1982 Donruss vs. 1982 Topps

The 1982 Donruss set consisted of 660 cards but it was somewhat dwarfed by the 1982 Topps set which was 792 cards. Upon further inspection the break down of individual player cards is a lot closer. Donruss had 375 cards of batters and 221 cards of pitchers vs. Topps which had 419 (batters) and 244 (pitchers).

A breakdown of the sets

Donruss

Batters              375
Pitchers             221
Diamond Kings 26
Managers          19
Checklist             7
Coaches              7
Combo                4
Chicken               1

Topps

Batters               419
Pitchers              244
In Action              38
Team Leaders      26
Trio Rookies        24
All Stars               22
League Leaders    7
Checklist               7
Highlights               6

Topps had 20 percent more cards than Donruss but only 11 percent more on individual cards (663 to 596). Credit Topps though - the trio rookies increase the number of individual players of getting cards an extra 72 players.