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Hockey (Biographies, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Hockey (Biographies, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $16.31, median 134 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.17 – $22.62 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 13% of the parent category Biographies (1,040), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 18, 11 points lower than here.
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, 4)
by The Athletic
- List rank#1
- Price$36.79
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game
by Nick Paumgarten
- List rank#2
- Price$32
- Reviews-
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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#3
- Price$10.39
- Rating4.7
- Reviews916
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Stories from Ice Level: A Great NHL Referee Tells All
by Bill McCreary
- List rank#4
- Price$14.33
- Rating4.1
- Reviews10
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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#5
- Price$11.65
- Rating4.6
- Reviews419
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The Code of the West: Lessons from the Ranch and the Rink
by Darryl Sutter
- List rank#6
- Price$28.50
- Rating4.7
- Reviews15
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The Most Amazing Hockey Stories For Young Readers: 15 Amazing & Inspiring True Tales From Hockey's Greatest Wingers & Centers (Sports Books For Kids 8-12)
- List rank#7
- Price$14.97
- Rating4.6
- Reviews109
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Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America’s Worst High School Hockey Team
- List rank#8
- Price$16.89
- Rating4.8
- Reviews383
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The Making of a Miracle: The Untold Story of the Captain of the 1980 Gold Medal–Winning U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
by Mike Eruzione
- List rank#9
- Price$18.89
- Rating4.8
- Reviews668
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The Game: 30th Anniversary Edition
by Ken Dryden
- List rank#10
- Price$15.01
- Rating4.6
- Reviews751
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Hockey
FAQ
Is Hockey a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 134 reviews and sells for $16.31.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Hockey?
The median best seller has 134 reviews, and 41% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Hockey best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.31; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.17 and $22.62.
Can new books break into Hockey?
10% 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.