What year is Cole Palmer's rookie card?

Cole Palmer's rookie season was 2020-21, so the rookie cards carry that year.

How many rookie cards does Cole Palmer have?

Our checklist lists 4 Cole Palmer rookie cards with card numbers, each from a cited source. It is not every parallel or color variation.

How much is a Cole Palmer 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 Cole Palmer right now?

Collector attention is surging: Wikipedia lookups of Cole Palmer are up 110% this week. That is attention, not a price.

Cole Palmer rookie card: key RCs, checklist and collector interest

Cole Palmer's first licensed base rookie card is the 2021-22 Topps UEFA Champions League #80. The first chromium rookie card is the 2021-22 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League #135. Cole Palmer's rookie season was 2020-21.

Cole PalmerCHE MID

No draft in club soccer; came through Manchester City's academy and debuted in the EFL Cup on 30 September 2020.

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Collector attention: up 110% this week, down 50% 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.

Cole Palmer'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
2021-22 Topps UEFA Champions League #80
Topps, base, Manchester City; flagship base RC. Sources [1][2]
First chromium RC
2021-22 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League #135
Topps, chromium, Manchester City. Sources [1]

Which Cole Palmer card is the real rookie card

Palmer's rookie cards are 2021-22 Topps UEFA Champions League products from his Manchester City years, before his September 2023 move to Chelsea. The checklists mark flagship Topps UCL #80 and Topps Chrome UCL #135 as RC; his Chrome autograph (CA-CP) and Future Stars cards (FS-11) appear in the same Chrome set without an RC marker. Topps held the UEFA Champions League license for these sets.

Sources [1][2][3]

Cole Palmer rookie card checklist with card numbers

4 rookie cards and 3 earlier or related cards, each confirmed on the linked pages. Not every parallel is listed.

Cole Palmer card checklist
Card	Type	Print run	RC	Source
2021-22 Topps UEFA Champions League #80Manchester City; flagship base RC	Base	Not numbered	Yes	[1][2]
2021-22 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League #135Manchester City	Chromium	Not numbered	Yes	[1]
2021-22 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Future Stars #FS-11inserted 1:6 packs; called a Future Stars rookie card by one guide	Insert	Not numbered	Yes	[1][2]
2021-22 Mosaic Premier League #13called a rookie card by one guide	Base	Not numbered	Yes	[1]
2021-22 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Autographs #CA-CPautograph; checklist line itself has no RC marker	Autograph	Not numbered	No	[1]
2021-22 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Future Stars Autographs #FS-11autograph	Autograph	/50	No	[1]
2021-22 Topps UEFA Champions League Base Autographs #BA-CPautograph; checklist line has no RC marker	Autograph	Not numbered	No	[1]

Cole Palmer's career, in brief

Played for Manchester City (2020-2023) and Chelsea (from September 2023).
Scored 22 Premier League goals in 2023-24 and won the PFA Young Player of the Year award.
Scored twice in the 2025 Club World Cup final as Chelsea beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-0, and won the Golden Ball.
Scored England's goal in the Euro 2024 final, a 2-1 loss to Spain.

Career facts: [1]

Grading Cole Palmer 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 2021-22 Topps UEFA Champions League #80 on PSA Population Report or CGC Cards Population Report.

How to identify your Cole Palmer card and check what it sold for

Find the year and maker on the back of your Cole Palmer 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 Cole Palmer rookie cards in eBay's sold listings or eBay's price guide for that exact card.

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Cole Palmer card questions

What is Cole Palmer's rookie card?: Cole Palmer's first licensed base rookie card is the 2021-22 Topps UEFA Champions League #80. The first chromium rookie card is the 2021-22 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League #135. Cole Palmer's rookie season was 2020-21.
What year is Cole Palmer's rookie card?: Cole Palmer's rookie season was 2020-21, so the rookie cards carry that year.
How many rookie cards does Cole Palmer have?: Our checklist lists 4 Cole Palmer rookie cards with card numbers, each from a cited source. It is not every parallel or color variation.
How much is a Cole Palmer 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 Cole Palmer right now?: Collector attention is surging: Wikipedia lookups of Cole Palmer are up 110% this week. That is attention, not a price.

Card facts checked 2026-10-15. Parlae prints no card values. Set and brand names belong to their makers; Parlae is not affiliated with them.

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