50 Rarest PSA-Graded SNES Games: Pop-1 Study (2026)
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Of the 708 Super Nintendo titles PSA has ever graded, 50 have a population of exactly one — a single slab in existence — and 41 of those 50 survive only as a sealed copy. This study lists every one of them, with grade and current market price, and shows how lopsided SNES population really is.
The numbers at a glance
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708 SNES titles have at least one PSA-graded copy, totalling 10,709 graded copies
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The median title has just 6 graded copies
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318 titles (45%) have five or fewer graded copies; 502 (71%) have ten or fewer
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Only 17 titles have 100 or more — the ten most-graded titles alone account for 22% of all SNES slabs
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50 titles have a population of one. 41 are sealed, 5 are complete-in-box, 4 are loose
Methodology
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Population source: PSA Video Games population report, which continues the WATA population history after PSA’s acquisition. Counts combine loose, complete-in-box (CIB), and sealed submissions for each title. Where PSA tracks multiple box variants of one game, they are summed.
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Price source: PriceCharting current market values (loose / CIB / sealed), pulled from the same cached catalog that powers every SNES game page on this site.
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“Rarest” means lowest graded population, not lowest print run. A pop-1 title is a game almost nobody has submitted for grading — that can mean genuinely scarce, or simply obscure. Both are on this list.
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Data snapshot: September 2026. Population only ever grows, so a title on this list can leave it the next time someone grades a copy.
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Every figure below comes from the downloadable dataset. Nothing is estimated.
All 50 SNES games with a PSA population of one
Sorted alphabetically. Only graded copy is the condition of the single slab PSA has recorded; Grade shows PSA’s numeric grade plus the seal grade for sealed copies. Prices are PriceCharting market values for that condition today, not what the graded copy sold for.
| # | Game | Only graded copy | Grade | Sealed price | CIB price | Loose price |
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| 1 | A.S.P. Air Strike Patrol | Sealed | 9.6 A+ | $256 | $80 | $28 |
| 2 | Air Cavalry | Sealed | 9.2 A+ | $496 | $115 | $45 |
| 3 | Al Unser Jr.’s Road to the Top | Sealed | 9.2 B | $104 | $42 | $10 |
| 4 | American Gladiators | Sealed | 9.6 A++ | $146 | $41 | $11 |
| 5 | Arcade’s Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1 | Sealed | 8.5 A+ | $115 | $36 | $13 |
| 6 | Bass Masters Classic: Pro Edition | Sealed | 8.5 A | $87 | $31 | $11 |
| 7 | Best of the Best: Championship Karate | Sealed | 7.0 A+ | $89 | $35 | $10 |
| 8 | BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge | Sealed | 8.5 A | $765 | $240 | $50 |
| 9 | Championship Soccer ‘94 | Sealed | 8.5 A | $147 | $46 | $16 |
| 10 | Clock Tower: Rewind | Loose | 9.6 | $44 | $46 | $27 |
| 11 | Congo’s Caper | Sealed | 8.0 A | $480 | $150 | $25 |
| 12 | David Crane’s Amazing Tennis | Sealed | 9.6 A+ | $59 | $39 | $7 |
| 13 | DinoCity | Sealed | 8.5 A | $299 | $93 | $14 |
| 14 | Elite Soccer | Sealed | 9.2 A+ | $640 | $200 | $22 |
| 15 | F1 Pole Position | Sealed | 9.6 A+ | $218 | $61 | $13 |
| 16 | F1 ROC II: Race of Champions | Loose | 6.5 | $170 | $53 | $16 |
| 17 | Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball | Sealed | 9.0 A+ | $103 | $21 | $7 |
| 18 | Full Throttle: All-American Racing | Sealed | 9.4 B | $66 | $21 | $9 |
| 19 | Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf | CIB | <6.5 | $232 | $73 | $30 |
| 20 | International Superstar Soccer | Loose | 7.0 | $4,800 | $1,500 | $150 |
| 21 | Jeopardy! | Sealed | 9.0 A | $26 | $24 | $8 |
| 22 | Ka-Blooey | Sealed | 9.4 A+ | $160 | $50 | $12 |
| 23 | Kawasaki Caribbean Challenge | CIB | 8.5 | $106 | $33 | $11 |
| 24 | Kawasaki Superbike Challenge | Sealed | 7.5 B+ | $294 | $92 | $7 |
| 25 | Kyle Petty’s No Fear Racing | Sealed | 9.6 A+ | $240 | $75 | $12 |
| 26 | Mario’s Early Years: Fun with Letters | Sealed | 8.0 A | $345 | $108 | $19 |
| 27 | Mark Davis’ The Fishing Master | Sealed | 9.4 A+ | $160 | $50 | $15 |
| 28 | Obitus | Sealed | 9.4 A | $210 | $66 | $20 |
| 29 | PGA Tour 96 | Sealed | 7.5 A | $66 | $20 | $7 |
| 30 | Pebble Beach Golf Links | Loose | 9.0 | $44 | $22 | $6 |
| 31 | Pro Sport Hockey | Sealed | 9.4 A+ | $680 | $30 | $9 |
| 32 | Radical Rex | Sealed | 9.0 A | $375 | $117 | $26 |
| 33 | Redline F-1 Racer | Sealed | 7.5 B+ | $312 | $98 | $18 |
| 34 | Rise of the Phoenix | Sealed | 8.5 B+ | $459 | $144 | $72 |
| 35 | Secret of the Stars | CIB | 7.0 | $377 | $151 | $72 |
| 36 | Space Football: One on One | Sealed | 8.0 A | $147 | $46 | $12 |
| 37 | Super Chase H.Q. | Sealed | 9.6 A+ | $230 | $72 | $20 |
| 38 | Super Copa | Sealed | 9.2 A | $3,219 | $2,750 | $200 |
| 39 | Super Ninja Boy | Sealed | 8.0 B+ | $532 | $166 | $25 |
| 40 | Super Putty | Sealed | 8.5 A | $157 | $49 | $13 |
| 41 | Super Slam Dunk | Sealed | 8.5 A+ | $77 | $24 | $5 |
| 42 | Super Soccer Champ | Sealed | 8.0 A | $226 | $71 | $13 |
| 43 | Super Strike Eagle | Sealed | 8.5 A | $261 | $37 | $11 |
| 44 | Super Troll Islands | Sealed | 9.8 A+ | $188 | $59 | $20 |
| 45 | Suzuka 8 Hours | Sealed | 9.4 A+ | $198 | $62 | $10 |
| 46 | TKO Super Championship Boxing | CIB | 8.0 | $320 | $100 | $18 |
| 47 | The Flintstones: The Treasure of Sierra Madrock | CIB | <6.5 | $1,240 | $388 | $86 |
| 48 | The Peace Keepers | Sealed | 8.5 B | $560 | $175 | $59 |
| 49 | Ultima: The False Prophet | Sealed | 9.4 A+ | $216 | $68 | $25 |
| 50 | Wheel of Fortune: Featuring Vanna White | Sealed | <6.5 A+ | $29 | $17 | $6 |
The highest sealed market value on the list belongs to International Superstar Soccer at $4,800 — and PSA has graded exactly one sealed copy of it.
Why 41 of the 50 are sealed
Sealed copies dominate the pop-1 list for a simple reason: a sealed box is the only condition where grading reliably adds enough value to justify the fee for an obscure title. Collectors rarely pay to slab a loose cart of a game nobody is chasing — but a factory-sealed copy of even a forgotten sports or licensed title is a one-of-one object, and that is exactly what gets submitted. The result is a long tail of SNES games whose entire graded population is a single sealed box.
The other end of the curve: the 10 most-graded SNES games
For contrast, here is where the population actually concentrates. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past alone has 400 graded copies — 8 times the entire pop-1 list combined.
| Rank | Game | PSA-graded copies |
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| 1 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | 400 |
| 2 | F-Zero | 364 |
| 3 | Super Mario Kart | 253 |
| 4 | Street Fighter II | 239 |
| 5 | Donkey Kong Country | 234 |
| 6 | Super Mario World | 213 |
| 7 | Super Star Wars | 200 |
| 8 | Chrono Trigger | 193 |
| 9 | Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest | 143 |
| 10 | Killer Instinct | 128 |
Download the data
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Population study CSV — all 708 graded SNES titles: loose / CIB / sealed pop, total, PriceCharting prices, and a link to each game’s page. Sorted by population, rarest first.
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Full SNES library CSV — the complete per-variant table behind the SNES PSA pop report library.
Cite it freely. If you use the data, a link back to this page is appreciated.
Frequently asked questions
Does a PSA population of one mean the game is valuable?
Not on its own. Population measures how many copies have been graded, not how many exist or how many people want one. Several pop-1 titles on this list carry sealed market values under $100. Rarity becomes valuable only when demand meets it — the retro collecting guide covers which SNES games have both scarcity and a collector base.
Why do so many SNES games have fewer than ten graded copies?
Because grading costs money and most SNES titles do not justify it. 502 of the 708 graded titles (71%) have ten or fewer copies. Population clusters around a small set of Nintendo first-party and marquee third-party games — the ten most-graded titles hold 22% of every SNES slab PSA has recorded.
How is this different from a print-run rarity list?
A print-run list ranks games by how many were manufactured. This study ranks them by how many have been graded. A game can be common on the used market and still have a graded population of one because nobody has submitted it. The per-game pop report pages show both the population and the current loose, CIB, and sealed prices so you can judge the two together.
Will this list change?
Yes. PSA population only increases, so any title here drops off the moment a second copy is graded. The dataset is refreshed on the same weekly schedule as the rest of the SNES library; the date at the top of this page reflects the last update.