2026 Topps Midnight Football Drops November 13: Three Chrome Autos per Box

2026 Topps Midnight Football drops on November 13, 2026 at 12pm ET, per Topps, with one seven-card pack and three Chrome autographs in every Hobby box, per Topps' presale page. Topps' October presale priced Hobby boxes at $539.99, and Checklist Insider lists $549.99 as the release-day price. It is also the first Midnight Football with full NFL licensing: the 2024 debut was unlicensed.

The Box

Per Topps and Checklist Insider:

• Hobby box: 1 pack of 7 cards, 3 Chrome autographs
• Presale price: $539.99 on Topps, via an EQL draw that opened October 12, 2026, with a limit of 4 per customer
• Release-day price: $549.99, per Checklist Insider
• First Day Issue: sold online on October 9 in a falling-price sale that started at $2,000 and sold out at $1,000 per box, per Checklist Insider, with an exclusive Molten Mercury autograph numbered to 10 in each box
• 2024 comparison: the unlicensed 2024 debut also had three autographs in a seven-card box, at an initial $249.99 in Topps' May 2025 presale, per Checklist Insider

What's on the Checklist

The base set has 100 cards, 37 of them rookies, per Topps' checklist PDF.

Topps describes the set this way on its presale page: "2026 Topps Midnight Football brings its signature after-hours aesthetic back to the gridiron."

• Returning autographs: Rookie Horizon Signatures, Horizon Signatures, Stroke of Midnight Autographs and Rookie Jersey Autographs
• New to Midnight Football: Midnight Oil Marks, Moonlit Materials Signatures and Dark Matter Autographs, per Topps, plus the new REM Relic Autographs dual-swatch auto relic, per Checklist Insider
• Short-printed inserts: Twilight returns, joined by the new Night Night and Celestial Roots, per Topps, and Checklist Insider also lists the new Dream Land as a short-printed case chase
• Rarest parallel: Black Light 1/1s across the base, insert and autograph sets, per Checklist Insider

The Rookies to Chase

The Rookie Jersey Autographs set has 31 cards, per Topps' checklist. Our picks for the names to watch:

• Fernando Mendoza (Raiders): Rookie Jersey Auto RJA-FM and Rookie Horizon Signatures RHS-FM
• Jeremiyah Love (Cardinals): Rookie Jersey Auto RJA-JL
• Carnell Tate (Titans): RJA-CT
• Jordyn Tyson (Saints): RJA-JT
• Caleb Downs (Cowboys): RJA-CD
• Kenyon Sadiq (Jets) and Sonny Styles (Commanders): both have Rookie Jersey and Rookie Horizon autographs

Veterans and legends sit in Stroke of Midnight Autographs (Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Dan Marino and John Elway among its 15 cards), Dark Matter Autographs and Countdown Calligraphy, so a box can also land a veteran or a retired star instead of a rookie.

What It Means for Collectors

Our take: at $539.99 for three autographs, Midnight is a high-end Chrome rip where the value of each box rides on which rookie you hit. The license is the big change: the 2024 debut was unlicensed, and the 2026 box carries the NFL and NFLPA logos. If you want a cheaper Chrome rip, our Topps Chrome Football 2026 story covers the flagship release, and our most expensive football cards ranking shows what the hobby's top football cards have sold for.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does 2026 Topps Midnight Football come out?

November 13, 2026 at 12pm ET, per Topps' Midnight Football page on topps.com.

How much is a 2026 Topps Midnight Football Hobby box?

$539.99 in Topps' presale, with a limit of four per customer. Checklist Insider lists $549.99 as the release-day price. Each box has one pack of seven cards with three Chrome autographs.

Where to Go From Here

2026 Topps Midnight Football drops on November 13, 2026 at 12pm ET. If a $539.99 box is a stretch, the Polkastarter marketplace gives you a free mystery pack when you sign up, and every Lootbox shows its contents, values, and chances before you open it.

Details checked November 13, 2026. Box format and prices are as published by Topps and Checklist Insider on the dates given. Nothing here is financial advice. Polkastarter is not affiliated with Topps, Fanatics, the NFL, the NFLPA or the other companies named.

Sources

• Topps: 2026 Topps Midnight Football, accessed November 13, 2026
• Topps: 2026 Topps Midnight Football Hobby Box (presale page), accessed November 13, 2026
• Topps: 2026 Topps Midnight Football checklist (PDF), accessed November 13, 2026
• Checklist Insider: 2026 Topps Midnight Football checklist and details, published November 11, 2026, accessed November 13, 2026