The cold month of January 2023 isn’t cooling off the hot sports cards market as the industry continues to see heavy interest. With the sports calendar heating up as the 2023 NFL Playoffs approach Conference Championships, the NHL and NBA season approach their All-Star breaks while MLB spring training is just around the corner. With all this excitement taking place the list of the Hottest Sports Cards of January 2023 is long with many top stars and players across the major sports leagues seeing a ton interest.

Add into the excitement on the floor the sports card industry has seen the release of some great products since the start of the New Year as well as back into late 2022. The recently released hot trading card products includes 2022 Panini Spectra Football, 2022 Panini Flawless Baseball, 2022-23 Upper Deck Artifacts Hockey, 2022 Panini XR Football, 2022-23 Panini NBA Hoops Basketball, 2022-23 Donruss Soccer, and 2022 Panini Impeccable Football.

As each are delivering sports card collectors some excitement, many previous released products continue to be hot including the interest in Panini Kaboom! Inserts, Panini Downtown Inserts. In addition to inserts specific players are also red hot including two NFL Playoff quarterbacks in Trevor Lawrence and Brock Purdy. Brock Purdy continues to be red hot within the card industry while Trevor Lawrence sports cards are hot as well. Read on to see our Hot Sports Cards of January 2023.

Hottest Sports Cards of January 2023

What impacts whether a sports card is hot, or a sports card is cold?

Many variables come into play to impact whether a sports card or a sports card product is hot or if that same card or product will be cold. These variables include what players, inserts, and/or rookie cards are within the product.

Meanwhile for individual sports cards it comes down to how well that player is performing, whether that player has a chance to continue to build on their success or struggles, and/or if that player is hurt or struggling. Here are a few variables impacting the hottest sports cards of January 2023.

2022 NFL Playoffs – Impacting Hottest Sports Cards Right Now

When it comes to sports cards playoffs can play a key role in driving up sports card values while also allowing a few sleeper sports cards to see some interest. Over the past month players such as Justin Jefferson, Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes, and Josh Allen have all seen additional interest with their teams playing in the NFL Playoffs. Meanwhile with the Super Bowl just around the corner football cards will remain hot for the next few weeks.

2023 MLB Spring Training

Another variable impacting sports cards values and interest in baseball cards is the approach of the 2023 MLB Spring Training being just around the corner. While the 2022 MLB Season was exciting, the next season drives the hype of top tier stars such as Bryce Harper, Mike Trout, Aaron Judge, Vladimir Guerrero Jr, and even the return of Fernando Tatis Jr.

Hot Play of Brock Purdy

Brock Purdy may be the hottest sports card on the market as he continues to showcase solid play on the football field while guiding the San Francisco 49ers to the NFC Championship Game. Now Brock Purdy will lead his 49ers against Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles in what looks to be a stellar NFC Championship Game. Nonetheless as long as the 49ers keep winning and Purdy is under center his cards will remain hot.

New Release Products

Anytime a new product is released that fans are looking forward it plays a key role in the interest of the current rookie class. This can be said for a few of the leagues around including the NBA which recently saw the release of 2022-23 NBA Hoops by Panini while the NHL has seen the release of 2021-22 Skybox Metal Universe while the NFL has seen multiple new releases. These 2022 NFL Sports Card releases include 2022 Panini XR Football, 2022 Panini Impeccable Football, and 2022 Panini Spectra.

With no further do here is our list of the Hottest Sports Cards of January 2023.

January 2023 Hottest Sports Cards

Brock Purdy – San Francisco 49ers (Hottest Sports Cards Right Now #1)

Landing at the top of our Hottest Sports Cards list continues to be the San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy. Purdy who has the 49ers one game away from the Super Bowl has seen his sports card values explode since taking over the starting quarterback job as a rookie. While many of the top 2022 NFL Football trading cards continue to get released, a solid variety of Brock Purdy rookie cards are on the market. For example a Brock Purdy 2022 Certfied Rookie Card (Base) has increased from just under a $100 to just over $200. Meanwhile a 2022 Elite Rookie Card (Base) has surged from around $60 in late December to $120 in late January 2023.

2022 Panini Elite Brock Purdy Rookie Card

2022 Panini Certified Brock Purdy Rookie Card

Note: Now with the UCL injury, Brock Purdy Rookie Cards may start to cool off.

Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers (Hottest Sports Cards Right Now #3)

Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers is in a league of his own right now as he continues to dominate on the ice during the 2022-23 NHL Season. McDavid enters late January leading the NHL in total points scored while sitting tied for the most goals scored and the most assists. With his dominance on the ice Connor McDavid Rookie Cards continue to be some of the hottest sports cards on the market.

2015-16 Upper Deck O-Pee-Chee Update Rainbow Foil Connor McDavid RC

JA Morant – Memphis Grizzlies

While all hype is around Luka Doncic rookie cards and other Luka Doncic sports cards, another player who continues to be a star in the league is JA Morant. The Memphis Grizzlies star continues to shine night in and night out while being the face of the organization. Since the start of January Morant is averaging 28.2 points per game to go along with 7.6 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game while posting at least eight assists in six games.

2020-21 Panini Prizm Downtown JA Morant

Trevor Lawrence – Jacksonville Jaguars

While the Jacksonville Jaguars season is officially over, it came in a heart breaking 27-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. That said, the growth Trevor Lawrence has shown over the 2022 NFL season including the impressive comeback win against the Los Angeles Chargers in the teams previous playoff matchup continues to showcase his potential. With his play Trevor Lawrence rookie cards have gotten red hot over the past few months of the season.

2021 Panini Prizm Silver Prizm Trevor Lawrence Rookie Card

Aaron Judge – New York Yankees

The 2023 MLB season is just around the corner as teams prepare for the upcoming 2023 MLB Spring Training. With the hype starting to build high expectations are set for the New York Yankees as well as their All-Star MVP outfielder Aaron Judge. Coming off his best season in the Majors, many are looking to what he can do following up his MVP Season. Nonetheless, with Judge signing long term with the Yankees and the baseball season approaching, Aaron Judge Rookie Cards as well as Aaron Judge Bowman Prospect cards are some of the hottest sports cards on the market while being some of the hottest baseball cards.

2017 Topps Update Series Aaron Judge Rookie Card

Jalen Hurts – Philadelphia Eagles

Quarterbacks, quarterbacks, and more quarterbacks. The one position that continues to see the most love around the NFL with NFL trading cards is the quarterback position. That said Jalen Hurts has the Philadelphia Eagles looking ahead to a potential Super Bowl run while turning in an NFL MVP caliber performance all season. With the NFL Playoffs dominating the headlines, Jalen Hurts sports cards continue to be a hot topic among sports card collectors as well as sports card investors.

2020 Panini Prizm Black Silver Prizm Jalen Hurts RC

Joel Embiid – Philadelphia 76ers

Could the 2022-23 NBA Season be the season Joel Embiid takes home the NBA MVP Award? It is starting to look that way as the Philadelphia 76ers big man is currently 2^nd in the NBA in scoring behind Luka Doncic while also ranking 13^th in rebounds, 48^th in assists, and 25^th in field goal percentage. With potential MVP talks down the road, Embiid basketball cards are seeing some additional love on the sports card marketplaces.

2014 Panini Prizm Joel Embiid Rookie Card

David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins

Another NHL star seeing his sports cards rise in fame is the Boston Bruins David Pastrnak who continues to put together a strong season on the ice. The 26 year old right winger of the Bruins is putting together another strong season as the month of January is slowly coming to an end. Entering the final few days of January 2023, Pastrnak has racked up 69 total points while marking the sixth time in his NHL career to post 60 or more points with plenty of time left to top that mark.

2014 Upper Deck Young Guns David Pastrnak Rookie Card

Jon Rahm – Professional Golfer

Landing just at the back of our Hottest Sports Cards of January 2023 list is possible the hottest golfer among the group Jon Rahm. Rahm has started off hot in January winning both of the tournaments he entered. While Rahm has a chance to three-peat at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, hype continues to grow around him. That said their isn’t much on the sports card market for him however his 2019 Sports Illustrated for Kids is the only Jon Rahm rookie card or Jon Rahm sports cards available.