Inside the Numbers: Brett Favre
March 10, 2008

When Brett Favre announced he was retiring from the NFL, we decided to go back thru the hobby history books and see how much cardboard Donruss (Playoff, Leaf & Score) produced of the former Packer QB. Favre retired last week after 17 seasons and over 275 consecutive starts (counting playoffs).

Here's a breakdown of Favre's Donruss/Playoff/Leaf/Score cardboard:

Donruss (Playoff, Leaf, Score) produced 361 different cards of Brett Favre in 2007

Donruss (Playoff, Leaf, Score) produced 2,094 cards of Favre in his career

A total of 720 certified autographs were produced of Brett Favre in his career, 193 of those were produced by Donruss (Playoff, Leaf, Score)

A total of 1,725 game-used memorabilia cards were produced of Brett Favre in his career, 747 of those were produced by Donruss (Playoff, Leaf, Score)

The 10 most valuable Favre cards (Based on current Beckett Pricing):

  1. 2000 Donruss Preferred Pen Pals Autograph Brett Favre/John Elway/Dan Marino/Peyton Manning - $1,000 +
  2. 2000 Donruss Playoff Promotional Autograph Card Brett Favre/John Elway/Dan Marino - $750
  3. 001 Playoff Contenders MVP Contenders Autograph Brett Favre - $400
  4. 1996 Select Certified Mirror Red Parallel Brett Favre - $400
  5. 2000 Donruss Elite Passing the Torch Autograph Brett Favre/Bart Starr - $400
  6. 2000 Playoff Prestige Award Winning Signatures Brett Favre/Thurman Thomas/Barry Sanders - $400
  7. 1997 Leaf Signatures Autographs First Down Markers Brett Favre - $400
  8. 2002 Donruss Elite Passing the Torch Autograph Brett Favre - $400
  9. 2007 Donruss Classics Significant Signatures Brett Favre - $300

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

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