2022 Topps Bowman Sterling Baseball Checklist

2022 Topps Bowman Sterling is an all-chrome, autograph-heavy release split evenly between 50 Base Rookies and 50 Base Prospects, released October 19, 2022. Its low-numbered tiers use Black Atomic refractors, and the signed side adds Sterling Signage, Sterling Tek and multi-player refractor autographs.

What's in the checklist

• Base: 50 Rookies (BSR) and 50 Prospects (BSP) with Refractor /199, Mini-Diamond /150, Speckle /99, Magenta /75, Gold /50, Blue /25, Black Atomic /10, Red /5, SuperFractor 1/1 and Printing Plates
• Sterling Tek: 25 cards in Gold /50 through Black 1/1, plus 14 Sterling Tek Autographs
• Autographs: 62 Prospect Autographs and 11 Rookie Autographs from Refractor /150 to SuperFractor 1/1
• Low-numbered autographs: 40 Sterling Signage, 10 Dual and 10 Triple Refractor Autographs, topping out with Canary Diamond /3 and Red 1/1

Key rookies and prospects

Rookie Autographs include Bobby Witt Jr., Julio Rodriguez, Wander Franco, Spencer Torkelson, Oneil Cruz, CJ Abrams and Cal Raleigh, and base rookies include Steven Kwan and Jarren Duran. Prospects include Anthony Volpe, James Wood, Jordan Lawlar, Colson Montgomery, Noelvi Marte and Sal Frelick.

Grading considerations

Rookie Autographs of Witt and Rodriguez and Black Atomic /10 refractors are among the cards collectors commonly consider for grading. Atomic and Speckle patterns can hide fine scratches, so tilt cards under light, and check the thick chrome edges for chipping. See our grading scale.