Joe Burrow Cards by Year — A Season-by-Season Collecting Guide

Joe Burrow’s card catalog splits cleanly by season, and knowing which year a card comes from is the fastest way to understand what you’re holding. This page walks his cardboard year by year, with a live eBay button for each season so you can jump straight into the real market.

One fact worth leading with, because listings blur it constantly: Burrow’s rookie cards are all from 2020. The Rookie Card (RC) logo only appears on a player’s first licensed cards. Anything dated 2021 or later is a veteran-era card — collectible, sometimes premium, but not a rookie. Keep that straight and you’ll never overpay for a “rookie” that isn’t one.

As always, we don’t publish specific print runs or values for individual cards — those are best confirmed against live listings, which is exactly what the buttons surface.

2020 — The rookie year (the only one)

This is the foundation of every Burrow collection. Drafted No. 1 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals out of LSU after a Heisman-winning national championship, Burrow’s first NFL season produced his entire rookie-card class across the Panini lineup — Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Mosaic, Contenders (the on-card Rookie Ticket autograph), and the premium National Treasures RPA. Every one of these carries the RC logo, and 2020 is the only year that will.

Because his rookie season ended early with a knee injury, the on-field sample was short — but the hobby demand never cooled. If you’re building a Burrow collection, start here.

→ Go deeper: the rookie cards guide, the full 2020 rookie card checklist, and set reviews for Prizm, Select, Optic, and Mosaic.

2021 — The Super Bowl run

Burrow’s second season is the one that turned a promising rookie into a franchise cornerstone: he led the Bengals through the playoffs, won the AFC Championship, and started Super Bowl LVI (a loss to the Los Angeles Rams). His 2021 cards are the first veteran-era issues — and they anchor a distinct collector cut tied to that postseason run, including Panini Instant moment cards printed during the playoffs.

→ This season has its own page: Joe Burrow Super Bowl & title-run cards.

2022 — Back to the brink

Burrow followed the Super Bowl run with another deep playoff push, taking the Bengals back to the AFC Championship Game. His 2022 cards continue the veteran-era flagship lineup — Prizm, Optic, Select, Mosaic and the rest — with the same parallel ladders and insert chases layered on top. For collectors building a one-card-per-season run, this is the “the window is open” year.

2023 — The injury-shortened season

Burrow’s 2023 campaign was cut short by a wrist injury that required surgery. On the card side, that makes the year a quieter chapter — fewer highlight-driven inserts and commemoratives than a full season — which some collectors find appealing precisely because it’s a lower-supply year in his run. His standard flagship base and parallels still exist for the season; the live listings are the cleanest way to see what’s out there.

2024 — The bounce-back

Healthy again, Burrow put together a strong statistical rebound season, reasserting himself among the league’s top quarterbacks. His 2024 cards return to a full slate of flagship base, parallels, inserts, and autographs. This is prime “current star” material — the cards a fan buys to represent Burrow right now rather than his rookie past.

Newer seasons — the current market

Burrow’s most recent cards are the freshest supply in the market — and the manufacturer question is now settled rather than shifting. Panini held the exclusive NFL and NFLPA licence from 2016 through the 2025 season; Fanatics-owned Topps holds it from 2026. Here is what the published checklists show for his last two Panini years and his first Topps one:

That BA-JB is worth pausing on. 2025 Topps Chrome is the first fully NFL-licensed Topps product since 2015, and Burrow signed for it — so unlike a player whose autograph rights stayed elsewhere, he now has a licensed Topps certified autograph as well as his Panini catalogue. (All numbers read off the linked published checklists, 24 August 2026.)

How to collect Burrow by year

1. Decide what “rookie” means to you. If you want a true rookie card, that’s 2020 — full stop. If you’re building a career run, one card per season is a satisfying, budget-flexible way to collect.
2. Use the year to filter fast. Searching a specific season cuts through mislabeled listings instantly — especially the “rookie” ones that aren’t from 2020.
3. Match the year to the moment. 2020 for the rookie foundation, 2021 for the Super Bowl run, later years for current-star material.
4. Buy graded above four figures. Burrow’s high-end cards are heavily counterfeited across every year — a PSA, BGS, or SGC slab authenticates both card and condition.
5. Price against sold comps. The buttons above open live listings so you’re always looking at the current market, not a hopeful asking price.

Use the buttons at the top to jump straight into live eBay listings for each season of Burrow’s career.

Keep exploring

• Start at the foundation: the Joe Burrow rookie cards guide and the full 2020 checklist.
• Chasing signatures? See Joe Burrow autographs & top cards.
• Want the color chase? The Prizm parallels ladder maps Silver → Gold → Black 1/1.
• Wondering what any of it is worth? What’s a Joe Burrow card worth? walks through live values.
• The full overview lives on the Joe Burrow player hub, and his team story on the Cincinnati Bengals page.