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2025-26 Topps Basketball Hobby Box

2025-26 Topps Basketball hobby box
What are these options?
Hobby Box
The full-size box sold through card shops rather than big-box stores. It has the most packs and the best odds, and most modern hobby boxes guarantee at least one autograph or memorabilia card. Pack and card counts vary by product line. Older listings sometimes call this a wax box.
Hobby Jumbo Box
More cards in fewer, oversized packs than a regular hobby box, usually with extra guaranteed hits. It suits collectors who want volume and hits in one buy. Topps calls this tier HTA, short for Home Team Advantage, its hobby-store program.
Mega Box
A mid-size retail box, bigger than a blaster and smaller than a hobby box. Mega-exclusive parallels are the main draw, and some megas guarantee a hit.
Blaster Box
The small retail box sold at stores like Walmart and Target, usually the cheapest full box on the shelf. Autographs are not guaranteed, but many blasters carry exclusive parallels you cannot pull from a hobby box.
fanatics
A box sold through Fanatics rather than a hobby shop, carrying color parallels you cannot pull from the standard version of the same product. Both Topps and Panini make them, usually as a blaster or mega box. The exclusive color changes by release, and some boxes also hold redemption cards for signed memorabilia. This is the retailer exclusive, not the Fanatics Fest event release.
Cases
The factory-sealed carton a product ships in, holding a set number of boxes. A full case is the whole carton; an inner case is a smaller sealed block from inside it. Case buyers get untouched pack sequencing and a lower price per box. Some rare cards are seeded about once per case, which is what collectors mean by a case hit.
Canada and United States best prices by format
Format In USAUSD In CanadaCAD
Hobby Box Giant Sports Cards $410
Hobby Jumbo Box Trading Card Market $575
Mega Box Steel City Collectibles $160
Blaster Box Trading Card Market $60
Blaster Box blackout parallels Steel City Collectibles $130
Blaster Box fanatics DA Card World $70
Hobby Box Case (12) Blowout Cards $5,145, $429 per box
Hobby Jumbo Box Case (8) DA Card World $4,875, $609 per box
Mega Box Case (20) Steel City Collectibles $3,150, $157 per box

These are the best prices we could find for this product across the 7 retailers we follow for 2025-26 Topps, checked daily. Prices move constantly and stock sells out; always confirm on the retailer’s own page before buying.

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Frequently asked

Who's 2025-26 Topps for?
The deep end. People buy this chasing top rookie patch autos and legend signatures, and the price reflects it.
What makes 2025-26 Topps Basketball special?
This is Topps' return to the NBA after years away. The big draws are Victor Wembanyama's first-ever NBA licensed autographs in a Spurs jersey, fully licensed LeBron James autographs exclusive to this release, and a powerhouse rookie class led by Cooper Flagg.
What's the base set like?
It's a deep 300-card base set spotlighting stars, legends, and rookies. Cards come in base and parallel versions, with Golden Mirror photo variations on the hardwood.
What are the key autograph inserts?
The Real One Auto features Victor Wembanyama and LeBron James. The 1980-81 Topps Basketball Rookie Autographs use the classic design and chase the league's top rookies. Flagship Real One Relics pair game-worn pieces with base card imagery, including rare low-numbered patch parallels.
What inserts should I chase?
All Kings is a bold playing-card design with veterans and rookies. Rise of Stardom focuses on rookies and their path to stardom. MVP Vault spotlights only elite MVP winners. These are the main thematic inserts collectors hunt.
What box formats are available?
Hobby boxes come in the standard 12-pack format. Blaster boxes have 7 packs. Mega boxes have 10 packs with more inserts and parallels per box on average.
When did this release?
2025-26 Topps Basketball arrived on October 23, 2025. It's the flagship release; note that 2025-26 Topps Signature Class Basketball is a separate premium autograph-focused product that released later (May 28, 2026).
When did 2025-26 Topps come out?
It dropped October 23, 2025.
What's in a 2025-26 Topps hobby box?
Multiple formats available. Hobby box: 12 packs per box, 5 cards per pack. Blaster box: 7 packs per box, 5 cards per pack. Mega box: 10 packs per box, 8 cards per pack.
What's the cheapest 2025-26 Topps hobby box right now?
Cheapest we're tracking is $409.95 USD. Prices update daily, and the trend arrow on this page shows which way it's been moving.
Where can I buy 2025-26 Topps?
We track listings across the major North American card shops and surface the best price up top. The Buy on eBay links go through the eBay Partner Network.

2025-26 Topps Basketball

2025-26 Topps Basketball marks the brand's return to the NBA with a powerhouse rookie class led by Cooper Flagg, plus the first-ever Victor Wembanyama autographs in a Spurs jersey and fully licensed LeBron James autographs exclusive to this release.

Autographs

Autographs included; exact odds not published

On average per hobby box
  1. 4 1980-81 Topps Basketball insert cards (per Mega box average)
  2. 16 Other insert cards (per Mega box average)
  3. 4 Base card parallels (per Mega box average)
Inserts to watch
  • The Real One Auto Victor Wembanyama's first NBA licensed Topps autograph cards in a Spurs jersey, plus exclusive LeBron James autographs only in this release.
  • 1980-81 Topps Basketball Rookie Autographs Autograph set using the classic 1980-81 design, featuring the league's top rookies.
  • Flagship Real One Relic Game-worn or player-worn relic cards paired with base card imagery, including rare low-numbered patch parallels.
  • All Kings Bold playing-card inspired insert set spotlighting today's biggest veterans and hottest rookies.
  • Rise of Stardom Insert set featuring rookies and their path to stardom in the NBA.
  • MVP Vault Insert showcasing only elite MVP winners, from legendary icons to today's brightest stars.
Fast facts
Released
October 23, 2025
Box config
Multiple formats available. Hobby box: 12 packs per box, 5 cards per pack. Blaster box: 7 packs per box, 5 cards per pack. Mega box: 10 packs per box, 8 cards per pack.
Top rookie
Cooper Flagg
Price history
Last 30 days
Canada USA

Canadian prices in CAD, American in USD. A break in a price line means every shop was sold out that day; a day we did not scrape carries the last known price forward.