The road to the FIFA World Cup continues with one of Panini’s most popular chromium releases: 2025-26 Panini Select Road to FIFA World Cup 2026 Soccer.

We have worked through the supplied checklist line by line to make it easier for collectors and Blunt Breaks NZ members to understand exactly what is available.

The raw checklist contains 15,411 individual entries once every parallel is expanded. Underneath that enormous number are:

• 742 distinct card designs
• 250 base cards
• 200 insert cards
• 100 non-autographed memorabilia cards
• 192 autograph and autographed-memorabilia designs
• 424 named players
• 28 Team Badge subjects
• 28 countries represented

This guide explains the different base levels, the full parallel rainbow, the major case hits, autograph depth and which countries have the strongest overall checklist.

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Hobby Box Configuration

A standard Hobby box contains:

• 5 cards per pack
• 12 packs per box
• 60 cards per box
• 12 boxes per case
• 3 autographs and/or memorabilia cards
• 5 numbered base parallels
• 9 additional base parallels
• 7 inserts or insert parallels

All stated box and case contents are averages.

Hobby International boxes have a different configuration, averaging:

• 1 autograph
• 3 numbered base parallels
• 5 additional base parallels
• 5 inserts or insert parallels

Product information can be found through Panini’s Hobby listing, the Hobby product breakdown and Panini’s Hobby International sell sheet.

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The 250-Card Base Set

Select’s familiar three-tier system returns, with each level becoming progressively harder to find.

Terrace

Terrace is the most common base level and contains the widest selection of players.

Major Terrace subjects include:

• Erling Haaland — #9
• Cristiano Ronaldo — #48
• Lionel Messi — #56
• Lamine Yamal — #68
• Kylian Mbappé — #80
• Christian Pulisic — #81
• Vini Jr. — #99

Mezzanine

Mezzanine cards are less common and feature a different Select design.

Notable Mezzanine subjects include:

• Florian Wirtz — #102
• Jude Bellingham — #144
• Franco Mastantuono — #158
• Pedri — #168
• Désiré Doué — #176
• Endrick — #197
• Rodrygo — #200

Field Level

Field Level is the shortest and most desirable base tier, containing only 50 cards.

Major Field Level chases include:

• Cristiano Ronaldo — #207
• Lionel Messi — #210
• Jude Bellingham — #216
• Erling Haaland — #218
• Lamine Yamal — #220
• Endrick — #225
• Vini Jr. — #228
• Diego Maradona — #248
• Franz Beckenbauer — #249
• Pelé — #250

Argentina and England each have six Field Level cards, while Brazil also has six. These are the deepest Field Level country checklists in the product.

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Complete Base Parallel Rainbow

Each base card has 46 listed parallel finishes, creating 47 possible versions when the standard base card is included.

Unnumbered parallels

• Blue Checker
• Checkerboard
• Flash
• Green Ice
• Honeycomb
• Ice
• Multi-Color
• Peacock
• Pink Ice
• Purple Mojo
• Red and Green Flash
• Red Ice
• Red Pandora
• Silver
• White Sparkle

Numbered parallels

• Orange Mojo — /825
• Orange Ice — /749
• Purple Ice — /599
• Pink Mojo — /399
• Black and White Ice — /380
• Camo — /199
• Purple — /150
• Bronze Checker — /130
• White Ice — /129
• Blue Ice — /125
• Pink — /99
• Red Wave — /68
• Panini Logo — /61
• Winter Camo — /49
• Purple Dragon Scale — /48
• White Flash — /28
• Tie-Dye — /25
• White — /20
• Jade Dragon Scale — /18
• Pink Wave — /13
• Gold — /10
• Gold Ice — /10
• Gold Mojo — /10
• Gold Wave — /10
• Green — /5
• Neon Purple Pulsar — /3

One-of-one parallels

Every base card has five different 1/1 opportunities:

• Black — 1/1
• Black Dragon Scale — 1/1
• Black Ice — 1/1
• Black Mojo — 1/1
• Black Snakeskin Pulsar — 1/1

The new Panini Logo /61 is one of the headline additions to this year’s rainbow.

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Regular Insert Sets

There are four regular insert sets, each containing 25 cards:

Each regular insert has the following parallels:

• Blue Pulsar
• Silver
• Zebra
• Red Wave — /49
• Pink — /25
• Gold — /10
• Green — /5
• Black — 1/1

That gives every player in these four sets nine possible versions, including the standard insert.

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Select Future Checklist

Select Future is the main young-player insert in the product.

The 25-card checklist includes:

Nico Paz, Jesús Rodríguez, Franco Mastantuono, Malick Fofana, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Lucas Bergvall, Eliesse Ben Seghir, Andrey Santos, Elliot Anderson, Zeno Debast, Rayan Cherki, Victor Froholdt, Paul Nebel, Nick Woltemade, Gianluca Prestianni, Pio Esposito, Gilberto Mora, Min-Hyuk Yang, Bart Verbruggen, Antonio Nusa, Nnamdi Collins, Pau Cubarsí, Dean Huijsen, Endrick and Johan Manzambi.

Important young-player observations:

• Lamine Yamal is not in Select Future, but has major base, insert, memorabilia and autograph cards elsewhere.
• Gilberto Mora has five distinct designs but no autograph.
• Franco Mastantuono has four designs but no autograph.
• Endrick has four designs but no autograph.
• Cavan Sullivan does not have a base card but appears in Select Few Signatures.
• The checklist does not identify cards with official RC markings, so these are best described as young-player or prospect chases rather than confirmed rookie cards.

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Super-Rare and Limited Inserts

Four limited insert sets provide the major non-autograph case-hit chase:

No parallel families are listed for these inserts in the supplied Master Card List.

Hobby sell-sheet information states that a 12-box Hobby case averages one of each of the four limited insert types.

Artistic Impressions

This is a legend-heavy checklist featuring names such as:

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappé, Bukayo Saka, Viktor Gyökeres, Pelé, Diego Maradona, Franz Beckenbauer, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo Nazário, Luís Figo, Miroslav Klose, Michel Platini and Wesley Sneijder.

Stained Glass

Stained Glass has an extremely strong 25-card checklist, including:

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Erling Haaland, Jude Bellingham, Kevin De Bruyne, Harry Kane, Lautaro Martínez, Luka Modrić, Pedri, Robert Lewandowski, Gianluigi Buffon, Manuel Neuer, Thierry Henry, Steven Gerrard, Gareth Bale, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Pelé, Maradona and Beckenbauer.

Visionary

Visionary contains 22 subjects, led by:

Lamine Yamal, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Vini Jr., Christian Pulisic, Phil Foden, Julian Álvarez, Alexander Isak, Michael Olise, Heung-Min Son, Paolo Maldini, Robin van Persie, Pelé, Maradona and Beckenbauer.

Team Badges

There are 28 Team Badge cards—one for every country represented in the published checklist.

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Memorabilia Checklist

There are 100 non-autographed memorabilia designs across four sets.

Memorabilia parallels

• Purple — /99
• Tie-Dye — /25
• Gold — /10
• Green — /5
• Black — 1/1

Some individual cards are considerably shorter printed.

Examples include:

• Diego Luna/Jack McGlynn Dual Swatches: Tie-Dye /4, Gold /3, Green /2
• Christian Pulisic Jumbo Swatches: Tie-Dye /4, Green /2
• Min-jae Kim and Kang-in Lee Select Memorabilia: Tie-Dye /4, Gold /3, Green /2
• Young-Woo Seol and Habib Diarra Select Swatches: Tie-Dye /4, Gold /3, Green /2

Collectors should check the individual card serial number rather than assuming every colour has the standard print run.

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Autograph Checklist

There are 192 distinct autograph and autographed-memorabilia designs across seven sets.

A small number of autograph card numbers only appear in particular parallels. That is why some distinct-design totals are slightly higher than the unnumbered checklist heading.

General autograph parallels

The autograph sets can include:

• Blue Pulsar
• Neon Purple Pulsar
• Peacock
• Red Wave
• Purple — /99 or fewer
• Orange — /49 or fewer
• Tie-Dye — /25 or fewer
• Gold — /10 or fewer
• Green — /5 or fewer
• Black — 1/1

Exact print runs vary substantially between players.

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Headline Autograph Chases

Lionel Messi

Messi’s autograph appears in Autographed Memorabilia #8.

Numbered versions include:

• Purple — /99
• Orange — /49
• Tie-Dye — /25
• Gold — /10
• Green — /5
• Black — 1/1

Kylian Mbappé

Mbappé appears in Autographed Memorabilia #7, with the same main numbered structure as Messi.

Erling Haaland

Haaland appears in Autographed Memorabilia #4. His numbered autograph-memorabilia cards are shorter:

• Purple — /49
• Orange — /25
• Tie-Dye — /10
• Gold — /5
• Green — /3
• Black — 1/1

Lamine Yamal

Lamine Yamal has one of the most desirable autograph rainbows in the entire product through Select Few Signatures #3.

His numbered cards are extremely limited:

• Purple — /6
• Orange — /5
• Tie-Dye — /4
• Gold — /3
• Green — /2
• Black — 1/1

Kevin De Bruyne

Kevin De Bruyne’s regular Signatures card is exceptionally limited. The checklist only lists:

• Neon Purple Pulsar
• Black — 1/1

He also appears on an unnumbered base, inserts and memorabilia cards elsewhere in the product.

Cristiano Ronaldo

An important note for Portugal buyers:

Cristiano Ronaldo does not have an autograph listed in the supplied checklist.

He still has excellent coverage through:

• Two base cards
• Four insert cards
• Two memorabilia cards

Portugal does have five other autograph designs, but none feature Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Complete Select Pairings Dual-Autograph Checklist

Select Pairings is a new 10-card dual-autograph set:

1. Christian Pulisic / Clint Dempsey — United States
2. Ivan Perišić / Luka Modrić — Croatia
3. Andrés Iniesta / Sergio Busquets — Spain
4. Rivaldo / Ronaldo — Brazil
5. Andrea Pirlo / Fabio Cannavaro — Italy
6. Robin van Persie / Wesley Sneijder — Netherlands
7. Ademola Lookman / Victor Boniface — Nigeria
8. James Rodríguez / Radamel Falcao — Colombia
9. Diego Simeone / Giuliano Simeone — Argentina
10. Manuel Neuer / Thomas Müller — Germany

These pairings also have Black 1/1 versions and subject-specific short-print parallels.

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Biggest Player Checklists

The following totals count distinct designs before including parallel versions.

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Country-by-Country Checklist Depth

These figures count distinct designs rather than every parallel. Autographed Memorabilia is included in the autograph column.

Same-country dual cards are counted as one design for that country.

The published checklist contains 28 countries. New Zealand and Australia are not included.

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What the Country Breakdown Tells Us

Deepest overall checklists

The six largest country checklists are:

1. Argentina — 54 designs
2. Germany — 53 designs
3. Brazil — 51 designs
4. England — 49 designs
5. France — 45 designs
6. Spain — 42 designs

These countries combine strong base depth, major stars, limited inserts, memorabilia and quality autograph opportunities.

Deepest autograph countries

Brazil has the largest autograph checklist with 19 distinct designs.

Other autograph-heavy countries include:

• Germany — 15
• United States — 14
• England — 13
• Spain — 13
• Argentina — 11
• France — 11
• Italy — 11
• Netherlands — 11
• Mexico — 10

Mexico and Czechia have particularly strong autograph depth compared with the size of their base checklists.

Countries without autographs

The supplied checklist contains no autograph cards for:

• Morocco
• Slovenia

Slovenia also has no memorabilia cards, making it entirely a base and insert chase.

Morocco still offers Achraf Hakimi, Brahim Díaz and Eliesse Ben Seghir cards, along with memorabilia opportunities.

Other checklist notes

• Nigeria has four autograph designs but no non-autographed memorabilia.
• Senegal has only one autograph design: Pape Matar Sarr.
• France has the deepest memorabilia checklist with seven designs.
• Portugal has excellent Cristiano Ronaldo coverage but no Ronaldo autograph.
• Spain is boosted heavily by Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Gavi, Iniesta and the Iniesta/Busquets dual autograph.
• Brazil combines Pelé, Ronaldo, Neymar, Kaká, Vini Jr., Endrick and a checklist-leading 19 autograph designs.

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Final Verdict

This is one of the deepest World Cup-themed Select checklists Panini has produced.

The biggest attractions are:

• The 250-card, three-tier Select base set
• Five different base 1/1 parallels
• The new Panini Logo parallel numbered to 61
• Four limited case-hit insert families
• Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland autograph memorabilia
• An extremely short-printed Lamine Yamal autograph rainbow
• Neymar, Pelé, Ronaldo, Kaká, Zidane, Maradona and other legendary autograph subjects
• Ten national-team dual autographs
• Strong young-player content through Select Future
• Excellent checklist depth for Argentina, Germany, Brazil, England, France and Spain

For Pick Your Team breaks, it is important to look beyond the biggest player name. Some countries have substantially deeper autograph or memorabilia coverage, while others rely almost entirely on base cards, colour and limited inserts.

All checklist information is subject to manufacturer changes, missing variations, corrections and subsequent updates.

Good luck in the breaks, Blunters!