The Most Valuable 1997 Finest Basketball Cards

Ranked by real closed-sale prices across 965 tracked 1997 Finest Basketball items — not guesses, not asking prices. Updated August 2026; the order shifts as the market does. Right now the crown belongs to Michael Jordan [Refractor w/ Coating] #154 1997 Finest Basketball at $2,019.

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   Michael Jordan [Refractor w/ Coating] #154 1997 Finest Basketball

   $2,019· $7,442 new/sealed
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   Hobby Box [Series 2] 1997 Finest Basketball

   $1,603
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   Michael Jordan [Refractor] #154 1997 Finest Basketball

   $1,433· $2,923 new/sealed
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   Michael Jordan [Refractor] #287 1997 Finest Basketball

   $1,069· $3,571 new/sealed
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   Kobe Bryant [Refractor] #323 1997 Finest Basketball

   $1,004· $7,310 new/sealed
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   Michael Jordan [Refractor w/ Coating] #39 1997 Finest Basketball

   $602.5· $3,100 new/sealed
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   Kobe Bryant [Refractor] #137 1997 Finest Basketball

   $569.84· $1,140 new/sealed
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   Michael Jordan [w/ Coating] #154 1997 Finest Basketball

   $512.33· $605 new/sealed
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   Michael Jordan [Refractor] #39 1997 Finest Basketball

   $501.02· $2,250 new/sealed
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    Michael Jordan [Refractor] #271 1997 Finest Basketball

    $493.98· $2,589 new/sealed
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    Tim Duncan [Refractor] #325 1997 Finest Basketball

    $482· $1,527 new/sealed
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    Michael Jordan [Refractor w/ Coating] #287 1997 Finest Basketball

    $429.63· $4,454 new/sealed
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    Michael Jordan #154 1997 Finest Basketball

    $410· $2,208 new/sealed
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    Tracy McGrady [Refractor] #316 1997 Finest Basketball

    $338.5· $829.6 new/sealed
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    Kobe Bryant [Refractor w/ Coating] #262 1997 Finest Basketball

    $286.77· $977 new/sealed
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    Kobe Bryant [Refractor w/ Coating] #323 1997 Finest Basketball

    $250· $332 new/sealed
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    Michael Jordan [Refractor w/ Coating] #271 1997 Finest Basketball

    $232.42· $2,063 new/sealed
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    Tim Duncan [Refractor] #101 1997 Finest Basketball

    $199.99· $858.65 new/sealed
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    Tim Duncan [Refractor w/ Coating] #325 1997 Finest Basketball

    $176.5· $494 new/sealed
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    Tim Duncan [Refractor] #306 1997 Finest Basketball

    $170.7· $603.5 new/sealed
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    Allen Iverson [Refractor] #320 1997 Finest Basketball

    $169.38· $3,171 new/sealed
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    Kobe Bryant #323 1997 Finest Basketball

    $161.66· $440.36 new/sealed
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    Scottie Pippen [Refractor w/ Coating] #322 1997 Finest Basketball

    $156.6· $269.01 new/sealed
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    Dennis Rodman [Refractor] #167 1997 Finest Basketball

    $155.31· $396 new/sealed
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    Kobe Bryant [Refractor w/ Coating] #137 1997 Finest Basketball

    $150· $2,214 new/sealed
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    Anfernee Hardaway [Refractor w/ Coating] #170 1997 Finest Basketball

    $149.5
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    Shaquille O'Neal [Refractor] #148 1997 Finest Basketball

    $149.09· $341.66 new/sealed
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    Kobe Bryant [w/ Coating] #323 1997 Finest Basketball

    $146.57· $306.64 new/sealed
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    Shaquille O'Neal [Refractor w/ Coating] #148 1997 Finest Basketball

    $145.7· $176 new/sealed
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    Hakeem Olajuwon [Refractor] #313 1997 Finest Basketball

    $137.51· $736.88 new/sealed
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    Dennis Rodman [Refractor w/ Coating] #167 1997 Finest Basketball

    $129.13· $209 new/sealed
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    Tim Duncan [Refractor w/ Coating] #306 1997 Finest Basketball

    $115· $806.34 new/sealed
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    Scottie Pippen [Refractor] #322 1997 Finest Basketball

    $112.84· $329.16 new/sealed
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    Grant Hill [Refractor] #308 1997 Finest Basketball

    $105· $304 new/sealed
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    Allen Iverson [Refractor w/ Coating] #320 1997 Finest Basketball

    $100· $87 new/sealed
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    Kevin Garnett [Refractor] #319 1997 Finest Basketball

    $99.99· $376.32 new/sealed
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    Michael Jordan #287 1997 Finest Basketball

    $98.5· $504.63 new/sealed
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    Shaquille O'Neal [Refractor] #309 1997 Finest Basketball

    $95.77· $2,500 new/sealed
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    Allen Iverson [Refractor] #143 1997 Finest Basketball

    $94.79· $2,396 new/sealed
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    Dennis Rodman [Refractor w/ Coating] #275 1997 Finest Basketball

    $94.72· $791.91 new/sealed
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    Michael Jordan [w/ Coating] #287 1997 Finest Basketball

    $88.51· $341.6 new/sealed
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    Stephon Marbury [Refractor w/ Coating] #324 1997 Finest Basketball

    $84.6
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    Gary Payton [Refractor w/ Coating] #172 1997 Finest Basketball

    $80.66· $82.01 new/sealed
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    Dennis Rodman [Refractor] #275 1997 Finest Basketball

    $80.21· $210.76 new/sealed
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    Dikembe Mutombo [Refractor w/ Coating] #82 1997 Finest Basketball

    $79.99· $79.99 new/sealed
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    Tracy McGrady [Refractor w/ Coating] #316 1997 Finest Basketball

    $75.62· $265 new/sealed
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    Kobe Bryant [w/ Coating] #137 1997 Finest Basketball

    $70.72· $150.54 new/sealed
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    Chris Webber [Refractor] #326 1997 Finest Basketball

    $70· $210.5 new/sealed
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    Charles Barkley [Refractor w/ Coating] #156 1997 Finest Basketball

    $66
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    Kobe Bryant #137 1997 Finest Basketball

    $64.75· $325.07 new/sealed
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