2025-26 Bowman Basketball Sapphire Edition Hobby Box: what's inside

What's in a 2025-26 Bowman Basketball sapphire edition hobby box

Packs

8

Cards per pack

4

Cards in all

32

Counts from Bowman's own page [1].

• Sapphire has an exclusive Treasured Talent insert and Sapphire Selections autographs. [1]

Released: April 22, 2026, per Bowman [2]

Every 2025-26 Bowman Basketball box, side by side

• Hobby BoxHobby20 x 8 = 160 cards

  Two autographs, 10 inserts, one Chrome Mini-Diamond Refractor and six more base parallels per box.

• Sapphire Edition Hobby BoxHobby8 x 4 = 32 cards

  Sapphire has an exclusive Treasured Talent insert and Sapphire Selections autographs.

• Mega BoxRetail6 x 7 = 42 cards

  Each box has 11 Mojo base parallels and one Mega Rookies or Mega Prospect card.

• Value BoxRetail6 x 10 = 60 cards

  Four inserts per box.

Rookie cards to find in 2025-26 Bowman Basketball

Every format of a set carries the same base rookie cards. These are the ones with a Parlae card page, each with its card number, then rookies Bowman's checklist names that we have not covered yet.

• Ace BaileyBowman #5
• Adou ThieroBowman #36
• Alex TooheyBowman #48
• Alijah MartinBowman #40
• Asa NewellBowman #23
• Ben SarafBowman #26
• Brooks BarnhizerBowman #45
• Carter BryantBowman #14
• Cedric CowardBowman #11
• Chaz LanierBowman #38
• Collin Murray-BoylesBowman #9
• Cooper FlaggBowman #1
• Danny WolfBowman #27
• Derik QueenBowman #13
• Drake PowellBowman #22
• Egor DeminBowman #8
• Hugo GonzalezBowman #28
• Jahmai MashackBowman #54
• Jamir WatkinsBowman #44
• Jase RichardsonBowman #25
• Javon SmallBowman #46
• Jeremiah FearsBowman #7
• Joan BeringerBowman #17
• John TonjeBowman #49
• Johni BroomeBowman #35
• Kam JonesBowman #39
• Kasparas JakucionisBowman #20
• Khaman MaluachBowman #10
• Kobe SandersBowman #47
• Koby BreaBowman #42
• Kon KnueppelBowman #4
• Liam McNeeleyBowman #29
• Maxime RaynaudBowman #43
• Micah PeavyBowman #41
• Nique CliffordBowman #24
• Noa EssengueBowman #12
• Noah PendaBowman #32
• Nolan TraoreBowman #19
• Rasheer FlemingBowman #31
• Ryan KalkbrennerBowman #34
• Sion JamesBowman #33
• Thomas SorberBowman #15
• Tre JohnsonBowman #6
• Tyrese ProctorBowman #55
• VJ EdgecombeBowman #3
• Walter Clayton Jr.Bowman #18
• Will RichardBowman #52
• Will RileyBowman #21
• Yang HansenBowman #16
• Yanic Konan NiederhauserBowman #30
• Dylan HarperSan Antonio Spurs

Inserts, parallels and autographs in 2025-26 Bowman Basketball

• The 200-card base set has a Bowman Chrome variant plus Rookie Red RC and Etched in Glass variations. [3]
• A 100-card Chrome prospect set carries the 1st Bowman cards. [3]
• Inserts include Talent Tracker, Gen Next, Very Important Prospects, Bowman Verified, ROY Favorites, Hobby Stars and Young Kings. [3]
• Topps bills it as Bowman's first basketball release with licensed cards and autographs of incoming prospects. [1]

2025-26 Bowman Basketball sapphire edition hobby box questions

How many packs are in a 2025-26 Bowman Basketball Sapphire Edition Hobby Box?

8 packs, each with 4 cards, per Bowman's own page.

How many cards are in a 2025-26 Bowman Basketball Sapphire Edition Hobby Box?

32 cards: 8 packs of 4.

How is the sapphire edition hobby box different from other 2025-26 Bowman Basketball boxes?

The hobby box holds 20 packs of 8; the mega box holds 6 packs of 7; the value box holds 6 packs of 10, against 8 packs of 4 here. What Bowman says only this format carries is listed on this page.

When did 2025-26 Bowman Basketball come out?

April 22, 2026, per Bowman.

Sources

1. launches.topps.com/en-US/launch/2025-26-bowman-basketball-sapphire-hobby-box
2. topps.com/products/2025-26-bowman-basketball-hobby-box
3. ripped.topps.com/2025-26-bowman-basketball-checklist-spotlight/