Babe Ruth’s “called shot” jersey from the 1932 World Series sold for $24.12 million over the weekend, becoming the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever. But what are currently the most expensive game-worn jerseys in other sports, what could be the item to break the new record, and what could be the first women’s sports jersey to break the $1 million mark? We asked the experts.

Most expensive jerseys, by sport

Basketball: Michael Jordan 1998 NBA Finals Game 1 Chicago Bulls jersey — $10.091 million (sold on Sept. 15, 2022)

This previously held the record for most expensive piece of sports memorabilia (not including trading cards) ever, before the Ruth jersey soared past it. “The Last Dance,” ESPN’s 10-part documentary on Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Bulls, first aired in 2020 and supercharged the already robust interest in Jordan items, as well as items related to the 1998 Finals. Two years later, the jersey that Jordan wore in Game 1 of the series, which featured heavily in “The Last Dance,” hit the auction block.

Jordan scored 33 points in Game 1, but the Utah Jazz beat his Bulls 88-85 in overtime. Yes, the most expensive piece of…

Last month, the Hockey Hall of Fame unveiled its class of 2024, which consisted of five players — three in the male player category, two in the female player category — and two builders. Two of the male players, Pavel Datsyuk and Shea Weber, went in during their first year of eligibility. Jeremy Roenick had been eligible since 2012, or three years after he played his last official game as a professional with the 2008-09 San Jose Sharks. That’s a distinction that’s unique to the HHOF, because it takes into account players who continue to play professionally around the world, even after their NHL careers conclude.

So, for example, Datsyuk played five years in Russia after leaving the Detroit Red Wings following the 2015-16 season, which is why he wasn’t eligible for selection until this year. Jaromir Jagr, the NHL’s second all-time leading scorer, hasn’t played a game in the NHL since 2017-18, but he continues to play a handful of games every year for Kladno, the team he owns in Czechia. If Jagr finally stops playing this year, he’ll become eligible in 2027 — and he’ll be about as sure a thing as there is to a guaranteed first-ballot inductee.

That’s the thing about Hall of Fame debates. They generally aren’t too controversial at the top end.

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Not only has he solidified his status as an NHL goalie, but he’s almost appeared in more games at this point in the season than he was expected to play in its entirety.

That superb work earned him a three-year contract extension in December.

He and his wife Chloe, became first-time parents to a baby boy, Beau, last month.

And then there’s the cherry on top of all: Skinner has joined Oilers stars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl on the Pacific team at NHL All-Star in Sunrise, Fla., this weekend. He’s representing the team he grew up cheering for to boot.

“There have been a lot of amazing moments that have gone on in my life — some that you look forward to your whole life, and then they just happen in a row,” Skinner said.

Scroll up and down the All-Star rosters and Skinner — a rookie and backup goaltender as recently as early November — is the most unheralded and unexpected of the lot.

It might look like Skinner’s ascent has come overnight — or, least at, suddenly — but that couldn’t be further from the case.

We’re not at the goalie-controversy stage with the Oilers. Jack Campbell is the No. 1 guy.

It’s just that Stuart Skinner is continuing to show he’s ready to be a…