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Unanimous × 2
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Wemby won Rookie of the Year unanimously in 2024 — then did it again with Defensive Player of the Year in 2026, the youngest unanimous DPOY ever.
The $51M discount
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He took the 25% max ($252M) instead of the 30% supermax ($303M) — leaving San Antonio room to keep building a contender around him.
1,000,000 fans
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About a million fans registered interest in the Spurs' 2026–27 Europe games in Paris and Manchester — the highest demand ever for NBA games in Europe. Both sold out.
39 & 8
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In March 2026 he dropped 39 points with a career-high-tying eight 3-pointers in a win over the Boston Celtics.
First of France
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Wembanyama was the first French player ever selected No. 1 overall in the NBA Draft (2023).
The Dream sessions
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In summer 2026 he trained with Hakeem Olajuwon to expand his post game — after a season where he shot 51.2% from the field.
Codename: the Alien
THE ALIEN
MYTH
Why the greatest player of his generation calls Victor Wembanyama something not quite human — and the evidence file to prove it.
Case file #001
How the nickname was born
October 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada
An 18-year-old French kid plays two exhibition games on American TV against the G League Ignite. Game one: 37 points, 5 blocks, seven 3-pointers. Game two: 36 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks in a win.
LeBron James is in the building. Asked about the kid afterward, he delivers the line that becomes the nickname:
"Everybody's been a unicorn over the last few years, but he's more like an alien. No one has ever seen anyone as tall as he is but as fluid and as graceful as he is out on the floor." — LeBron James, October 5, 2022
Steph Curry, watching the same games, files his own scouting report: "He's like a '2K create-a-player."
Sources: Sports Illustrated · Bleacher Report
Anatomy of an Alien
Taller than every MVP of the last 40 years — moving like a wing.
Led the entire NBA in blocks in all three of his seasons (3.6, 3.8, 3.1 per game).
Rookie of the Year (2024) and Defensive Player of the Year (2026), both by unanimous vote. The youngest unanimous DPOY ever.
Step-back threes, crossovers, 34.9% from deep in year three — while shooting 51.2% overall.
The first French player ever drafted No. 1 overall (2023).
Took the $252M max over the $303M supermax to keep San Antonio's contender flexible. Aliens don't need the extra.
Documented sightings
- Oct 2022 — The Vegas landings: 37 and 36 points against the G League Ignite. The nickname is born.
- May 2024 — Unanimous Rookie of the Year. Also makes All-Defensive First Team. As a rookie.
- Mar 2026 — 39 points with a career-high-tying 8 threes to torch the Boston Celtics.
- June 2026 — Unanimous Defensive Player of the Year, All-NBA First Team, and a 62-win run to the Finals.
- July 2026 — A $252M extension, then a Nike signature shoe. The mothership provides.
- Sep 2026 — A million fans register for his Europe games; J. Cole shouts him out mid-concert in San Antonio.
By the numbers
Stats Lab
Three seasons, one trajectory: up. Season totals, every single game, and the signature performances.
Season averages
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–24 | 71 | 29.7 | 21.4 | 10.6 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 46.5 | 32.5 | 79.6 |
| 2024–25 | 46 | 33.2 | 24.3 | 11.0 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 47.6 | 35.2 | 83.6 |
| 2025–26 | 64 | 29.2 | 25.0 | 11.5 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 51.2 | 34.9 | 82.7 |
| Career | 181 | 30.4 | 23.4 | 11.0 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 48.4 | 34.2 | 81.7 |
Season totals
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–24 | 71 | 2,106 | 1,522 | 755 | 274 | 88 | 254 |
| 2024–25 | 46 | 1,527 | 1,116 | 506 | 168 | 52 | 176 |
| 2025–26 | 64 | 1,865 | 1,600 | 736 | 199 | 66 | 197 |
| Career | 181 | 5,498 | 4,238 | 1,997 | 641 | 206 | 627 |
Signature games
Nov 13, 2024 · 2024–25
50 PTS
vs Wizards · W 139–130 · 18-29 FG, 8-16 3PT
Career high. Fifty points — the youngest Spur to ever drop 50.
Dec 25, 2024 · 2024–25
42 / 18
@ Knicks · Christmas Day · 16-31 FG
42 points and 18 rebounds on Christmas at Madison Square Garden.
Feb 23, 2024 · 2023–24
5x5
vs Lakers · 27 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST · 5 STL · 5 BLK
The youngest five-by-five in NBA history. As a rookie.
Oct 31, 2024 · 2024–25
5x5 II
vs Jazz · 25 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST · 5 STL · 5 BLK
He did it again — the second 5x5 of his career, in year two.
Mar 29, 2024 · 2023–24
40 / 20
vs Knicks · W 130–126 OT · 13-22 FG
40 points and 20 rebounds in an overtime classic.
Feb 12, 2024 · 2023–24
10 BLK
@ Raptors · 27 PTS · 14 REB · 10 BLK
A triple-double with blocks. Ten of them.
May 18, 2026 · 2025–26
41 / 24
WCF Game 1 @ Thunder · W 122–115 2OT
Opened the conference finals with 41 and 24 in a double-overtime win at OKC.
Mar 10, 2026 · 2025–26
39 PTS
vs Celtics · W 125–116 · 8 threes
Torched Boston: 39 points and a career-high-tying eight threes.
Game log
Every game of his NBA career — 181 and counting. Filter the classics.
| Date | Matchup | Result | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3PT | FT |
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The awards shelf
Season stats and game logs via Basketball-Reference, updated October 2026. Led the NBA in blocks all three seasons (3.6, 3.8, 3.1 BPG).
The story so far
Alien SZN: a timeline
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Incoming transmissions
The Wemby wire
The biggest Wembanyama and Spurs stories. Filter by topic, tap a card to read the full story.
Oct 16, 2026 · Sports Illustrated
Spurs close preseason with 126-97 blowout of Kings
San Antonio led by 34 at halftime in its preseason finale at Frost Bank Center. Wembanyama had 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks in 17 minutes — including a coast-to-coast self-lob off the glass — while Dylan Harper led the Spurs with 19.
Oct 15, 2026 · Sports Wire Live
GMs pick Spurs as title favorites — and Wemby nearly sweeps the player votes
League general managers backed San Antonio at 50% to win the 2026-27 title and voted Wembanyama the projected MVP, the best defensive player, and the first player they would sign to build a franchise around.
Oct 15, 2026 · Heavy
Wemby sets a new defensive standard: better than last year
After a unanimous Defensive Player of the Year season, Wembanyama says his coaches hold him to a higher standard and his goal now is to improve on last year, not just stay the league's best defender.
Oct 14, 2026 · Arizona Republic
Wemby's 19 leads Spurs to first preseason win, 123-103 over Suns
San Antonio's full starting five debuted in a sellout home win over a short-handed Phoenix side. Fox played his first preseason game after hip tightness, and Castle added 18.
Oct 15, 2026 · Yardbarker
Wemby on the three-guard lineup: when it clicked, it clicked
Fox, Castle and Harper started together for the first time alongside Vassell and Wembanyama. After a slow 1-of-10 start, the unit settled in, and Wembanyama said he remains confident it can work.
Oct 13, 2026 · USA Today (Vols Wire)
Gillespie's 25 leads shorthanded Spurs in 119-109 loss at Jazz
With Wemby and the regulars resting, second-round rookie Ja'Kobi Gillespie led all scorers with 25 points on 9-of-14 shooting plus 3 steals, as San Antonio's depth pieces fell in Salt Lake City.
Oct 9, 2026 · Reuters
"I hear them, and I support them": Wemby backs French student protests
After the Hawks loss, Wembanyama voiced solidarity with the nationwide French student protests over school conditions — "I was in that position not so long ago."
Oct 8, 2026 · Sports Illustrated
DAZN becomes the Spurs' new streaming home
All five preseason games stream free; the regular season brings a Spurs-only subscription tier across Texas with replays, highlights, and a Fan Zone.
Headlines link to the original publishers. News refreshes regularly — check back through the season.
Por vida, off the court
Wemby in the community
San Antonio took him in as a teenager from France — he gives it back. What Wembanyama does when the jersey comes off.
Oct 9, 2026 · Reuters
Wemby uses his voice for France's students
"These are systemic inequalities," he said after the Hawks preseason loss, backing the tens of thousands of French teenagers protesting crumbling schools — drawing on his own high-school days in Nanterre.
Oct 2025 · Sporting News
He founded his own supporters section: the Jackals
Wemby's brainchild — a European soccer-style supporters section in Sections 114–115 (“The Lair”), inspired by the PSG ultras of his Paris childhood and named for the coyote's Old World cousin. “I'm one of the first eight Jackals,” he told The Athletic. “Of course, I'm a Jackal.”
Jun 2026 · KSAT
Days after the Finals loss, he showed up at a children's hospital
Wembanyama and Julian Champagnie surprised patients at Methodist Children's Hospital — signed shirts, photos, stuffed animals, hours with families. Young patient Jesiah Trinidad told KSAT: “They treated me like family.”
Dec 2024 · WOAI
Santa Wemby delivers Christmas on the Westside
Dressed as Santa Claus — with Champagnie as his elf — Wemby went door-to-door delivering gifts to families in need on San Antonio's westside with the Elf Louise Christmas Project, two Decembers running.
Dec 2025 · San Antonio Current
Wemby's Wonderland: his own holiday event for SA families
A free two-day family celebration at The Rock at La Cantera — snow hill, ornament stations, a Spurs watch party — plus a toy drive for Boysville children in need.
Stories link to the original publishers.
Card Market
The Wemby card market
One of the hottest markets in the entire hobby. A $5.11 million record, a $488K autograph, and a base rookie that swings hundreds of dollars on a single playoff game — here's the full picture.
The $5.11 million card
Record sale · May 26, 2026
2023-24 Panini Prizm #136 — Black Finite 1/1 (PSA 10)
The most expensive Wembanyama card ever sold — and the most expensive non-autographed NBA card ever sold. It moved in a private sale brokered by Fanatics Collect, making it the 4th-highest publicly known NBA card sale and the 11th-highest sports card sale of all time.
The card was pulled by collector Cavelle McDonald from a box at NorCal Sports Cards. It came from the Prizm #136 rookie — the hobby's benchmark Wemby card, the one every collector knows.
Sources: ESPN · Sports Illustrated
All-time record sales
| # | Card | Price | Date | Venue | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prizm #136 Black Finite 1/1 rookie | $5,110,000 | May 2026 | Fanatics Collect | PSA 10 |
| 2 | Revolution Green Kaboom! 1/1 | $1,443,133 | Jul 2026 | Alt | – |
| 3 | Prizm #136 Nebula Choice 1/1 rookie | $860,100 | Feb 2025 | Goldin | PSA 9 |
| 4 | Prizm #136 Black Shimmer FOTL 1/1 rookie | $516,000 | Apr 2024 | PWCC | PSA 9 |
| 5 | Topps Chrome Superfractor 1/1 autograph | $488,000 | Mar 2026 | Goldin | PSA 8.5 |
| 6 | Select Courtside Black Finite 1/1 #288 | $137,128 | Jan 2025 | Goldin | Ungraded |
| 7 | Bowman U "1st Ever" SuperFractor 1/1 auto | $67,333 | Aug 2023 | Goldin | PSA 10* |
| 8 | Prizm #136 Gold Shimmer FOTL /10 | $52,200 | Apr 2024 | ALT | PSA 10 |
| 9 | Prizm #136 King Snake parallel (SSP) | $43,200 | Jun 2026 | Fanatics Collect | PSA 10 |
*Bowman U grade reported inconsistently across sources (PSA 10 vs. 8.5/auto 10).
Price trendlines
The price guide
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2023-24 Panini Prizm #136 — base rookie
Raw $60–90 · PSA 10 $330–425
The hobby's benchmark Wemby. The most liquid basketball card in the market.
2023-24 Panini Prizm #136 — Silver
Raw $500–700 · PSA 10 $2,650–3,450
The blue-chip parallel. PSA 9s trade near $900 — the 10 carries a steep premium.
2023-24 Panini Prizm #136 — Rookie Variation
Alternate draft-night photo
The variation with the draft-night suit photo — a collector favorite alongside the base.
Topps Chrome — Superfractor 1/1 autograph
$488,000 · record Wemby auto
No Panini-licensed Wemby autos exist — his autograph is exclusive to Topps/Fanatics.
2023 Panini Select #311 — Silver Prizm
One of his best non-Prizm rookies
Select's tiered Concourse/Premier/Courtside rookies are the premium Panini alternative.
2023 Panini Mosaic #238 — base rookie
Raw $10–28
The budget entry point. Inserts and parallels trade cheap — start here.
Card market news
Oct 12, 2026 · Fanatics Collect
Blue Ice /125 #136 PSA 10 sells for $31,200
15 bids in the Weekly Sunday Auction for the MBA Gold slab (pop 87) — the strongest fall result for a numbered Wemby Prizm parallel.
Sep 27, 2026 · Sports Collectors Daily
$324,642 for a Wemby Black Gold Prizm in Goldin's auction
The 2023-24 Prizm Black Gold Prizm rookie (PSA 10) realized $324,642 in the same sale where SGA's 1/1 Gold Logoman redemption hit $1,061,400.
Oct 3, 2026 · Men's Journal
Gold-ink Wemby 1/1 hits the Goldin block
The 2025-26 Topps Inception Silver Signings Gold Ink 1/1 — his first hard-signed gold-ink auto, matching his No. 1 jersey — opened bidding at $13,000.
Oct 1, 2026 · Athlon Sports
Topps x Bob Ross: the Joy of Basketball
Wemby joins Curry, Brunson, and Cooper Flagg in a Bob Ross-inspired Topps set — happy little jump shots, coming soon.
Jul 10, 2026 · Bleacher Report
$1.44M: the Kaboom! record falls to Wemby
The 2024 Revolution Green Kaboom! 1/1 sells on Alt for $1,443,133 — the most ever paid for a Kaboom! card, and the top Wemby price at public auction.
May 26, 2026 · ESPN
$5.11M: Wemby card joins the five-million club
The Black Finite 1/1 Prizm rookie sells privately via Fanatics Collect — most ever for a non-autographed NBA card.
May 2026 · Sports Illustrated
41 and 24: one game moves the whole market
After his 41-point, 24-rebound Game 1 in the WCF, base Prizm PSA 10s jumped ~$275 → ~$400 overnight.
Mar 8, 2026 · Athlon Sports
$488K: the most expensive Wemby autograph ever
A 1/1 Topps Chrome Superfractor auto sells at Goldin — the Wemby auto record, per Topps.
Jun 19, 2026 · Fanatics Collect
King Snake SSP sells for $43,200
The ultra-rare King Snake Prizm parallel (PSA 10) finds a buyer after 15 bids.
Feb 2025 · Bleacher Report
Two days after the injury: an $860,100 record
The Nebula Choice 1/1 sets a Wemby record at Goldin — bidders bet on the comeback.
Jan 2025 · Sports Collectors Digest
$137,128: a record for Wemby Select cards
The Select Courtside Black Finite 1/1 #288 headlines Goldin's January Elite Auction.
Sep 2026 · Sports Collectors Daily
Topps Definitive auto /15 draws ~$8,400 and 304 watchers
Licensed Topps NBA product is live — the Cosmic Chrome Planetary Pursuit "Sun" PSA 10 hit ~$1,025.
Apr 2024 · Lab 20 Cards
Fake Wemby Prizms seized by U.S. Customs
Counterfeit base #136s shipped from China were intercepted in Rochester, NY — buy graded and verify certs.
2026 · HobbyBoxNY
First licensed Topps Superfractor 1/1 pulled
2025-26 Topps Chrome Cosmic — the first fully licensed Topps NBA product — yields a Wemby Superfractor 1/1.
Oct 2025 · ESPN
Fanatics takes the NBA card license from Panini
Topps becomes the NBA licensee — all true licensed Wemby rookies remain 2023-24 Panini.
Collector's guide
◈ True rookie cards
All licensed Wemby rookies are 2023-24 Panini: Prizm #136 (the benchmark), Select (Concourse/Premier/Courtside tiers), Donruss Rated Rookie and Donruss Optic, NBA Hoops, Mosaic, Revolution, Contenders, plus Prizm Draft Picks (college uniform) and retail spin-offs like Prizm Monopoly and Prizm Deca.
◈ What drives value
Serial-numbered parallels and 1/1s rule the top end — Black Finite, Nebula, Gold /10s, King Snake. Autographs carry a premium because no Panini-licensed Wemby autos exist; his signature is exclusive to Topps/Fanatics. Grading matters enormously: a base Prizm PSA 10 trades at roughly 5× a raw copy. PSA's pop report is the industry's rarity standard.
◈ Spotting fakes
In April 2024 U.S. Customs seized counterfeit Prizm #136 rookies. Tells on fakes: weak print, blurred photo, a "cut" Nike swoosh, "SPURS" nameplate not bold, missing nameplate shadow. Always verify the cert number with PSA/BGS/SGC on expensive cards, and treat far-below-market prices as a red flag.
◈ Where to buy & trade
eBay has the most liquidity — use Authenticity Guarantee on big purchases. Auction houses: Goldin, PWCC, Fanatics Collect, ALT. Breaks on Whatnot, local card shops, The National show, plus COMC and MySlabs for fixed-price deals.
◈ Panini vs. Topps
Panini held the NBA license during Wemby's rookie year — so every true licensed rookie is Panini. In October 2025 Fanatics took over the license, making Topps the NBA licensee (2025-26 Topps Chrome Cosmic is the first licensed Topps NBA product). Wemby's autograph is exclusive to Fanatics/Topps — that's why Topps, not Panini, issues his certified autos.
Prices are ranges from recent sold listings (Jun–Oct 2026) and move daily — check eBay sold listings and Sports Card Investor for live comps. This page is for fans and collectors, not financial advice. Record-sale figures sourced from ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Goldin, PWCC, ALT, and Fanatics Collect.
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