Soccer · REFERENCE ENTRY
Neymar Jr.
2016 · Panini Donruss Soccer · #31
Neymar’s #31 from the 2016 Donruss soccer issue.
- Sport
- Soccer
- Year / season
- 2016
- Set
- Panini Donruss Soccer
- Number
- #31
- Format
- Card
About this card
Neymar Jr.’s 2016 Panini Donruss Soccer card is number 31 in that release. Donruss is Panini’s paper-stock base brand, carrying a name that goes back to the early 1980s. In its football and basketball sets, first-year players usually appear in the Rated Rookies subset, marked with the Rated Rookie logo, and many cards also come in Press Proof parallels.
It carries no rookie label. That is not a claim either way: the catalog adds the label only when a cited source supports it.
How to identify it
Look for the Rated Rookie logo on rookie cards and for the stamping or foil that marks a Press Proof. Insert sets inside Donruss have their own designs and numbering, so an insert’s name belongs with its number.
In Neymar Jr.’s run
Neymar Jr. has 2 entries in this catalog, from 2014 to 2016, and this is the most recent. Nearby entries are listed below, so you can compare the releases that sit around this one.
In the 2016 checklist
This is the only entry from the 2016 Panini Donruss Soccer release in the catalog so far. The full release has more cards; this page covers the one cataloged here.
What to know about this issue
- The cited PSA entry supplies no named parallel finish.
- It is a separate issue from Neymar’s Select cards.
Inspect the source
Source reviewed 2026-10-08. The source describes this issue; it does not verify any item offered by a third party.
No assigned grade, market value or verified offer is supplied by this reference entry.
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The issue stays 2016 · Panini Donruss Soccer. These are research checks, not a condition assessment of a specimen.
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