Subtitle: Discover the latest on Topps' return to NBA cards and key rookie card values.
Meta Description: Explore the 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball release, Topps' first licensed NBA product since 2009. Learn about rookie card values and key product details.
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What’s New
Scheduled for Thursday, December 18, the 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball release follows the October 23 debut of Topps flagship Basketball. This release signifies Topps' return to producing licensed NBA basketball cards since 2009. The flagship launch saw high interest in cases, boxes, hangers, packs, and singles, with particular buzz around the Topps Chrome First Day Issue boxes released on December 15. The forthcoming Chrome release is anticipated to maintain excitement, especially regarding base rookie cards.
Configuration at a Glance
- Product: 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball
- Release Date: December 18
- Formats: Hobby boxes, retail boxes, hangers, packs, singles
- Key Highlights: Base rookie cards, Chrome parallels
- Significance: First licensed Topps NBA offering since 2009
- Popular Elements: Base rookie cards and Chrome parallels
Key Inserts & Parallels
- Expectations are high for flagship parallels and Chrome parallels
- Noteworthy inserts from the flagship collection include Comic Court, Sonic Boom, All Kings, and 8-Bit Ballers (not accounted for in the base rookie card list below)
Autographs & Relics
- Details on autographs and memorabilia cards were not provided in the article
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% 3-point shooting, 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% from three
- Recent games: 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 highly valued
- 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 valued similarly
Collector Notes
- The 2025-26 Topps Basketball launch marks Topps' return to licensed NBA cards after a 16-year break
- Collectors are primarily focused on base rookie cards, with strong interest in both flagship and Chrome editions
- Card values are indicative of current market activity as of the release
- Holiday variations exist for several rookies and are valued similarly to their standard rookie cards
- Details on design aspects and print runs were not included in the article
- Parallels and insert cards such as 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 section
- No specific odds, short prints, or super short prints were mentioned
Source: https://www.sportscardportal.com
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