Best rookie cards of 2026 by sport, ranked by collector interest

The 2026 rookies collectors are looking up most, sport by sport: Jalon Daniels leads NFL, Yaxel Lendeborg leads NBA, Gavin McKenna leads NHL, Munetaka Murakami leads MLB. Each list ranks on how many people looked a player up in the last 30 days, not on what his cards sell for.

Attention measures how much people are looking up this player, a leading indicator collectors watch. It is not a price. Source: Wikipedia pageviews through 2026-10-15.

Best NFL rookie cards

NFL rookies by collector interest over the last 30 days.

1
Jalon DanielsTB QB
466,571 lookups in 30 daysup 197% this weekSurging
2
Denzel BostonCLE WR
Key RC: 2026 Topps Flagship Football #322
77,875 lookups in 30 daysdown 77% this weekCooling
3
KC ConcepcionCLE WR
Key RC: 2026 Topps Flagship Football #323
69,477 lookups in 30 daysdown 69% this weekCooling
4
Jeremiyah LoveARI RB
Key RC: 2026 Topps Flagship Football #309
37,902 lookups in 30 daysdown 7% this weekFlat
5
Carnell TateTEN WR
Key RC: 2026 Topps Flagship Football #318
33,818 lookups in 30 daysdown 6% this weekFlat
6
Makai LemonPHI WR
Key RC: 2026 Topps Flagship Football #319
32,990 lookups in 30 daysdown 16% this weekCooling
7
Kenyon SadiqNYJ TE
Key RC: 2026 Topps Flagship Football #338
29,834 lookups in 30 daysdown 42% this weekCooling
8
Jonah ColemanDEN RB
Key RC: 2026 Topps Flagship Football #312
20,327 lookups in 30 daysup 17% this weekRising
9
Antonio WilliamsWAS WR
Key RC: 2026 Topps Flagship Football #328
19,759 lookups in 30 daysdown 18% this weekCooling
10
Caleb DouglasMIA WR
Key RC: 2026 Topps Flagship Football #365
19,011 lookups in 30 daysdown 22% this weekCooling

All 14 NFL rookies ranked

Best NBA rookie cards

NBA rookies by collector interest over the last 30 days.

1
Yaxel LendeborgGSW SF
52,038 lookups in 30 daysup 54% this weekSurging
2
AJ DybantsaWAS SF
Key RC: 2025-26 Bowman Paper Prospects #BPP-1
41,174 lookups in 30 daysup 40% this weekRising
3
Aday MaraOKC C
40,153 lookups in 30 daysup 547% this weekSurging
4
Darius AcuffSAC SG
23,053 lookups in 30 daysup 79% this weekSurging
5
Cameron BoozerMEM PF
Key RC: 2025-26 Bowman University Best #69
21,893 lookups in 30 daysup 16% this weekRising
6
Darryn PetersonUTA SG
Key RC: 2025-26 Bowman Paper Prospects #BPP-2
16,885 lookups in 30 daysup 1% this weekFlat
7
Cameron CarrLAL SF
13,722 lookups in 30 daysdown 67% this weekCooling
8
Alpha DialloDEN PF
13,259 lookups in 30 daysdown 45% this weekCooling
9
Nate AmentMIL PF
11,828 lookups in 30 daysdown 57% this weekCooling
10
Keaton WaglerLAC SG
11,505 lookups in 30 daysup 3% this weekFlat

All 25 NBA rookies ranked

Best NHL rookie cards

NHL rookies by collector interest over the last 30 days.

1
Gavin McKennaTOR LW
Key RC: 2023-24 Upper Deck CHL #351
91,002 lookups in 30 daysdown 46% this weekCooling
2
Cole HutsonWSH D
Key RC: 2026-27 Upper Deck Series 1 #223
18,098 lookups in 30 daysup 86% this weekSurging
3
Ivar StenbergSJS LW
17,699 lookups in 30 daysdown 25% this weekCooling
4
Luca CagnoniSJS D
Key RC: 2025-26 Upper Deck Series 1 #213
14,600 lookups in 30 daysdown 91% this weekCooling
5
James HagensBOS C
Key RC: 2026-27 Upper Deck Series 1 #206
11,979 lookups in 30 daysdown 64% this weekCooling
6
Trevor ConnellyVGK LW
10,233 lookups in 30 daysup 157% this weekSurging
7
Victor EklundNYI RW
Key RC: 2026-27 Upper Deck Series 1 #220
8,896 lookups in 30 daysdown 80% this weekCooling
8
Roman KantserovCHI RW
6,998 lookups in 30 daysup 204% this weekSurging
9
Cole BeaudoinNYR C
6,716 lookups in 30 daysdown 68% this weekCooling
10
Frederic BrunetBOS D
Key RC: 2025-26 Upper Deck Series 2 #489
5,519 lookups in 30 daysup 66% this weekSurging

All 23 NHL rookies ranked

Best MLB rookie cards

MLB rookies by collector interest over the last 30 days.

1
Munetaka MurakamiCWS 1B
Key RC: 2026 Topps Series 2 #503
67,287 lookups in 30 daysdown 59% this weekCooling
2
George Lombard Jr.NYY SS
51,237 lookups in 30 daysdown 62% this weekCooling
3
Cooper PrattMIL SS
31,853 lookups in 30 daysup 203% this weekSurging
4
Travis BazzanaCLE 2B
Key RC: 2026 Topps Update Series #US75
31,776 lookups in 30 daysup 131% this weekSurging
5
Brett BatemanTOR OF
23,108 lookups in 30 daysdown 34% this weekCooling
6
Sam AntonacciCWS OF
20,396 lookups in 30 daysup 8% this weekFlat
7
Hagen SmithCWS RP
17,250 lookups in 30 daysdown 28% this weekCooling
8
Braden MontgomeryCWS OF
16,339 lookups in 30 daysdown 56% this weekCooling
9
Kazuma OkamotoTOR 3B
Key RC: 2026 Topps Series 2 #443
10,735 lookups in 30 daysdown 6% this weekFlat
10
Luis LaraMIL OF
10,591 lookups in 30 daysup 175% this weekSurging

All 25 MLB rookies ranked

How this list is ranked

Collector interest is how many people looked each player up on Wikipedia: the last 30 days for the ranking, the last 7 against the 7 before for the weekly change. It measures attention, not what any card sells for, and Parlae prints no card values. A key rookie card is picked by the criteria printed on each player's card page, from his sourced checklist.

By the Parlae deskCard lists updated Oct 16, 2026 at 12:07 PM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number