The 2025-26 Topps Basketball checklist is a big one. Capturing the NBA’s biggest stars, legends and rookies, things go far beyond the 270-card base set.
The first flagship Topps hoops release since 2009-10, it has all the makings of a modern product including parallel rainbows, autographs and memorabilia cards. Of course, there are several other insert sets. But some are harder to find than others.
Here’s a look at some of the toughest 2025-26 Topps Basketball cards and where to find them.
Members of the latest draft class can be found on several spots of the 2025-26 Topps Basketball checklist. When it comes to inserts, Class of 2025 features some of the rarest rookies in the product.
Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper and VJ Edgecombe are among the 20 NBA freshman who light up this set.
Class of 2025 cards fall 1:3,583 hobby packs, 1:910 jumbo packs, 1:8,305 value packs, 1:7,904 mega packs, and 1:2,669 hanger boxes
Red (/5) and FoilFractor (1/1) parallels are also available.
20 cards.
C25-1 Cooper Flagg - Dallas Mavericks
C25-2 Dylan Harper - San Antonio Spurs
C25-3 VJ Edgecombe - Philadelphia 76ers
C25-4 Kon Knueppel - Charlotte Hornets
C25-5 Ace Bailey - Utah Jazz
C25-6 Tre Johnson III - Washington Wizards
C25-7 Jeremiah Fears - New Orleans Pelicans
C25-8 Egor Dëmin - Brooklyn Nets
C25-9 Collin Murray-Boyles - Toronto Raptors
C25-10 Khaman Maluach - Phoenix Suns
C25-11 Cedric Coward - Memphis Grizzlies
C25-12 Noa Essengue - Chicago Bulls
C25-13 Derik Queen - New Orleans Pelicans
C25-14 Carter Bryant - San Antonio Spurs
C25-15 Thomas Sorber - Oklahoma City Thunder
C25-16 Yang Hansen - Portland Trail Blazers
C25-17 Joan Beringer - Minnesota Timberwolves
C25-18 Walter Clayton Jr. - Utah Jazz
C25-19 Nolan Traore - Brooklyn Nets
C25-20 Kasparas Jakučionis - Miami Heat
Hidden Gems is a line that’s kind of an open secret at this point. No matter the sports or license, most Topps products have some Hidden Gems. They’re making the jump to the NBA with a list of players that’s still under wraps. Odds have not been announced, either.
Besides the scarce base versions, Citrinate (/10), Alexandrite (/5) and Painite (1/1) parallels are also waiting to be found.
The Hidden Gems name does have a hoops history, though. The name was used in a 2000-01 Topps Basketball set. These were relatively easy pulls at 1:11 Series 1 packs. Expect to open a lot more than that to uncover one of the new Hidden Gems.
For some of the 2025-26 Topps Basketball chase cards, collectors are going to have to bust certain packs. Hobby goes to court for two of them.
Comic books and the hardwood collide for Comic Court. These stylized cards imagine players as though they were splashed across a cover, ready to do battle.
Nikola Jokić, Anthony Edwards and Giannis Antetokounmpo are among the 20 superstars and rookies covered.
Comic Court cards are 1:736 hobby packs and 1:217 jumbo packs.
20 cards.
CC-1 LeBron James - Los Angeles Lakers
CC-2 Stephen Curry - Golden State Warriors
CC-3 Giannis Antetokounmpo - Milwaukee Bucks
CC-4 Nikola Jokić - Denver Nuggets
CC-5 Cade Cunningham - Detroit Pistons
CC-6 James Harden - Los Angeles Clippers
CC-7 Paolo Banchero - Orlando Magic
CC-8 Joel Embiid - Philadelphia 76ers
CC-9 Kyrie Irving - Dallas Mavericks
CC-10 LaMelo Ball - Charlotte Hornets
CC-11 Tyrese Haliburton - Indiana Pacers
CC-12 Jalen Brunson - New York Knicks
CC-13 Kevin Durant - Phoenix Suns
CC-14 Devin Booker - Phoenix Suns
CC-15 Anthony Edwards - Minnesota Timberwolves
CC-16 Cooper Flagg - Dallas Mavericks
CC-17 Dylan Harper - San Antonio Spurs
CC-18 VJ Edgecombe - Philadelphia 76ers
CC-19 Jeremiah Fears - New Orleans Pelicans
CC-20 Cedric Coward - Memphis Grizzlies
Think of Home Court as the hoops equivalent to baseball’s Home Field Advantage. Players are incorporated into a collage of local landmarks. Nicknames also come into play for some of these 10 cards.
Collectors will find these approximately 1:2,400 hobby packs and 1:400 jumbo.
10 cards.
HCA-1 LeBron James - Los Angeles Lakers
HCA-2 Stephen Curry - Golden State Warriors
HCA-3 Anthony Edwards - Minnesota Timberwolves
HCA-4 Nikola Jokić - Denver Nuggets
HCA-5 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - Oklahoma City Thunder
HCA-6 Kevin Durant - Phoenix Suns
HCA-7 Victor Wembanyama - San Antonio Spurs
HCA-8 Cooper Flagg - Dallas Mavericks
HCA-9 Dylan Harper - San Antonio Spurs
HCA-10 Ace Bailey - Utah Jazz
Hobby boxes aren’t the only place to find short print inserts. Retail configurations like value boxes and mega boxes have a couple of exclusives.
Sonic Boom captures swift stars within a big and bold shockwave tunnel. These land 1:1,930 value packs (or about 1:276 value boxes), 1:2,319 mega box packs and 1:697 hanger boxes. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, LaMelo Ball and Tyrese Haliburton are among those bringing the Boom.
20 cards.
SB-1 LeBron James - Los Angeles Lakers
SB-2 Anthony Davis - Dallas Mavericks
SB-3 Giannis Antetokounmpo - Milwaukee Bucks
SB-4 Nikola Jokić - Denver Nuggets
SB-5 LaMelo Ball - Charlotte Hornets
SB-6 Kevin Durant - Phoenix Suns
SB-7 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - Oklahoma City Thunder
SB-8 Paolo Banchero - Orlando Magic
SB-9 Donovan Mitchell - Cleveland Cavaliers
SB-10 Joel Embiid - Philadelphia 76ers
SB-11 Victor Wembanyama - San Antonio Spurs
SB-12 Stephen Curry - Golden State Warriors
SB-13 Tyrese Haliburton - Indiana Pacers
SB-14 Jalen Brunson - New York Knicks
SB-15 Chet Holmgren - Oklahoma City Thunder
SB-16 Tre Johnson III - Washington Wizards
SB-17 Jeremiah Fears - New Orleans Pelicans
SB-18 Cooper Flagg - Dallas Mavericks
SB-19 Dylan Harper - San Antonio Spurs
SB-20 VJ Edgecombe - Philadelphia 76ers
While 2025-26 Topps Basketball Sonic Boom cards are tough, Sole Ambition takes things to a completely other level. These are 1:15,375 value packs (almost 1:2,220 value boxes), 1:17,557 mega box packs and 1:8,627 hanger boxes.
10 cards.
SA-1 LeBron James - Los Angeles Lakers
SA-2 Kevin Durant - Phoenix Suns
SA-3 Stephen Curry - Golden State Warriors
SA-4 Anthony Edwards - Minnesota Timberwolves
SA-5 Giannis Antetokounmpo - Milwaukee Bucks
SA-6 Jayson Tatum - Boston Celtics
SA-7 Kawhi Leonard - Los Angeles Clippers
SA-8 LaMelo Ball - Charlotte Hornets
SA-9 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - Oklahoma City Thunder
SA-10 Kyrie Irving - Dallas Mavericks
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