree within 1% and whose PSA 10 counts agree within 1.5% are counted once, keeping the larger; the Base Set 2 Charizard line is excluded as a provider remap. The headline slab total, the band counts, and the set table count provider lines without dedupe; the deduped set figures quoted in the prose apply the rule to lines at 10,000 slabs and above only. Set sums cover the 22,935 lines that match a catalog set; 1,239 do not and are excluded from the set table only. The headline PSA 10 total applies the zero-as-absent rule. Japanese card names are translated from the catalog's Japanese names. Registry depth per card is the provider's figure and is not a print-run estimate; see [Print-Run Archaeology](/articles/print-run-archaeology) for what it can and cannot say about supply. Not financial advice."
  ],
  "terms": "Figures are moonstone's own recorded measurements, dated as published. Quote them with the population stated beside them. The article at `url` is the human form of this file."
}