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1976 Topps #148 Walter Payton RC

Set
Topps
Year
1976
Sport
Football
Era
Vintage
Grades on record
23
Verified sales
111

No headline price

This card has a verified sale at 22 grades from a named grading company, across 4 grading companies (BGS, BVG, PSA, SGC). Across those, the two ends sit 185.7× apart: PSA 1 at $168 against SGC 10 at $31,200. Which one is the price depends on which slab is in your hand.

Notes on the file

Written from the record above. Every figure quoted here is one of the figures in the ladder; anything that could not be traced back to a verified sale was cut rather than corrected.

Most-traded gradePSA 9 · $7,050 · 27 verified sales

What this card is

The 1976 Topps #148 Walter Payton is a rookie card issued in Topps' 1976 football set, one of the most sought-after football rookie cards of the era. Payton's Hall of Fame career and status as one of the NFL's all-time rushing leaders drive continued collector demand for this card across all grades.

Longest-standing figureSGC 9 · $1,440 · last sold 19 APR 2019

The set it came from

The card is card #148 in the 1976 Topps football set, a base issue release. It is Walter Payton's rookie card, making it the key card in the set for collectors.

Spread across graded copiesPSA 1 $168 → SGC 10 $31,200 · 185.7×

Why the grades diverge

Professionally graded copies exist across a wide range of grades, with realized sales spanning PSA, SGC, BGS, and BVG holders from low grades up to PSA 9 and SGC 10.

Most recent verified salePSA 4 · $371 · 23 JUL 2026

What the record shows

Realized sale prices for this card show a wide spread tied to grade and condition. A PSA 9 example also realized $7,049.78 on 2026-07-16, reinforcing the steep premium for near-gem and gem-mint grades.

On the record5 questions the archive can answer
What set is the 1976 Topps #148 Walter Payton card from?
It is card #148 in the 1976 Topps football set.
Is the 1976 Topps #148 Walter Payton card his rookie card?
Yes, this card is Walter Payton's rookie card.
How much has the 1976 Topps Walter Payton rookie card sold for?
Realized sales range widely by grade, from around $100 for ungraded copies to $31,200 for an SGC 10 sold on 2021-05-08.
What grading companies have graded this card in recent sales?
Realized sales include copies graded by PSA, SGC, BGS, and BVG.
What is the highest recorded sale for this card?
The highest recorded sale in the available data is $31,200 for an SGC 10 copy sold on 2021-05-08.
Where each graded copy sits — log scale22 priced grades
$168 PSA 1SGC 10 $31,200

The grade ladder

Every grade this card has a priced record in — nothing withheld — kept apart by grading company because a PSA 10 and a CGC 10 are different assets. 1 figure is marked disputed and should not be read as this card's price at that grade.

1976 Topps #148 Walter Payton RC — value, evidence and recency for every grade on record
GradeValueLast verified sale Realized rangeSold / comps DepthBasis
BGS — graded 1 grade · 1 verified sale
8.5 $1,320 15 APR 2021 $1,320 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
BVG — graded 4 grades · 4 verified sales
9.5 $15,000 18 MAR 2021 $15,000 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
9 $1,620 31 JUL 2020 $1,620 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
7 $824 31 MAY 2026 $824 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
5 $462 15 JUL 2026 $462 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
PSA — graded 9 grades · 71 verified sales
10 $14,400 07 DEC 2019 $8,365 – $21,600 9 realized sales of 9 comps thin last comp · sold
9 $7,050 16 JUL 2026 $508 – $8,400 27 realized sales of 27 comps thin last comp · sold
8.5 $2,340 24 JUL 2021 $720 – $2,340 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · sold
8 $1,783 15 JUL 2026 $504 – $1,801 20 realized sales of 20 comps thin last comp · sold
7 $942 17 JUL 2026 $552 – $1,000 9 realized sales of 9 comps thin last comp · sold
6 $528 12 JUN 2022 $528 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
4 $371 23 JUL 2026 $371 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
1.5 $183 16 JUL 2026 $183 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
1 $168 22 JUL 2026 $168 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
SGC — graded 8 grades · 25 verified sales
10 $31,200 08 MAY 2021 $2,868 – $31,200 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · sold
9.5 $2,400 18 AUG 2019 $2,400 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
9 $1,440 19 APR 2019 $538 – $1,440 5 realized sales of 5 comps thin last comp · sold
8.5 $1,260 24 JUL 2021 $528 – $1,260 3 realized sales of 3 comps thin last comp · sold
8 $763 16 MAR 2025 $763 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
7.5 $660 24 APR 2022 $660 – $780 4 realized sales of 4 comps thin last comp · sold
7 $586 21 SEP 2025 $516 – $720 7 realized sales of 7 comps thin last comp · sold
6 $501 20 JUL 2026 $501 – $512 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · sold
Raw — ungraded 1 grade · 10 verified sales Copies sold with no grade assigned by any company.
Raw $299disputed: Priced at or above PSA 1, a graded copy — an ungraded copy should not be 22 JUL 2026 $100 – $2,600 10 realized sales of 10 comps active vwap · sold

How these numbers are made

Source
FLOAT's own verified-comp archive. A comp is a realized sale only when it settled as an auction, a fixed-price purchase or an accepted offer; marketplace asks and price-guide columns are counted separately as quotes and can never stand in for a sale.
This file
111 verified sales across 23 grades, computed from the archive as it stood on 07 AUG 2026.
Recency
Each grade shows the date of its own most recent verified sale. There is no refresh clock on this page and there will not be one: a graded card of this kind changes hands roughly twice a year, so a ticking counter would imply motion this market does not have.
Missing figures
A grade with no verified sale says so and shows no date. Nothing on this page is estimated, extrapolated or filled in from a comparable card.
Which grade is yours
Read the row for the company on your slab. The grade number alone is not enough — the same number from two companies is two different assets and trades accordingly.
Reading a row
"Value" is what the archive resolves that grade to; last comp means it is simply the most recent realized sale, carried forward. "Depth" is how much recent trade stands behind it — thin means fewer than three sales in the window, which is most of this market.
Disputed figures
A row marked disputed contradicts another row on this page: a grade priced below a lower grade from the same grading company, or an ungraded copy priced at or above a graded one. Both figures cannot be right and the archive does not say which is wrong, so neither is deleted and the less credible side carries the mark. Removing the row would hide the conflict rather than resolve it; 1 of the 23 grades on this page are marked. Disputed figures are never used for the spread quoted at the top of this page.