The highest gas price ever observed was $196.683 in May 2022.
The much-awaited Bored Ape Yacht Club “Otherside” metaverse land sale began, and its popularity just about wrecked Ethereum for everyone else. Gas fees, which increase based on network congestion, spiked to shocking levels, as high as 5,100 Gwei.
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xf6f0ee20b4fb0ce054546cff512ce94a996ff270b49bd6a4b4369a1ca1295e50