2021-22
Paninibasketball
2021-22 Panini Contenders Basketball Hobby Box
Rookies
Loading the enhanced checklist…
What are these options?
- Hobby Box
- The full-size box sold through card shops rather than big-box stores. It has the most packs and the best odds, and most modern hobby boxes guarantee at least one autograph or memorabilia card. Pack and card counts vary by product line. Older listings sometimes call this a wax box.
- Blaster Box
- The small retail box sold at stores like Walmart and Target, usually the cheapest full box on the shelf. Autographs are not guaranteed, but many blasters carry exclusive parallels you cannot pull from a hobby box.
- Cases
- The factory-sealed carton a product ships in, holding a set number of boxes. A full case is the whole carton; an inner case is a smaller sealed block from inside it. Case buyers get untouched pack sequencing and a lower price per box. Some rare cards are seeded about once per case, which is what collectors mean by a case hit.
| Format | In USAUSD | In CanadaCAD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby Box |  |
$400 | ||
| Blaster Box |  |
$40 | ||
| Blaster Box Case (20) | |
$800, $40 per box | ||
These are the best prices we could find for this product across the 5 retailers we follow for 2021-22 Panini Contenders, checked daily. Prices move constantly and stock sells out; always confirm on the retailer’s own page before buying.
Checking eBay for sealed boxes…
Other releases of Panini Contenders
Frequently asked
Who's 2021-22 Panini Contenders for?
The deep end. People buy this chasing top rookie patch autos and legend signatures, and the price reflects it.
What makes this product worth opening?
You're guaranteed two autographs per box, and the rookie ticket autos of Cade Cunningham, Jalen Green, and Jalen Suggs are the main draw. The ticket-themed design and NBA 75th anniversary parallels add variety to the chase.
Are the rookie autographs on-card or sticker?
Most of the top rookies like Cunningham, Green, and Suggs have hard-signed Rookie Ticket Autographs. There are also 20 rookies with sticker autographs in the base set (cards 146-165), which are less valuable.
What parallel tiers exist for the base cards?
Base Season Tickets have many parallels ranging from common (Anniversary Edition, colored Game Tickets) to scarce (Cracked Ice /25, The Finals /49, Championship 1/1). Rookie autos have even more tiers, including Premium Edition versions on chromium stock.
What are the hardest inserts to pull?
Permit to Dominate and License to Dominate are both hobby-exclusive and rank as the toughest inserts. Other hobby exclusives include Lottery Ticket, Superstars Die-Cuts, Suite Shots, MVP Contenders, and Rookie of the Year Contenders.
How many cards are in the base set?
The base set has 165 cards total. That includes 100 veteran Season Tickets, 45 Rookie Ticket Autographs (hard-signed), and 20 Rookie Season Ticket Stickers.
Is there a difference between hobby and blaster boxes?
Hobby boxes have 2 autographs and 8 inserts per box. Blaster boxes (mentioned in some retail listings) have 1 autograph or memorabilia card per box, making hobby the better value for auto collectors.
What veteran stars are featured?
The base set includes LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, Jayson Tatum, and many other established NBA players. Veteran Season Ticket Autographs offer signed versions of top stars.
When did 2021-22 Panini Contenders come out?
It dropped April 13, 2022.
What's in a 2021-22 Panini Contenders hobby box?
12 packs per box, 10 cards per pack, 12 boxes per case
What's the cheapest 2021-22 Panini Contenders hobby box right now?
Cheapest we're tracking is $399.95 USD. Prices update daily, and the trend arrow on this page shows which way it's been moving.
Where can I buy 2021-22 Panini Contenders?
We track listings across the major North American card shops and surface the best price up top. The Buy on eBay links go through the eBay Partner Network.
2021-22 Panini Contenders Basketball
2021-22 Panini Contenders is built around on-card autographs of the 2021 NBA draft class, headlined by Cade Cunningham, Jalen Green, and Jalen Suggs. Every hobby box delivers two autographs and eight inserts, making it a solid chase for rookie signatures and ticket-themed parallels.
Autographs
2 Autographs per box on average
On average per hobby box
- 2 Parallel cards
- 8 Insert or insert parallel cards
Inserts to watch
- Rookie Ticket Autographs On-card signatures of top 2021 draft picks like Cade Cunningham, Jalen Green, and Jalen Suggs. The centerpiece of the product.
- Veteran Season Ticket Autographs On-card signatures of established stars with parallels like Playoff Ticket and Finals Ticket, plus Premium Edition chromium versions.
- Permit to Dominate Hobby-exclusive insert ranked among the toughest pulls in the set.
- License to Dominate Hobby-exclusive insert, similarly scarce as Permit to Dominate.
- Superstars Die-Cuts Redesigned with horizontal layout this year, featuring top NBA players.
- Lottery Ticket Hobby-exclusive insert set with parallels like Cracked Ice.
Fast facts
- Released
- April 13, 2022
- Box config
- 12 packs per box, 10 cards per pack, 12 boxes per case
- Set size
- 165 cards
- Top rookie
- Evan Mobley
Last 30 days
Canadian prices in CAD, American in USD. A break in a price line means every shop was sold out that day; a day we did not scrape carries the last known price forward.