The rookie
2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12
This is the Khabib rookie, and every source FightCardboard checked agrees on it. It is his only 2012 issue, released December 7, 2012, eleven months after his UFC debut, and the only Khabib card TCDB flags RC.
The sources in the file agree on Bloodlines #12, but three other cards get sold or described as his rookie: the 2013 Finest UFC #22 (a second-year card with no RC flag), the 2014 Topps UFC Knockout autograph KA-KN /149 (his first certified auto, not his first card), and the 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #181 (a post-retirement Panini card; some eBay titles lean on the set's 'Debut Edition' tag, but Collectibles.com marks it "Rookie Card: No" and TCDB's 2021 Prizm rookie list leaves him out).
Key Nurmagomedov cards
7 cards chosen for significance, not completeness.
Card eras
His one 2012 card: Bloodlines #12, released December 7, 2012, eleven months after his UFC debut. It came with Flag /188, Black /88, Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 parallels.
2013 Finest UFC #22 plus Bloodlines #42 and Knockout #94. The Finest chromium refractors (Blue /188, Gold /88, Octafractor /8, Superfractor 1/1) are the numbered second-year chrome (print runs per TCDB).
2014 Topps UFC Knockout (TCDB release date May 16, 2014) has his first certified autograph, KA-KN /149, plus Fist-Ograph box toppers. Champions and Bloodlines later that year added more autos and relics.
Topps kept him in its UFC sets through the end of its license. The 2017 Topps Chrome UFC #100 and its refractors (Gold /50 down to Superfractor 1/1) give him a full mid-era chrome rainbow.
Panini's 2021 Prizm UFC (#181, Champion Signatures auto) arrived after his October 2020 retirement. He appears across Prizm, Select, Chronicles, Donruss and Immaculate, including dual autographs with Islam Makhachev.
Rookie parallels
Buying & wanted
- 012012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 Black /88 (graded)
- 022012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 Country Flag /188
- 032014 Topps UFC Knockout Autographs #KA-KN /149 (first certified auto)
- 042021 Panini Prizm UFC Champion Signatures Khabib (Gold /10, Mojo /25 or Black 1/1)
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Khabib Nurmagomedov's rookie card: 2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 — Khabib Nurmagomedov.
TCDB's Khabib profile begins in 2012 with a single card, Bloodlines #12 (plus its parallels), and flags it RC. Cardboard Connection's 2012 Bloodlines checklist lists him at #12 (release date December 7, 2012). Sports Card Specialist calls it "Khabib's very first issued UFC card" and his true rookie. eBay/PSA listings also sell the Black /88 as an RC. His UFC debut was January 20, 2012, and TCDB lists no Khabib card before this one.
2014 Topps UFC Knockout Fist-Ograph F-KN: Cardboard Connection and Sports Card Specialist say it is numbered to 10, but TCDB records no serial number.
Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.
2021 Prizm Champion Signatures card number: TCDB and Sports Card Investor use CS-KBN, Cardboard Connection and Cardsmiths use #4, and one eBay listing uses 'CS-4'.
Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.
2014 Topps UFC Champions (TCDB release date September 17, 2014; Cardboard Connection article October 13, 2014) came out after 2014 Knockout (May 16, 2014), which is why KA-KN counts as his first certified auto.
The 2014 Topps UFC Champions release date is September 17, 2014 on TCDB, and Cardboard Connection's article on the set was published October 13, 2014. Both are later than 2014 Knockout (May 16, 2014), which is why KA-KN counts as his first certified auto. Beckett was down for maintenance and could not be checked.
Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.
2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 — Khabib Nurmagomedov.
2013 Finest UFC #22 — Khabib Nurmagomedov.
2014 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-KN — Khabib Nurmagomedov.
- Trading Card Database2014 Topps UFC Knockout - Autographs #KA-KN Khabib Nurmagomedov, accessed September 21, 2026
- Cardboard Connection2014 Topps UFC Knockout Checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- Sports Card SpecialistThe Best Khabib Nurmagomedov Cards (Rookies And More), accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProKhabib Nurmagomedov #KA-KN 2014 Topps UFC Knockout Autographs, accessed September 21, 2026
2014 Topps UFC Knockout #F-KN — Khabib Nurmagomedov.
- Trading Card Database2014 Topps UFC Knockout - Fist Ographs #F-KN, accessed September 21, 2026
- Cardboard Connection2014 Topps UFC Knockout Checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- Sports Card SpecialistThe Best Khabib Nurmagomedov Cards (Rookies And More), accessed September 21, 2026
2017 Topps Chrome UFC #100 — Khabib Nurmagomedov.
2021 Panini Prizm UFC #181 — Khabib Nurmagomedov.
2021 Panini Prizm UFC #CS-KBN — Khabib Nurmagomedov.
- Trading Card Database2021 Panini Prizm UFC - Champion Signatures #CS-KBN, accessed September 21, 2026
- 2021 Panini Prizm UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
- Cardsmiths Breaks2021 Panini UFC Prizm Checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- Sports Card InvestorKhabib Nurmagomedov 2021 Prizm UFC #CS-KBN Champion Signatures, accessed September 21, 2026
- eBayKhabib Nurmagomedov Auto /25 Panini UFC Champion Signatures MOJO Prizm PSA 10, accessed September 21, 2026