By now, we're all used to NBA stars muscling their way to the top of the hobby's leaderboard. From the courtside-to-cardboard hype of Ant-Man to the record-shattering Goldin gavels for Victor Wembanyama's Black Shimmer 1-of-1, the trading card market has become a playground for the league's elite. This month, Nikola Jokic joined an exclusive club: his 2015-16 Panini Immaculate Collection RPA Logoman just sold for over $1 million in Goldin's April Elite Auction, making it the first Jokic card to crack seven figures.

Jokic, who could become the sixth four-time MVP when the award is announced in the coming weeks, isn't the only recent MVP getting hobby love. But not all most valuable players are quite as valuable in the card world. Here's how the last five different winners of the Michael Jordan Trophy stack up.

Long before Jokic crossed the million-dollar threshold, Giannis Antetokounmpo set the modern-day basketball card ceiling. His 2013-14 Panini National Treasures Logoman 1/1 hammered for $1,857,300 at Goldin in September 2021, briefly holding the title of most expensive modern basketball card ever sold and knocking LeBron James off his throne. Other cards have since topped it, but the Greek Freak still owns the title of having the priciest public sale of any active MVP.

Jokic, a three-time MVP and NBA champion, finally got a hobby valuation to match his trophy case. The original owner waited nearly a decade to cash in at auction, and now they must be feeling like the star center himself—well, maybe not after his first-round playoff exit, but you get the idea.

The reigning MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, is the fastest riser on this list. His 2019 Panini Flawless Logoman Autograph 1/1 sold for $577,300 at Goldin just last month, the first SGA card to ever clear half a million. If the Thunder point guard wins back-to-back MVP awards later this month, that price might look like a steal.

Then there's Joel Embiid. The Process delivered a 2022-23 MVP, but the hobby never quite trusted his knees. Embiid's high-water mark is a 2014-15 National Treasures Logoman, which sold for a paltry $144,000—a reminder that even MVPs can't always command top dollar in the card game.