2025-26 Topps Chrome Black Basketball Checklist, Details

2025-26 Topps Chrome Black Basketball Brings the Brand to the Hardwood

2025-26 Topps Chrome Black Basketball gives collectors their first basketball release from a product line that has already built a following in baseball and football. The Chrome Black look is built around a darkened design, but the set is not limited to black and gray tones. Color plays a major role throughout the checklist, creating a sharp contrast that gives the cards a layered, dimensional feel.

Topps has not announced full box details yet, but a Topps.com pre-order is slated for July 28. The release date remains to be determined.

At a glance, the hobby format is listed as 6 cards per pack, 2 packs per box, and 12 boxes per case. Each hobby box is expected to include 1 encased autograph. The set size is 150 cards.

2025-26 Topps Chrome Black Basketball Checklist Details

The base set size was not broken out in the initial announcement beyond the overall 150-card checklist, but collectors can expect numbered parallels across the product. Topps has not announced print runs for non-serial-numbered cards.

The checklist blends established NBA stars, rookies, and a strong autograph lineup that includes current standouts, legends, and top newcomers. The design language remains consistent with Chrome Black across other sports, with a dark presentation that leaves room for bright refractor color to stand out.

Autographs Lead the Release

Autographs are the centerpiece of the product, and Topps is spreading them across several themes. The main autograph formats include Chrome Black Autographs and Chrome Black Rookie Autographs, both of which feature Refractor parallels. Confirmed parallel colors include Purple (/75), Orange (/25), Rose Gold Wave (/15), White (/10), Red (/5), and Superfractor (1/1).

Among the notable signers listed in the checklist are LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Victor Wembanyama, Jalen Brunson, Cooper Flagg, and Kon Knueppel. The autograph lineup also includes several rookie-focused and theme-based subsets that expand the product beyond the standard base autograph card.

Base Autographs and Rookie Autographs

The Base Autographs checklist features 46 cards and includes a mix of stars such as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Anthony Edwards, Cade Cunningham, Nikola Jokić, Kevin Durant, Paolo Banchero, Tyrese Haliburton, and Victor Wembanyama. The Rookie Autographs checklist includes 50 cards and highlights a deep rookie class led by Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, Ace Bailey, Kon Knueppel, Khaman Maluach, Tre Johnson III, and VJ Edgecombe.

Other rookie autograph names on the checklist include Egor Dëmin, Derik Queen, Asa Newell, Jase Richardson, Walter Clayton Jr., Kasparas Jakučionis, Nolan Traore, Liam McNeeley, Yang Hansen, and Yanic Konan-Niederhäuser.

Additional Autograph Sets

Chrome Black Basketball also includes Super Futures Autographs, Ivory Autographs, Black Fire Autographs, Shrouded Signatures, and Glow Up Signatures.

Super Futures Autographs is a 40-card rookie-focused autograph set that includes Ace Bailey, Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, Kon Knueppel, Walter Clayton Jr., Yang Hansen, and other first-year names. Glow Up Signatures is a 20-card rookie autograph subset that overlaps with several of the same top newcomers.

Ivory Autographs takes a different visual approach from the standard blacked-out look. Instead of a dark background, the cards are white-heavy so the parallel colors stand out differently. That 39-card set includes names such as Allen Iverson, Alonzo Mourning, Dirk Nowitzki, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal, Stephen Curry, Victor Wembanyama, Tyrese Haliburton, and Tracy McGrady, along with current players like Cade Cunningham, Brandon Miller, Paolo Banchero, and Franz Wagner.

Black Fire Autographs is a 19-card set that includes Al Harrington, Brandon Ingram, Cason Wallace, Coby White, Franz Wagner, Gradey Dick, Jaden McDaniels, Jeremy Sochan, Lauri Markkanen, Obi Toppin, Rip Hamilton, Seth Curry, and Zaccharie Risacher among the listed signers.

Shrouded Signatures is a 24-card autograph set featuring Alonzo Mourning, Alexandre Sarr, Anfernee Simons, Brandon Miller, Bobby Portis, Clyde Drexler, Dwight Howard, Glen Rice, Isaiah Collier, Jrue Holiday, Nikola Topic, Scoot Henderson, and others.

Inserts Mix Returning Themes and New Concepts

The insert lineup combines returning Chrome Black concepts with a few new ideas for basketball collectors. Several of the inserts are designed to deliver strong case-hit style appeal, while others bring a more colorful look to the product.

Home Court, a popular case hit that first appeared in the flagship Topps set, moves into Chrome Black with a darkened background. Black Lightning, which appeared in 2025 football, and Nocturnal, which debuted in 2025 baseball, also appear in the basketball release.

New to the brand are Carbon Flare and Obscura. Both are built to add more visual energy to the release and give collectors additional chase cards beyond the autograph checklist.

Rookie Design Variations

Rookie Design Variations is a 30-card insert set featuring several of the top rookies in the product. The checklist includes Hugo González, VJ Edgecombe, Tre Johnson III, Carter Bryant, Jeremiah Fears, Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, Ace Bailey, Egor Dëmin, Kon Knueppel, Collin Murray-Boyles, Khaman Maluach, Cedric Coward, Noa Essengue, Derik Queen, Thomas Sorber, Yang Hansen, Joan Beringer, Walter Clayton Jr., Nolan Traore, Kasparas Jakučionis, Will Riley, Drake Powell, Asa Newell, Nique Clifford, Jase Richardson, Ben Saraf, Danny Wolf, Liam McNeeley, and Yanic Konan-Niederhäuser.

Black Lightning

Black Lightning is a 25-card insert set that includes a mix of established stars and rookies. The checklist features Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokić, Cade Cunningham, Anthony Edwards, Jalen Brunson, Victor Wembanyama, Kyrie Irving, Evan Mobley, Devin Booker, Pascal Siakam, Trae Young, Jaylen Brown, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Paolo Banchero, Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, VJ Edgecombe, Kon Knueppel, Ace Bailey, Tre Johnson III, Jeremiah Fears, Yang Hansen, Egor Dëmin, and Collin Murray-Boyles.

Obscura, Nocturnal, Home Court, and Carbon Flare

Obscura is a 15-card insert set built around top names such as Luka Dončić, Jayson Tatum, Jalen Williams, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Stephen Curry, Tyrese Haliburton, Donovan Mitchell, Anthony Davis, Ja Morant, LaMelo Ball, Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, VJ Edgecombe, Kon Knueppel, and Ace Bailey.

Nocturnal is a 20-card set that includes LeBron James, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokić, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Dončić, Stephen Curry, Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Haliburton, Jalen Brunson, Victor Wembanyama, Jayson Tatum, Kevin Durant, Donovan Mitchell, Cade Cunningham, Paolo Banchero, Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, Kon Knueppel, Yang Hansen, and Tre Johnson III.

Home Court is a 10-card insert featuring LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Anthony Edwards, Nikola Jokić, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kevin Durant, Victor Wembanyama, Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, and Ace Bailey.

Carbon Flare is a 20-card insert set that includes LeBron James, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokić, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Dončić, Stephen Curry, Anthony Edwards, Jayson Tatum, Kevin Durant, Paolo Banchero, Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, VJ Edgecombe, Kon Knueppel, Ace Bailey, Tre Johnson III, Jeremiah Fears, Cedric Coward, Yang Hansen, and Kasparas Jakučionis.

2025-26 Topps Chrome Black Basketball at a Glance

• Cards per pack: Hobby - 6
• Packs per box: Hobby - 2
• Boxes per case: Hobby - 12
• Set size: 150
• Release date: TBA
• Topps.com pre-order: July 28
• Hobby box content: 1 encased autograph

Checklist Notes

Team sets will be posted soon. A customizable spreadsheet version of the checklist is also available from the source material. As noted by Topps, print runs for cards without serial numbers have not been announced.

The base checklist is built around a wide mix of NBA veterans, stars, and rookies. It includes players such as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren, Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards, Stephen Curry, Nikola Jokić, Cade Cunningham, Donovan Mitchell, Jalen Brunson, Giannis Antetokounmpo, LaMelo Ball, Trae Young, Ja Morant, Victor Wembanyama, LeBron James, Luka Dončić, Kevin Durant, Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, and many others across all 30 teams.

Rookie cards in the base set are marked RC and include Hugo González, VJ Edgecombe, Tre Johnson III, Carter Bryant, Jeremiah Fears, Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, Ace Bailey, Egor Dëmin, Kon Knueppel, Collin Murray-Boyles, Khaman Maluach, Cedric Coward, Noa Essengue, Derik Queen, Thomas Sorber, Yang Hansen, Joan Beringer, Walter Clayton Jr., Nolan Traore, Kasparas Jakučionis, Will Riley, Drake Powell, Asa Newell, Nique Clifford, Jase Richardson, Ben Saraf, Danny Wolf, Liam McNeeley, and Yanic Konan-Niederhäuser.

With a 150-card base set, multiple autograph tiers, and several insert themes built around both stars and rookies, 2025-26 Topps Chrome Black Basketball is positioned as one of Topps' most visually distinctive basketball releases of the season.