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Player Guide · Modern Era

Patrick Mahomes

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, three-time Super Bowl champion and two-time NFL MVP — one of the most collected active players in the hobby. Here's the complete overview of collecting his cards, from 2017 rookies to modern Panini hits.

Position
Quarterback
Team
Kansas City Chiefs
Rookie Card
2017

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Patrick Mahomes is the franchise quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs, drafted 10th overall in 2017 out of Texas Tech. Wearing #15, he is a three-time Super Bowl champion, a two-time NFL MVP, and one of the most collected active athletes in the entire hobby.

Patrick Mahomes’ career, era by era

Each stretch of his career maps directly onto a wave of demand for a different slice of his cardboard. Here’s the timeline the card market actually trades around:

  • 2017 — the draft and the rookie class. Drafted 10th overall out of Texas Tech, backing up Alex Smith for most of his rookie year. Every Mahomes rookie card — Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Contenders, National Treasures, Donruss Rated Rookie — comes from this single year, which is why “2017” matters more than any other number on a Mahomes card. See the rookie card checklist and the 2017 Panini Prizm set review to start there.
  • 2018 — the first MVP season. His first year as a full-time starter, and he won NFL MVP outright — the season that turned rookie-year speculation into real, on-field proof. This is the year that made the 2017 rookie class a market instead of a guess.
  • Super Bowl LIV, February 2020 — first championship. A come-from-behind win over the 49ers, with Mahomes named Super Bowl MVP. The first of his three rings, and the moment the “generational” tag stopped being projection.
  • 2022 season into Super Bowl LVII, February 2023 — second MVP, second ring. Mahomes won his second NFL MVP for the 2022 season, then took the Chiefs past the Eagles in Super Bowl LVII for a second Super Bowl MVP award in the same stretch.
  • Super Bowl LVIII, February 2024 — back-to-back champion, third Super Bowl MVP. An overtime win over the 49ers made the Chiefs back-to-back champions, only the second team to repeat since the 2004 Patriots — and Mahomes was named Super Bowl MVP for the third time.
  • Super Bowl LIX, February 2025 — a fourth trip, three-peat denied. The Chiefs reached a fourth Super Bowl in six years but fell to the Eagles, ending the bid for a third straight title. Four Super Bowl appearances in a career that was, at that point, only entering its eighth season.

(Draft position, both MVP seasons, all three Super Bowl wins and MVPs, and the Super Bowl LIX loss to Philadelphia are per his Wikipedia biography, read 24 August 2026.)

One card fact that belongs on this timeline: for his whole career he was a Panini-only player, because Panini held the NFL licence from 2016 through the 2025 season. That ended with 2025 Topps Chrome Football, released 15 April 2026 — the first fully NFL-licensed Topps product since 2015, and the first Topps card of any kind he has ever had (base #148). He is not in the unlicensed 2024 Topps Chrome Football at all, and 2025 Topps Chrome carries no Mahomes autograph — his signature rights stayed with Panini.

For the full set-by-set breakdown of what each of these years actually produced on cardboard, see Mahomes cards year by year. For the title-run cards specifically — Super Bowl and MVP-season parallels, patches, and inserts — see the championship-era money page.

Collecting Mahomes: the eras of his cardboard

  • 2017 rookies — the foundation of any Mahomes collection, across Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Contenders, and Donruss Rated Rookie.
  • Rookie autographs — 2017 Panini Contenders Rookie Ticket signatures are the premier chase, and the National Treasures RPA (rookie patch auto) is the crown jewel.
  • Modern Panini — Prizm, Select, Mosaic, and other current-era products with autos and numbered parallels.

As a three-time Super Bowl champion still in the prime of his career, demand across every part of his cardboard has stayed remarkably strong.

Where to start

If you’re new to collecting Mahomes, begin with a graded 2017 rookie in your budget, lean on live eBay comps to price everything, and buy graded for anything valuable — his cards are heavily counterfeited. Use the eBay rails above to jump into live listings for his rookies, autographs, and graded slabs.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What year is Patrick Mahomes' rookie card?
2017 — the year he was drafted 10th overall by the Kansas City Chiefs out of Texas Tech. His rookie cards appear across the 2017 Panini lineup, including Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Contenders (Rookie Ticket autos), and Donruss Rated Rookie.
Why are Patrick Mahomes cards so popular to collect?
Mahomes is a generational quarterback — multiple Super Bowl wins, multiple NFL MVPs, and a long career still ahead of him. That combination of on-field dominance and youth makes him one of the most collected and most liquid active players in the hobby.
Where do Patrick Mahomes cards trade?
Singles, rookies, autographs, and graded slabs overwhelmingly trade on eBay. The eBay buttons on this page open live listings and sold comps for exactly those categories.
How many Super Bowls has Patrick Mahomes won?
Three. Mahomes and the Chiefs won Super Bowl LIV (February 2020, over the 49ers), Super Bowl LVII (February 2023, over the Eagles), and Super Bowl LVIII (February 2024, over the 49ers in overtime) — back-to-back titles in LVII and LVIII. He was named Super Bowl MVP all three times — LIV, LVII, and LVIII. The Chiefs also reached a fourth Super Bowl, LIX (February 2025), falling short of a three-peat.
How many NFL MVP awards has Patrick Mahomes won?
Two — for the 2018 season (his first as a full-time starter) and the 2022 season, the same year the Chiefs went on to win Super Bowl LVII. Both are separate from his three Super Bowl MVP awards.