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BASKETBALLBITE 005

2025–26 Topps
Definitive Basketball.

Eight cards, a six-autograph Hobby pitch and a checklist built around low-numbered signatures, framed rookies and premium memorabilia. Definitive is a concentrated NBA opening.

First Day Issue changes the redemption chase

Gold redemption / FDI boxes1 in 204
Gold redemption / Hobby boxes~1 in 6K
Advertised autos / box6

THE BITE

Nearly 30× the Gold redemption frequency

The Gold Rookie Defining Games redemption is listed at one in 204 FDI boxes versus one in 6K Hobby boxes—nearly 30 times the family-event frequency. Only two checklist designs sit behind those odds.

Production

Estimated Total Production

Best Formats

Hobby costs less. FDI is the specialist chase.

Print Runs

Two Gold redemptions, two very different routes

Official Topps checklist + odds · Price observations October 13, 2026