What is the Justin Herbert 2020 Score rookie card number?

The base 2020 Panini Score Justin Herbert rookie is card **#362**, in the Rookies subset. Listings write it as "2020 Score #362" and graded slab labels print the same number. Don't confuse it with **#443**, which is the Score Update Rookies card inside 2020 Panini Chronicles — a different card in a different product.

Why is Herbert in an Oregon uniform on the Score rookie?

Because Score's base rookies for the 2020 class were photographed before the players had NFL game images available, so **#362 shows Herbert in Oregon Ducks colors**, not Chargers gear. That's normal for the earliest-printed rookie cards of a draft class and it does not make the card any less of an RC. If you specifically want a Herbert rookie in a Chargers uniform, the Score Update **#443** in Chronicles is the one to look for.

Is the 2020 Score Herbert a real rookie card?

Yes. #362 is a licensed base card carrying the RC designation from Herbert's rookie year. It's the highest-print, lowest-cost tier of the 2020 class — not the flagship (that's Prizm) and not scarce — but it is a genuine Herbert rookie and usually the single cheapest way to own one.

What parallels does the 2020 Score Herbert rookie have?

Score's base rookies run a colored parallel program above the base card. **Red** and **Green** #362 copies both appear on live Herbert listings. We don't publish fixed print runs here — open the parallel links above and read what's actually trading, since colored parallels of a high-print base card are exactly where mislabeled listings cluster.

Which Herbert inserts are in 2020 Score?

The one that recurs on Herbert listings is **NFL Draft**, card **#NFL-3** — a rookie-year insert that, like the base card, uses his Oregon imagery. It sits a step above #362 in scarcity and is still an inexpensive card by 2020-class standards.

Is the Score rookie worth grading?

Usually not on a base #362 in average condition — this is a very high-print card and grading fees tend to outrun the payoff. Grading makes more sense on a colored parallel, the NFL Draft insert, or a #362 that looks genuinely gem straight out of the pack. Run it through the grading-ROI tool first and compare graded sold comps on the links above.

2020 Panini Score #362: The Justin Herbert Rookie in an Oregon Uniform

Item: 2020 Panini Score
Author: Herbert Cards

The 2020 Panini Score Justin Herbert rookie is card #362 — and it is almost certainly the cheapest real Herbert RC you will ever buy. It’s the first card on the rookie checklist for a reason: licensed, RC-designated, printed in enormous quantity, and available raw at any hour of the day.

It also has a quirk none of the other 2020 rookies share, and it’s the thing that confuses buyers most.

The card: #362, in Oregon colors

Score’s base rookies for the 2020 draft class were built before NFL game photography of those players existed. So #362 shows Herbert in an Oregon Ducks uniform, not Chargers navy and gold. Live listings say it plainly — “2020 Score #362 Rookie Justin Herbert Oregon Ducks RC.”

That’s not a variation, an error, or a college-only “pre-rookie” product. It’s the standard base card, and it carries the RC designation like any other 2020 rookie. If you want a Herbert rookie that looks like a Charger, you need a different card — see below.

Carry the number into every search. “Herbert Score rookie” drags in later-year Score base cards, Chronicles inserts and lots; “362” cuts straight to this card, and it’s the number printed on PSA, SGC and BGS flips.

The parallels

Score runs a colored parallel program above the base card. On live Herbert #362 listings you’ll find Red and Green copies — each a scarcity step up from base and priced very differently from it.

We don’t publish fixed print runs here. Open the Red and Green buttons above and read the actual listings; on a base card this cheap and this widely printed, colored-parallel titles are where mislabeling concentrates. Check the color named in the title against the photo before you bid.

For the serial-numbered end of Herbert’s catalog across every brand, the numbered & patch rookies guide maps it properly.

The insert: NFL Draft #NFL-3

One Herbert insert recurs in 2020 Score: NFL Draft, card #NFL-3. Same Oregon imagery, a step scarcer than the base card, still inexpensive by 2020-class standards. Listings show it as “2020 Panini Score NFL Draft Justin Herbert Oregon Ducks RC Insert #NFL-3.”

For the wider insert picture across Herbert’s whole career — the art chases, the recurring themed sets — see the insert cards reference.

#362 vs. #443 — the one to get right

This is the disambiguation that costs people money:

#362 — 2020 Panini Score, base Rookies subset. Oregon uniform.
#443 — 2020 Panini Chronicles, the Score Update Rookies subset. Chargers uniform, and it has chromium prizm/Holo parallels that #362 does not.

They’re both “Score” cards with Herbert’s rookie year on them, they’re both RCs, and a careless listing title will say “2020 Score Herbert rookie” for either one. Score Update lives inside the Chronicles anthology, which has its own page here — that’s where the chromium version of the Score design sits, alongside Legacy Update, Luminance Update, Spectra and the rest.

If you’re building a “one rookie from every 2020 brand” run, most collectors want both: #362 for the college-uniform Score card, #443 for the Chargers-uniform chromium one.

How to buy it

Search the number. #362 for the base card, #NFL-3 for the insert, #443 if you want the Chargers-uniform Chronicles version.
Buy raw at the base level. #362 is high-print; a clean raw copy is the sensible entry. Save slab money for a parallel or a step up in tier.
Confirm the year. Score puts Herbert in the base set most seasons — 2021 onward are not rookies. Only 2020 carries the RC.
Check the uniform against the number. An “Oregon” photo with #443 in the title, or a Chargers photo with #362, means the listing is wrong about something.
Compare sold comps. Open the links above, filter to sold listings, and price the exact parallel and grade you want.

Where Score sits in the 2020 class

Score is the floor of the Herbert rookie market — the cheapest genuine entry. One rung up is the 2020 Donruss Rated Rookie #303, the other high-print paper rookie. Above those sit the chromium flagships — Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select and Mosaic — then the autograph tier with Contenders Rookie Tickets and, at the top, the National Treasures RPA.

New to the player entirely? Start with the collecting guide, or see how the whole catalog developed season by season in the year-by-year timeline. Thinking about a slab? The grading ROI calculator will tell you whether it’s worth it on a card at this price tier.