Subtitle: Discover the Latest in Topps Chrome Basketball Cards and Key Rookie Values
Meta Description: Explore the 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball release, featuring licensed NBA cards, anticipated rookie cards, and collectible insights. Learn about configurations, inserts, and rookie card values.
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What’s New
The 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball collection is scheduled to hit the shelves on Thursday, December 18, coming after the October 23 release of Topps' mainline Basketball set. This is Topps' first licensed NBA card product since 2009. The flagship edition experienced high demand across cases, boxes, hangers, packs, and individual cards, with added buzz around the Topps Chrome First Day Issue boxes launched on December 15. The forthcoming Chrome edition 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
- Format: Hobby boxes, retail boxes, hangers, packs, singles
- Key Hits: 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 parallels and Chrome parallels are eagerly awaited
- Noteworthy inserts in the flagship series include Comic Court, Sonic Boom, All Kings, and 8-Bit Ballers (not listed among base rookie card values)
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 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 set marks Topps' return to producing licensed NBA cards after a 16-year gap
- Base rookie cards are a major focus for collectors, with high interest in both flagship and Chrome editions
- Card values are reflective of current market trends as of the release date
- Holiday variations exist for several rookies and are valued similarly to their standard rookie cards
- Specific design elements and print runs were not detailed in the article
- Inserts like Comic Court, Sonic Boom, All Kings, and 8-Bit Ballers are part of the flagship series 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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