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Basketball (WNBA) · Indiana Fever · 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA #22

Estimated ranges from public sale archives: grade-dependent, not an appraisal. Card prices move with the market; treat every figure below as a starting point and check live comps before a big buy or sell.

Caitlin Clark rookie card value by grade

Grade decides almost everything for this card, so values are given as ranges by tier rather than a single price. Base is common and cheap; Silver is a genuine step up; true rarity is confined to unrelated 1/1 autograph inserts.

Estimated value by grade for the 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA #22.
Condition Estimated value
Base Prizm #22, raw SportsCardsPro/Card Ladder recent sale around $21. $15 – $30
Base Prizm #22, PSA 10 Card Ladder recent sale data, 139 sales averaging about $270, mid-2026. $260 – $320
Silver Prizm #22, raw Sports Card Investor recent sale around $310. $200 – $350
Silver Prizm #22, PSA 10 Card Ladder recent sales averaged about $3,670 across 27 sales in mid-2026, while guide prices have sat nearer $2,250; the range spans both. $2,200 – $4,000

Values last checked: July 16, 2026.

Record / notable sale $660,000 (a different card: an autographed Panini Instant Rookie Royalty 1-of-1, not the base #22) (July 2025, Fanatics Collect).

Is this really the rookie card?

This is Clark's flagship licensed rookie card, verified as card number 22 in the 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA checklist. The base card and its Silver parallel are two distinct cards in this product (unlike some other Prizm rookie classes where the base is the refractor); the record breaking six-figure sales that made headlines are from separate autographed 1/1 insert parallels (Panini Prizm Signatures, Panini Select, and Panini Instant), not the base or Silver #22 card itself.

Key versions and parallels

  • Base Prizm #22 (common, widely available)
  • Silver #22 (the true refractor parallel and the meaningful step-up money card within this product)
  • Ice, Green, Checkerboard, Pulsar /499 and other numbered color parallels
  • Autographed 1/1 inserts such as Prizm Signatures Gold Vinyl, unrelated card numbers, are the cards behind the record sales, not the base rookie

How rare is it, really?

Base is common and cheap; Silver is a genuine step up; true rarity is confined to unrelated 1/1 autograph inserts.

  • Print run: No official print run disclosed by Panini; PSA population data already shows the base card in the thousands graded within about two years of release, reflecting the surge in WNBA card demand driven by Clark.
  • Graded population: Be honest: the base Prizm #22 is common and inexpensive even in PSA 10, with a PSA population already near 1,925 as of mid-2026. The Silver parallel is scarcer (PSA 10 population around 224) and commands a real premium, but it is still an accessible card next to the ultra-rare autographed 1/1s that generate headline prices.

History

Panini rushed out WNBA licensed products in 2024 to meet unprecedented demand for Caitlin Clark's rookie season, and Prizm WNBA quickly became the flagship set collectors reached for. Her cards drove the fastest sustained price growth of any modern women's sports card, culminating in a string of record breaking sales through 2025, including a $234,850 Panini Select Signatures Gold Vinyl 1/1 (Goldin, December 2024), a $366,000 Panini Prizm Signatures Gold Vinyl 1/1 (Goldin), and a $660,000 Panini Instant Rookie Royalty Flawless Platinum Logowoman autograph 1/1 (Fanatics Collect, July 2025), which stands as the most expensive card of a female athlete ever sold at public auction.

How to spot a fake

  • Check logo placement, statistics, and card back copyright details against verified images of the real 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA design; counterfeits of hot rookies are typically rushed and show small layout errors.
  • Watch for sellers who have trimmed card edges to fake better centering and inflate a grading submission; compare edge alignment carefully against known authentic scans before buying raw.
  • Graded slabs are not automatically safe, since counterfeit slabs exist for high demand modern cards; verify the certification number directly on PSA, SGC, or BGS's own website and confirm it matches the exact card and grade described.
  • Buy only from established marketplaces or sellers with verifiable feedback, since counterfeiters specifically target newly hot rookies like Clark's given the fast-moving, less experienced buyer pool.
  • For the ultra-premium autographed 1/1 inserts behind the record sales, confirm the PSA/DNA autograph authentication grade separately from the card grade, since these are two distinct certifications on the same slab.

Before you grade it

  • Centering issues are common on this release; check all four borders since off-center copies show up frequently even in otherwise well handled raw cards.
  • The Silver Prizm parallel's refractor surface picks up fine scratches easily; inspect under raking light before assuming a raw copy will grade Gem Mint.
  • Because so much recent grading volume for this card is rushed submissions, population reports are climbing quickly, so treat any pop-based scarcity claim as a snapshot that may shift within months.

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Sources

Every figure on this page traces to a published reference or recorded sale: