- Record
- $147,444DBS Masters Gold Metal Goku · BGS 10
- Over $25K
- 7 cardsall since May 2026
- Fusion World
- 3 of 7the 2024 game's share
- First cards
- 1988Bandai Carddass
The most expensive Dragon Ball card sold so far is a BGS 10 Dragon Ball Super Masters Gold Metal Son Goku "Another World Fighter" champion promo: $147,444 on 12 July 2026. Seven Dragon Ball cards have passed $25,000, all since May 2026, and three are from the Fusion World game. Japan's vintage Carddass records run past ¥1,000,000.
Last updated . Prices include buyer's premium unless noted.
The top 10 Dragon Ball card sales
| # | Card | Grade | Price | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 DBS Masters promo Son Goku "Another World Fighter", Gold Metal Alt Art Champion card | BGS 10 | $147,444 | 12 Jul 2026 [1] |
| 2 | 2023 DBS Son Gohan "The Results of Fatherly Training", all-gold top-three prize card | PSA 10 | $99,167 | 11 Jul 2026 [1] |
| 3 | 2014 Dragon Ball Heroes promo Son Goku from V Jump. Japan-only. | PSA 10 | $91,489 | 25 Jun 2026 [1] |
| 4 | Fusion World Manga Booster 01 Energy Marker Son Goku: Childhood, Gold (E-42) | BGS Black Label | $47,580 | 17 May 2026 [1] |
| 5 | 2014 Panini Dragon Ball Z Piccolo "Stoic" | PSA 10 | $41,352 | 1 May 2026 [1] |
| 6 | Fusion World Manga Booster 01 Son Goku FB05-119, Super Alt Art | PSA 10 | $28,912 | 3 Jun 2026 [1] |
| 7 | Fusion World Son Goku FP-001, serial-numbered | BGS 10 | $27,500 | 22 May 2026 [1] |
| 8 | Score Dragon Ball Z CCG "Ultimate Champion", World Championships | BGS 7.5 | $18,125 | Heritage, Apr 2023 [5] |
| 9 | Fusion World Manga Booster 01 Energy Marker Son Goku, Gold (E-44) | BGS Black Label | $17,110 | 21 Jun 2026 [1] |
| 10 | Fusion World Manga Booster 01 Energy Marker Son Goku: Childhood, Gold (E-42) | BGS 10 | $10,800 | Fanatics Collect, 24 Jul 2026 [2] |
Completed sales in US dollars, including buyer's premium. Where no venue is shown, the sale was tracked by Card Ladder and reported without one.
Why 2026 was the breakout year
Sports Illustrated tracked the jump: Dragon Ball cards went from never having cleared $25,000 to seven sales above it in a few months, outperforming Pokémon, One Piece and sports cards over the same stretch.[1] Three kinds of card are driving it:
- Prize cards. The top two were awarded, not pulled from packs. The Gohan was given to the top three finishers of an official event.[1]
- Japan-only promos. Number three is a 2014 Dragon Ball Heroes Goku released only in Japan, through V Jump magazine.[1]
- Fusion World's Manga Boosters. The 2024 game's Manga Booster sets reprint Akira Toriyama's own manga art. Their gold Energy Markers can't even be played, yet two of them made this top 10.
The yen side of the market
Before any of this, Japan had its own grails. Bandai's Carddass cards came from vending machines from 1988, one card for a 20-yen coin.[10] The Dragon Ball main series ran to Part 30 by 1997 and, by Bandai's count, sold more than 2 billion cards in ten years.[7] The rarest were never in the machines at all.
| Card or set | Condition | Price | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 Akira Toriyama "Mechanko Project" set: 2,000 sets given out through Weekly Shonen Jump | Set | ¥1,500,000 | Yahoo! Auctions [3] |
| LIMITED3000 Carddass card: a Weekly Shonen Jump lottery prize, 3,000 made | Raw | ¥1,015,300 | Yahoo! Auctions, 260 bids [3] |
| Mechanko Project set | Set | ¥900,000 | Mandarake, 2021 [4] |
| 1991 Carddass No.85 prism | ARS 8 | ¥261,000 | Yahoo! Auctions, 24 Oct 2026 [6] |
| 1988 Carddass Hondan No.1 | — | ¥110,000 | Yahoo! Auctions, Oct 2026 [6] |
| Visual Adventure SP No.27 Frieza | PSA 10 | ¥100,000 | Yahoo! Auctions, Oct 2026 [6] |
Japanese results in yen. ARS is a Japanese grading company, common on Japanese listings.
The LIMITED3000 cards were Weekly Shonen Jump lottery prizes, 3,000 of each. The Mechanko Project was a 1993 set of 2,000, given out through Jump.[3][4]
Watch the reprints
Vintage Carddass have been reprinted more than once, and the reprints look right. Part 1 was reprinted in 1995 and again in 2008, so check the year printed on the back.[8] Bandai added new Parts 31 and 32 in 2016 using the original frame and back design. Even Sotheby's catalogued a Part 1 Goku prism as "1988 (Reprinted 1995)".[9]
What to search for in Japan
Where these turn up
The modern prize cards sell in the US through the big auction houses. The vintage grails, LIMITED3000 cards, Mechanko sets and early prisms, mostly stay in Japan and sell in yen. Tell us which one you're after.
