1986 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan rookie card in a PSA 8 holder: Jordan mid-dunk in the red Bulls uniform inside the red, white and blue striped Fleer border, with the Fleer Premier crest and his name on a blue bar — Image: listing photograph

1986 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan RC

Set: Fleer
Year: 1986
Sport: Basketball
Era: Junk wax
Grades on record: 33
Verified sales: 224

No headline price

This card has a verified sale at 32 grades from a named grading company, across 4 grading companies (BGS, BVG, PSA, SGC).

Notes on the file

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

Most-traded gradePSA 9 · $16,800 sold Oct 28, 2023 · 38 verified sales

What this card is

The 1986 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan is the card's basketball rookie card, issued in Michael Jordan's second NBA season as part of the inaugural Fleer basketball set. It is widely regarded as one of the most significant post-war sports cards, with values spanning from low four figures for heavily worn copies to six figures for top-graded examples.

Longest-standing figureBVG 9.5 · $4,183 sold Nov 11, 2011 · last sold 11 NOV 2011

The set it came from

The card belongs to the 1986-87 Fleer Basketball set, the first licensed basketball card release by Fleer and a landmark product for the hobby.

Why the grades diverge

Professionally graded copies exist across major services including PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC, with realized sales spanning low grades like PSA 2 and PSA Authentic up through PSA 9 and PSA 10. Condition sensitivity is high due to the card's borders and print era, making grade a major driver of price.

On the record4 questions the archive can answer

What set is the 1986 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan card from?: It is from the 1986-87 Fleer Basketball set, card number 57, marking Fleer's first licensed basketball card release and Jordan's rookie card.
How much is a 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie card worth?: Realized sale prices vary widely by grade, ranging from around $20 for an ungraded low-condition copy to $645,000 for a PSA 10 example, based on verified-comp archive sales.
Why is the 1986 Fleer Jordan card significant?: It is considered Jordan's true rookie card and one of the most iconic cards in the hobby, driving strong collector demand due to its historical importance and Fleer's debut basketball set.
Which grading companies have graded this card?: Sales data references copies graded by PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC, with grades ranging from Authentic and low numeric grades up through PSA 10.

Value by grade

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. 33 grades show only a dated last sale: too few recent sales to state a current price.

1986 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan RC — value, evidence and recency for every grade on record
Grade	Value	Last verified sale	Realized range	Sold / comps	Depth	Basis
BGS — graded 8 grades · 49 verified sales
9.5	Last known sale Jul 2021: not a current price	24 JUL 2021	$39,600 · Jul 24, 2021	5 realized sales of 5 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
9	Last known sale Nov 2021: not a current price	07 NOV 2021	$13,800 · Nov 7, 2021	14 realized sales of 14 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
8.5	Last known sale May 2023: not a current price	13 MAY 2023	$6,600 · May 13, 2023	11 realized sales of 11 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
8	Last known sale Oct 2021: not a current price	23 OCT 2021	$5,880 · Oct 23, 2021	7 realized sales of 7 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
7.5	Last known sale Jul 2025: not a current price	12 JUL 2025	$4,880 · Jul 12, 2025	6 realized sales of 6 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
7	Last known sale Oct 2021: not a current price	31 OCT 2021	$4,680 · Oct 31, 2021	4 realized sales of 4 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
5	Last known sale May 2021: not a current price	08 MAY 2021	$4,080 · May 8, 2021	1 realized sale of 1 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
4.5	Last known sale May 2021: not a current price	08 MAY 2021	$3,360 · May 8, 2021	1 realized sale of 1 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
BVG — graded 1 grade · 1 verified sale
9.5	Last known sale Nov 2011: not a current price	11 NOV 2011	$4,183 · Nov 11, 2011	1 realized sale of 1 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
PSA — graded 12 grades · 135 verified sales
10	Last known sale Dec 2024: not a current price	28 DEC 2024	$177,000 · Dec 28, 2024	25 realized sales of 25 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
9	Last known sale Oct 2023: not a current price	28 OCT 2023	$16,800 · Oct 28, 2023	38 realized sales of 38 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
8.5	Last known sale Oct 2021: not a current price	03 OCT 2021	$13,200 · Oct 3, 2021	8 realized sales of 8 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
8	Last known sale Jul 2024: not a current price	13 JUL 2024	$6,300 · Jul 13, 2024	28 realized sales of 28 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
7.5	Last known sale Mar 2021: not a current price	14 MAR 2021	$11,400 · Mar 14, 2021	2 realized sales of 2 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
7	Last known sale Jun 2022: not a current price	25 JUN 2022	$4,680 · Jun 25, 2022	14 realized sales of 14 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
6	Last known sale Nov 2024: not a current price	17 NOV 2024	$3,600 · Nov 17, 2024	11 realized sales of 11 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
5.5	Last known sale Feb 2022: not a current price	06 FEB 2022	$3,923 · Feb 6, 2022	1 realized sale of 1 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
5	Last known sale Jun 2022: not a current price	19 JUN 2022	$3,000 · Jun 19, 2022	3 realized sales of 3 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
4	Last known sale Sep 2025: not a current price	27 SEP 2025	$4,270 · Sep 27, 2025	3 realized sales of 3 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
3	Last known sale May 2021: not a current price	20 MAY 2021	$3,480 · May 20, 2021	1 realized sale of 1 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
Authentic	Last known sale May 2021: not a current price	20 MAY 2021	$11,400 · May 20, 2021	1 realized sale of 1 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
SGC — graded 11 grades · 38 verified sales
10	Last known sale Jul 2018: not a current price	20 JUL 2018	$13,200 · Jul 20, 2018	3 realized sales of 3 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
9.5	Last known sale Oct 2020: not a current price	04 OCT 2020	$16,200 · Oct 4, 2020	2 realized sales of 2 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
9	Last known sale Oct 2022: not a current price	22 OCT 2022	$10,800 · Oct 22, 2022	4 realized sales of 4 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
8.5	Last known sale Feb 2024: not a current price	25 FEB 2024	$6,000 · Feb 25, 2024	5 realized sales of 5 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
8	Last known sale Nov 2021: not a current price	07 NOV 2021	$6,300 · Nov 7, 2021	5 realized sales of 5 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
7.5	Last known sale Oct 2021: not a current price	10 OCT 2021	$4,680 · Oct 10, 2021	3 realized sales of 3 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
7	Last known sale Dec 2022: not a current price	17 DEC 2022	$3,360 · Dec 17, 2022	4 realized sales of 4 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
6	Last known sale Apr 2023: not a current price	23 APR 2023	$3,720 · Apr 23, 2023	5 realized sales of 5 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
5.5	Last sale Jul 5, 2026: not a current price	05 JUL 2026	$7,320 · Jul 5, 2026	4 realized sales of 4 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
5	Last known sale Sep 2021: not a current price	25 SEP 2021	$3,120 · Sep 25, 2021	2 realized sales of 2 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
Authentic	Last known sale Feb 2023: not a current price	19 FEB 2023	$3,000 · Feb 19, 2023	1 realized sale of 1 comps	thin	last comp · last sale
Raw — ungraded 1 grade · 1 verified sale Copies sold with no grade assigned by any company.
Raw	Last known sale May 2016: not a current price	14 MAY 2016	$3,585 · May 14, 2016	1 realized sale of 1 comps	thin	last comp · last sale

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: 224 verified sales across 33 grades, computed from the archive as it stood on 15 SEP 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; 11 of the 33 grades on this page are marked. Disputed figures are never used for the spread quoted at the top of this page.