Counterfeit Pokémon cards sent to PSA for grading rose by more than 125% in 2025, against a 45.3% rise in counterfeits across all cards

How it’s built

1. Stated by PSA, the largest card grader, as reported in the press.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

These are counterfeits caught at grading, not counterfeits in circulation. Pokémon submissions also grew fast, so part of the rise may be volume.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

Counterfeit Pokémon TCG submissions rose over 125% year-over-year