Collector profile “Stillknocks”

Dricus du Plessis

Du Plessis has no Topps-era or pre-UFC cards on TCDB: his first cards are 2022 Panini, led by Prizm #92 (March 25, 2022). Select (#44/#242/#317) and Chronicles (#79) rookies followed that summer. TCDB shows no certified autographs until Topps' 2024 Chrome UFC, the year he won the middleweight title.

2022Rookie year

#92Rookie card

7Key cards

UFC debutOctober 11, 2020 · UFC Fight Night 179
DivisionsMiddleweight · Welterweight
StatusActive · UFC (as of Sept 2026)
FromSouth Africa (Welkom per Wikipedia; TCDB says Hatfield, Pretoria)

Rookie card

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #92 Dricus du Plessis — front

#92

The rookie

#92

Rookie card

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #92

His earliest card: 2022 Panini Prizm UFC was released March 25, 2022, ahead of his Select, Chronicles and Instant cards that year. The photo shows him with the South African flag. Its Prizm parallels, from Silver to Black 1/1, are the core of a du Plessis rookie run.

Commonly misidentified

Signed 2022 Prizm and Select 'rookie autos' on eBay are after-market signatures (PSA/DNA-slabbed), not Panini-certified autographs. 2024 Topps Chrome #62 is sometimes sold as a 'Topps rookie'; it carries no RC flag.

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Rookie card guide Card record

Key Plessis cards

7 cards chosen for significance, not completeness; autographs and numbered cards follow below.

2022 Panini Select UFC #44 Dricus du Plessis — front

2022 Panini Select UFC #44 Rookie

2022 Panini Chronicles UFC #79 Dricus du Plessis — front

2022 Panini Chronicles UFC #79 Rookie

2022 Panini Instant UFC #RR13

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #62

Autographs

1 certified autograph in the archive.

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #FSA-DDP Dricus du Plessis — front

2024Topps Chrome UFC #FSA-DDP Auto

Numbered & parallels

Serial-numbered cards and parallels with their own record.

2022 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #57 Dricus du Plessis — front

2022Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #57 /49

Card eras

2022

Panini rookies

RC-flagged Prizm #92, Select #44/#242/#317 and Chronicles #79, plus Panini Instant cards (#73 and Rated Rookie Retro RR13) and a 2022 Immaculate base /49 released in February 2023.

2023

Second-year Panini

Prizm, Select (#24 Concourse, #142 Premier Level), Optic #15 and Chronicles cards; TCDB lists no autographs.

2024–2026

Champion on Topps

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #62 and autograph inserts (Future Stars FSA-DDP and others per Checklist Insider), after his January 2024 title win.

Rookie parallels

Base

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Unnumbered

Silver Prizm

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High confidence

Green

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High confidence

Hyper

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High confidence

Ice

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High confidence

Pink Ice

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High confidence

Sets

Where Plessis's key cards come from.

20222022 Panini Prizm UFC1 key card
20222022 Panini Select UFC1 key card
20222022 Panini Chronicles UFC1 key card
20222022 Panini Instant UFC1 key card
20222022 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC1 key card
20242024 Topps Chrome UFC2 key cards

Buying & wanted

Wanted by FightCardboard

012022 Panini Prizm UFC #92 RC — Gold /10, Green Pulsar /25 or Black 1/1
022022 Panini Prizm UFC #92 RC base, graded
032024 Topps Chrome UFC Future Stars Autograph FSA-DDP

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Dricus du Plessis's rookie card: 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #92 — Dricus du Plessis.

TCDB's du Plessis profile starts in 2022, and the earliest-released RC-flagged card is 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #92 (March 25, 2022). It is on TCDB's 57-card rookie list for the set, Cardboard Connection's checklist confirms him as #92, and the card front carries Panini's 'ROOKIE CARD' RC shield. His other 2022 rookies — Select #44/#242/#317 (July 1, 2022) and Chronicles #79 (August 31, 2022) — are also genuine RCs but came later.