← All Bites
BASKETBALLBITE 068

2025–26 Topps Chrome Updates
Basketball.

Flagg’s debut patch, a broad rookie ink chase and distinct retail color.

2025–26 Topps Chrome Updates Basketball Hobby box

A one-of-one patch chase, with very different premium openings

Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel have several different identities to chase: ordinary rookies, Lava Lamp signatures and one-of-one NBA Debut Patch Autographs. Jumbo advertises three autos; Delight puts two advertised signatures into 12 cards. Retail offers a cheaper opening with different parallel access.

Jumbo autos / box2.98
Jumbo numbered cards / box5.14
Delight Quality Hits / box4.42
Hobby box ask$1,500

THE BITE

Delight fits more premium hits into a smaller opening.

Delight has 4.42 documented Quality Hits per 12-card box, versus 2.63 in Jumbo’s 132 cards. These are overlapping expected counts, not guaranteed extra cards. It also reconstructs 5.32 numbered cards per box versus Jumbo’s 5.14. Jumbo still leads autograph volume.

Production

Estimated Total Production

Best Formats

Delight for concentration, Jumbo for ink, Value for a smaller spend

Print Runs

One-of-one patches are not the only scarce identity

October 20, 2026