2022 Contenders Optic Football has 6,194 checklist appearances across 245 players and 32 NFL teams. The New York Jets lead the product with 323 cards, followed by the Pittsburgh Steelers with 305. The checklist includes 181 autograph subjects, 130 rookies, and 30 players with SSP short prints, spread across 226 distinct card sets. Desmond Ridder has the deepest checklist presence with 102 cards.
The complete 2022 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.
2022 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 2022 Contenders Optic checklist on Savvy Collecting spans 6,194 tracked cards, all 32 NFL teams, 245 players, 4,178 rookie cards, 2,750 autographs, and 30 short prints & case hits. 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 and short-printed sets such as Legitness.
Rookie Ticket autographs of premier quarterbacks anchor the market.
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Compare players → Player explorer →Savvy Collecting tracks 6,194 cards in the 2022 Contenders Optic checklist across 32 teams, including base cards, inserts, parallels, short prints, and autographs.
There are 4,178 rookie cards in the 2022 Contenders Optic checklist tracked here. Rookie cards are highlighted in purple throughout the site.
The 2022 Contenders Optic checklist includes 2,750 autograph cards. You can filter any team or the full product to autographs only.
Short prints (SSPs) and case hits are the scarcest cards in a product. Notable short-printed sets in 2022 Contenders Optic include Legitness.
New York Jets currently has the most cards in the 2022 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.