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Basketball (Biographies, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Basketball (Biographies, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $7.92, median 221 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 15% of the parent category Biographies (1,524), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Basketball best sellers
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The Mamba Mentality: How I Play
by Kobe Bryant
- List rank#1
- Price$20.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews30,753
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Open
by Andre Agassi
- List rank#2
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews26,249
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The Breaks of the Game
- List rank#3
- Price$11.80
- Rating4.5
- Reviews896
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Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organizaion
by John Wooden
- List rank#4
- Price$11.82
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,624
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When We Were Young and Fearless: Kevin, Russell, James, and the Making of the Modern NBA
by Jonathan Abrams
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Reviews-
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Heartland: A Forgotten Place, an Impossible Dream, and the Miracle of Larry Bird
by Keith O'Brien
- List rank#6
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews580
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Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
by Phil Jackson
- List rank#7
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,518
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My Life Outside the Ring: A Memoir
by Hulk Hogan
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews354
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Duplicity: Basketball, Drugs, and My Double Life
by Curtis Malone
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews41
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Unscripted: The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary
by Ernie Jr. Johnson
- List rank#10
- Price$11.09
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,044
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FAQ
Is Basketball a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 221 reviews and sells for $7.92.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Basketball?
The median best seller has 221 reviews, and 34% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Basketball best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.92; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Basketball?
9% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.