Topps Premier League 2026 rookie cards: the full list

Updated 28 September 2026 · by the Swappies team

Topps Premier League 2026 has 40 Rookie cards and a 10-card Breakthrough Baller subset - the young players collectors hope will become tomorrow's stars. Here is the full list of both, with what we have in stock.

Why rookie cards matter

A player's rookie card is the first card of them in a set, and it is the one collectors look back on if that player goes on to become a household name. Nobody knows which of this year's rookies will - which is half the fun. Buying or keeping a rookie now, in good condition, costs very little compared with trying to find the same card years later once everyone wants it.

The 40 Rookies

The Rookies are spread through the club sections rather than grouped together, so each sits among its own team's cards. The list takes in names such as Rio Ngumoha, Jobe Bellingham, Chris Rigg, Josh King, Harry Gray, Vitor Reis and Luis Guilherme, alongside players from every part of the league.

Breakthrough Ballers

The 10 Breakthrough Ballers highlight young players who have already started to make their mark - including Myles Lewis-Skelly, Patrick Dorgu, Lewis Miley, Archie Gray and Chris Rigg. Some players appear in both lists, so a rookie collector may want both cards.

The complete list

No. Name Subset Swappies
18 Myles Lewis-Skelly Breakthrough Baller Sold out
31 Louie Barry Rookie Sold out
41 Julio Soler Rookie Sold out
67 Gustavo Nunes Rookie Sold out
81 Yoon Do-young Rookie Sold out
84 Stefanos Tzimas Rookie Sold out
97 Harrison Murray-Campbell Rookie Sold out
101 Kendry Páez Rookie Sold out
118 Romain Esse Rookie Sold out
134 Roman Dixon Rookie Sold out
136 Harrison Armstrong Rookie Sold out
152 Josh King Rookie Sold out
162 Josh King Breakthrough Baller Sold out
172 Rio Ngumoha Rookie Sold out
185 Vitor Reis Rookie Sold out
186 Divine Mukasa Rookie Sold out
193 Reigan Heskey Rookie Sold out
205 Sékou Koné Rookie Sold out
209 Shea Lacey Rookie Sold out
216 Patrick Dorgu Breakthrough Baller Sold out
234 Lewis Miley Breakthrough Baller Sold out
241 Zach Abbott Rookie Sold out
254 Antonin Kinsky Rookie Sold out
263 Will Lankshear Rookie Sold out
270 Archie Gray Breakthrough Baller Sold out
285 Luis Guilherme Rookie Sold out
288 Luis Guilherme Breakthrough Baller Sold out
292 Nasser Djiga Rookie Sold out
306 André Breakthrough Baller Sold out
310 Bashir Humphreys Rookie Sold out
313 Josh Laurent Rookie Sold out
321 Jaydon Banel Rookie Sold out
324 Luca Koleosho Breakthrough Baller Sold out
334 Harry Gray Rookie Sold out
335 Mateo Joseph Rookie Sold out
339 Joël Piroe Rookie Sold out
342 Harry Gray Breakthrough Baller Sold out
344 Anthony Patterson Rookie Sold out
345 Trai Hume Rookie Sold out
346 Dennis Cirkin Rookie Sold out
347 Luke O’Nien Rookie Sold out
348 Daniel Ballard Rookie Sold out
349 Chris Rigg Rookie Sold out
350 Dan Neil Rookie Sold out
351 Alan Browne Rookie Sold out
352 Jobe Bellingham Rookie Sold out
354 Romaine Mundle Rookie Sold out
356 Eliezer Mayenda Rookie Sold out
357 Wilson Isidor Rookie Sold out
360 Chris Rigg Breakthrough Baller Sold out

50 items in this list. Stock and prices update as we buy and sell.

Keeping rookies in good condition

  • Sleeve on arrival. Condition is most of a card's appeal - a penny sleeve and a toploader cost almost nothing.
  • Store them flat and dry. Away from sunlight, which fades the print, and from damp, which curls the card.
  • Keep your doubles. A spare rookie of a player who takes off is the easiest card in the set to swap.

For the rest of the set - the base cards, Pro Partnership, Retro Threads and the other subsets - see our Topps Premier League 2026 guide.

Finish your Topps Premier League 2026

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