The rookie
2019 Topps Chrome UFC #92
His only RC-flagged card on TCDB and, per TCDB, his first card of any kind, issued more than four years after his UFC debut. The numbered refractors run from Green /99 down to the SuperFractor 1/1.
TCDB, Goldin and eBay graded listings all point to 2019 Topps Chrome UFC #92, and no source in the file calls any other card his RC. The mix-ups: some collectors and listings call his first Panini flagship cards (2022 Prizm #125, Select #29, Chronicles #102) his 'Panini rookie', but none carries an RC flag on TCDB or PSA; the 2021 Panini Instant #26 and 2021 Immaculate #25 are his earliest Panini cards, not rookies; and one collecting guide (cardcenteringtool.com) calls the rookie '2019 Topps UFC Chrome #125', mixing up the Chrome number (#92) with his 2022 Prizm number.
Key Makhachev cards
8 cards chosen for significance, not completeness.
Card eras
His only 2019 card is Topps Chrome UFC #92 (released September 11, 2019). It has a full refractor rainbow: Green /99, Blue Wave /75, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5 and SuperFractor 1/1.
2020 Topps UFC #26 and 2020 Topps UFC Knockout #84, with numbered parallels. These were his last cards before Topps lost the UFC license.
He is not in 2021 Prizm UFC or 2021 Chronicles UFC. His 2021 Panini cards are a print-to-order Panini Instant UFC #26 (print run 315, not serial-numbered) and a 2021 Immaculate base #25 (/65).
His first Prizm (#125, March 2022), Donruss (#1), Select (#29), Chronicles and Optic cards. Donruss Signature Series SS-IMK is the earliest certified Makhachev autograph FightCardboard has found (TCDB lists none before 2022). Immaculate added a dual autograph with Khabib.
He won the lightweight title at UFC 280 (October 2022) and the welterweight title at UFC 322 (November 2025).
Rookie parallels
Buying & wanted
- 012019 Topps Chrome UFC #92 Gold Refractor /50 (graded)
- 022019 Topps Chrome UFC #92 base RC in PSA 10
- 032022 Panini Immaculate Dual Autographs Islam Makhachev / Khabib Nurmagomedov (DA-KNI)
- 042022 Donruss UFC Signature Series #SS-IMK (low-numbered parallels)
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Islam Makhachev's rookie card: 2019 Topps Chrome UFC #92 — Islam Makhachev.
TCDB lists no Makhachev card before 2019, and 2019 Topps Chrome UFC #92 is the only card on his TCDB profile flagged RC. A Goldin lot (Gold Refractor /50, PSA 10) and eBay listings (SGC-graded, 'Features: Rookie') both sell #92 as his rookie. TCDB's rookie lists for 2021 and 2022 Panini Prizm UFC do not include him, and PSA's Makhachev Prizm #125 rainbow registry shows no RC designation. COMMON MIX-UPS (not a source dispute): some collectors call his first Panini Prizm (2022 #125) a 'Panini rookie', but his first Panini flagship cards (Prizm #125, Select #29, Chronicles #102) carry no RC flag on TCDB or PSA, and no source FightCardboard found calls a Panini card his RC. One collecting guide (cardcenteringtool.com) calls the rookie '2019 Topps UFC Chrome #125'; it is #92, and #125 is his 2022 Prizm number.
- Goldin2019 Topps Chrome UFC Gold Refractor #92 Islam Makhachev Rookie Card (#23/50) PSA 10, accessed September 21, 2026
- eBay2019 Topps Chrome UFC Islam Makhachev #92 RC (SGC 9.5), accessed September 21, 2026
- 2019 Topps Chrome UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
- Card Centering Tool blogIslam Makhachev Trading Cards: Ultimate Guide, accessed September 21, 2026
Rookie card: TCDB, Goldin and eBay graded listings support 2019 Topps Chrome UFC #92. Some collectors call his 2022 Panini Prizm #125, Select #29 or Chronicles #102 his 'Panini rookie', but TCDB and PSA show no RC flag on any of them.
Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.
Rookie card number mislabel: cardcenteringtool.com calls the rookie '2019 Topps UFC Chrome #125'. TCDB, Goldin and eBay say #92 (#125 is his 2022 Prizm number).
Rookie card number: cardcenteringtool.com calls the rookie '2019 Topps UFC Chrome #125'. TCDB, Goldin and eBay say #92 (#125 is his 2022 Prizm number).
Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.
Earliest Panini card: 2021 Panini Instant UFC #26 (print run 315) versus 2021 Immaculate #25 (/65, released December 31, 2021). The Instant card's event date is unverified.
No credible source located, so nothing is asserted.
Card numbers for the Signature Series and Dual Autograph cards: TCDB uses codes (SS-IMK, DA-KNI), while Cardboard Connection and Cardsmiths use checklist positions (#2, #17).
Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.
2022 Immaculate Dual Autograph print run is unknown.
No credible source located, so nothing is asserted.
2019 Topps Chrome UFC #92 — Islam Makhachev.
- 2019 Topps Chrome UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
- Goldin2019 Topps Chrome UFC Gold Refractor #92 Islam Makhachev Rookie Card (#23/50) PSA 10, accessed September 21, 2026
- eBay2019 Topps Chrome UFC Islam Makhachev #92 RC (SGC 9.5), accessed September 21, 2026
- Card Centering Tool blogIslam Makhachev Trading Cards: Ultimate Guide, accessed September 21, 2026
2020 Topps UFC #26 — Islam Makhachev.
2021 Panini Instant UFC #26 — Islam Makhachev.
2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #25 — Islam Makhachev.
2022 Panini Prizm UFC #125 — Islam Makhachev.
- Trading Card Database2022 Panini Prizm UFC #125 Islam Makhachev, accessed September 21, 2026
- 2022 Panini Prizm UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
- PSA Set Registry2022 Panini Prizm UFC Islam Makhachev Rainbow, accessed September 21, 2026
- eBay2022 Panini Prizm UFC Islam Makhachev Red Prizm 19/299, accessed September 21, 2026
2022 Panini Select UFC #29 — Islam Makhachev.
2022 Donruss UFC #SS-IMK — Islam Makhachev.
2022 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #DA-KNI — Islam Makhachev / Khabib Nurmagomedov.