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2025-26 Topps Basketball Hobby Box: what's inside

A 2025-26 Topps Basketball Hobby Box holds 20 packs of 12 cards, 240 cards in all, per Topps. Per Topps, one autograph or relic card per box. It is a hobby format, sold through hobby shops and the maker's own site. Rookies to look for include Ace Bailey, Adou Thiero, Alijah Martin. 2025-26 Topps Basketball came out on October 23, 2025.

What's in a 2025-26 Topps Basketball hobby box

Packs
20
Cards per pack
12
Cards in all
240

Counts from Topps' own page [1].

  • One autograph or relic card per box. [1]
  • Victory SSP parallels are exclusive to hobby. [1]

Released: October 23, 2025, per Topps [2]

Every 2025-26 Topps Basketball box, side by side

  • Hobby BoxHobby20 x 12 = 240 cards

    One autograph or relic card per box.

  • Hobby Jumbo BoxHobby10 x 40 = 400 cards

    One autograph and one relic card per box.

  • Mega BoxRetail16 x 14 = 224 cards

    Mega boxes lean on 1980-81 Topps designs with inserts like 8-Bit Ballers and Clutch City Prospects.

  • Value BoxRetail7 x 12 = 84 cards

    Season Tip-Off foilboard parallels are exclusive to this format, in Green /99, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /5 and Black 1/1.

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Rookie cards to find in 2025-26 Topps 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.

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Inserts, parallels and autographs in 2025-26 Topps Basketball

  • The base set has 300 cards of top rookies, current stars and legends. [2]
  • Inserts include MVP Vault (10 cards) and Rise to Stardom (20 cards). [2]
  • Autograph chases include Rookie Photoshoot Autos (40) and 1980-81 Rookie Autos (40). [2]
The 2025-26 Topps Basketball checklist and every set fact

2025-26 Topps Basketball hobby box questions

How many packs are in a 2025-26 Topps Basketball Hobby Box?
20 packs, each with 12 cards, per Topps' own page.
How many cards are in a 2025-26 Topps Basketball Hobby Box?
240 cards: 20 packs of 12.
How is the hobby box different from other 2025-26 Topps Basketball boxes?
The hobby jumbo box holds 10 packs of 40; the mega box holds 16 packs of 14; the value box holds 7 packs of 12, against 20 packs of 12 here. What Topps says only this format carries is listed on this page.
When did 2025-26 Topps Basketball come out?
October 23, 2025, per Topps.

Sources

  1. ripped.topps.com/2025-26-topps-basketball-box-guide/
  2. ripped.topps.com/topps-basketball-2025-26-checklist-spotlight/

Box facts checked 2026-10-17 on Topps' own pages. Set and brand names belong to their makers; Parlae is not affiliated with them. Every box we cover.

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