Subtitle: Discover the Latest in Topps Chrome Basketball and Key Rookie Card Values
Meta Description: Explore the 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball release, featuring Topps' return to licensed NBA cards. Find out about rookie card values and key inserts.
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What's New
The 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball is scheduled for release on Thursday, December 18, following the earlier launch of Topps flagship Basketball on October 23. This marks Topps' return to producing licensed NBA basketball card products since 2009. The initial flagship release saw a high demand for cases, boxes, hangers, packs, and singles, with added interest in the Topps Chrome First Day Issue boxes released on December 15. The upcoming Chrome release is anticipated to maintain this excitement, particularly for base rookie cards.
Configuration at a Glance
- Product: 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball
- Release Date: December 18
- Formats Available: Hobby boxes, retail boxes, hangers, packs, singles
- Key Features: Base rookie cards, Chrome parallels
- Significance: First licensed Topps NBA product since 2009
- Focus: Popular base rookie cards and their Chrome versions
Key Inserts & Parallels
- Flagship and Chrome parallels are eagerly awaited
- Noteworthy inserts in the flagship set include Comic Court, Sonic Boom, All Kings, and 8-Bit Ballers (these are not part of the base rookie card list below)
Autographs & Relics
- Details about autographs and memorabilia cards were not included 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 break of 16 years
- Collectors are primarily interested in base rookie cards, with strong demand for both flagship and Chrome versions
- Card values reflect current secondary market trends as of release
- Holiday variations are available for several rookies and are valued similarly to their standard RCs
- Specific design elements and print runs were not detailed 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 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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