The sports card hobby continues to evolve as collectors continue to look for the next hot sports card to collect. Landing at the top of the list of some of the most popular sports cards in the hobby right now are a pair of Panini inserts spread throughout their sports card products. One of those inserts is the Panini Kaboom! Insert while the other is the Panini Downtown inserts. When it comes to sports card inserts, everyone loves an insert that is rare and will be highly collectible. That is the case with these Downtown inserts.

Once associated with the Panini basketball products has now switched over to multiple sports delivering one of the hottest inserts cards to a wider range of collectors and sports card investors. Read on to learn more about what Panini Downtown Inserts are, how rare Downtown inserts are, the products you can hit the inserts in, as well as our Hot Panini Downtown Inserts to Collect.

Before getting started, take a look at the Hottest Panini Kaboom! Inserts to give you a second rare insert set to consider collecting.

Hot Panini Downtown Inserts to Collect

What are Panini Downtown Inserts

The Panini Downtown Inserts is a rare insert set featured in a variety of Panini trading card products across their NBA, MLBPA, and NFL product line. Much like another insert set released by Panini the Kaboom! Inserts. The Downtown inserts feature a cartoon based design containing some of the games top stars.

How rare of the Panini Downtown Inserts

As a sports card collector everyone loves the idea of hitting that big pull or even that huge pull that causes your heart to beat fast. That is exactly what the Panini Downtown inserts are. While they may not have the same resale value as high brand inserts from products such as Panini National Treasures, they still fetch a good return on the secondary market. Originally Panini released the Downtown inserts as case hits which made them extremely rare and valuable.

As far as how rare they are it is difficult to exactly now as Panini Trading Cards does not release how many of each Downtown Insert is printed nor do they number the actual card. Only real reference point is to look at either the BGS Population report or the PSA Population report to see how many of each has been graded.

Examining PSA & BGS Population Report – 2020 Justin Herbert Downtown Inserts

The Los Angeles Chargers 2020 NFL Draft Pick was featured in three different products during the 2020 Panini NFL lineup. Those three products were 2020 Panini Donruss, 2020 Panini Donruss Optic, and 2020 Panini Chronicles Draft Picks Collegiate. The three combined products have been graded a combined 389 times with Donruss having a combined 86, Donruss Optic having a combined 279, and Draft Picks a combined 27. Below is a look at the Pop Reports for both BGS and PSA.

BGS Pop Report Justin Herbert Downtown Inserts

Panini Downtown Inserts

PSA Pop Reports Justin Herbert Downtown Inserts

Panini Downtown Inserts

What Panini products feature the Downtown Inserts

Panini Football Trading Cards featuring Downtown Inserts

2018 Donruss

2018 Donruss Optic

2019 Donruss

2019 Donruss Optic

2020 Donruss

2020 Donruss Optic

2021 Donruss

2021 Donruss Optic

Panini Basketball Trading Cards featuring Downtown Inserts

2016-17 Panini Studio

2017-18 Panini Cornerstones

2018-19 Panini Cornerstones

2019-20 Panini One and One

2020-21 Panini One and One

2020-21 Panini Prizm Draft Picks

2021-22 Panini One and One

Panini Baseball Trading Cards featuring Downtown Inserts

2019 Panini Diamond Kings

2020 Panini Diamond Kings

2021 Panini Diamond Kings

2022 Panini Diamond Kings

Panini Miscellaneous Trading Card featuring Downtown Inserts

2021 Donruss Racing

2022 Donruss Racing