What year is Zion Williamson's rookie card?

Zion Williamson's rookie season was 2019-20, so the rookie cards carry that year.

How many rookie cards does Zion Williamson have?

Our checklist lists 7 Zion Williamson rookie cards with card numbers, each from a cited source. It is not every parallel or color variation.

Does Zion Williamson have a licensed rookie autograph?

Yes. Our checklist lists 3: 2019-20 Prizm Rookie Signatures #38; 2019-20 Donruss Optic Rated Rookie Signatures #158; 2019-20 Donruss Rookie Dominator Signatures #1 (/25).

How much is a Zion Williamson rookie card worth?

Parlae does not print card values. Find the year, set, card number, parallel and grade on your card, then check eBay sold listings or eBay's price guide for that exact card.

Are collectors watching Zion Williamson right now?

Collector attention is cooling: Wikipedia lookups of Zion Williamson are down 15% this week. That is attention, not a price.

Zion Williamson rookie card: key RCs, checklist and collector interest

Zion Williamson's first licensed base rookie card is the 2019-20 Donruss #201. The first chromium rookie card is the 2019-20 Prizm #248. The scarcest licensed rookie autograph in our checklist is the 2019-20 Donruss Rookie Dominator Signatures #1, numbered /25. Zion Williamson's rookie season was 2019-20.

Zion WilliamsonNOP PF

1st round, 1st overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans.

Cooling

Zion Williamson card market

Collector attention: down 15% this week, up 65% over 30 days

Parlae readers: 11 this week

Attention measures how much people are looking up this player, a leading indicator collectors watch. It is not a price. Source: Wikipedia pageviews through 2026-10-14.

Zion Williamson's key rookie cards, by our criteria

First licensed base RC: The licensed base rookie card from the earliest year in the player's checklist. Where an Upper Deck Young Guns card exists, that card.
First chromium RC: The licensed chromium (Chrome, Prizm, Optic and the like) rookie card from the earliest year in the player's checklist.
Scarcest licensed RC autograph: Among licensed rookie-card autographs in the player's checklist, the one with the lowest stated print run.
First prospect card: For a player whose rookie cards are not out yet, or a baseball player's Bowman 1st: the earliest prospect card in the player's checklist. Not a rookie card.

First licensed base RC
2019-20 Donruss #201
Panini, base, Rated Rookie. Sources [1][2]
First chromium RC
2019-20 Prizm #248
Panini, chromium, rookie-season base card; the cited checklist does not print an RC tag on the line. Sources [1][2]
Scarcest licensed RC autograph
2019-20 Donruss Rookie Dominator Signatures #1 numbered /25
Panini, autograph. Sources [1]

Which Zion Williamson card is the real rookie card

Panini held the NBA card license in his 2019-20 rookie season, so his licensed rookie cards are Panini brands (Prizm, Donruss, Donruss Optic, Hoops and others) showing him with New Orleans. His Rated Rookies are Donruss #201 and Donruss Optic #158; Prizm lists him at #248 and Hoops at #258. He also has a Donruss Rookie Dominator Signatures #1 numbered to 25.

Sources [1][2][3]

Zion Williamson rookie card checklist with card numbers

7 rookie cards, each confirmed on the linked pages. Not every parallel is listed.

Zion Williamson card checklist
Card	Type	Print run	RC	Source
2019-20 Prizm #248rookie-season base card; the cited checklist does not print an RC tag on the line	Chromium	Not numbered	Yes	[1][2]
2019-20 Donruss #201Rated Rookie	Base	Not numbered	Yes	[1][2]
2019-20 Donruss Optic #158Rated Rookie	Chromium	Not numbered	Yes	[1][2]
2019-20 Hoops #258rookie-season base card; the cited checklist does not print an RC tag on the line	Base	Not numbered	Yes	[1][2]
2019-20 Prizm Rookie Signatures #38no print run on the line; numbered parallels exist	Autograph	Not numbered	Yes	[1]
2019-20 Donruss Optic Rated Rookie Signatures #158	Autograph	Not numbered	Yes	[1]
2019-20 Donruss Rookie Dominator Signatures #1	Autograph	/25	Yes	[1]

Zion Williamson's career, in brief

Drafted first overall by New Orleans in 2019 after one season at Duke.
Debuted on January 22, 2020, and made the 2020 All-Rookie First Team.
Two-time All-Star (2021, 2023) with the Pelicans, his only NBA team.
Averaged 21.0 points on .600 shooting in 62 games in 2025-26.

Career facts: [1]

Grading Zion Williamson cards

A PSA 10 (Gem Mint) or BGS 9.5 is the top grade most collectors look for; it means sharp corners, clean edges, centered printing and an unmarked surface. A graded card and a raw one are different cards to look up.

How PSA, CGC and Beckett grade

PSA

Top grades:: Gem Mint 10, then Mint 9 and NM-MT 8.
Half grades:: 1.5 through 8.5 since February 2008; there is no PSA 9.5.

One overall grade on the label. Centering weighs heavily in it.

Source: Sports Collectors Digest on PSA's half grades

CGC

Top grades:: Pristine 10 (virtually flawless, 50/50 centering), then Gem Mint 10 and Mint+ 9.5.
Half grades:: Yes, from Fair 1.5 up to Mint+ 9.5.

Authentic (AU) for a genuine card that cannot take a number; Authentic Altered (AA) for one that was altered.

Source: CGC grading scale

Beckett (BGS)

Top grades:: Pristine 10; a Black Label Pristine 10 has a 10 in all four subgrades.
Half grades:: Yes, 1 to 10 in half points.

Four subgrades on the label: centering, corners, edges and surface.

Source: Beckett grading

Grading scales as each grader describes them, checked Oct 16, 2026.

Population by grade

A population report counts how many copies of a card a grader has graded at each grade. Search 2019-20 Donruss #201 on PSA Population Report or CGC Cards Population Report.

How to identify your Zion Williamson card and check what it sold for

Find the year and maker on the back of your Zion Williamson card, and the card number, usually top or bottom on the back.
Check the front and back for a serial number (for example 23/99) and for a colored or patterned finish: those mark a parallel, which is a different card from the base version.
Look for the RC logo or the word Rookie. A card from before the first pro season, such as a Bowman 1st or a college card, is a prospect card, not a rookie card.
Note any grade on the slab label (PSA, BGS, SGC, CGC). A raw card and a graded one are different listings.
Search sold listings for that exact year, set, number, parallel and grade. What a card sold for is a better guide than any asking price.

Check Zion Williamson rookie cards in eBay's sold listings or eBay's price guide for that exact card.

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Zion Williamson card questions

What is Zion Williamson's rookie card?: Zion Williamson's first licensed base rookie card is the 2019-20 Donruss #201. The first chromium rookie card is the 2019-20 Prizm #248. The scarcest licensed rookie autograph in our checklist is the 2019-20 Donruss Rookie Dominator Signatures #1, numbered /25. Zion Williamson's rookie season was 2019-20.
What year is Zion Williamson's rookie card?: Zion Williamson's rookie season was 2019-20, so the rookie cards carry that year.
How many rookie cards does Zion Williamson have?: Our checklist lists 7 Zion Williamson rookie cards with card numbers, each from a cited source. It is not every parallel or color variation.
Does Zion Williamson have a licensed rookie autograph?: Yes. Our checklist lists 3: 2019-20 Prizm Rookie Signatures #38; 2019-20 Donruss Optic Rated Rookie Signatures #158; 2019-20 Donruss Rookie Dominator Signatures #1 (/25).
How much is a Zion Williamson rookie card worth?: Parlae does not print card values. Find the year, set, card number, parallel and grade on your card, then check eBay sold listings or eBay's price guide for that exact card.
Are collectors watching Zion Williamson right now?: Collector attention is cooling: Wikipedia lookups of Zion Williamson are down 15% this week. That is attention, not a price.

Card facts checked 2026-10-16. Parlae prints no card values. Set and brand names belong to their makers; Parlae is not affiliated with them.

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