Top Jerry Rice Cards to Collect
Jerry Rice did so many incredible things on the football field for so long that it’s nearly impossible to break down his accolades and his best Topps cards into a simple article instead of a collection of greatness thicker than an encyclopedia. So these are just a few of the best Jerry Rice cards you can collect—some from his earlier years and some from the end of his astonishing career. All worth seeking out to have a piece of his football history.
Top Jerry Rice Cards
2000 Topps Football #310 Jerry Rice
Player info
• 2000 was Rice’s final season with the 49ers
• NFL record 197 receiving TDs
Set info
• 400 card set with 14 insert sets
card back
• vitals and career stats receiving stats with conference-leading stats italicized
1993 Topps Football #182 49ers Team Leaders Jerry Rice
Player info
• 1993 AP offensive player of the year
• in ’93, had a stat line of 98/1503/15
set info
• 660 card set
• gold parallels and black and gold set that could be redeemed via mail-in redemption
card back
• A list of 49ers team statistical leaders for passing (Young), rushing (Watters), Receiving Yards (Rice), receptions (rice), Touchdowns (tied for 11 with Ricky Watters), scoring (Cofer), Sacks (harris), and interceptions (harris)
1988 Topps Football Record Breaker #6 Jerry Rice
Player info
• 1987 ap NFL offensive player of the year
• most career postseason touchdown receptions: 22
set info
• 396 card set
card back
• A writeup describing Rice’s incredible 1987 season in which he broke the NFL record for receiving touchdowns (22) and the record for the most touchdown receptions in consecutive games at 13, breaking the previous record of 11.
2023 Topps Football Composite Chrome Jerry Rice Gold Refractor Auto #/50 #TCAJR
Player info
• most all-purpose yards in NFL History: 23,546 (22,895 receiving, 645 rushing, six kick returns)
• Most career super bowl receiving yards (589)
set info
• 400 card set with nine subsets, including allen & Ginter
card back
• a congratulation for pulling this authentic Topps auto variation
1996 Topps Football Chrome #98 Jerry Rice Refractor
Player info
• led the league in receiving six times in his career
• Most career super bowl touchdown receptions (8)
set info
• 165 card set and the first chrome football set in Topps football history
card back
• vitals, career receiving and rushing stats, and a short blurb stating that 1995 may have been the best year in his career when he tallied a career-best 122 receptions and 1,848 receiving yards
2002 Topps Ring of Honor Super Bowl XXIII MVP Jerry Rice #RH-JR Auto
Player info
• Set a Super Bowl record with 215 receiving yards in Super Bowl XXIII
• First receiver to tally more than ten catches in a Super Bowl game
set info
• 385-card base set – Ring of Honor is a 35-card parallel insert set featuring super bowl mvps with a 1:1056 chance to pull in retail packs
card back
• recalls the iconic Super bowl XXIII drive when the 49ers marched down the field while trailing with only minutes left – to come back and defeat the bengals
1986 Topps Football #161 Jerry Rice Rookie Card
Player info
• Fastest player to reach 14,000 receiving yards: 164 games
• Fastest player to reach 100 touchdown receptions: 120 games
set info
• 396 card set
card back
• Vitals, rookie stats, how he was acquired in the NFL Draft, and a short recap of his 49ers team record-breaking rookie season with 927 receiving yards, leading him to all-rookie honors.
Topps NFL 2003 Record Breakers #12 – Jerry Rice
Player info
• Most consecutive games with a reception: 274
• most points scored by a non-kicker: 1,256
set info
• 385 card set
• inserts include hall of fame autos, Super Bowl MVP, Pro Bowl jerseys, record breakers, and more
card back
• A writeup on his 2002 season in which he widened the gap between him and the rest of the NFL regarding the record books. It details his 7 TDs in 2002, which put him at 203 total receiving TDs at the time (with seven more to come in the next two seasons)
