One of the more popular soccer sets from last season, 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer focuses on the top flight in England, with a massive 300-card base set. Here’s our review of the collection.
2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer features the trademark curved border designs and strong imagery typically associated with the brand. There are multiple box formats in addition to Hobby, such as the Breakaway box seen in the image above.
Containing a variety of premium hits, here’s everything you know about 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer in our review, from the best cards, to what we got in our box.
2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer Cards: Key Stats
Here are key stats relating to 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer sets:
- Release Date: March 9, 2022
- Hobby Configuration: 12 cards per pack, 12 packs per box, 12 boxes per case
- Autos include Signatures, Club Legends Signatures, Flashback Autographs, and rare Dual Autographs cards
- Hobby boxes offer one autograph along with four Silver Prizms, 13 exclusive Prizms and six inserts
- Inserts include Brilliance and Emergent, alongside Fireworks and Instant Impact.
- However, the popular SSP Color Blast Insert is Hobby-only
The Best 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer Cards
Here’s a quick rundown with five of the best cards you could possibly find in 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer sets:
5. 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Carney Chukwuemeka RC #134 (eBay)
We’ll begin with a more affordable RC from an up-and-coming youngster. Carney Chukwuemeka might be playing for Aston Villa in the action shot of his Prizm base card, but Chelsea signed the 18-year-old midfielder over the summer, spending £20m to bring the highly-rated starlet to Stamford Bridge. Chukwuemeka went on to make his Chelsea debut in the Premier League win over Wolves in October 2022.
As you can see from the list below, Prizm parallels are numerous:
- Prizms: Blue Mojo, Blue Wave, Green Ice, Green Wave, Hyper, MultiColor, Orange Mojo, Pink, Pink Ice, Pink Mosaic, Pink Stars, Pink Wave, Red Ice, Red Mosaic, Red Wave, Red/White/Blue, Silver, Blue #/340, Red #/199, Red Mojo #/159, Purple #/99, Blue Ice #/75, Purple Ice #/49, Red Stars #/28, Orange #/25, Gold #/10, Blue Shimmer #/8, Green #/5, Black 1/1, Gold Power 1/1
- Breakaway Prizms: Base Breakaway, Blue #/199, Violet #/99, Teal #/49, Bronze #/25, Gold #/10, Lime Green #/5, Black 1/1
- Choice Prizms: Blue/Yellow/Green, Tiger Stripe, Red #/29, Green #/9, Nebula 1/1
- H2 Prizms: Green Mojo, Purple Mojo, Cracked Ice #/23, Gold Mojo #/10, Black Gold 1/1
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4. 2021 Panini Prizm Premier League Cristiano Ronaldo #S-CR (eBay)
Cristiano Ronaldo’s second stint with Manchester United might not be going especially smoothly, but the forward has still managed to register his 700th club goal. (To put his incredible scoring exploits into perspective, Erling Haaland would need to score 37 club goals every season for another 15 years to match Ronaldo’s record.)
As you may have guessed, the CR7 auto from the set works out to be one of the most valuable cards overall. It is a stickered auto, but it’s still immensely popular.
- Prizms: Blue, Blue Shimmer, Orange Mojo, Pink Ice, Red Ice, Red Stars, Silver #/99, Purple #/25, Gold #/10, Black 1/1
- Breakaway Prizms: Base Breakaway, Gold #/10, Black 1/1
- Choice Prizms: Base Choice, Gold #/10, Black 1/1
- H2 Prizms: Gold Wave, Black Gold 1/1
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3. 2021-22 Prizm Premier League Color Blast Heung-Min Son #27 (eBay)
The Color Blast insert is a popular addition to 2021/22 Prizm Premier League sets, which seems to be universally appreciated by collectors who appreciate the unique design.
Heung-Min Son is one of 30 players included as a hyper-rare addition, which is going to be expensive whether or not it’s graded.
The South Korea captain is featured in the white and blue of Tottenham. We think this card has great potential in the future, especially if he decides to become a club legend in London.
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2. 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Gabriel Martinelli RC #203 (eBay)
Brazil and Arsenal forward Gabriel Martinelli is one of the more hyped rookies within the game, and for good reason.
Martinelli is one of the key rookies from the set, with a card available in a range of serial numbered Prizm parallels, including Choice and Breakaway variants. (They change the color or the pattern of the background.)
Many have already been shipped off to the likes of PSA for grading.
- Prizms: Blue Mojo, Blue Wave, Green Ice, Green Wave, Hyper, MultiColor, Orange Mojo, Pink, Pink Ice, Pink Mosaic, Pink Stars, Pink Wave, Red Ice, Red Mosaic, Red Wave, Red/White/Blue, Silver, Blue #/340, Red #/199, Red Mojo #/159, Purple #/99, Blue Ice #/75, Purple Ice #/49, Red Stars #/28, Orange #/25, Gold #/10, Blue Shimmer #/8, Green #/5, Black 1/1, Gold Power 1/1
- Breakaway Prizms: Base Breakaway, Blue #/199, Violet #/99, Teal #/49, Bronze #/25, Gold #/10, Lime Green #/5, Black 1/1
- Choice Prizms: Blue/Yellow/Green, Tiger Stripe, Red #/29, Green #/9, Nebula 1/1
- H2 Prizms: Green Mojo, Purple Mojo, Cracked Ice #/23, Gold Mojo #/10, Black Gold 1/1
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1. 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Gabriel Martinelli RC #S-GM (eBay)
This RC auto takes the top spot. It features a simple etched image of Martinelli as the main focus.
Once again, a stickered signature is a slight let-down, but it’s still one of the more important cards to highlight the Arsenal forward. Base copies of the auto can be picked up for less than $175 at the current time of writing.
- Prizms: Blue, Blue Shimmer, Orange Mojo, Pink Ice, Red Ice, Red Stars, Silver #/99, Purple #/25, Gold #/10, Black 1/1
- Breakaway Prizms: Base Breakaway, Gold #/10, Black 1/1
- Choice Prizms: Base Choice, Gold #/10, Black 1/1
- H2 Prizms: Gold Wave, Black Gold 1/1
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2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer: Signatures Checklist
Here’s a full checklist with the autographs that can be found in 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer hobby boxes:
1 Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City
2 Japhet Tanganga – Tottenham Hotspur
3 Jack Grealish – Manchester City
4 Rodri – Manchester City
5 Sergio Reguilon – Tottenham Hotspur
6 Wesley Fofana – Leicester City
7 Karl Darlow – Newcastle United
8 Matt Targett – Aston Villa
9 Heung-Min Son – Tottenham Hotspur
10 Mason Mount – Chelsea FC
11 Raphinha – Leeds United
12 Edouard Mendy – Chelsea FC
13 Kalvin Phillips – Leeds United
14 Ollie Watkins – Aston Villa
15 Thomas Partey – Arsenal
16 Aaron Wan-Bissaka – Manchester United
17 John McGinn – Aston Villa
18 Stuart Dallas – Leeds United
19 James Tarkowski – Burnley
21 Che Adams – Southampton
22 Illan Meslier – Leeds United
23 Anthony Martial – Manchester United
24 Manuel Lanzini – West Ham United
25 Davinson Sanchez – Tottenham Hotspur
26 Jack Harrison – Leeds United
27 Aaron Cresswell – West Ham United
28 Isaac Hayden – Newcastle United
29 Harry Winks – Tottenham Hotspur
30 Ben Chilwell – Chelsea FC
32 Kyle Walker-Peters – Southampton
33 Emiliano Martinez – Aston Villa
34 Jeff Hendrick – Newcastle United
35 Conor Coady – Wolverhampton Wanderers
36 Matty Cash – Aston Villa
37 Jamaal Lascelles – Newcastle United
38 Raul Jimenez – Wolverhampton Wanderers
39 Ben Mee – Burnley
40 Brandon Williams – Norwich City
41 Jordan Ayew – Crystal Palace
42 Donny van de Beek – Manchester United
43 Joachim Andersen – Crystal Palace
44 Gabriel Martinelli – Arsenal
45 Giovani Lo Celso – Tottenham Hotspur
46 Harry Kane – Tottenham Hotspur
47 Cristiano Ronaldo – Manchester United
48 Eberechi Eze – Crystal Palace
49 Christian Pulisic – Chelsea FC
50 Patrick Bamford – Leeds United
51 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Arsenal
52 Tariq Lamptey – Brighton & Hove Albion
53 Timothy Castagne – Leicester City
54 Callum Hudson-Odoi – Chelsea FC
55 Adam Webster – Brighton & Hove Albion
56 Vladimir Coufal – West Ham United
57 Alexis Mac Allister – Brighton & Hove Albion
58 Yerry Mina – Everton
60 James Justin – Leicester City
61 Michail Antonio – West Ham United
62 Tomas Soucek – West Ham United
63 Declan Rice – West Ham United
2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer: Buyers Guide
We’ve put together a brief buyers guide looking at the best options from 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer.
The Best Cheap 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer Cards
There are heaps of cheaper product available, but we’d stay away from unnumbered cards if possible. If you take one thing away from this 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer review, it should be that the sets have been printed to the point of oversupply, so anything without a serial number is unlikely to be worth much. (Barring the autos, and the Color Blast cards.)
The Best 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer Investment Card
Martinelli is proving to be one of the more potent forwards in the Premier League, leading Arsenal to the top spot during the early stages of the 2022/23 season. It’s only going to add to the attention paid to his best rookie cards. Otherwise, a Ronaldo auto is always going to be tempting for most soccer card collectors.
2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer: Final Thoughts
We grabbed a box of 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer to see what all the fuss was about, and ended up hitting a redemption auto, along with the cards seen above. (The redemption was for Anthony Martial, and it hasn’t shown any signs of being sent to us anytime soon.)
Regardless, we can’t complain with an auto, and there’s no denying the quality of the cards when they’re seen up close. The rarest parallels can easily sell for four figures, and are definitely worth sending off for grading. One slight downside would be that the rookie class isn’t the strongest, even with the likes of Martinelli and Chukwuemeka.
In any case, it’s a fun box to rip, as long as you aren’t expecting massive returns.