Subtitle: Exciting Return of Topps to NBA Cards with New Releases
Meta Description: Discover the 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball release, featuring key rookie cards, inserts, and the return of Topps to licensed NBA card production.
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What’s New
The 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball set is slated for release on Thursday, December 18, following the earlier debut of Topps' flagship Basketball on October 23. This marks Topps' first licensed NBA basketball card offering since 2009. The flagship launch saw a high demand for cases, boxes, hangers, packs, and singles, with added excitement surrounding the Topps Chrome First Day Issue boxes released on December 15. The forthcoming Chrome release is anticipated to maintain this enthusiasm, particularly for base rookie cards.
Configuration at a Glance
- Product: 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball
- Release Date: December 18
- Format: Hobby boxes, retail boxes, hangers, packs, singles
- Key Hits: Base rookie cards, Chrome parallels
- Notable: First licensed Topps NBA product since 2009
- Popular: Base rookie cards and their Chrome parallels
Key Inserts & Parallels
- Flagship and Chrome parallels are eagerly anticipated
- Noteworthy inserts in the flagship set include Comic Court, Sonic Boom, All Kings, and 8-Bit Ballers (not included in the base rookie card list below)
Autographs & Relics
- No specific details about autographs and memorabilia cards were 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 percent 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 percent 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 marks Topps' return to licensed NBA cards after a 16-year break
- Base rookie cards are the main focus for collectors, with strong interest in both flagship and Chrome editions
- Card values reflect the current secondary market activity as of the release date
- Holiday variations are offered for several rookies and are similarly valued to their standard RCs
- Design details and print runs were not specified 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 are not included in the base rookie card value list
- No specific odds, short prints, or super short prints were mentioned
Source: https://www.sportscardportal.com
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