Inside the Numbers: Warren Sapp
March 12, 2008

While Brett Favre was getting all the retirement attention, one of the league's loudest competitors slid quietly into the night. Love him or hate him, Warren Sapp spent most of his 13-year career in the backfield, chasing quarterbacks that is. The master of smack talk made the announcement much the way he played, by posting a quote on the Oakland Raider's website that said - "I'M DONE!"

The 35-year-old was the NFL's 1999 Defensive Player of the Year. He was a seven-time Pro Bowler and lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' defense to a world championship title in Super Bowl XXXVII. He spent nine seasons with the Bucs before finishing it up with the Raiders. The former Miami Hurricane was picked 13th over-all in the 1995 NFL Draft and finished his career with 96 1/2 sacks.

We decided to go back thru the hobby history books and see how much cardboard Donruss (Playoff, Leaf & Score) produced of the former Raiders DT. As you can see, he's a TOUGH autograph to get and we are the place to go for his Game-Used!

Here's a breakdown of Warren Sapp's Donruss/Playoff/Leaf/Score cards:

  • Donruss (Playoff, Leaf, Score) produced 9 different cards of Warren Sapp in 2006, the last year we produced cards of him
  • Donruss (Playoff, Leaf, Score) produced 310 cards of Sapp in his career
  • A total of 8 certified autographs were produced of Warren Sapp in his career, one of those produced by Donruss (Playoff, Leaf, Score)
  • A total of 178 game-used memorabilia cards were produced of Warren Sapp in his career, 83 of those were produced by Donruss (Playoff, Leaf, Score)

The FIVE most valuable Sapp cards (Based on current Beckett Pricing):

  1. 2003 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia Glass Plaque W. Sapp JSY-Shoes/150 - $80
  2. 2001 Playoff Honors Game Day Souvenirs Warren Sapp - $60
  3. 2001 Donruss Elite Face To Face Reggie White/Warren Sapp - $60
  4. 2000 Playoff Absolute Leather and Laces Combo Warren Sapp/20 - $50
  5. 2005 Donruss Gridiron Gear Performers Jersey Jumbo Swatch Prime Warren Sapp/150 - $40

*Numbers and Pricing were provided by our friends at Beckett Media

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