Derek Jeter’s is poetry for me. What an absolute masterclass in calligraphy. I hate the Yankees, don’t even like baseball, but that dude’s auto is pure sex.
Runner-ups: Michael Jordan, Ichiro, and I’m a sucker for Randy Johnson’s too.
His is gorgeous. Baseball wins. I’ll mention Griffey and Andre Dawson too.
I’ll throw out Larry Walker’s too as underrated af
Randy Johnson is one of my favorites very unique
For a dude named The Big Unit, I was shocked to see his auto look like calligraphy.
Randy Johnson is an artist. He has his own photography studio now
Oh yeah. They're all great. Griffey's is on my want list for sure.
This was my answer, his signed first rookie card is my favorite card ever. He looks like he's 12 years old in it though.
Seconded. We got a game ball signed by him when he was a relatively unknown pitcher in Greensboro and he just missed out on his first complete game shutout. Had no idea it was him who signed it until we went back and looked 20 years later, but as you can see here he even had a good one back then,
That’s so sick. Cherish that
Griffey jr. has the cleanest auto.
Worst of any sport has to be Anthony Richardson , but his auto matches another baseball player I’ve seen in bowman this year just don’t remember who. But it’s on sticker and it looks identical. Just a tiny ar in the middle of the sticker.
God that one is so bad haha
Look up his early autos, there’s actually really nice. Shane that he got lazy and started just throwing AR on there instead of
I used to think it was laziness too, but these dudes are paid already for the signing and have to sign hundreds/thousands of these things. I’d say fuck it too tbh and start using my shorthand or initials after awhile
I heard ARs got lazy after his surgery.
Randy Johnson
Mickey Mantle is a symphony.
Andrew jones is one of he cleanest modern autos
Dikembe Mutombo has the most beautiful auto around.
Mutombo’s is badass
Anthony Volpe, Tiger Woods, and believe it or not Bryson DeChambeau.
Andruw Jones
A bunch of dudes who played in the 70s and 80s have great autos. Eric Davis, Dennis Eckersley, Andre Dawson, and Paul Molitor come to mind.
She even signed her name on it...some lady named Ruth. Baby Ruth.
Anthony volpe😮💨
Hadn’t seen it before but very clean. I’m seeing a mix of AVolpe and his full signature. Doesn’t stand out to me but I always respect a full script auto
I can tell you who has the worst; Vini Jr. if you haven’t seen it and need a good laugh look it up.
I kind of always like when guy’s make their shorthand signature their own thing. I hadn’t seen his before but I kind of like it?
My vote for worst goes to Aidan Hutchinson. Runner up is Jaxson Hayes. Dude puts about as much effort into his as he does his game.
And as a Pels diehard, Jose Alvarado’s and Trey Murphy’s both royally piss me off. Herb’s ain’t much better either.
Haliburton has a terrible sig too
In my limited exposure to sports-ball signatures, Justin Herbert’s takes the cake.
As consistent as it gets. Never deviates even a little and always adds that ‘10’.
You say all of sports? Kenny Golladay has a BEAUTIFUL signature.
Are you being sarcastic? I have a signed Jersey of his and it’s nothing special.
I have a signed card and it's nothing special. But the signature on it is.
Randy Moss has a smooth distinguishable signature.
Kirk Cousins
That depends if he actually signs his name or the KC8 version! His regular sig is very nice!
Off the top of my head: Justin Herbert, Jared Goff, most hockey players as well not sure why.
Curtis Martin's is clean as hell and actually legible
Trevor Lawrence has a nice auto
Scary Terry
Harmon Killebrew. As clean and legible as they come.
Wayne Gretzky has a nice one
Torii Hunter
Jerome Bettis
Forgot about his but love his
Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, Andre Dawson, Dale Murphy and Nolan Ryan all.have beautiful autos.
Kirby Puckett 96-06 auto. It changed a few times before that.
Bryson Dechambeau has one of my favorites
Mariano Rivera and Nolan Ryan
Kirby Puckett
Derrick Henry has a great looking auto
His is awesome
Marcus Semien's has always looked really sharp on cards. I also like Juan Soto, where he puts first name on top of last name.
Rick Barry’s is pretty sweet
Goose gossage
Matt Williams
Nick Chubb, Mariano Rivera and Carl Yastrzemski have really eloquent signatures. Tom Brady’s is a lazy sloppy piece of shit sig especially for what he charges for it
Carmelo Anthony’s has always been my favorite.
All though I will admit Cade Cunningham’s original Autos were so sick.
Josh Allen. I like autos you can tell what the name is. Jeters is too messy to me. Can’t read it.
Unfortunately Geno smiths is actually really good
Wayne Gretzky
Love jeets, mo’s, jr’s, and I really loved Jim Edmonds too. Just like his swing
Chris Olave
Saints fan so I’m gonna agree. Drew’s is awesome too. Pierre Thomas has a good one also
Seeing the auto in this year’s Bowman Chrome will have you realize how amazing older autos are.
Kirk Cousins has a beautiful auto.
Sandy Alomar
Derek Jeter does have a dope looking auto and the others you mentioned as well. I’m a big Braves fan so I’m definitely bias but Chipper, Andruw and Smoltz all have great looking autos too
Brenton Strange
Respect to this man for being consistent
Jordan Love has such a dope auto
Anything volpe
I’m kinda confused by the multiple Volpe responses. It’s a nice, clean auto but nothing that stands out to me. Just curious why y’all like it so much
Because it’s 10 times nicer than any other auto lolll. It’s actually his name unlike half the others
I get it just curious
Richard Petty
Wow, his reminds me of my own a good bit. Good answer and love autos like these
Saddiq Bey 😤
Jean Beliveau
TJ Oshie
Nolan Ryan, class class class
Ken Griffey Jr
Kirk Cousins has one of the best, most consistent signatures I’ve ever seen.
Adrian Dantley and Oil Can Boyd.
Miguel Cabrera has a very clean auto
Li Jingliang by far
Andre Dawson, Mickey Mantle, or Griffey Jr., depending on what you prefer.
Andre Dawson hands down
Great topic. Jeter has a great auto but for me Mariano Rivera has to be the winner.
Mike “Pinball” Clemons of the CFL also has a great signature. Google it — just beautiful.
Mariano’s feels like a textbook definition of signature. Clean af. I like Jeter’s the most because it’s super unique and consistent. It just checks all my boxes
Eli Manning or Torii Hunter
Eli’s is very nice. Cool how he, his bro, and his dad all have clean mostly full name signatures. That’s that old New Orleans money shit at play
Peyton manning
Great auto but his wonky big P gets on my nerves a little bit for some reason
For me I love Leo Messi and d Wade
D Wade’s is bizarre to me. I can’t make out a single letter besides maybe the big W? 100% unique though
I think that’s why I love it(I’m also a die hard heat fan so I’m super biased 😂)
Sid and Wayne-o are amazing autos!!! Jean Beliveau had a beautiful auto also!!!
Andre Dawson
Very very clean. I think his catapulted into my top 5. Chef’s kiss
Kirk Cousins
Ohtani Kanji auto
Bryson DeChambeau
George Pickens surprisingly have an absolute beautiful signature (WR Steelers)
Andre Dawson without a doubt.
Wow no goose gossage or Rollie fingers comments
I don’t understand the fascination with autographs. There is no way the authenticators get it right all the time. Just no way. And if you believe that then the entire autograph buying and selling is sort of pointless.
I just made this thread to gush over penmanship. That’s a whole different topic haha
George Pickens
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Mariano Rivera's looks like poetry