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Hockey (Biographies, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Hockey (Biographies, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 91 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.50 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 6% of the parent category Biographies (1,524), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 29, 11 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $5.50 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Hockey best sellers
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The Hockey 100: The Definitive Ranking of Ice Hockey's Greatest Players by The Athletic's Journalists (Sports series Book 4)
by The Athletic
- List rank#1
- Price$22.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Stories from Ice Level: A Great NHL Referee Tells All
by Rob Simpson
- List rank#2
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews10
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Spano: How A Hockey Superfan Conned His Way Into Owning An NHL Team
by Nicholas Mennuti
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating3.0
- Reviews1
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The Game: 30th Anniversary Edition
by Ken Dryden
- List rank#4
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews751
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My Last Fight: The True Story of a Hockey Rock Star
by Darren McCarty
- List rank#5
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews458
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The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
by Wayne Coffey
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews916
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The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg
by Nicholas Dawidoff
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews887
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The Most Incredible Hockey Stories Ever Told: Inspirational and Legendary Tales from the Greatest Hockey Players and Games of All Time
by Hank Patton
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews419
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Alex Ovechkin: The Inspirational Story of Hockey Superstar Alex Ovechkin (Alex Ovechkin Unauthorized Biography, Washington, D.C. Capitals, Russia, NHL Books)
by Bill Redban
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews83
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The Ultimate Montreal Canadiens Trivia Book: A Collection of Amazing Trivia Quizzes and Fun Facts for Die-Hard Habs Fans!
by Ray Walker
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews337
Same niche in Books: Hockey
FAQ
Is Hockey a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 91 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Hockey?
The median best seller has 91 reviews, and 51% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Hockey best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.50 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Hockey?
11% 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.