Hockey Card Values & Price Guide
Hockey is a small section of this guide, and a fifth of its scans go to two Wayne Gretzky cards, 1979 Topps #18 and 1981 Topps #16. The most useful thing to know about either is that most Topps hockey cards of that era have a Canadian twin from O-Pee-Chee.
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43indexed card records
$0.91–$1,200,000recorded grade range
Guide coverage
Latest source update Oct 25, 2026What this guide includes
This guide currently covers 43 indexed card records across 34 sets and 28 years (1971–2025). The displayed estimate range is $0.91–$1,200,000. It reflects records available in TCG Value Scanner, not a complete manufacturer checklist.
Lowest indexed raw or primary estimateKirk McLean$0.91
Highest indexed raw or primary estimateWayne Gretzky$778
Values are directional estimates rather than guaranteed sale prices. Read how estimates and scan ranges are produced.
From the app
Latest scan Oct 25, 2026What collectors scan
Cards in this guide have been scanned 214 times in TCG Value Scanner. The printings scanned most:
- Wayne Gretzky #16 1981 Topps Hockey 22 scans · 10%
- Wayne Gretzky #18 1979 Topps Hockey 21 scans · 10%
- Dominik Hasek #335 1991 Upper Deck Hockey 9 scans · 4%
Scans by set
- 1981 Topps Hockey10%
- 1979 Topps Hockey10%
- 2015 Upper Deck Hockey5%
- 1985 O-Pee-Chee Hockey5%
- 1991 Upper Deck Hockey4%
Indexed estimates
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Topps or O-Pee-Chee?
For decades, Topps sold its hockey cards in the United States while O-Pee-Chee printed a Canadian version of the same set, with the same photo and the same number. The two are separate cards, and for the key rookies the O-Pee-Chee version sells for much more. Before you compare a value, turn the card over:
- Bilingual back. O-Pee-Chee backs carry English and French text; Topps backs are English only.
- Brighter stock. O-Pee-Chee card stock looks noticeably whiter when the two backs sit side by side.
- The Gretzky dot. On the 1979-80 Gretzky rookie, a small yellow print dot on his left shoulder appears on O-Pee-Chee copies and not on Topps copies.
The Gretzky #18 in this guide is the Topps card. Mario Lemieux's 1985-86 rookie appears here in both versions, Topps #9 and O-Pee-Chee #9, which makes it the clearest example of one number, two cards and two values. O-Pee-Chee cards are also harder to find in high grade, because the stock and printing were rougher.
Young Guns: read the number
Modern hockey rookies are dominated by Upper Deck's Young Guns, and the card number tells you whether you have one. Series 1 Young Guns are numbered 201–250 and Series 2 Young Guns 451–500. That pattern runs through this guide: Connor McDavid's 2015-16 #201, Jack Hughes's 2019-20 #201, Jack Eichel's 2015-16 #451 and Macklin Celebrini's 2024-25 #451, the headline rookie of that year's Series 2. A card of the same player with a number outside those ranges is a different card, usually a base card, insert or later issue, and is valued on its own.
1990-91: the year everything changed
Upper Deck, Score and O-Pee-Chee Premier all made their first hockey sets in 1990-91, and the new brands flooded the market with rookie cards. Pavel Bure's Upper Deck #526, Jaromir Jagr's O-Pee-Chee Premier #50, and Score's Eric Lindros #440 — shown as a "Future Superstar" before he played an NHL game — all come from that season. Like baseball cards of the same years, they were printed in huge numbers, so condition matters more than age.
How the season is filed
Hockey sets carry two-year names such as 1979-80. This guide lists each one under the first year, so the Gretzky rookie is filed under 1979 and Celebrini's Young Guns under 2024.
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