Across 10,734 sold lots in the basketball breaks we tracked, the median spot went for $78. But the money sat in the upper half: lots of $100 and up were 44.7% of spots and 90.3% of sales.
Most breaks on Whatnot run as auctions, so the "price" of a spot is what the room bid it to. Across 10,734 sold lots from 59 basketball shows, the median lot sold for $78. A quarter sold for $16 or less, and a quarter for $230 or more. The top tenth started at $405.
| Final price | Lots | Share of lots | Share of sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0 to $2 | 59 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| $2 to $5 | 228 | 2.1% | 0.0% |
| $5 to $10 | 999 | 9.3% | 0.4% |
| $10 to $25 | 2,396 | 22.3% | 2.0% |
| $25 to $50 | 901 | 8.4% | 1.7% |
| $50 to $100 | 1,355 | 12.6% | 5.5% |
| $100 to $250 | 2,369 | 22.1% | 22.1% |
| $250 to $500 | 1,659 | 15.5% | 30.6% |
| $500 to $1,000 | 594 | 5.5% | 22.9% |
| $1,000 and up | 174 | 1.6% | 14.7% |
The table makes the key point. Lots under $25 were 34.3% of everything sold but produced only 2.5% of the money. Lots of $100 and up were 44.7% of lots and 90.3% of sales. Lots that closed at the $1 opening price were rare: 59 of 10,734, or 0.5%.
We grouped lots into breaks (one listing in one show, with five or more sold spots) and got 111 breaks. The median break sold 76 spots. Within a break, the most expensive spot sold for a median of 2.3 times the break's median spot, and in a tenth of breaks it was 5.5 times or more.
Yet no single spot carried a break. The best spot accounted for a median of 3.5% of its break's gross. The money came from selling the whole list at fair prices, not from one big spot.
Every figure on this page comes from 59 basketball breaks from 17 Whatnot sellers that Whaler tracked from September 9 to September 29, 2026 (7 capture days): 10,734 sold lots, 1,530 buyers and $1,824,913 in captured sales. Each lot is one sold spot or item with its final price and buyer. These are the breaks we tracked, not the whole Whatnot market, so treat them as benchmarks from real basketball shows rather than platform-wide averages.
Captured totals are lower bounds: a capture can start after a show begins or stop before it ends. Medians are used throughout because a handful of very large shows and buyers pull averages up. Sample sizes are stated next to each number.
Whaler logs every spot you sell on Whatnot with its final price and buyer, so your next break is priced from your own history.