2025 Panini Donruss Baseball Checklist

2025 Panini Donruss Baseball pairs a 100-card base set that mixes active players with retired stars and a 100-card Rated Prospects run, each also printed in an Optic chromium version. Released June 18, 2025, it leans on Donruss staples such as Diamond Kings and Elite Series along with retro autograph sets built on 1985 and 1997 designs.

What's in the checklist

• Base and Rated Prospects: paper parallels such as Holo, Liberty, Rockets and Yellow Flood, Optic parallels from Holo and Jazz down to Gold Vinyl 1/1, and Printing Plates; Clearly Rated Prospects adds 100 acetate cards in Black /10, Gold /10, Techno /5 and Platinum 1/1
• Inserts: Diamond Kings, Bomb Squad, Diamond Marvels, Elite Series, Milestones and Unleashed (each through Platinum Diamond 1/1), plus Donruss Sketches, Stained Glass, Debut Dominance, Night Moves and Whammy!
• Autographs: 90-card Signature Series, Rated Prospects Optic Signatures, 1985 Donruss Recollection Collection, Retro 1997 Donruss Signature Series Autographs, Next Day and Get to Know
• Memorabilia: Jersey Kings, Prospect Jersey Kings and Retro 1985 Materials, each down to Platinum 1/1

Key players and prospects

Rated Prospects features Braden Montgomery, Kyle Teel, Sebastian Walcott, Marcelo Mayer, Chase DeLauter and George Lombard Jr., and Prospect Jersey Kings adds Roman Anthony, Nick Kurtz and Druw Jones. The base mixes Willie Stargell, Ozzie Smith, Rickey Henderson and Greg Maddux, Debut Dominance includes Paul Skenes, and the Recollection Collection carries Ryne Sandberg, Cal Ripken, George Brett, Mike Schmidt and Wade Boggs.

Grading considerations

Rated Prospects Optic Signatures and low-numbered Optic parallels are among the cards collectors commonly consider for grading. Optic chromium shows surface scratches, while the clear Clearly Rated Prospects cards scuff easily on both sides. See our grading scale.