2021 Baseball Cards Release Dates, Checklists and Set Information
2021 baseball cards info including release dates and easy access to checklists, price guide info and other handy resources are all here. Basically, it’s a hub for all your baseball card collecting needs this year.
Below is a 2021 baseball cards release calendar and related set information that will take shape in the months ahead. Upcoming releases are at the top, arranged by release date. Shortly after sets are released, they’ll be found by clicking on a tab at the top (sorted alphabetically).
Bookmark this page and check back regular as this calendar will be updated regularly with new sets, price guide access and additional information. Think of it as a jumping point for all you need in one convenient place for those collecting or even just curious about anything to do with 2021 baseball cards.
2021 Baseball Cards Overview
The MLB exclusive with Topps continues for another year. That means the only place you’ll find baseball cards with team logos and trademarks this year is in Topps products. Topps also has an exclusive with MiLB for minor league cards.
But that doesn’t mean they’re the only ones producing cards. Panini holds a license with the MLBPA. This means they can produce sets with MLB players. Panini’s deals with USA Baseball and virtually every major college in the United States puts a different spin on some of their products.
Leaf and Onyx Authenticated are among the companies making cards as well, with sets largely centered on either prospects or retired players.
Key Rookie Cards
The 2020 baseball season was strange. There’s no other way to put it. Because of the late start, virtually every rookie debut — and there were a lot of them — was held out of the main 2020 baseball card sets. While that made the traditionally loaded late-season releases pretty barren in the RC department, it means a bounty in 2021 baseball cards. Jo Addell, Casey Mize, Joey Bart, Alec Bohm and Ke’Bryan Hayes are some of the Rookie Cards to watch.
Upcoming Releases
Upcoming 2021 Baseball Cards Release Dates and Product Information
Release dates are subject to change, and they often do. Sets are added only after they are formally announced.
Already Released
Already Released 2021 Baseball Cards
Here’s a list of sets that are already out arranged by alphabetical order.
2021 Bowman Baseball
Release Date: April 28, 2021
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2021 Bowman 1st Edition Baseball
Release Date: March 22, 2021
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2021 Bowman Chrome Baseball
Release Date: September 22, 2021
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2021 Bowman Chrome Mega Box Baseball
Release Date: October 15, 2021
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2021 Bowman Chrome Sapphire Baseball
Release Date: June 29, 2022
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2021 Bowman Chrome X Baseball
Release Date: October 5, 2021
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2021 Bowman Draft Baseball
Release Date: December 31, 2021
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2021 Bowman Draft 1st Edition Baseball
Release Date: November 24, 2021
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2021 Bowman Draft Sapphire Baseball
Release Date: January 18, 2022
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2021 Bowman Inception Baseball
Release Date: December 17, 2021
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2021 Bowman Mega Box Baseball
Release Date: May 7, 2021
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2021 Bowman Platinum Baseball
Release Date: October 7, 2021
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2021 Bowman Sterling Baseball
Release Date: October 1, 2021
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2021 Bowman Transcendent Baseball
Release Date: October 20, 2021
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2021 Bowman’s Best Baseball
Release Date: December 31, 2021
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2021 Diamond Kings Baseball
Release Date: April 28, 2021
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2021 Donruss Baseball
Release Date: March 12, 2021
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2021 Donruss Optic Baseball
Release Date: October 6, 2021
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2021 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball
Release Date: December 22, 2021
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2021 Finest Baseball
Release Date: June 4, 2021
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2021 Immaculate Baseball
Release Date: August 20, 2021
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2021 Leaf Flash Baseball
Release Date: January 21, 2022
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2021 Leaf Lumber Baseball
Release Date: March 26, 2021
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2021 Onyx Premium Baseball
Release Date: December 17, 2021
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2021 Onyx Vintage Extended Baseball
Release Date: November 26, 2021
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2021 Panini Absolute Baseball
Release Date: June 4, 2021
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2021 Panini Chronicles Baseball
Release Date: November 5, 2021
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2021 Panini Contenders Baseball
Release Date: December 17, 2021
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2021 Panini Flawless Baseball
Release Date: December 24, 2021
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2021 Panini Mosaic Baseball
Release Date: October 20, 2021
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2021 Panini National Treasures Baseball
Release Date: August 13, 2021
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2021 Panini Prizm Baseball
Release Date: August 13, 2021
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2021 Panini Prizm Draft Picks Baseball
Release Date: April 22, 2022
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2021 Panini Spectra Baseball
Release Date: October 1, 2021
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2021 Pro Set Baseball
Release Date: March 8, 2022
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2021 Pro Set Metal Baseball
Release Date: February 11, 2022
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2021 Select Baseball
Release Date: June 23, 2021
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2021 Stadium Club Baseball
Release Date: June 25, 2021
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2021 Stadium Club Chrome Baseball
Release Date: November 17, 2021
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2021 Topps Series 1 Baseball
Release Date: February 10, 2021
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2021 Topps Series 2 Baseball
Release Date: June 11, 2021
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2021 Topps Baseball Factory Sets
Release Date: July 28, 2021
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2021 Topps Baseball Japan Edition
Release Date: November 15, 2021
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2021 Topps All-Star Rookie Cup Baseball
Release Date: December 14, 2021
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2021 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball
Release Date: August 11, 2021
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2021 Topps Allen & Ginter Chrome Baseball
Release Date: December 15, 2021
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2021 Topps Archives Baseball
Release Date: November 5, 2021
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2021 Topps Archives Signature Series Baseball: Active Player Edition
Release Date: January 20, 2021
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2021 Topps Archives Signature Series: Retired Player Edition
Release Date: July 14, 2021
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2021 Topps Archives Snapshots Baseball
Release Date: September 21, 2021
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2021 Topps Big League Baseball
Release Date: April 20, 2022
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2021 Topps Bowman National Sports Collectors Convention Baseball
Release Date: July 29, 2021
2021 Topps Brooklyn Collection Baseball
Release Date: November 29, 2021
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2021 Topps Chrome Baseball
Release Date: August 20, 2021
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2021 Topps Chrome Ben Baller Edition Baseball
Release Date: October 12, 2021
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2021 Topps Chrome Black Baseball
Release Date: December 8, 2021
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2021 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary Baseball
Release Date: June 29, 2022
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2021 Topps Chrome Update Series Baseball
Release Date: January 11, 2022
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2021 Topps Chrome Update Sapphire Edition Baseball
Release Date: March 23, 2022
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2021 Topps Clearly Authentic Baseball
Release Date: July 21, 2021
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2021 Topps Definitive Collection Baseball
Release Date: March 31, 2021
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2021 Topps Diamond Icons Baseball
Release Date: July 7, 2021
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2021 Topps Dynasty Baseball
Release Date: December 22, 2021
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2021 Topps Fire Baseball
Release Date: September 8, 2021
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2021 Topps Five Star Baseball
Release Date: October 20, 2021
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2021 Topps Gold Label Baseball
Release Date: October 1, 2021
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2021 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball
Release Date: July 16, 2021
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2021 Topps Heritage Baseball
Release Date: March 26, 2021
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2021 Topps Heritage High Number Baseball
Release Date: December 8, 2021
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2021 Topps Heritage Minors Baseball
Release Date: October 27, 2021
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2021 Topps Holiday Baseball
Release Date: November 29, 2021
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2021 Topps Inception Baseball
Release Date: March 17, 2021
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2021 Topps Luminaries Baseball
Release Date: August 11, 2021
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2021 Topps Museum Collection Baseball
Release Date: July 14, 2021
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2021 Topps Opening Day Baseball
Release Date: March 24, 2021
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2021 Topps Pro Debut Baseball
Release Date: August 25, 2021
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2021 Topps Rip Baseball
Release Date: October 7, 2021
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2021 Topps Sterling Baseball
Release Date: May 26, 2021
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2021 Topps Tier One Baseball
Release Date: May 5, 2021
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2021 Topps Transcendent Collection Baseball
Release Date: December 31, 2021
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2021 Topps Transcendent Hall of Fame Baseball
Release Date: May 12, 2021
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2021 Topps Tribute Baseball
Release Date: April 7, 2021
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2021 Topps Triple Threads Baseball
Release Date: November 10, 2021
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2021 Topps Update Series Baseball
Release Date: October 29, 2021
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2021 Topps UK Baseball
Release Date: January 6, 2022
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Online Releases
Online-Excluisve 2021 Baseball Cards
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1951 Topps by Blake Jamieson
Release Date: January 13, 2021
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2021 Topps 206 Baseball
Release Date: April 27, 2021
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2021 Topps Allen & Ginter X Baseball
Release Date: September 15, 2021
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2021 Topps Now Turn Back the Clock Baseball
Release Date: April 1, 2021
2021 Topps On-Demand Baseball
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- 3D (July 26)
2021 Topps Spotlight 70 Baseball
Release Date: July 22, 2021
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2021 Topps Throwback Thursday Baseball
Release Date: January 7, 2021
2021 Topps x Derek Jeter Captain’s Crew Baseball
Release Date: April 29, 2021
2021 Topps x ESPN Once Upon a Time in Queens
Release Date: September 14, 2021
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2021 Topps x Sports Illustrated Baseball
Release Date: March 16, 2021
Topps Living Set Baseball
A repeat of product design. Nothing new. I miss 97- 13 designs and innovation
When will we get preliminary checklists for the 17 card factory team sets for 2021?
I’ve paid 40-50 bucks for a blaster box in the last few years, now they only seem to be making hobby boxes with fewer cards and they’re over a hundred bucks. What gives?
@Brian – Lots of baseball products still have blasters.
Mark H
Have you heard anything on the 17 card factory sets?
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Frank Drey
where’s upper deck dates?
@pete – Upper Deck hasn’t done baseball cards for more than a decade.
Thank you for the information it makes it a lot easier to mark it on my calendar.
Seems as though a few release dates missing like 2021 Bowman First Edition?
@tom – It’s in the “Already Released” tab for sets that are already out.
Any news on the 17-card team sets and topps total? Hoping they didn’t get cancelled for 2021.
@Jacob – If it’s not on the list, it hasn’t been announced.
Was awesome going into stores today and asking after 20 years of collecting what Topps sets to collect. Turns out there are 20 or so. Cheaper to get my kid into gokarting. Especially when the dealers first question in “you a flipper or a collector” and who is John Jaha and the expos are not a real team. Only good memory i have from them is when Martinez threw a perfect one at my first Dodger game. Seriously ? The expos and Haja or whatever and you’re “the guy?” Awesome. Anyone looking for a complete 90 set of upper deck?
@Ben – So one of the first things you do after coming back from being away for 20 years is to make fun of what someone collects — and a person you don’t know at that? Different people collect different things and for different reasons. If we all went after the same stuff the laws of supply and demand would suggest that prices would be even higher, no?
topps total for 21? will topps have update this fall?
@venny – If it is not listed here, it has not been formally announced yet.
I would like to get 2021 Major League Baseball Cards and a set of 9 pieces of baseball cards for 665 cards. How much will you charge for the cards and a set? Thanks.
I think its great you collect one team. I have every topps base card starting with the 1951 game cards of the St. Louis Cardinals. I had a great time putting it together . Also did Topps not do the gallery cards this year?
Gallery might still come out. Retail products don’t usually get advance warning.
Ryan,
Will Topps Baseball have a Gallery product for 2021 ?
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Bruce
Topps Big League was originally scheduled for the Spring. Even Archives won’t be released until the season is over. What is going on?
Topps Gallery is my favorite line. I don’t see it on the list for this year. Bummer.
Why is it so difficult to get a specific release date from Topps? Their customer service is garbage.
All of the dates for Topps products here are directly from Topps. They can change and often do. It has been this way for years across all sports and manufacturers.
One of my favorite products every year is Topps Gallery. I can not find any info if this product is even being released in 2021. Does anyone have info? Thanks
@Jeremy – It has been addressed in the comments above already. When info is announced, it’ll be added.
Is Topps Chrome Update not happening?
In the Years 2021 2022 and 2023 Topps Baseball Cards
How many Rookies were Printed for the Public in those 3 Years