The Most Valuable 1996 Finest Basketball Cards

Ranked by real closed-sale prices across 847 tracked 1996 Finest Basketball items — not guesses, not asking prices. Updated August 2026; the order shifts as the market does. Right now the crown belongs to Kobe Bryant [Refractor] #269 1996 Finest Basketball at $6,500.

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   Kobe Bryant [Refractor] #269 1996 Finest Basketball

   $6,500· $7,380 new/sealed
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   Kobe Bryant [Refractor w Coating] #269 1996 Finest Basketball

   $4,000· $31,112 new/sealed
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   Michael Jordan [Refractor w Coating] #291 1996 Finest Basketball

   $3,576· $84,598 new/sealed
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   Hobby Box [Series 1] 1996 Finest Basketball

   $3,110
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   Hobby Box [Series 2] 1996 Finest Basketball

   $2,962
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   Michael Jordan [Refractor] #291 1996 Finest Basketball

   $2,600· $18,850 new/sealed
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   Kobe Bryant [w Coating] #269 1996 Finest Basketball

   $1,034· $5,377 new/sealed
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   Kobe Bryant #269 1996 Finest Basketball

   $977.5· $8,994 new/sealed
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   Kobe Bryant [Refractor] #74 1996 Finest Basketball

   $959.98· $27,633 new/sealed
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    Allen Iverson [Refractor] #280 1996 Finest Basketball

    $823.72· $4,663 new/sealed
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    Michael Jordan [Refractor w Coating] #50 1996 Finest Basketball

    $714.34· $900.27 new/sealed
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    Allen Iverson [Refractor w Coating] #280 1996 Finest Basketball

    $704.93· $1,350 new/sealed
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    Kobe Bryant [Refractor w Coating] #74 1996 Finest Basketball

    $674.89· $22,200 new/sealed
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    Michael Jordan [Refractor w Coating] #127 1996 Finest Basketball

    $621.5· $5,500 new/sealed
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    Michael Jordan [Refractor] #127 1996 Finest Basketball

    $601· $7,456 new/sealed
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    Michael Jordan [Refractor] #50 1996 Finest Basketball

    $432.66· $11,636 new/sealed
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    Shaquille O'Neal [Refractor w Coating] #146 1996 Finest Basketball

    $389.62· $1,300 new/sealed
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    Michael Jordan #291 1996 Finest Basketball

    $385.47· $2,206 new/sealed
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    Shaquille O'Neal [Refractor] #146 1996 Finest Basketball

    $383.02· $2,559 new/sealed
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    Michael Jordan [w Coating] #291 1996 Finest Basketball

    $333.33· $7,974 new/sealed
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    Anfernee Hardaway [Refractor w Coating] #129 1996 Finest Basketball

    $270· $280 new/sealed
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    Allen Iverson [Refractor w Coating] #69 1996 Finest Basketball

    $244.5· $462 new/sealed
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    Charles Barkley [Refractor] #290 1996 Finest Basketball

    $229.72· $239.51 new/sealed
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    Kevin Garnett [Refractor w Coating] #138 1996 Finest Basketball

    $224.81· $470 new/sealed
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    Dennis Rodman [Refractor] #145 1996 Finest Basketball

    $201.5· $248 new/sealed
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    Gary Payton [Refractor w Coating] #286 1996 Finest Basketball

    $191· $124 new/sealed
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    Charles Barkley [Refractor w Coating] #290 1996 Finest Basketball

    $180.27· $625.18 new/sealed
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    Hakeem Olajuwon [Refractor] #281 1996 Finest Basketball

    $170.62· $1,480 new/sealed
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    Reggie Miller [Refractor w Coating] #141 1996 Finest Basketball

    $155.8· $91 new/sealed
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    Allen Iverson [w Coating] #280 1996 Finest Basketball

    $155.38· $1,464 new/sealed
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    John Stockton [Refractor w Coating] #283 1996 Finest Basketball

    $154.5· $449 new/sealed
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    Dennis Rodman [Refractor w Coating] #145 1996 Finest Basketball

    $152.33
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    Shawn Kemp [Refractor] #144 1996 Finest Basketball

    $149.75· $157 new/sealed
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    John Stockton [Refractor] #283 1996 Finest Basketball

    $149.34· $309 new/sealed
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    Allen Iverson #280 1996 Finest Basketball

    $143.48· $946.37 new/sealed
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    Kobe Bryant #74 1996 Finest Basketball

    $140.75· $1,400 new/sealed
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    Stephon Marbury [Refractor] #287 1996 Finest Basketball

    $137.87· $3,826 new/sealed
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    Anfernee Hardaway [Refractor] #129 1996 Finest Basketball

    $135.5· $198.5 new/sealed
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    Shawn Kemp [Refractor w Coating] #144 1996 Finest Basketball

    $131.25· $220 new/sealed
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    Kobe Bryant [w Coating] #74 1996 Finest Basketball

    $130· $1,813 new/sealed
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    Marcus Camby [Refractor w Coating] #282 1996 Finest Basketball

    $129.35· $165 new/sealed
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    Stephon Marbury [Refractor w Coating] #287 1996 Finest Basketball

    $128.96
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    Jason Kidd [Refractor w Coating] #135 1996 Finest Basketball

    $127.5· $215.48 new/sealed
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    Allen Iverson [Refractor] #69 1996 Finest Basketball

    $122.09· $4,367 new/sealed
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    Grant Hill [Refractor w Coating] #130 1996 Finest Basketball

    $121.75· $629 new/sealed
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    Michael Jordan [w Coating] #127 1996 Finest Basketball

    $111.75· $1,194 new/sealed
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    Allen Iverson [Refractor w Coating] #240 1996 Finest Basketball

    $111.14· $2,408 new/sealed
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    Allen Iverson [Refractor] #240 1996 Finest Basketball

    $110.75· $1,707 new/sealed
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    David Robinson [Refractor] #132 1996 Finest Basketball

    $106.26· $490 new/sealed
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    Scottie Pippen [Refractor] #133 1996 Finest Basketball

    $104.26· $304 new/sealed
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