Looking for a quick way to see what cards are on the way and when they’re expected to arrive? Look no further. This 2020 sports card release calendar has a schedule for all the baseball, basketball, football, hockey, racing, soccer cards and more that have been announced so far.
Are non-sport and entertainment cards your thing? You’ll find a separate tab for those, too.
And if you’re looking for what has already been released this year, there’s also a section for that.
Please note that many releases are being delayed due to COVID-19.
Sports Card Release Calendar: This Week’s Sets
Here’s a quick glance at what’s out this week.
2020 Topps Tier One Baseball
Release Date: Friday, June 5
3 cards per pack, 1 pack per box
Tier One is back for another year. Once again, it’s only hits with two autographs and a memorabilia card per box. The deep checklist includes a mix of rookies, veterans and retired players.
Checklist, Team Set Lists and Set Details
2019-20 Panini Court Kings Basketball
Release Date: Friday, May 29
10 cards per pack, 1 pack per box
Basketball gets an art-inspired makeover in this colorful set. Rookies figure heavily into the checklist. Hobby boxes have one pack of ten cards, two of which are hits.
Checklist, Team Set Lists and Set Details
2020 Score Football
Release Date: Friday, June 5
40 cards per pack, 10 packs per box
The new NFL football card season kicks off. Hobby boxes take a jumbo format with 40 cards per pack. Autographs land four per hobby box.
Checklist, Team Set Lists and Set Details
2019-20 SP Authentic Hockey
Release Date: Wednesday, June 3
5 cards per pack, 18 packs per box
One of the longest running brands in hockey returns. On-card autographs are a focus including Future Watch Rookie Cards. Hobby boxes come with a pair of signed cards.
Checklist, Team Set Lists and Set Details
On the Horizon: 2019-20 Panini National Treasures Basketball
Release Date: June 12, 2020
10 cards per pack, 1 pack per box
The National Treasures Zion Williamson Rookie Patch Autograph is almost here. Historically one of the biggest sets of the year, expect things at an even bigger level this time around.
Checklist, Team Set Lists and Set Details
Sports Cards
2020 Sports Card Release Calendar
Click on the links in the sports card release calendar to get full details on specific sets. More products will be added as they’re announced.
Dates are subject to change and frequently do.
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Sports Card Release Calendar – June, 2020
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5
2020 Topps Tier One Baseball
2019-20 Panini Court Kings Basketball
2020 Score Football
10
2020 Panini Diamond Kings Baseball
2020 Topps Diamond Icons Baseball
12
2019-20 Panini National Treasures Basketball
17
2020 Panini Prizm Baseball
2019-20 Upper Deck Ice Hockey
19
2020 Topps Big League Baseball
2020 Topps Pro Debut Baseball
24
2020 Topps Clearly Authentic Baseball
2020 Panini Chronicles Draft Picks Football
2019-20 Upper Deck Premier Hockey
26
2020 Topps Series 2 Baseball
2019-20 Panini Spectra Basketball
2020 Panini Legacy Football
30
2019-20 Upper Deck Engrained Hockey
TBA June
2020 Bowman Mega Box Baseball
2020 Topps Museum Collection Baseball
19-20 Panini Obsidian Basketball
2019-20 SP Hockey
2019-20 Panini Chronicles Soccer
2020 Topps BVB Transcendent Soccer
2019-20 Panini Impeccable Soccer
2020 Topps UFC
2020 Topps WWE Transcendent Collection
Sports Card Release Calendar – July, 2020
1
2020 Topps Baseball Factory Sets
2019-20 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League Soccer
3
2019-20 Panini Chronicles Basketball
8
2020 Panini Absolute Baseball
2020 Topps Archives Signature Series Baseball – Retired Player Edition
Topps WWE Chrome
15
2020 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball
2020 Panini Luminance Football
2019-20 Upper Deck Stature Hockey
2020 Topps Chrome Bundesliga Soccer
22
2020 Donruss Optic Baseball
Topps Sterling Baseball
2020 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions
29
2020 Topps Chrome Baseball
2020 Elite Football
Topps WWE NXT
July TBA
2020 Topps Finest Baseball
2020 Topps Stadium Club Baseball
2019-20 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Hockey
2019-20 Topps Bundesliga Museum Collection Soccer
Sports Card Release Calendar – August, 2020
5
2020 Panini Gold Standard Football
2020-21 Upper Deck MVP Hockey
7
2019-20 Panini Opulence Basketball
2020 Panini Chronicles Racing
12
2020 Topps Heritage High Number Baseball
14
19
2020 Topps Archives Baseball
2019-20 Upper Deck Chronology Hockey Volume II
26
2020 Bowman Transcendent Baseball
2020 Topps Five Star Baseball
Topps WWE Raw vs. Smackdown
Sports Card Release Calendar – September, 2020
2
2020 Topps Gold Label Baseball
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee Hockey
9
16
2020 Topps Triple Threads Baseball
2019-20 Upper Deck Clear Cut Hockey
2020 Topps UFC Striking Signatures
23
2020 Topps Heritage Minors Baseball
2020 Topps WWE Undisputed
30
2020-21 Upper Deck Artifacts Hockey
Sports Card Release Calendar – October, 2020
14
2020 Topps Update Series Baseball
Sports Card Release Calendar – November, 2020
11
2020 Topps Stadium Club Chrome Baseball
18
To Be Determined
Soccer
2020 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Soccer
2019-20 Topps Museum Collection UEFA Champions League Soccer
Non-Sport Cards
2020 Non-Sport Card Release Calendar
Click on the links to get full details on specific sets.
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June, 2020 Non-Sport Card Releases
24
2020 Topps Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker Series 2
July, 2020 Non-Sport Card Releases
1
2020 Rittenhouse Twilight Zone Archives
29
2020 Rittenhouse Umbrella Academy Season 1
August, 2020 Non-Sport Card Releases
5
2020 Topps Star Wars Chrome Perspectives
September, 2020 Non-Sport Card Releases
9
2020 Topps Star Wars Holocron Series
23
2020 Topps Garbage Pail Kids 35th Anniversary
October, 2020 Non-Sport Card Releases
November, 2020 Non-Sport Card Releases
4
2020 Topps Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 1
25
2020 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Chrome
TBA
2020 Upper Deck Alien 3
2020 Upper Deck Chasing Amy
Upper Deck James Bond: Villains and Henchmen
2020 Upper Deck Marvel Anime
2020 Sidekick Labs Mars Attacks: Uprising
Cryptozoic Outlander Season 4
2020 Topps Star Wars Authentics (8 x 10)
2020 Upper Deck X-Files: Monster of the Week
Past Releases
Already Released 2020 Sports Card Releases
Here’s a list of 2020 sports card releases that are already out. These are sorted chronologically by when they were released.
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Sports Card Release Calendar – January, 2020
2
2020 Topps Throwback Thursday Baseball
3
2019-20 Panini Contenders Basketball
2019 Panini Contenders Football
7
2019 Upper Deck Marvel 80th Anniversary
2020 Upper Deck Presidential Weekly
15
2019-20 Upper Deck Trilogy Hockey
17
2019-20 Panini Revolution Basketball
2020 Topps Benefit for Australia
22
2019-20 Upper Deck Synergy Hockey
2020 Topps Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Black and White
23
2020 Topps Mars Attacks Wacky Packages Series 3
24
2019 Leaf Metal Draft Baseball
24
2020 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Series 1: Late to School
28
29
2020 Topps Archives Signature Series Baseball – Active Player Edition
2019-20 Panini Obsidian Soccer
30
2020 Topps Garbage Pail Kids: The Shammy Awards
31
2020 Topps Game Within the Game Baseball
2019-20 Panini Crown Royale Basketball
2020 Topps Countdown to WrestleMania
Sports Card Release Calendar – February, 2020
5
2020 Topps Series 1 Baseball
2019 Panini Limited Football
2019-20 Upper Deck Allure Hockey
2019-20 Upper Deck Tim Hortons NHL Team Sets
2020 Donruss Racing
6
2020 Topps Garbage Pail Kids: disg-Race to the White House
7
2019 Leaf Ultimate Draft Baseball
2018-19 Leaf Pearl Multi-Sport
10
2020 Topps Now XFL Football
2020 Topps Garbage Pail Kids: The Not-Scars
12
2019-20 Donruss Optic Basketball
2020 Topps Star Wars: The Child Stickers
14
2020 Leaf Best of Basketball
2019 Panini Plates & Patches Football
15
2020 Upper Deck National Hockey Card Day
19
2019 Select Football
2019-20 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey
18
2020 Topps Black and White Baseball
19
2020 Topps Designed by Lionel Messi Soccer
26
2020 Topps Heritage Baseball
2019 Panini One Football
2019-20 SP Game Used Hockey
Sports Card Release Calendar – March, 2020
4
2020 Donruss Baseball
2019 Panini Encased Football
2020 Leaf Ultimate Draft Football
11
2020 Panini Stars and Stripes Baseball
2020 Topps Opening Day Baseball
2019-20 Panini Impeccable Basketball
2019 Panini Contenders Optic Football
2020 Topps WWE Road to WrestleMania
13
2020 Leaf Lumber Kings Baseball
2020 Topps Total Baseball
16
17
2020 Topps Rookie Progression Baseball
2020 Leaf Draft Football
18
2020 Topps Utz Baseball
2019-20 SPx Hockey
2020 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Season 8
2020 Topps Star Wars Authentics (11 x 14)
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24
2020 SAGE Hit Premier Draft Low Series Football
25
2020 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball
Topps Project 2020 Baseball
2019-20 Upper Deck AHL Hockey
2020 Topps UFC Knockout
2020 Topps Women of Star Wars
26
2020 Leaf Metal Draft Football
27
2019 Panini National Treasures Football
2020 Panini Prizm Draft Picks Football
31
2020 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays
Sports Card Release Calendar – April, 2020
1
2020 Topps MLB Stickers
2020 Topps Transcendent Tennis Hall of Fame Collection
Upper Deck Avengers: Endgame and Captain Marvel
8
2019 Panini Flawless Football
2020 Topps The Mandalorian: Journey of The Child
10
15
2020 Topps XFL Football
2019-20 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey
16
2020 Topps Garbage Pail Kids: Gone Exotic
22
2020 Bowman 1st Edition Baseball
2020 Upper Deck The Punisher: Season 1
24
2020 Topps Definitive Collection Baseball
2020 Topps Transcendent Hall of Fame Baseball
2019 Leaf Flash Baseball
28
2020 Topps Stranger Things Autograph Collection
29
2019-20 Upper Deck Credentials Hockey
2020 Rittenhouse Star Trek TOS: Archives and Inscriptions
Sports Card Release Calendar – May, 2020
6
2019-20 Upper Deck CHL Hockey
2020 Topps Wacky Packages Weekly Series
8
11
2020 Topps WWE Triple H 25th Anniversary
13
14
15
2019 Panini Chronicles Football
20
2019-20 Panini Mosaic Basketball
2020 SAGE Hit Premier Draft High Series Football
22
2020 Bowman Baseball
2020 Panini Select Baseball
27
2019-20 Panini Noir Basketball
When will the 2019 Beckett Baseball Price Guide #41 be released?
@John – It’s currently scheduled for the end of February.
When will 2018 19 optic basketball be in the pricing magazine
@Ryan – It’s priced online so I’m guessing it should be in the next issue.
any idea of the 2019/20 draft contenders panini NBA release date?
@cam – It hasn’t been announced yet, but it’ll likely be similar to last year (assuming it’s returning).
any intel on a new wacky packages series?
Hi Ryan,
Do you know when the 2019-2020 NBA (Not Collegiate version) of Panini Contenders will be coming out?
@Stephen – Nothing has been announced yet. Likely similar to last year.
Heard anything on football Donruss Optic for 2019? Is there a release date?
@Wilson – Nothing has been formally announced. Once it is, it will be added.
Hey! Any word on 2019 Topps MLB Gallery? I know it is the Walmart exclusive and it was released in November last year. I can’t seem to find anything about it as of this date.
@Veronica – When it’s announced, it’ll be added. Pretty safe bet, though, as there were Preview inserts elsewhere this year.
Would like to know if there will be 2019-20 OPC Hockey Wrapper Redemption?
@Michel – Yes, there is. Similar to previous years.
Are hobby sets for basketball always only sold on Ebay?
@dorianhood – You can find card boxes and sets at hobby shops and several online retailers as well.
Hi Ryan,
Any ideas on when 2019-20 National Treasures and 2019-20 Flawless basketball will be released in 2020? Thanks in advance!
Dave
@Dave – Details and dates haven’t been announced yet. Likely to be similar to last year, would be my guess. We’ll add them here as soon as they’re announced.
Any idea why the Upper Deck Avengers Endgame/ Captain Marvel cards got pushed to end of February from January?
@David – Delays are pretty normal for a lot of entertainment sets. Lots of levels of approval, autograph collection, etc.
Hi Ryan,
I left a reply earlier that seems to have disappeared (so I apologize if this is a duplicate). But I had asked about Topps MLS 2020. I don’t see any information about it anywhere; does that mean it’s not happening? Any information is appreciated. And if Topps isn’t doing it, is anyone else? Thanks!
@Sean – Nothing has been announced. It looks like there was a Topps Now card from the end of January. Not sure if that hints at anything further.
Hi Ryan,
Thanks to answer about marvel Endgame cards. It does have the best looking auto inserts to date. Now it’s gone from February to March 18 2020. I hope it doesn’t change again. really want these cards!
when is the release date for 2019-20 donruss basketball?
@DeWayne – It released in December: https://www.beckett.com/news/2019-20-donruss-basketball-cards/
How do you know which retail store products will be released at? For ex: the 19-20 panini mosaic basketball blasters. I wasn’t aware blaster boxes were going to be sold at Target. I’m new to collecting.