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Professional (Basketball, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Professional (Basketball, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $4.99, median 14 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $9.96 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 14% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 11% of the parent category Basketball (130), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $4.99 its median price is below 91% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 77% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 14 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Professional best sellers
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Three Point Heat
by B.J. Twigg
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews78
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How to Be Better At Basketball in 21 days: The Ultimate Guide to Drastically Improving Your Basketball Shooting, Passing and Dribbling Skills (Basketball)
by James Wilson
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews783
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Basketball Skills for Kids: Master Dribbling, Defense, Passing, Scoring, Teamwork, and More!
by Jack Rydell
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews81
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When The Game Was Ours
by Larry Bird
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,490
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The Ultimate Basketball Trivia Challenge: Over 600 Quiz Questions for Die-Hard Basketball Fans
by Hank Patton
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews62
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Sports Analytics for Beginners: A Simple Guide to Understanding Data, Metrics, and AI in Sports
by Hector J. Martin
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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Basketball : "Give and Go" Motion Offense
by José María Salazar Aguilera
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Reviews-
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Kevin Durant: Rise Above And Shoot, The Kevin Durant Story (Basketball Biographies Book 1)
by Steve James
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews51
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From Triangle to Pace-and-Space: Mastering Championship Basketball Offense
by Gerald Carolino
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Reviews-
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ShotMetrics: Revolutionizing the Art of Shooting Through a Data Informed Approach
by Dave Love
- List rank#10
- Price$9
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3
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FAQ
Is Professional a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 14 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Professional?
The median best seller has 14 reviews, and 77% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Professional best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $9.96.
Can new books break into Professional?
14% 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.