The 1985 Donruss baseball cards set gave collectors something visually appealing to chase. That makes things twice as fun if you have an opportunity to get your hands on gem mint examples.
Fast forward to today, and certain cards from this 660-card release can fetch serious cash in PSA 10 condition. Let’s check out five different 1985 Donruss baseball cards and what they’re worth in the current market.
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Five 1985 Donruss Baseball Cards Worth Your Attention
Here’s the lineup of cards we’re checking out today, each with its own story and current PSA 10 valuation according to SportsCardsPro.com:
Ryne Sandberg #67: After Dick Perez’s Diamond Kings led off the set at card no. 1, this one comes in and features Ryno prepping himself in the on-deck circle. A PSA 10 example of this can go for $100-plus.
Reggie Jackson #57: Mr. October’s card is tough to find in pristine shape because of print and focus problems. It can sell for $75-80 in PSA 10 condition.
Nolan Ryan #60: The Express rolls in at $500-plus in PSA 10, with the added intrigue of an uncorrected error stating he broke the single-season strikeout record in 1972 instead of 1973.
Robin Yount #48: A Milwaukee icon and Hall of Famer, a 1985 Donruss Yount PSA 10 has fetched around $100-120 in PSA 10 condition.
Don Mattingly #295: And here, we have Donnie Baseball amid his MVP season. A card in gem mint condition can fetch $200-220, with a recent eBay sale at the beginning of November 2025 reaching $330.
Reggie Jackson: Mr. October in the California Sunshine
Although Mr. October feels most immediately known for his postseason heroics with the New York Yankees, he only spent five of his 21 seasons in the Bronx. After he left the Big Apple, Jackson spent the five seasons that followed in Southern California with the Angels.
By that time, the grizzled vet had become more of a designated hitter than an everyday outfielder, but his bat still carried serious punch. Fresh off a 1984 campaign where he’d mashed 25 home runs with 81 RBI, Jackson turned in his final 20-homer campaign in ’85, slugging another 27 homers with 85 RBI and a .847 OPS in 143 games.
At this point in his career, Jackson was just polishing off what’d eventually be a Hall of Fame resume. It helped that he’d just surpassed the 500-homer plateau on his way to finishing with 563 taters.
His 1985 Donruss card is condition-sensitive, and you can even get a PSA 8 version of it for less than $5, per Sports Cards Pro data.
Robin Yount: Milwaukee’s Two-Position MVP
Robin Yount is a Milwaukee legend for many reasons, but the two-time MVP did something during his career that had been done just twice before by Hank Greenberg and Stan Musial — he was named MVP at two different positions. Yount won the 1982 AL MVP Award as a shortstop before doing it again in ’89 as a center fielder.
Yount spent 20 seasons with the Brewers and collected more hits during the 1980s than any other player in baseball (1,731). He retired with a .285/.342/.430 triple slash that included 3,142 career hits, 1,406 RBI, 1,632 runs scored, and a 77.4 bWAR. It’s also worth noting that his 251 homers were atop the Brewers’ all-time leaderboard until Ryan Braun passed him.
The 1985 Donruss #48 card is incredibly scarce in gem mint condition. According to PSA’s card facts, only 15 such copies are known to exist. The most recent PSA 9 versions of this cardboard have sold for between $20 and $30, per Sports Cards Pro.
The 1985 Donruss Set: History, Highlights, and Other Gems
The 1985 Donruss release followed the company’s successful 1984 effort by maintaining the 660-card format while introducing black borders that were compared to Topps’ legendary 1971 set. The condition-sensitive design didn’t leave anyone’s opinion in the middle. It seems like collectors either love the look or hate it because it makes finding gem mint examples very hard.
Beyond the five cards highlighted here, the set features significant rookies, including Kirby Puckett (#438), Roger Clemens (#273), Dwight Gooden (#190), and Orel Hershiser (#581). Puckett’s rookie can fetch between $500-plus in PSA 10 condition.
The 1985 Donruss baseball cards set ultimately delivers a terrific blend of Hall of Fame talent, memorable design, and condition scarcity that keeps collectors on the lookout for high-grade examples 40 years after its initial release.
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