Best NHL Rookie Cards From Each Year!

Adding the best hockey rookie cards to your sports card collection is like adding ice to your favorite cocktail!

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If this is your first trip to this website, then welcome! We’re all about tracking down the best rookie cards from all sports, and now we’re sharing the best hockey rookie cards!

We went through all the hockey card sets dating all the way back to the 1951 Parkhurst set, including many sets produced by companies like Topps, O-Pee-Chee, Pro Set, Score, and finally Upper Deck. We found all the best hockey rookie cards of Hall-of-Famers and NHL All-Stars that roamed the ice over the past eight decades.

I used PSA’s card values to find many of these, and I used several other sources to track down the best hockey rookie cards. This is obviously a subjective list, but it’s also a living and dynamic list, which means – I can change it! So please contact me with players whose cards you think should be among the best hockey rookie cards, and I’ll check them out!

Best Hockey Rookie Cards – Starting Back in 1951

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• Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 1950s
• Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 1960s
• Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 1970s
• Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 1980s
• Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 1990s
• Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 2000s
• Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 2010s
• Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 2020s

Or you can just scroll through the entire list below until you see something jump out at you!

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Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 1950s

We can call this the Golden Age of Hockey Card collecting.

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1951 Parkhurst

Butch Bouchard (HOF) 3 – View on eBay!
Maurice Richard (HOF) 4 – View on eBay!
Bert Olmstead (HOF) 5 – View on eBay!
Tom Johnson (HOF) 7 – View on eBay!
Doug Harvey (HOF) 10 – View on eBay!
Boom Boom Geoffrion (HOF) 14 – View on eBay!
Bill Quackenbush (HOF) 26 – View on eBay!
Bill Gadsby (HOF) 37 – View on eBay!
Harry Lumley (HOF) 47 – View on eBay!
Doug Bentley (HOF) 48 – View on eBay!
Bill Mosienko (HOF) 49 – View on eBay!
Red Kelly (HOF) 55 – View on eBay!
Ted Lindsay (HOF) 56 – View on eBay!
Terry Sawchuk (HOF) 61 – View on eBay!
Alex Delvecchio (HOF) 63 – View on eBay!
Gordie Howe (HOF) 66 – View on eBay!
Marcel Pronovost (HOF) 68 – View on eBay!
Harry Watson (HOF) 70 – View on eBay!
Howie Meeker (HOF) 72 – View on eBay!
Fern Flaman (HOF) 80 – View on eBay!
Max Bentley (HOF) 81 – View on eBay!
Teeder Kennedy (HOF) 86 – View on eBay!
Allan Stanley (HOF) 94 – View on eBay!
Edgar Laprade (HOF) 96 – View on eBay!
Chuck Rayner (HOF) 104 – View on eBay!

1952 Parkhurst

Dickie Moore (HOF) 10 – View on eBay!
Leo Boivin (HOF) 34 – View on eBay!
George Armstrong (HOF) 54 – View on eBay!
Tim Horton (HOF) 58 – View on eBay!

1953 Parkhurst

Al Arbour (HOF) (has photo of Bill Dineen) 37 – View on eBay!
Bill Dineen (has photo of Al Arbour) 38 – View on eBay!

1954 Parkhurst

Johnny Bower (HOF) 65 – View on eBay!

1954 Topps Best Hockey Rookie Cards

Gordie Howe (HOF, First Topps Card) 8 – View on eBay!

Topps produced hockey cards for the first time in 1954, but then they didn’t produce them again until 1957. For several years after that, until 1964, Topps produced NHL cards for U.S. teams, and Parkhurst produced hockey cards for the Canadian teams (except in 1960, when Parkhurst also created cards for Detroit Red Wings players.) In 1964, Topps then began to produce hockey cards for all NHL teams.

1955 Parkhurst

Dick Duff (HOF) 18 – View on eBay!
Jacques Plante (HOF) 50 – View on eBay!
Bill Durnan (HOF) 63 – View on eBay!
Frank Selke (HOF) 68 – View on eBay!

1956 Parkhurst

There were no great hockey rookie cards of note in this set.

1957 Parkhurst

Henri Richard (HOF) M4 – View on eBay!
Bob Pulford (HOF) T4 – View on eBay!
Frank Mahovlich (HOF) T17 – View on eBay!

1957 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Johnny Bucyk (HOF) 10 – View on eBay!
Glenn Hall (HOF) 20 – View on eBay!
Pierre Pilote (HOF) 22 – View on eBay!
Norm Ullman (HOF) 46 – View on eBay!

1958 Parkhurst

There were no great hockey rookie cards of note in this set.

1958 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Bobby Hull (HOF) 66 – View on eBay!

1959 Parkhurst

Punch Imlach (HOF) 15 – View on eBay!

1959 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

There were no great hockey rookie cards of note in this set.

Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 1960s

This was the decade with players who we’ve come to know and love in 2000s, after they retired, making their old cards great pickups.

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1960 Parkhurst

There were no great hockey rookie cards of note in this set.

1960 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Bill Hay (HOF) 6 – View on eBay!
Stan Mikita (HOF) 14 – View on eBay!

1961 Parkhurst

Dave Keon (HOF) 5 – View on eBay!

1961 Topps Best Hockey Rookie Cards

Ted Green (HOF) 2 – View on eBay!
Rudy Pilous (HOF) 23 – View on eBay!
Jean Ratelle (HOF) 60 – View on eBay!
Rod Gilbert (HOF) 62 – View on eBay!

1962 Parkhurst

There were no great hockey rookie cards of note in this set.

1962 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

There were no great hockey rookie cards of note in this set.

1963 Parkhurst

Jacques Laperriere (HOF) 27 – View on eBay!
Jacques Laperriere (HOF) 86 – View on eBay!

1963 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

There were no great hockey rookie cards of note in this set.

1964 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

There were no great rookie cards of note from this set.

1965 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Ed Giacomin (HOF) 21 – View on eBay!
Gerry Cheevers (HOF) 31 – View on eBay!
Yvan Cournoyer (HOF) 76 – View on eBay!
Phil Esposito (HOF) 116 – View on eBay!

1966 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Emile Francis (HOF) 21 – View on eBay!
Harry Sinden (HOF) 31 – View on eBay!
Bobby Orr (HOF) 35 – View on eBay!

1967 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Jacques Lemaire (HOF) 3 – View on eBay!
Glen Sather (HOF) 38 – View on eBay!
Rogatien Vachon (HOF) 75 – View on eBay!

1968 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Bernie Parent (HOF) 89 – View on eBay!

1968 O-Pee-Chee

Bernie Parent (HOF) 89 – View on eBay!

1969 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Serge Savard (HOF) 4 – View on eBay!

Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 1970s

This era is really the last decade before national television in America started to love and adore the NHL.

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1970 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Brad Park (HOF) 67 – View on eBay!
Gilbert Perreault (HOF) 131 – View on eBay!

1970 O-Pee-Chee Best Hockey Rookie Cards

Brad Park (HOF) 67 – View on eBay!
Gilbert Perreault (HOF) 131 – View on eBay!
Guy Lapointe (HOF) 177 – View on eBay!
Bobby Clarke (HOF) 195 – View on eBay!
Darryl Sittler (HOF) 218 – View on eBay!

1971 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Ken Dryden (HOF) 45 – View on eBay!

1971 O-Pee-Chee

Ken Dryden (HOF) 45 – View on eBay!
Marcel Dionne (HOF) 133 – View on eBay!
Guy LaFleur (HOF) 148 – View on eBay!
Craig Patrick (HOF) 184 – View on eBay!

1972 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

There were no great hockey rookie cards of note in this set.

1972 O-Pee-Chee

There were no great hockey rookie cards of note in this set.

1973 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Bill Barber (HOF) 81 – View on eBay!
Billy Smith (HOF) 162 – View on eBay!

1973 O-Pee-Chee

Bill Barber (HOF) 81 – View on eBay!
Billy Smith (HOF) 142 – View on eBay!
Larry Robinson (HOF) 237 – View on eBay!

1974 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Lanny McDonald (HOF) 168 – View on eBay!
Borje Salming (HOF) 180 – View on eBay!
Denis Potvin (HOF) 195 – View on eBay!
Scott Bowman (HOF) 261 – View on eBay!

1975 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Clark Gillies (HOF) 199 – View on eBay!

1976 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Bryan Trottier (HOF) 115 – View on eBay!

1976 O-Pee-Chee

Bryan Trottier (HOF) 115 – View on eBay!

1977 Topps, O-Pee-Chee NHL and O-Pee-Chee WHA

There really weren’t any rookie cards worth owning from these three sets.

1978 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Mike Bossy HL (HOF) 1 – View on eBay!
Mike Bossy (HOF) 115 – View on eBay!
Bernie Federko (HOF) 143 – View on eBay!
Doug Wilson (HOF) 168 – View on eBay!

1978 O-Pee-Chee

Mike Bossy HL (HOF) 1 – View on eBay!
Mike Bossy (HOF) 115 – View on eBay!
Bernie Federko (HOF) 143 – View on eBay!
Doug Wilson (HOF) 168 – View on eBay!

1979 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Wayne Gretzky (HOF) 18 – View on eBay!

1979 O-Pee-Chee

Wayne Gretzky (HOF) 18 – OPC – View on eBay!
Wayne Gretzky (HOF) 18 – TOPPS – View on eBay!
Barry Melrose 386 – View on eBay!

Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 1980s

The arrival of Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux changed hockey — and hockey card collecting forever.

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1980 O-Pee-Chee

Ray Bourque Record Breaker (HOF) 2 – View on eBay!
Michel Goulet (HOF) 67 – View on eBay!
Ray Bourque (HOF) 140 – View on eBay!
Mike Gartner (HOF) 195 – View on eBay!
Mark Messier (HOF) 289 – View on eBay!
Rod Langway (HOF) 344 – View on eBay!

1981 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Jarri Kurri (HOF) 18 – View on eBay!
Denis Savard (HOF) W75 – View on eBay!
Larry Murphy (HOF) W100 – View on eBay!
Dino Ciccarelli (HOF) W105 – View on eBay!

1981 O-Pee-Chee

Denis Savard (HOF) 63 – View on eBay!
Jarri Kurri (HOF) 107 – View on eBay!
Glenn Anderson (HOF) 108 – View on eBay!
Paul Coffey (HOF) 111 – View on eBay!
Kevin Lowe (HOF) 117 – View on eBay!
Larry Murphy (HOF) 148 – View on eBay!
Dino Ciccarelli (HOF) 161 – View on eBay!
Peter Stastny (HOF) 269 – View on eBay!

1982 O-Pee-Chee

Grant Fuhr (HOF) 105 – View on eBay!
Ron Francis (HOF) 123 – View on eBay!
Joe Mullen (HOF) 307 – View on eBay!
Dale Hawerchuk (HOF) 380 – View on eBay!

1983 O-Pee-Chee

Phil Housley (HOF) 65 – View on eBay!
Scott Stevens (HOF) 376 – View on eBay!

1984 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Steve Yzerman (HOF) 49 – View on eBay!

1984 O-Pee-Chee

Dave Andreychuk (HOF) 17 – View on eBay!
Steve Yzerman (HOF) 67 – View on eBay!
Pat LaFontaine (HOF) 129 – View on eBay!
Doug Gilmour (HOF) 185 – View on eBay!
Chris Chelios (HOF) 259 – View on eBay!
Cam Neely (HOF) 327 – View on eBay!
Steve Yzerman LDR (HOF) 385 – View on eBay!

1985 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Mario Lemieux (HOF) 9 – View on eBay!

1985 O-Pee-Chee

Mario Lemieux (HOF) 9 – View on eBay!
Al MacInnis (HOF) 237 – View on eBay!
Mario Lemieux LDR (HOF) 262 – View on eBay!

1986 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

John Vanbiesbrouck (HOF) 9 – View on eBay!
Patrick Roy (HOF) 42 – View on eBay!
Wendel Clark (HOF) 149 – View on eBay!

1986 O-Pee-Chee

John Vanbiesbrouck (HOF) 9 – View on eBay!
Patrick Roy (HOF) 42 – View on eBay!
Wendel Clark (HOF) 149 – View on eBay!

1987 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Luc Robitaille (HOF) 42 – View on eBay!
Adam Oates (HOF) 123 – View on eBay!

1987 O-Pee-Chee

Luc Robitaille (HOF) 42 – View on eBay!
Adam Oates (HOF) 123 – View on eBay!
Ron Hextall (HOF) 169 – View on eBay!
Mike Vernon (HOF) 215 – View on eBay!

1988 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Brett Hull (HOF) 66 – View on eBay!
Brendan Shanahan (HOF) 122 – View on eBay!

1988 O-Pee-Chee

Joe Nieuwendyk (HOF) 16 – View on eBay!
Brett Hull (HOF) 66 – View on eBay!
Brendan Shanahan (HOF) 122 – View on eBay!
Pierre Turgeon 194 – View on eBay!

1989 Topps Best Hockey Rookie Cards

Joe Sakic (HOF) 113 – View on eBay!
Brian Leetch (HOF) 136 – View on eBay!

1989 O-Pee-Chee

Joe Sakic (HOF) 113 – View on eBay!
Brian Leetch (HOF) 136 – View on eBay!
Theoren Fleury (HOF) 232 – View on eBay!

Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 1990s

Cable television and the Internet enabled hockey card collectors a chance to get to know — and collect — the best hockey players of the day. Some might think of this as the Junk Wax Era, but it was a great time for Pittsburgh and Detroit fans, for sure!

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1990 Pro Set Hockey

Mike Modano (HOF) 142 – View on eBay!
Sergei Fedorov (HOF) 604 – View on eBay!

1990 Score Canadian

Martin Brodeur (HOF) 439 – View on eBay!

1990 Score Rookie/Traded

Jaromir Jagr 70T – View on eBay!

1990 Topps Hockey Rookie Cards

Jeremy Roenick 7 – View on eBay!

1990 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards

The first hockey card set from Upper Deck brought us the inaugural edition of their Young Guns subset, which has now signaled the best hockey rookie cards most people want to collect year after year, over three decades later. In more recent years, Upper Deck started limiting how many Young Guns are available per box. While they’re still part of the base set, they are not as common as the rest of the set.

Ed Belfour (HOF) 55 – View on eBay!
Jeremy Roenick 63 – View on eBay!
Jaromir Jagr 356 – View on eBay!
Mats Sundin (HOF) 365
Felix Potvin 458
Sergei Fedorov (HOF) 525 – View on eBay!
Pavel Bure (HOF) 526

1990 O-Pee-Chee Premier

Sergei Fedorov (HOF) 30 – View on eBay!
Jaromir Jagr 50 – View on eBay!
Mike Modano (HOF) 74 – View on eBay!

1990 Score Hockey Rookie Cards

Eric Lindros Future Superstar 440 – View on eBay!

1991 Upper Deck

Eric Lindros 9 – View on eBay!
Teemu Selanne (HOF) 21 – View on eBay!
Dominik Hasek 335 – View on eBay!

1991 Parkhurst

Dominik Hasek (HOF) 263 – View on eBay!

1992 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards 

Paul Kariya 586 – View on eBay!
Chris Pronger 591 – View on eBay!

1993 Parkhurst

Martin Brodeur 380 – View on eBay!

1993 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards

 Chris Osgood 519 – View on eBay!

1994 Upper Deck SP Hockey Rookie Cards

Jarome Iginla 181 – View on eBay!

1995 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards

Saku Koivu 397 – View on eBay!

1996 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards

Joe Thornton 370 – View on eBay!
Patrick Marleau 384 – View on eBay!

1997 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards

Marian Hossa (HOF) 326 – View on eBay!

1998 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards

Martin St. Louis (HOF) 234 – View on eBay!

1999 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards

Jochen Hecht 116 – View on eBay!
Patrik Stefan 161 – View on eBay!
Roberto Luongo 163 – View on eBay!
Daniel Sedin 165 – View on eBay!
Henrik Sedin 166 – View on eBay!

Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 2000s

Upper Deck takes hockey card collecting into the new millennium!

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2000 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Marian Gaborik 229 – View on eBay!
Rick DiPietro 411 – View on eBay!

2001 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Ilya Kovalchuk 211 – View on eBay!
Pavel Datsyuk 422 – View on eBay!

2002 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Rick Nash 232
Henrik Zetterberg 234
Tim Thomas 429
Jason Spezza 443

2003 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Patrice Bergeron 204
Brent Burns 221
Marc-Andre Fleury 234

2004 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Cammi Granato 199 – View on eBay!

2005 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Sidney Crosby 201 – View on eBay!
Corey Perry 204 – View on eBay!
Zach Parise 206 – View on eBay!
Henrik Lundqvist 216 – View on eBay!
Duncan Keith 230 – View on eBay!
Alexander Ovechkin 443 – View on eBay!
Ryan Getzlaf 452 – View on eBay!

2006 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Phil Kessel 204 – View on eBay!
Anze Kopitar 216 – View on eBay!
Shea Weber 222 – View on eBay!
Kristopher Letang 240 – View on eBay!
Evgeni Malkin 486 – View on eBay!
Joe Pavelski 487 – View on eBay!

2007 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Patrick Kane 210 – View on eBay!
Carey Price 227 – View on eBay!
Nicklas Backstrom 249 – View on eBay!
Tuukka Rask 456 – View on eBay!
Jonathan Toews 462 – View on eBay!

2008 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Blake Wheeler 202 – View on eBay!
Drew Doughty 220 – View on eBay!
Claude Giroux 235 – View on eBay!
Alex Pietrangelo 241 – View on eBay!
Steven Stamkos 245 – View on eBay!

2009 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

John Tavares 201 – View on eBay!
Victor Hedman 202 – View on eBay!
Matt Duchene 203 – View on eBay!
Erik Karlsson 210 – View on eBay!
Jamie Benn 212 – View on eBay!
Brad Marchand 452 – View on eBay!
Logan Couture 487 – View on eBay!
John Carlson 497 – View on eBay!
Braden Holtby 499 – View on eBay!

Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 2010s

Modern hockey card collecting became all about the Young Guns!

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2010 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Taylor Hall 219 – View on eBay!
Jordan Eberle 220 – View on eBay!
PK Subban 231 – View on eBay!
Sergei Bobrovsky 240 – View on eBay!
Tyler Seguin 456 – View on eBay!

2011 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 214 – View on eBay!
Mark Scheifele 248 – View on eBay!
Roman Josi 478 – View on eBay!

2012 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Chris Kreider 237 – View on eBay!
Mark Stone 239 – View on eBay!

2013 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Brock Nelson 204 – View on eBay!
Morgan Reilly 218 – View on eBay!
Jonathan Huberdeau 222 – View on eBay!
Vladimir Tarasenko 230 – View on eBay!
Nathan McKinnon 238 – View on eBay!
Filip Forsberg 451 – View on eBay!
Alexander Barkov 470 – View on eBay!
Nikita Kucherov 483 – View on eBay!
John Gibson 486 – View on eBay!

2014 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Sam Reinhart 206 – View on eBay!
Johnny Gaudreau 211 – View on eBay!
Leon Draisaitl 223 – View on eBay!
Jordan Binnington 469 – View on eBay!
Andrei Vasilevskiy 478 – View on eBay!
Bo Horvat 494 – View on eBay!
David Pastrnak 495 – View on eBay!

2015 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Connor McDavid 201 – View on eBay!
Mikko Rantanen 206 – View on eBay!
Connor Hellebuyck 214 – View on eBay!
Jared McCann 219 – View on eBay!
Dylan Larkin 228 – View on eBay!
Juuse Saros 464 – View on eBay!
Shea Theodore 495 – View on eBay!
Artemi Panarin 221 – View on eBay!
Jack Eichel 451 – View on eBay!

2016 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Auston Matthews 201 – View on eBay!
Brayden Point 205 – View on eBay!
Sebastian Aho 210 – View on eBay!
Pavel Buchnevich #227 – View on eBay!
Matthew Tkachuk #231 – View on eBay!
Zach Hyman #222 – View on eBay!
William Nylander 249 – View on eBay!
Matthew Barzal 458 – View on eBay!
Tristan Jarry #466 – View on eBay!
Mitch Marner 468 – View on eBay!
Tyler Bertuzzi 471 – View on eBay!
Jake Guentzel #525 – View on eBay!

2017 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Niko Hischier 201 – View on eBay!
Jake Debrusk 212 – View on eBay!
Alex Dubrincat 221 – View on eBay!
Tage Thompson #228 – View on eBay!
Charles McAvoy 242 – View on eBay!
Brock Boeser 247 – View on eBay!
Adin Hill #454 – View on eBay!
Clayton Keller 477 – View on eBay!
Martin Necas #464 – View on eBay!

2018 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Rasmus Dahlin 201 – View on eBay!
Roope Hintz 202 – View on eBay!
Evan Bouchard 221 – View on eBay!
Troy Terry 239 – View on eBay!
Miro Heiskanen #246 – View on eBay!
Jesperi Kotkaniemi #249 – View on eBay!
Robert Thomas #472 – View on eBay!
Brady Tkachuk #499 – View on eBay!
Elias Pettersson – 248 – View on eBay!
Andrei Svechnikov 451 – View on eBay!
Casey Mittelstadt 453 – View on eBay!
Carter Hart 491 – View on eBay!

2019 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Jack Hughes 201 – View on eBay!
Ilya Mikhkeyev 210 – View on eBay!
Carter Verhaeghe 224 – View on eBay!
Adam Fox 228 – View on eBay!
Quinn Hughes 249 – View on eBay!
Nick Suzuki 471 – View on eBay!
Cale Makar 493 – View on eBay!

Best Hockey Rookie Cards From 2020s

The superstar legends from the 2000s start to give way to the phenoms coming up!

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2020 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Alexis Lafreniere 201 – View on eBay!
Bowen Byram 205 – View on eBay!
Jason Robertson 235 – View on eBay!
Shane Pinto 246 – View on eBay!
Kirill Kaprizov 451 – View on eBay!
Tim Stutzle 482 – View on eBay!
Dylan Cozens 495 – View on eBay!
Ilya Sorokin – View on eBay!

2021 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Cole Caufield 201 – View on eBay!
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 202 – View on eBay!
Trevor Zegras 232 – View on eBay!
Quinton Byfield 488 – View on eBay!
Spencer Knight 223 – View on eBay!
Jeremy Swayman 226 – View on eBay!
Mason McTavish 451 – View on eBay!
Moritz Seider 469 – View on eBay!
Lucas Raymond 464 – View on eBay!
Cole Sillinger 498 – View on eBay!
Dawson Mercer 459 – View on eBay!

2022 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Matt Boldy 201 – View on eBay!
Matty Beniers 213 – View on eBay!
Owen Power 228 – View on eBay!
Wyatt Johnson 459 – View on eBay!
Kent Johnson 209 – View on eBay!
Marco Rossi 243 – View on eBay!
Shane Wright 475 – View on eBay!
Juraj Slafkovsky 451 – View on eBay!

2023 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Mathew Coronato 201 – View on eBay!
Matthew Knies 222 – View on eBay!
Yaroslav Askarov 204 – View on eBay!
William Dufour 206 – View on eBay!
Owen Beck 214 – View on eBay!
Luke Hughes 248 – View on eBay!
Connor Bedard 451 – View on eBay!
Leo Carlsson 468 – View on eBay!
Zach Benson 474 – View on eBay!
Matthew Poitras 478 – View on eBay!
Connor Zary 496 – View on eBay!
Logan Cooley 701 – View on eBay!
Adam Fantilli 711 – View on eBay!

2024 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Jesper Wallstedt – 202 – View on eBay!
Bradly Nadeau – 208 – View on eBay!
Cutter Gauthier – 212 – View on eBay!
Lane Hutson -229 – View on eBay!
Olen Zellweger – 236 – View on eBay!
Logan Stankoven – 244 – View on eBay!
Macklin Celebrini – 451 – View on eBay!
Maxim Tsyplakov – 463 – View on eBay!
Nikolai Kovalenko – 466 – View on eBay!
Rutger McGroarty – 474 – View on eBay!
Drew Commesso – 488 – View on eBay!
Seamus Casey – 489 – View on eBay!
Aleksei Kolosov – 490 – View on eBay!
Matvei Michkov – 492 – View on eBay!
Will Smith – 701 – View on eBay!
Jonathan Lekkerimaki – 706 – View on eBay! 
Sebastian Cossa – 708 – View on eBay!
Denton Mateychuk – 710 – View on eBay!
Fedor Svechkov – 724 – View on eBay! 
Jakub Dobes – 726 – View on eBay! 

2025 Upper Deck Hockey Rookie Cards – Young Guns

Artyom Levshunov – 201 – View on eBay!
Gabe Perreault – 202 – View on eBay!
Ivan Demidov – 205 – View on eBay!
Jimmy Snuggerud – 207 – View on eBay! 
Dalibor Dvorsky – 226 – View on eBay!
Zayne Parekh – 236 – View on eBay!
Ryan Leonard – 238 – View on eBay!
Sam Rinzel – 248 – View on eBay!

If you love rookie cards, here are some more articles tracking great cards from the past and present:

• The Most Valuable Baseball Rookie Card of Every Year Since 1948
• 1st Bowman Cards For the Top 100 MLB Prospects in Baseball Right Now!
• Topps Rookie Cards of the Top 100 MLB Players Right Now (2024!)
• The Best Topps Chrome Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1996
• The Best 2nd-Year Baseball Cards Dating Back to 1953
• The Best BASKETBALL Rookie Cards From Each NBA Season Since 1948
• The Best FOOTBALL Rookie Cards From Each NFL Season Since 1956
• The Best HOCKEY Rookie Cards From Each NHL Season Since 1951

As I mentioned at the start of this article, we’ll be updating this page often. Some rookie cards will be removed as players decline in value, and some rookie cards will be added as they bloom later than expected. Either way, feel free to comment below and share some of the players you think should be among the best hockey rookie cards by year from each hockey card set.