GemRate | May ’26 Grading Recap
-- Overall grading activity dipped below 3 million cards and was ⬇5% in May compared to April and ⬆20% YoY.
-- However, on a per business day basis, grading activity was ⬆5% compared to April.
-- Grading activity totaled 2.95 million cards in May, down ~145k compared to April.
-- PSA graded 2.06m cards - ⬇7% vs April, ⬆25% YoY.
-- CGC* graded 641k cards - ⬇7% vs April, ⬆12% YoY.
-- Beckett graded 145k cards - ⬆49% vs April, ⬆145% YoY. [Record high]
-- TAG graded 52k cards - ⬆8% vs April, ⬆40% YoY.
-- SGC graded 48k cards - ⬇4% vs April, ⬇67% YoY.
*CGC added ~35k semi-rigid AUTH cards to its population report in May, primarily tied to its Fanatics partnership.
Note: There were 20 business days in May ’26, 22 in April ’26, and 21 in May ’25. On a per business day basis, PSA was ⬆3% in May vs April, CGC ⬆2%, Beckett ⬆64%, TAG ⬆19%, and SGC ⬆5%.
Category Notes
-- TCG grading was ⬇6% MoM; soccer grading was ⬆17% MoM and baseball grading was ⬆3% MoM.
Other Graders
-- AGS graded 36.0k cards - ⬇29% vs April.
-- Arena Club graded 5.7k cards - ⬇5% vs April, ⬇44% YoY.
Victor Wembanyama is already the sixth-most graded player of all time, according to @gemrate.
1. M. Jordan: 2.7M
2. S. Ohtani: 1.32M
3. K. Griffey Jr: 1.17M
4. L. James: 1.09M
5. K. Bryant: 1.02M
6. V. Wembanyama: 696k
More than 610k by PSA alone: