Why this is the rookie
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.
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.
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.
Identifying it
- Card #92 of 200 (cards 1–100 are horizontal, per Cardboard Connection)
- 'ROOKIE CARD' RC shield top left; 'DRICUS DU PLESSIS / MIDDLEWEIGHT'
- Release date March 25, 2022 (TCDB, Cardboard Connection)
What gets mistaken for it
| What you'll read | What's true |
|---|---|
| 'Signed 2022 Prizm rookie' listings are Panini autographs | Cardboard Connection's 2022 Prizm autograph checklists do not include du Plessis, and TCDB lists no 2022 du Plessis autographs; signed copies are after-market signatures (PSA/DNA etc.). |
Parallels
Grading & population
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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.
- Trading Card Database (TCDB)2022 Panini Prizm UFC #92 Dricus du Plessis, accessed September 21, 2026
- Trading Card Database (TCDB)Rookies - 2022 Panini Prizm UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
- 2022 Panini Prizm UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
- Trading Card Database (TCDB)Dricus du Plessis 2022 cards, accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProDricus du Plessis #92 2022 Panini Prizm UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
2022 Panini Prizm UFC #92 — Dricus du Plessis.
- Trading Card Database (TCDB)2022 Panini Prizm UFC #92 Dricus du Plessis, accessed September 21, 2026
- Trading Card Database (TCDB)Rookies - 2022 Panini Prizm UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
- 2022 Panini Prizm UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProDricus du Plessis #92 2022 Panini Prizm UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
Go deeper
- The card record2022 Panini Prizm UFC #92
- Dricus du Plessis archiveKey cards and eras
- 2022 Panini Prizm UFCSet record