What’s New
The much-anticipated 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball set is scheduled for release on Thursday, December 18, following the earlier launch of Topps' flagship Basketball on October 23. This release represents Topps' first NBA licensed basketball card set since 2009. The flagship edition experienced high demand across cases, boxes, hangers, packs, and singles, with added interest in the Topps Chrome First Day Issue boxes released on December 15. The forthcoming Chrome release is expected to maintain this excitement, particularly surrounding the base rookie cards.
Configuration at a Glance
- Product: 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball
- Release Date: December 18
- Available Formats: Hobby boxes, retail boxes, hangers, packs, singles
- Key Features: Base rookie cards, Chrome parallels
- Significant: First licensed Topps NBA product since 2009
- In Demand: Base rookie cards and their Chrome parallels
Key Inserts & Parallels
- Flagship and Chrome parallels are highly anticipated
- Key inserts in the flagship collection include Comic Court, Sonic Boom, All Kings, and 8-Bit Ballers (not included in the base rookie card list below)
Autographs & Relics
- No detailed information on autographs or memorabilia cards was provided
Bonus Rookie Cards to Watch
- Jeremiah Fears - New Orleans Pelicans (2025-26 Topps #207 RC)
- Card Values (EX to Mint): $0.75 to $5
- Cedric Coward - Memphis Grizzlies (2025-26 Topps #211 RC)
- Card Values (EX to Mint): $0.75 to $5
- Derik Queen - New Orleans Pelicans (2025-26 Topps #213 RC)
- Card Values (EX to Mint): $0.75 to $5
Top 10 Most Valuable 2025-26 Topps Rookie Basketball Cards
- Tre Johnson - Washington Wizards (2025-26 Topps #206 Tre Johnson III RC)
- Position: Shooting Guard
- Season Stats: 11.2 points per game, 39.8 percent from three-point range, started 4 of 17 games
- Ace Bailey - Utah Jazz (2025-26 Topps #205 Ace Bailey RC)
- Position: Small Forward
- Drafted: 5th overall in 2025
- Season Stats: 10.0 points per game, started 16 of 25 games
- Card Values (EX to Mint): $1 to $5
- Dylan Harper - San Antonio Spurs
- Position: Shooting Guard
- Drafted: 2nd overall
- Season Stats: 13.1 points per game, 21.9 minutes per game, no starts yet
- Card Values (EX to Mint): $1 to $6
- RC and Holiday RC rank seventh and eighth on OPG list
- Kon Knueppel - Charlotte Hornets
- Position: Small Forward
- Drafted: 4th overall
- College: Duke
- Season Stats: 19.0 points per game, 40.5 percent from three
- Recent Performances: 33 points vs. Chicago, 29 points vs. Cleveland
- Card Values (EX to Mint): $1.50 to $10
- VJ Edgecombe - Philadelphia 76ers
- Position: Shooting Guard
- Season Stats: 15.2 points per game, started all 22 games
- Card Values (EX to Mint): $1.50 to $10
- Topps Holiday #H163 Edgecombe also holds strong value
- Cooper Flagg - Dallas Mavericks (2025-26 Topps #201 RC)
- Position: Small Forward
- Drafted: 1st overall (Duke)
- Season Stats: 18.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists per game
- First Career 40-point Game: 42 points vs. Utah Jazz on December 12
- Card Values (EX to Mint): $2 to $12
- Holiday variations are similarly valued
Collector Notes
- The 2025-26 Topps Basketball set marks Topps' return to licensed NBA cards after a 16-year break
- Base rookie cards are the main attraction for collectors, with strong interest in both flagship and Chrome editions
- Card values are reflective of current secondary market trends at the time of release
- Holiday variations exist for several rookies and are valued comparably to their standard RCs
- Specific design details and print runs were not mentioned
- Parallels and insert cards like Comic Court, Sonic Boom, All Kings, and 8-Bit Ballers are part of the flagship set but not listed in the base rookie card value list
- No specific details on odds, short prints, or super short prints were provided
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