Drake Maye rookie card: key RCs, checklist and collector interest
Drake Maye's first licensed base rookie card is the 2024 Panini Prizm #329. The first chromium rookie card is the 2024 Donruss Optic #229. Drake Maye's rookie season was 2024.
Drake MayeNE QB
No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots.
Drake Maye card market
Collector attention: down 17% this week, down 13% over 30 days
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.
Drake Maye'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.
Which Drake Maye card is the real rookie card
Maye's 2024 rookie year fell in Panini's exclusive NFL license era, so his licensed RCs are Panini issues such as 2024 Prizm, Donruss Rated Rookie and Donruss Optic Rated Rookie. 2024 Topps Chrome Football was not NFL licensed, yet its checklist marks his #203 as RC and carries his rookie autographs; collectors should treat those as unlicensed cards. In the Panini Prizm, Contenders and National Treasures checklists we read, he does not appear in the rookie autograph sections. Topps regained the NFL license in 2026, so his later Topps cards are veteran cards.
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Drake Maye rookie card checklist with card numbers
6 rookie cards, each confirmed on the linked pages. Not every parallel is listed.
| Card | Type | Print run | RC | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Panini Prizm #329base rookie | Base | Not numbered | Yes | [1][2] |
| 2024 Panini Prizm Base Rookie Variations Silver Prizms #12rookie image variation, Silver Prizm | Parallel | Not numbered | Yes | [1][2] |
| 2024 Donruss Optic #229Rated Rookie | Chromium | Not numbered | Yes | [1] |
| 2024 Donruss #379Rated Rookie | Base | Not numbered | Yes | [1] |
| 2024 Topps Chrome Football #203unlicensed (no NFL team or league license); checklist marks RC | Chromium | Not numbered | Yes | [1] |
| 2024 Topps Chrome Football Rookie Autographs #RA-DMAunlicensed (no NFL team or league license) | Autograph | Not numbered | Yes | [1] |
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Record public Drake Maye card sales
Reported sales only, each with the report that carried it.
- 2025-04: 2024 Panini Prizm Gold Vinyl RC /5, BGS 9, sold for $26,000. SI Collectibles
- 2025-11: 2024 Panini Flawless 1/1 autograph Nike patch, raw, sold for $25,500. Sports Collectors Digest
Grading Drake Maye 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.
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 2024 Panini Prizm #329 on PSA Population Report or CGC Cards Population Report.
How to identify your Drake Maye card and check what it sold for
- Find the year and maker on the back of your Drake Maye 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 Drake Maye rookie cards in eBay's sold listings or eBay's price guide for that exact card.
Drake Maye cards for sale now
Drake Maye card questions
- What is Drake Maye's rookie card?
- Drake Maye's first licensed base rookie card is the 2024 Panini Prizm #329. The first chromium rookie card is the 2024 Donruss Optic #229. Drake Maye's rookie season was 2024.
- What year is Drake Maye's rookie card?
- Drake Maye's rookie season was 2024, so the rookie cards carry that year.
- How many rookie cards does Drake Maye have?
- Our checklist lists 6 Drake Maye rookie cards with card numbers, each from a cited source. It is not every parallel or color variation.
- How much is a Drake Maye 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 Drake Maye right now?
- Collector attention is cooling: Wikipedia lookups of Drake Maye are down 17% this week. That is attention, not a price.
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