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True rookie
2024 Topps Chrome UFC #146 Natália Silva — front
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Rookie card guide

Natália Silva
Rookie Card

Which card is the rookie, how to tell it, and what gets mistaken for it.

  • The answer2024 Topps Chrome UFC #146
  • SubjectNatália Silva
  • Year2024
  • ManufacturerTopps
  • ConfidenceVerified
  • Print runUnknown — not estimated
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Why this is the rookie

Two independent sources state the designation: Checklist Insider's 2024 Topps Chrome UFC checklist carries the line as '146 Natalia Cristina da Silva RC', and MMA Rookies names the card her True Rookie Card. It is also the earliest card of her in existence — Topps' 20 March 2024 Chrome release was the first product of its new licence, and Panini issued nothing of her across 2021-2023 even though she debuted in the UFC in late 2021. The rest of her 2024 cards, Midnight #47 and Royalty #12 among them, carry the same RC tag but all come later.

Her first licensed card of any kind, and it arrived almost two years into her UFC run: released 20 March 2024 in the first product of Topps' returning UFC licence, after she had already gone 4-0 in the Octagon. Nothing of hers exists from the Panini years, so this is the floor of her whole card history.

Identifying it

  • Card #146 in the 200-card base set
  • Nameplate reads “NATALIA CRISTINA DA SILVA”, not “Natália Silva” — the cataloguing name Topps uses throughout
  • RC designation on Topps' checklist line for the card; 2024 Topps Chrome UFC design, base is plain non-refractor chrome
  • Not to be confused with #17 Anderson Silva in the same set

What gets mistaken for it

What you'll readWhat's true
SportsCardsPro says it is not a rookie card.That is an unfilled data field on the price guide. Checklist Insider's 2024 Topps Chrome UFC checklist prints the line as '146 Natalia Cristina da Silva RC' and MMA Rookies names it her True Rookie Card.
The card carries a printed RC logo on the front.The RC designation is on Topps' checklist for the product. No source consulted confirms a printed logo on the card itself.
A 'Natalia Silva' search will find it.Topps catalogues her as 'Natalia Cristina da Silva' throughout, which is how listings are titled.

Parallels

Base
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Unnumbered
SuperFractor
1/1
High confidence
Red Refractor
/5
High confidence
Black Refractor
/10
High confidence
Orange Refractor
/25
High confidence
+6 more
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down to /299

Card milestones

Five separate questions, kept separate. How these are defined.

The evidence behind each
  • 2024Earliest licensed card — Checklist Insider's 2024 Topps Chrome UFC checklist prints '146 Natalia Cristina da Silva RC' and dates the product to 20 March 2024, the first release of Topps' return to the UFC licence. No Panini-era card of her (2021-2023) appears in any checklist or database consulted, and no Topps Now card of her turned up either.
  • 2024First MMA card — Nothing from her pre-UFC career and no non-MMA card of her appears in any source consulted, so her first MMA card is also her first card.
  • 2024First UFC card — Checklist Insider lists her at base #146 in the 20 March 2024 product; no earlier UFC-licensed card of her was found, including across Panini's 2021-2023 UFC run.
  • 2024First certified autograph — Checklist Insider lists her as CRA-NSI in the 24-card Chrome Rookie Autographs subset of 2024 Topps Chrome UFC, and eBay's catalogue title for the card reads '#CRA-NSI (AU, RC)'. It comes from her first product, so no signature predates it.
  • 2024Recognized rookie card — Checklist Insider prints the base line as '146 Natalia Cristina da Silva RC', MMA Rookies names it her True Rookie Card, and eBay's catalogue entry is titled '2024 Topps Chrome UFC - Natalia Cristina da Silva #146 (RC)'. It is also the earliest of her RC-tagged 2024 cards, ahead of Finest, Knockout, Gold Label, Midnight #47 and Royalty #12.

Grading & population

Population figures will be taken directly from the grading companies and dated when they are. None are shown yet.

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Verified

Natália Silva's rookie card: 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #146 — Natália Silva.

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #146 carries a printed RC logo, eBay's catalogue entry for it is titled "2024 Topps Chrome UFC - Natalia Cristina da Silva #146 (RC)", and MMA Rookies names it her "True Rookie Card" ahead of her other 2024 RC-flagged cards. It is also the earliest: Checklist Insider dates 2024 Topps Chrome UFC to 20 March 2024, before Finest, Knockout, Gold Label, Midnight and Royalty. No Panini-era (2021–2023) card of her turned up on any source consulted, so nothing predates it.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #146 — Natália Silva.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's page metadata says "not a rookie card", against the printed RC logo and the eBay catalogue's (RC) designation.

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