Why this card matters
This is his card from the first Topps UFC product, and Cardboard Connection, TCDB and the eBay catalogue treat it as his rookie. It shows his 2004 UFC debut win over Karo Parisyan, so the rookie also marks where his UFC career began. The Silver /288 and the rarer parallels are the high-end targets.
Identification
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- Card #17 of the 100-card 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 base set (TCDB count).
- Dual-subject card: Georges St-Pierre / Karo Parisyan.
- Released February 23, 2009 (TCDB).
- Don't confuse it with the Round 1 Top 10 Fights insert or Round 2 #100, which is a solo card.
| 2008 Donruss Americana II Ring Kings #RK-GS (/500) is the rookie. | This is the genuine minority view rather than a mislabel: Sports Card Expert lists it first under its 'Georges St-Pierre Rookie Cards' heading. It is his earliest pack-issued card, but it is a serial-numbered insert in a non-UFC-licensed entertainment product, TCDB does not flag it RC, and Cardboard Connection calls it his 'first pack-inserted' card rather than his rookie. |
| 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #100 is the rookie. | TCDB also flags it RC, and it is his first solo UFC base card. It was released about seven months after Round 1 #17, which already carries TCDB's RC flag. TCDB's flagging looks inconsistent: Anderson Silva's Round 2 #33 has no flag. |
| 2009 eTopps #2 (/999) is the rookie. | This is a 2009 online-distributed eTopps card, not pack-issued, and no source in this record treats it as a rookie. |
Disputed
Rookie status is disputed: Sports Card Expert names the 2008 Donruss Ring Kings #RK-GS as his rookie instead (see the rookie guide). Silver /288 is confirmed by TCDB and NSLists. Black /888 and Red 1/1 come only from NSLists. The 'UFC 94 Exclusive' version appears on SportsCardsPro and in eBay listings, but no checklist describes it.
Parallels
Population & market
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Trading Card Database — 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #17 Georges St-Pierre / Karo Parisyan
NSLists — UFC Round 1 (Topps, 2009) checklist
Available copies
None in the vault right now.
Further reading
GSP Rookie Card: Donruss Americana vs Topps UFC Explained
A 2008 Donruss insert, a 2009 Topps debut card and a 2009 Topps solo card. Three candidates, one working pick, and a dispute that isn't going away.
Why 2009 Topps UFC Matters
Two products, released seven months apart, that hold the first UFC-licensed cards of almost every name from the sport's first era.
Georges St-Pierre rookie card guide
The long version, with every card people confuse it with.
More Georges St-Pierre
Sources & research Verified×1Uncertain×1
Every factual claim on this page, the evidence behind it, and an honest confidence level. Where sources disagree the disagreement is kept, not quietly resolved.
2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #17 — Georges St-Pierre / Karo Parisyan.
- Trading Card Database2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #17 Georges St-Pierre / Karo Parisyan, accessed September 21, 2026
- NSListsUFC Round 1 (Topps, 2009) checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- Cardboard Connection10 Georges St-Pierre Cards That Pack a Serious Punch, accessed September 21, 2026
- COMC2009 Topps UFC Round 1 - [Base] #17 - Georges St-Pierre vs Karo Parisyan, accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsPro2009 Topps UFC Round 1 checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- Trading Card Database2009 Topps UFC Round 1 - Silver checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
Disputed detail on 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #17.
Rookie status is disputed: Sports Card Expert names the 2008 Donruss Ring Kings #RK-GS as his rookie instead (see the rookie guide). Silver /288 is confirmed by TCDB and NSLists. Black /888 and Red 1/1 come only from NSLists. The 'UFC 94 Exclusive' version appears on SportsCardsPro and in eBay listings, but no checklist describes it.
- Trading Card Database2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #17 Georges St-Pierre / Karo Parisyan, accessed September 21, 2026
- NSListsUFC Round 1 (Topps, 2009) checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- Cardboard Connection10 Georges St-Pierre Cards That Pack a Serious Punch, accessed September 21, 2026
- COMC2009 Topps UFC Round 1 - [Base] #17 - Georges St-Pierre vs Karo Parisyan, accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsPro2009 Topps UFC Round 1 checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- Trading Card Database2009 Topps UFC Round 1 - Silver checklist, accessed September 21, 2026