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2000 Playoff Contenders #144 Tom Brady RC Auto

Set
Playoff Contenders
Manufacturer
Playoff
Year
2000
Sport
Football
Era
Modern
Grades on record
15
Verified sales
43

No headline price

This card has a verified sale at 14 grades from a named grading company, across 3 grading companies (BGS, 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 gradeBGS 9 · $70,150 sold Jul 11, 2026 · 11 verified sales

What this card is

The 2000 Playoff Contenders #144 Tom Brady is an autographed rookie card widely regarded as one of the most significant cards in modern sports card history. It pairs an on-card signature with Brady's rookie season, and it has become a benchmark card for the hobby's grading and auction markets.

Longest-standing figurePSA 10 · $168,000 sold Apr 19, 2019 · last sold 19 APR 2019

The set it came from

Playoff Contenders 2000 was a mid-range football release known for its autographed rookie subset, which included on-card signatures rather than stickers. The Brady card, numbered #144, is the key rookie autograph from this checklist and is frequently cited as the standard-bearer for early-2000s certified rookie autographs.

Why the grades diverge

Realized sales span ungraded, authenticated (PSA Authentic, BGS Authentic), and numerically graded copies from PSA, BGS, and SGC, ranging from low grades such as PSA 6 up to PSA 10 and SGC 10. Professionally graded copies exist across the full grading spectrum, and grade materially affects realized price.

Most recent verified saleBGS 9 · $70,150 · 11 JUL 2026

What the record shows

Realized prices for this card span a wide range, reflecting grade variance and market timing. A BGS 9 sale of $70,150 in July 2026 shows continued high-end demand well after the card's initial release period.

On the record4 questions the archive can answer
What is the 2000 Playoff Contenders #144 Tom Brady card?
It is Tom Brady's autographed rookie card from the 2000 Playoff Contenders football set, featuring an on-card signature, numbered #144.
Why is this card considered significant?
It is one of Tom Brady's primary licensed rookie autograph cards, issued in his draft year, and is frequently referenced as a top modern football rookie card.
What is the highest recorded sale for a graded example?
A PSA 10 example sold for $168,000 on 2019-04-19, and an SGC 10 sold for $132,000 on 2022-11-19, per verified-comp archive data.
Does grade significantly affect the card's value?
Yes.

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

2000 Playoff Contenders #144 Tom Brady RC Auto — value, evidence and recency for every grade on record
GradeValueLast verified sale Realized rangeSold / comps DepthBasis
BGS — graded 4 grades · 20 verified sales
9 Last sale Jul 11, 2026: not a current price 11 JUL 2026 $70,150 · Jul 11, 2026 11 realized sales of 11 comps thin last comp · last sale
8.5 Last sale May 17, 2026: not a current price 17 MAY 2026 $36,600 · May 17, 2026 5 realized sales of 5 comps thin last comp · last sale
8 Last known sale Jul 2025: not a current price 12 JUL 2025 $14,030 · Jul 12, 2025 3 realized sales of 3 comps thin last comp · last sale
7.5 Last known sale Jan 2024: not a current price 27 JAN 2024 $12,600 · Jan 27, 2024 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · last sale
PSA — graded 7 grades · 16 verified sales
10 Last known sale Apr 2019: not a current price 19 APR 2019 $168,000 · Apr 19, 2019 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · last sale
9 Last known sale Dec 2020: not a current price 13 DEC 2020 $58,800 · Dec 13, 2020 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · last sale
8 Last known sale Nov 2022: not a current price 19 NOV 2022 $36,000 · Nov 19, 2022 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · last sale
7 Last known sale Jan 2022: not a current price 28 JAN 2022 $43,200 · Jan 28, 2022 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · last sale
6.5 Last known sale May 2021: not a current price 08 MAY 2021 $20,400 · May 8, 2021 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · last sale
6 Last known sale Dec 2020: not a current price 13 DEC 2020 $8,400 · Dec 13, 2020 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · last sale
Authentic Last known sale Dec 2025: not a current price 21 DEC 2025 $24,806 · Dec 21, 2025 9 realized sales of 9 comps thin last comp · last sale
SGC — graded 3 grades · 5 verified sales
10 Last known sale Nov 2022: not a current price 19 NOV 2022 $132,000 · Nov 19, 2022 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · last sale
9 Last known sale Apr 2019: not a current price 19 APR 2019 $13,200 · Apr 19, 2019 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · last sale
8.5 Last known sale Nov 2021: not a current price 20 NOV 2021 $46,800 · Nov 20, 2021 3 realized sales of 3 comps thin last comp · last sale
Raw — ungraded 1 grade · 2 verified sales Copies sold with no grade assigned by any company.
Raw Last known sale Nov 2022: not a current price 19 NOV 2022 $9,900 · Nov 19, 2022 2 realized sales of 2 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
43 verified sales across 15 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; 3 of the 15 grades on this page are marked. Disputed figures are never used for the spread quoted at the top of this page.