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Updated 9/15/2022

Introduction: 

Bored Ape Yacht Club launched in April 2021 for a mint price (pre-sale price) of .08 ETH or $200 at the time. It took four months for the project to blow up and reach an average sale price of $89,602 in August 2021. 

If you are curious why Bored Ape Yacht Club blew up, I wrote about it in detail here. 

Plenty of celebrities have purchased Bored Apes and there’s a possibility we could see the NFTs make an appearance at the Super Bowl halftime show because Eminem and Snoop Dogg (both are performing at the show) are Bored Ape owners. 

More and more eyes are going to be on this project and its eye-popping sales and while rarity ranking tools aren’t the end-all-be-all it’s fun to look at the rarest assets in the most popular NFT collection in the world. 

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How many Bored Apes are there?

There are 10,000 Bored Apes in the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection.

Out of those 10,000 NFTs the below list comprises the top 10 rarest NFTs in the entire collection. BAYC rarity is a fun one to look at since the collection has become popular and iconic since minting in April 2021.

Let’s look at the top 10 rarest Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs using Rarity Tools to see the rarest Bored Ape traits:

(1) Bored Ape #7495–364.42 Rarity Score

Source: Rarity Tools 

According to Rarity.Tools, Bored Ape #7495 is the rarest Bored Ape in the collection. It has not been sold since it was minted in April of last year. 

The rarest BAYC sports dagger in its mouth and only 49 apes have this trait. It also has rare traits like a Cyborg eye, a Cross earring, and Dmt fur (only 219 apes have this style fur):  

Source: Rarity.Tools

This is the top of the food-chain when it comes to BAYC rarity.

(2) Bored Ape #3953–353.09 Rarity Score 

Source: Rarity.Tools

Bored Ape #3953 is the second-rarest Bored Ape asset. It was purchased on 5/1 for 18.88 ETH and is 1 of just 28 Apes with an unshaven beard and pizza in its mouth. It has a few other rare traits, but largely holds this ranking due to the mouth attribute: 

Source: Rarity.tools

(3) Bored Ape #9606–341.57 Rarity Score

Source: Rarity.Tools

Bored Ape #9606 is the 3rd rarest Bored Ape NFT and also has an unshaven beard with pizza out of 28. Pransky minted this ape and it appears to have been transferred a few times, but there is no public sales history on OpenSea. 

The rest of the attributes for this Ape aren’t overwhelmingly rare, but it is one of the few with an extremely rare mouth attribute: 

Source: Rarity Tools 

(4) Bored Ape #7616–334.42 Rarity Score

Source: Rarity.Tools

Bored Ape #7616 is the 4th-rarest asset in the collection and hasn’t been yet sold by the owner who minted it. It’s currently listed for 2,000 ETH or $4.9 million. 

Its rarest trait is trippy fur, which only 83 Apes have. 

It also has a Cross earring, Black T, and Cowboy hat: 

Source: Rarity.tools

(5) Bored Ape #4873–332.9 Rarity Score

Source: Rarity.Tools

Bored Ape #4873 is the 5th rarest NFT in the collection and was also minted by Pransky. The item has been transferred a few times but there’s no public sales data on OpenSea for the asset and it is not currently listed for sale. 

This asset is one of just 46 Apes that are solid gold: 

Source: Rarity Tools 

The Ape also features an Army Hat, and a Tie Dye shirt.  

(6) Bored Ape #8811–320.3 Rarity Score

Source: Rarity.Tools

Bored Ape #8811 is the 6th-rarest NFT in the project and hasn’t been sold since it was minted in April 2021. It is currently not listed for sale. 

It’s one of 28 Apes with the dagger in its mouth and is one of 233 apes with a Bored Ape Yacht Club flipped brim hat among other rare traits: 

Source: Rarity.Tools

(7) Bored Ape #8135–320.12 Rarity Score 

Source: Rarity.Tools

Bored Ape #8135 is the 7th rarest Bored Ape in the project and has sold 3 times. It sold for 21 ETH on May 1st, 500 ETH on August 28th, and 550 ETH on September 16th. It is not currently listed for sale. 

It’s one of 66 Bored Apes with a Trippy Captain’s hat and one of 28 Bored Apes with the dagger in its mouth: 

Source: Rarity.Tools

(8) Bored Ape #446–313.35 Rarity Score

Source: Rarity.Tools

Bored Ape #446 is the 8th rarest Bored Ape in the project and hasn’t been sold since it was minted. It’s not currently listed for sale. 

Apart from its rare Trippy Captain’s Hat, it also features a Cowboy Shirt, which only 119 apes have. 

It also features a Cross earing, Zombie Fur, a Phoneme Vuh mouth, and Sunglasses: 

Source: Rarity.Tools

(9) Bored Ape #2087–312.34 Rarity Score

Source: Rarity.Tools

Bored Ape #2087 is the 9th rarest asset in the collection and has sold twice since mint. Once in June for 42 ETH and again on September 29th for 769 ETH. 

The asset features Trippy Fur, which only 78 Apes have: 

Source: Rarity.Tools

(10) Bored Ape #73–311.62 Rarity Score

Source: Rarity.Tools

Bored Ape #73 is the 10th rarest asset in the project and sold once for 30 ETH on June 8th. 

This asset is one of 46 Apes with Solid Gold Fur and one of 89 Apes with a Blue Bandana. It also features a work vest and gold stud earring: 

Source: Rarity.Tools

Conclusion 

Rarity and market value are ultimately in the eye of the beholder. Just because an asset has a rare trait, doesn’t mean that trait will be popular in the marketplace, but this does help us as a guide. 

Bored Ape Yacht Club has had an incredible run and doesn’t seem to be slowing down. 

It will be interesting to see if these top 10 rarest Bored Ape Yacht Clubs sell in the future and for how much money. 

PS - this is Bored Ape #1 in the collection, owned by one of the project's creators:

Source: Rarity.tools

The is Bored Ape #1 in the collection and could be iconic for that fact, but may not ever sell because it is owned by one of the project founders.