2018 Contenders Football has 5,409 checklist appearances across 390 players and 32 NFL teams. The Denver Broncos lead the product with 275 cards, followed by the Pittsburgh Steelers with 260. The checklist includes 147 autograph subjects and 224 rookies, spread across 131 distinct card sets. Saquon Barkley has the deepest checklist presence with 51 cards.
The complete 2018 Contenders checklist with team-by-team card, auto, and SSP breakdowns. Use the filters and sort controls to quickly identify teams with the most hit value for your break budget.
2018 Panini Contenders Football is defined by its Rookie Ticket autographs — one of the hobby's signature rookie-auto chases — alongside a deep insert lineup.
The 2018 Contenders checklist on Savvy Collecting spans 5,409 tracked cards, all 32 NFL teams, 390 players, 3,675 rookie cards, and 732 autographs. Every card is organized by team and player so you can drill into a specific franchise or chase a single rookie.
On the chase side, Contenders is known for Rookie Ticket autographs, Cracked Ice parallels, and inserts.
Rookie Ticket autographs of premier quarterbacks anchor the market.
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Short prints (SSPs) and case hits are the scarcest cards in 2018 Contenders. Filter the product to SSPs to surface them.
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Compare players → Player explorer →Savvy Collecting tracks 5,409 cards in the 2018 Contenders checklist across 32 teams, including base cards, inserts, parallels, short prints, and autographs.
There are 3,675 rookie cards in the 2018 Contenders checklist tracked here. Rookie cards are highlighted in purple throughout the site.
The 2018 Contenders checklist includes 732 autograph cards. You can filter any team or the full product to autographs only.
An SSP (super short print) is a card intentionally printed in much smaller quantities than the base card, making it far harder to pull. SSPs and case hits are usually the most valuable chase cards in a product.
Denver Broncos currently has the most cards in the 2018 Contenders checklist tracked here. Open the team page to see every player and card.
Use the Compare Players tool to line up any two NFL players side by side across products and years — checklist depth, autographs, and short prints — to judge break value.