How the Dodgers' 2025 World Series Ring Was Built: Every Stone, Every Number, Every Hidden Detail

There is actual dirt from Game 7 inside the Dodgers' 2025 World Series ring. Sealed in glass. Beneath a panel that unscrews. That's where this story starts.

The Los Angeles Dodgers unveiled their 2025 World Series championship ring Friday in a pregame ceremony before their matchup with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The ring commemorates a back-to-back title, the first in Major League Baseball in 25 years, and the franchise's ninth championship overall. It is built in 14-karat yellow gold around a ring-within-a-ring design, and almost nothing on it is decorative for its own sake.

Every Stone Has a Reason

The "LA" logo at the center of the ring is set with 17 custom-cut blue sapphires, one for each postseason victory required to win the title. The words "WORLD CHAMPIONS" are spelled out in 86 diamonds: 32 stones form "WORLD," 54 form "CHAMPIONS." At the center of the logo, one larger diamond sits alone in a bezel setting, representing the Dodgers' standing as the top team in baseball. Behind the logo, 79 diamonds and 48 sapphires fill the backdrop. Seventy more diamonds frame the top. Circling the face of the ring, the years of all nine World Series titles are listed, with 15 sapphires marking each one.

This is what nine championships looks like when a designer decides to account for all of them.

The Hidden Compartment

The top of the ring unscrews. Beneath it is a second band crafted in white gold, accented with sapphires. Inside that band is a small glass window etched with the Dodgers logo, and inside the window: dirt from home plate at Toronto's stadium, collected the moment the last out of Game 7 landed. Not a replica. Not a photograph. The actual dirt, preserved.

Alongside it, two miniature World Series trophies are each set with a single round diamond, placed beneath a banner reading "Back 2 Back."

What a Ring Like This Actually Requires

A hidden compartment beneath an unscrewing band is one of the more technically demanding elements in ring design. It requires a secondary shank built from a separate material, a thread mechanism precise enough to seal and open without shifting the stones above it, and enough interior space to hold a sealed glass enclosure without compromising the structural integrity of the band. The Dodgers' ring accomplishes this across 14-karat yellow gold and white gold simultaneously.

For jewelers, a design like this is a conversation about priorities: what story needs to be told, and what construction can actually hold it.

The Personalization Details

The right side of each ring carries "DODGERS" and the year in diamonds, flanked by two World Series trophy references and the team logo. The left side is personalized: each player's name, their number, and a row of 15 sapphires.

The interior of the band is engraved with each player's signature, every playoff opponent, every series score, and the date of Game 7. On the exterior, one number is etched: 4,012,470. Not an approximation. The exact count of fans who filled Dodger Stadium across the season. Every one of them is on the ring.

Built to Carry Something

Every stone on this ring was placed on purpose. Every number was chosen because it meant something to someone. The 2025 Dodgers World Series ring is the kind of object that takes a story and makes it permanent.

Images courtesy of The Champions Collective by Jostens.