Population Report
Every grade AP Grading assigns is public. This overview shows populations and grade distributions by category, set and single card – as of 11 Aug 2026. Individual certificates can be verified by serial number at check.apgrading.de.
Every grade we assign is publicly viewable here – no app, no login, machine-readable and citable (CC BY 4.0).
141,718Certificates
47,040Designs
Gem rate = share of the top grade 10 (Gem Mint) among all gradings.
Categories
| Category | Certificates | Gem rate (10) |
|---|---|---|
| Pokémon | 103,519 | 7.0 % |
| Sports Cards | 10,450 | 3.6 % |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! | 9,147 | 0.9 % |
| One Piece | 6,667 | 37.6 % |
| Other Categories | 5,254 | 8.7 % |
| Dragon Ball | 3,574 | 23.7 % |
| Magic: The Gathering | 1,616 | 2.6 % |
| Comics | 897 | 0.6 % |
| Disney Lorcana | 594 | 2.0 % |
Most-graded sets (Top 15 of 344)
| Set | Certificates | Cards | Gem rate (10) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celebrations | 4,950 | 226 | 1.0 % |
| Base Set | 4,246 | 719 | 0.1 % |
| 151 | 3,250 | 434 | 17.5 % |
| Evolving Skies | 2,793 | 433 | 1.2 % |
| Sword & Shield Black Star Promos | 2,265 | 322 | 3.9 % |
| Brilliant Stars | 2,165 | 311 | 1.0 % |
| Evolutions | 2,123 | 295 | 0.1 % |
| Hidden Fates | 1,983 | 365 | 3.4 % |
| Vivid Voltage | 1,865 | 243 | 0.8 % |
| Pokemon Go | 1,686 | 240 | 2.4 % |
| Celebrations Classic Collection | 1,615 | 135 | 2.2 % |
| Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos | 1,566 | 150 | 5.5 % |
| Shining Fates | 1,502 | 242 | 1.1 % |
| Vmax Climax | 1,391 | 220 | 11.1 % |
| Mega Dream Ex | 1,333 | 88 | 21.6 % |
Most-graded cards (Top 15 of 5,077)
| Card | Set | Certificates | Gem rate (10) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charizard-Holo | Celebrations | 456 | 0.4 % |
| Blastoise-Holo | Celebrations | 431 | 0.7 % |
| Charizard-Gold Metal | Celebrations Promo | 406 | 0.0 % |
| Venusaur-Holo | Celebrations | 397 | 1.5 % |
| Mew-Shiny Gold F.A. | Celebrations | 392 | 1.8 % |
| Charizard Vmax-Shiny F.A. | Shining Fates | 345 | 1.4 % |
| Pikachu-Gold Metal | Celebrations Promo | 304 | 0.7 % |
| Glurak-Holo | Base Set | 260 | 0.0 % |
| Umbreon Gold Star-Holo | Celebrations | 247 | 0.8 % |
| Charizard V | Champion´s Path Promo | 246 | 1.2 % |
| Togedemaru - Art Rare | Inferno X | 230 | 29.6 % |
| Ancient Mew-Holo | Movie 2000 Promo | 228 | 0.0 % |
| Birthday Pikachu-Holo | Celebrations | 216 | 2.3 % |
| Glurak Ex-F.A. | Obsidian Flames | 211 | 0.0 % |
| Shroodle - Art Rare | Mega Brave | 209 | 42.1 % |
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