Luka Dončić's Rookie Ticket, #122 in 2018-19 Panini Contenders, is signed by hand and was released December 26, 2018.
The set had 145 cards, the veterans at #1 through #100 and the Rookie Ticket Autographs at #101 through #145. Contenders is known for that subset above all. Above the base ticket came a Playoff Ticket to 65, a Finals Ticket to 49, Cracked Ice to 25, a Premium Gold to 10 and a Championship Ticket of one. A separate run of variations has its own ladder.
A ticket stub runs down the left side in Mavericks blue: MAVERICKS, the team logo, ROOKIE TICKET, then SECTION 220, ROW 66, SEAT 18, and the RC shield. Beside it he stands in royal blue, number 77, the ball held at his chest, looking up and to his right. His signature, Luka, crosses the white lower half in blue.
Section 220, Row 66, Seat 18.
It came out two months into his rookie season.
He went on to six All-NBA First Teams and scoring titles in 2023-24 and 2025-26.
