1986 Donruss set consists of 660 cards. The card fronts feature thinly striped blue and black borders, around a parallelogram-shaped photo; a standard team logo, player name & position, and a Donruss logo. For the fifth year in a row, the first 26 cards of the set are Diamond Kings; the artwork was again produced by the Perez-Steele Galleries. Cards 27-46 make up the Rated Rookies.
Rookie Cards in this set include Jose Canseco, Darren Daulton, Len Dykstra, Cecil Fielder, Andres Galarraga, Fred McGriff and Paul O'Neill.