The rarest card in FIFA 23 isn't a single fixed item but shifts with promotions and player performance, often being limited-release promotional cards like specific Team of the Season (TOTS) or special event cards (e.g., FUT Birthday Maldini) or extremely rare Icons/Heroes that become extinct on the market due to low supply and high demand, with players often citing unique versions of Maldini, Mane, or Base Neymar Founders Edition as contenders for rarity. Reddit +1
However, for the first time in the 26-year history of FIFA's video game franchise, EA Sports has awarded a player with a 100-rated card. And that special FUT card has been rewarded to a League Two player - Adebayo Akinfenwa aka The Beast.
The Shichifukujin Dragon, created to celebrate the opening of the DCI Tournament Center in Tokyo, Japan, is also the only one of its kind in existence. In Japanese mythology, 'Shichifukujin' is the name given to the Seven Deities of Good Fortune.
A 1/1 card is the rarest type of trading card, making it especially appealing to collectors. Some of the most valuable cards in existence today are 1/1 cards.
The Jordan/Bryant card was sold with Heritage Auctions. Canadian investor Kevin O'Leary, hobby mega-collector Matt Allen (better known as Shyne150 on social media) and entrepreneur Paul Warshaw partnered together for the purchase, the auction house confirmed to ESPN.
Alfred Common (25 May 1880 in Millfield (Sunderland) – 3 April 1946 in Darlington) was an English footballer who played at inside forward or centre forward. He is most famous for being the first player to be transferred for a fee of £1,000 on his transfer to Middlesbrough from Sunderland in 1905.
Yes, 99-rated players exist in FIFA (now EA Sports FC) but are very rare, typically appearing as special promotional cards (like Team of the Year or Futties) in Ultimate Team (UT) towards the end of the game cycle, with some fans even getting full squads of them through grinding. While base cards rarely reach this, special versions of players like Mbappe, Pele, and even defenders like Virgil van Dijk have achieved 99 overall ratings in past editions.
1. Kylian Mbappé - Paris Saint-Germain - 97 PAC.
The men's teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked the highest. As of December 2025, the rankings were led by Spain.
Van Dijk makes history by becoming 1st defender with 99-RATED card on FIFA game.
On March 21, 2017, Panini released 2017 National Treasures as a premium football card product, highlighting Patrick Mahomes' NFL Shield Rookie Patch Autograph card as the most valuable football card in the hobby.
The Wagner card has been described as “The Mona Lisa of baseball cards,” and as “The Holy Grail of card collecting.” It is the subject of three books, one for adults and two for children. It was even the inspiration for a movie about Wagner, 2004's “The Winning Season,” released in 2004.
The most expensive Tom Brady rookie card—the 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Ticket Tom Brady Autograph Rookie Card #144—sold for $3,107,132.40 in 2021. Other top Tom Brady rookie cards sold for between $121,200–$312,000.
What is the FIFA age rating? The FIFA series of video games have a PEGI 3 age rating in the UK and an ESRB rating of E for everyone in the US. Electronic Arts' terms and conditions state that players must be 13 or over to play online features in any FIFA games.
The 1999 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Rivaldo on 21 December 1999.
In football (soccer), the 🐐 emoji stands for the "Greatest Of All Time," a term used to praise legendary players like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, among others, for their unparalleled skill and impact on the sport, sparking ongoing debates about who truly deserves the title.
He cost me £999,999 ..." [Brian Clough] Trevor Francis becomes the first "one million pound" player in British Football after signing for Nottingham Forest in 1979.
Soccer (or football) is the world's most popular team sport, played by two teams of 11 players trying to kick or head a ball into the opponent's goal, using any part of the body except their hands and arms, with the team scoring the most goals winning the game on a rectangular field. It's known as "football" in most countries but "soccer" in places like the U.S. and Australia, with the formal name being Association Football.
Several Pokémon cards have sold for around or over $300,000, most notably the 1997 Bronze Pikachu No. 3 Trainer Trophy Card, which sold for $300,000 in 2023, and the iconic 1st Edition Shadowless Holographic Charizard, which has seen sales exceeding $300,000 (even reaching $420,000 for a Gem Mint copy) due to its extreme rarity and iconic status. Other contender for that price point includes rare promotional cards like the Blastoise Wizards of the Coast Presentation Galaxy Star Holo, valued around $360,000.
The "$5.2 million rookie card" refers to two record-breaking sales in 2021: a LeBron James 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection RPA (rookie patch autograph) card sold in April for $5.2 million, making it the most expensive basketball card; and a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card sold in January for the same amount, tying the overall sports card record, as detailed on sites like ESPN and Reuters. Both transactions were handled by PWCC Marketplace, highlighting intense demand for ultra-rare collectibles.