Best Kabutops Cards to Grade
The Kabutops 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: Kabutops (Skyridge) at an expected +$5,905.
Ranked by expected profit 14
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$5,905 per submission: 16% of 1,395 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($33,999), and a PSA 9 ($5,762) still clears the $3,754 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $1,395 | $5,762 | $33,999 | $2,359 | +$30,245 | 16% | +$5,905 | 1,395 high |
| 2 | Expected +$1,205 per submission: 24.8% of 701 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,500), and a PSA 9 ($1,060) still clears the $1,119 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $445 | $1,060 | $5,500 | $674 | +$4,381 | 24.8% | +$1,205 | 701 high |
| 3 | Expected +$465 per submission: 9.7% of 608 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,200), and a PSA 9 ($305) still clears the $729 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $58 | $305 | $5,200 | $671 | +$4,471 | 9.7% | +$465 | 608 high |
| 4 | Expected +$462 per submission: 7.1% of 168 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,699), and a PSA 9 ($275) still clears the $706 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $275 | $6,699 | $686 | +$5,993 | 7.1% | +$462 | 168 high |
| 5 | Expected +$402 per submission: 9.2% of 3,591 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,612), and a PSA 9 ($1,133) still clears the $960 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $545 | $1,133 | $4,612 | $415 | +$3,653 | 9.2% | +$402 | 3,591 high |
| 6 | Expected +$379 per submission: 5.8% of 344 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($7,500), and a PSA 9 ($225) still clears the $751 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $57 | $225 | $7,500 | $694 | +$6,749 | 5.8% | +$379 | 344 high |
| 7 | Expected +$313 per submission: 7.4% of 188 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,386), and a PSA 9 ($94) still clears the $685 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $94 | $5,386 | $673 | +$4,701 | 7.4% | +$313 | 188 high |
| 8 | Expected +$256 per submission: 6.8% of 1,506 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,500), and a PSA 9 ($694) still clears the $349 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $105 | $694 | $2,500 | $244 | +$2,151 | 6.8% | +$256 | 1,506 high |
| 9 | Expected +$145 per submission: 14.4% of 354 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,350), and only a PSA 10 covers the $133 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $98 | $1,350 | $113 | +$1,217 | 14.4% | +$145 | 354 high |
| 10 | Expected +$138 per submission: 1.7% of 1,628 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($7,999), and a PSA 9 ($399) still clears the $779 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $80 | $399 | $7,999 | $699 | +$7,220 | 1.7% | +$138 | 1,628 high |
| 11 | Expected +$78 per submission: 43.3% of 164 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($350), and only a PSA 10 covers the $128 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $45 | $110 | $350 | $83 | +$222 | 43.3% | +$78 | 164 high |
| 12 | Expected loss −$18 per submission: 20.6% of 194 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($203), and only a PSA 10 covers the $95 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $13 | $60 | $203 | $82 | +$108 | 20.6% | −$18 | 194 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$33 per submission: 0.7% of 6,505 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,700), and a PSA 9 ($140) still clears the $445 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $39 | $140 | $3,700 | $406 | +$3,255 | 0.7% | −$33 | 6,505 high |
| 14 | Expected loss −$34 per submission: 12% of 715 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($254), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $7 | $43 | $254 | $83 | +$164 | 12% | −$34 | 715 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 Kabutops ranking
Every Kabutops card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 14 Kabutops printings pass. 14 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 11 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 Kabutops from Skyridge, gems 16% of the time across 1,395 graded copies: +$5,905 is what a long run of submissions would average, $30,245 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Kabutops cards is 9.7%. Roughly one submitted copy in 10 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 14 ranked cards, 10 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 4 need a 10 to break even and 3 lose money on expectation. 14 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Kabutops 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 Kabutops card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.