2021 Contenders Optic Football has 5,889 checklist appearances across 343 players and 32 NFL teams. The San Francisco 49ers lead the product with 286 cards, followed by the Minnesota Vikings with 277. The checklist includes 164 autograph subjects and 193 rookies, spread across 225 distinct card sets. Trevor Lawrence has the deepest checklist presence with 98 cards.
The complete 2021 Contenders Optic 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.
2021 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 2021 Contenders Optic checklist on Savvy Collecting spans 5,889 tracked cards, all 32 NFL teams, 343 players, 4,025 rookie cards, and 2,540 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 Optic 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 2021 Contenders Optic. Filter the product to SSPs to surface them.
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Compare players → Player explorer →Savvy Collecting tracks 5,889 cards in the 2021 Contenders Optic checklist across 32 teams, including base cards, inserts, parallels, short prints, and autographs.
There are 4,025 rookie cards in the 2021 Contenders Optic checklist tracked here. Rookie cards are highlighted in purple throughout the site.
The 2021 Contenders Optic checklist includes 2,540 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.
San Francisco 49ers currently has the most cards in the 2021 Contenders Optic 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.