Best Hitmonchan Cards to Grade
The Hitmonchan cards worth grading, ranked by expected profit per submission — every grade outcome weighted by how often the card actually receives it — after current grading fees. The PSA 10 best case is shown on every row but does not decide the order. Top pick: Rocket's Hitmonchan ex (Team Rocket Returns) at an expected +$1,959.
Ranked by expected profit 10
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rocket's Hitmonchan exTeam Rocket Returns #98 · Classic (2004–2010)Expected +$1,959 per submission: 6.3% of 921 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($24,600), and a PSA 9 ($1,916) still clears the $1,568 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $303 | $1,916 | $24,600 | $1,265 | +$23,032 | 6.3% | +$1,959 | 921 high |
| 2 |  Hitmonchan exRuby & Sapphire #98 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$507 per submission: 2.3% of 1,890 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($15,300), and a PSA 9 ($1,200) still clears the $1,298 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $126 | $1,200 | $15,300 | $1,172 | +$14,002 | 2.3% | +$507 | 1,890 high |
| 3 |  HitmonchanPlatinum #129 · Classic (2004–2010)Expected +$463 per submission: 6.4% of 265 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($8,000), and a PSA 9 ($220) still clears the $720 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $21 | $220 | $8,000 | $699 | +$7,280 | 6.4% | +$463 | 265 high |
| 4 |  HitmonchanAquapolis #81 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$72 per submission: 31.1% of 106 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($425), and only a PSA 10 covers the $107 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $23 | $100 | $425 | $84 | +$318 | 31.1% | +$72 | 106 high |
| 5 |  HitmonchanBase #7 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$53 per submission: 1.2% of 17,312 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,104), and a PSA 9 ($648) still clears the $260 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $648 | $2,104 | $240 | +$1,844 | 1.2% | +$53 | 17,312 high |
| 6 | Expected +$45 per submission: 2.1% of 2,654 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,000), and a PSA 9 ($219) still clears the $465 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $56 | $219 | $4,000 | $409 | +$3,535 | 2.1% | +$45 | 2,654 high |
| 7 |  HitmonchanBase Set 2 #8 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$35 per submission: 0.8% of 2,504 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($9,000), and a PSA 9 ($210) still clears the $726 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $17 | $210 | $9,000 | $709 | +$8,274 | 0.8% | +$35 | 2,504 high |
| 8 |  HitmonchanUnseen Forces #24 · Classic (2004–2010)Expected +$13 per submission: 64.7% of 17 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($133), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample. | $6 | $49 | $133 | $81 | +$45 | 64.7% | +$13 | 17 low |
| 9 |  HitmonchanHGSS Black Star Promos #HGSS24 · Classic (2004–2010)Expected loss −$21 per submission: 0% of 54 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($262), and a PSA 9 ($150) still clears the $97 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $14 | $150 | $262 | $83 | +$165 | 0% | −$21 | 54 medium |
| 10 |  HitmonchanPokémon TCG Classic - Venusaur #12 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$21 per submission: 52.3% of 327 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($100), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $36 | $100 | $81 | +$11 | 52.3% | −$21 | 327 high |
Expected = every grade outcome weighted by its share of the card's graded population, minus the raw price and the grading cost (PSA tier fee for the graded value plus ~$20 round-trip shipping, fees as of 2026-09-26). Best case is the PSA 10 leg alone. Gem rates come from a self-selected population — collectors grade their cleanest copies — so read them as an upper bound. Raw is a blended market price, not a sale of your copy. Full method and filters on the grading index.
How to read the Hitmonchan ranking
Every Hitmonchan card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 10 Hitmonchan printings pass. 10 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 8 of those keep a positive expected value once every grade outcome is weighted by how often the card actually receives it.
The order is expected profit, not the PSA 10 best case, which rewards the widest raw-to-gem gap whether the card gems one time in two or one in fifty. Here the top row, the Rocket's Hitmonchan ex from Team Rocket Returns, gems 6.3% of the time across 921 graded copies: +$1,959 is what a long run of submissions would average, $23,032 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Hitmonchan cards is 6.3%. Roughly one submitted copy in 16 came back PSA 10, and most rows here still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, so the PSA 9 price does most of the work. Of the 10 ranked cards, 7 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 3 need a 10 to break even and 2 lose money on expectation. 8 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Hitmonchan card
Grading pays on condition. The four things every grader scores — centering, corners, edges and surface — can be checked at home before paying a fee, and a copy that is visibly off-centre or has a whitened corner will not gem whatever the population says. Those gem rates come from a self-selected population of clean copies, so a random copy does worse.
The cost column assumes a PSA submission at the tier covering the card's PSA 10 value, fees as of 2026-09-26, and raw is CardTrack's blended near-mint price, not a sale of your copy: pay more, or hold a lighter copy, and the break-even moves against you. Test a card with your own numbers in the ROI calculator, see the printings that fail the bar on the Hitmonchan card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.