The 2026-27 Topps Flagship Basketball checklist is a 300-card base set with 45 rookies at #256-300, led by AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson, Cameron Boozer and Caleb Wilson. Hobby, Jumbo and Blaster formats are listed for Nov 5, 2026, with Mega boxes following Nov 12. Pack odds are still unpublished.
Anyone buying this week is deciding without two things collectors normally lean on: an odds sheet and completed sales. So this guide does not rank anything by pull rate or put a price on a single. It maps what exists, which formats carry it and how to avoid comparing the wrong cards once sales begin.
On timing, Checklist Insider labels its Nov 5 and Nov 12 dates as estimated. Basketball Card Insider (BCI) reports that Topps' U.S. product page lists Nov 5, and the Cardlines release calendar carries the same date. Cardsmiths Breaks also gives Nov 12 for Mega. Two early-October pieces gave Oct 22, but every later source read gives Nov 5.
The rookie class and the 45-card run
The base rookies follow the top of the draft. NBA.com's draft results set the order, and base cards #256-259 match it.
| Pick | Player | Team | College | Base card | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | AJ Dybantsa | Wizards | BYU | #256 | | 2 | Darryn Peterson | Jazz | Kansas | #257 | | 3 | Cameron Boozer | Grizzlies | Duke | #258 | | 4 | Caleb Wilson | Bulls | North Carolina | #259 |
You will see three rookie counts in circulation:
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45: the #256-300 run, or 15% of the base set, per Checklist Insider, Cardsmiths Breaks, Diamond Cards Online, Degree Grading, BCI and Haus of Sports Cards.
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40: BCI says Topps' box guide used this figure, while its later card-by-card PDF lists 45.
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49: Checklist² gives this number without defining it. Its RC-tagged list also includes 2025 rookies Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper.
Use 45 for the base rookie run. Do not assume an insert list matches it, though. Diamond Cards Online shows that the 40-card Rookie Code set includes Otega Oweh (RC-31) and Baba Miller (RC-32), and neither is in #256-300. Class of 26 is a separate 20-card set.
The RC logo needs similar care. Sports Illustrated reported on June 24 that a new RC logo debuted on Topps NOW draft cards and will be used on all rookie cards in NBA products going forward. Flagship is not that logo's first appearance.
One rookie, many card numbers
This is the comp trap most likely to cost someone money. A card number means little without the set name. Dybantsa alone appears across these numbered sets:
| Set | Dybantsa number | | --- | --- | | Base | #256 | | Project Rookie | #91 | | Break Point | #191 | | Flagship Collection | #61 | | Flagship Collection Chrome | #161 |
The overlap runs both ways. Project Rookie occupies #91-100 and Break Point occupies #191-200, but base #91 is Keldon Johnson and base #191 is Marcus Smart. A search for "#91" can return either a rookie subset card or a veteran base card.
Double numbering adds a second problem. Flagg has base cards #157 and #232, Knueppel has #156 and #227, and Edgecombe has #155 and #248. BCI puts it directly: "Those are two separate numbered base cards per player, not extra 2026 rookie cards." The two numbers are not interchangeable either. BCI says Flagg #157 has a Clear version, while #232 lists only Blackout and Golden Mirror III.
Formats, prices and what each box promises
The configurations below come from Cardsmiths Breaks' Hobby, Jumbo, Mega and Value pages, with the Mega and Value counts also matched by Checklist², Haus of Sports Cards and Kaboom. Retailer prices were read Oct 31, 2026, from Giant Sports Cards (Hobby, Jumbo) and Diamond Cards Online (Hobby, Jumbo). Giant lists Hobby as sold out.
| Format | Configuration | Stated contents | Reported MSRP | Presale price | Cost per guaranteed hit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Hobby | 20 packs x 12 cards (240), 12 boxes per case | 1 autograph or relic | $169.99 | $259.95-$269.94 | $259.95-$269.94 | | Jumbo | 10 packs x 28 cards (280), 6 boxes per case | 1 autograph and 1 relic | $339.99 | $523.95-$544.94 | $261.98-$272.47 | | Mega | 12 packs x 15 cards (180), 20 boxes per case | 4 1981-82 Topps inserts, no guaranteed hit stated | $59.99 | Not read | Not applicable | | Value | 6 packs x 12 cards (72), 40 boxes per case | 6 inserts per Checklist², no guaranteed hit stated | $29.99 | Not read | Not applicable |
The MSRP column needs a caution. The figures come from Checklist², which is unaffiliated with Topps and gives no source. Haus of Sports Cards gives the same Mega and Value prices and cites Checklist Insider for a $169.99 Hobby presale, against $109.99 for 2025-26 Hobby. Haus also reported on Oct 7: "Topps sold out Hobby and Jumbo in preorder on its own site, and the Hobby price is not listed there anymore."
On those reported numbers, the presale prices above run about 53-59% over MSRP for Hobby and 54-60% for Jumbo. Those are asking prices, not sales.
Other listed formats include Hanger (48 cards, with 2 Diamante parallels and 1 1981-82 insert), Fat Pack (24 cards, with two inserts per Haus), All-Star Game Mega (180 cards) and Black Friday Value Blaster (120 cards).
Hobby or Jumbo
The cost per guaranteed hit is nearly identical, so the real decision is what kind of hit you want. At presale, Jumbo costs about twice as much as Hobby for 40 more cards and one more stated hit. Per card, that works out to $1.08-$1.12 for Hobby and $1.87-$1.95 for Jumbo.
Hobby is the weaker autograph play. Cardlines says: "The box promise is one autograph or relic, not one guaranteed autograph." Haus of Sports Cards adds: "One auto or relic per Hobby box, and it can be a veteran relic." Jumbo is the only format here with a stated autograph, but nothing in the wording read says that autograph must be a rookie.
Check the wording on the listing you buy from. Cardsmiths Breaks says "with 1 hit (autographs or relics) guaranteed" for Hobby and "1 Auto Guaranteed" and "1 Relic Guaranteed" for Jumbo, while Diamond Cards Online says "on average" for both formats.
Our read: if you want a specific rookie, do not buy boxes at these premiums to chase one. Haus of Sports Cards, a retailer writing before odds were out, graded the rookie class A, hits per box D and value for money C, and advised buying the rookie singles you want. That fits the math here. If you want to open product and an autograph matters to you, Jumbo is the cleaner choice. If you are unsure, wait for the odds sheet and the first real sales.
What to track for the top four rookies
The list below is sorted by stated print runs and set labels. It says nothing about how often any card will come out of a pack.
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Clear Variation: 100 cards, /10 per Cardsmiths Breaks, and BCI says Topps describes Clear as /10. Checklist Insider's list covers rookies #256-285 only, so #286-300 have no Clear version on it. All four top rookies are included.
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Bounce: a 25-card super short print set per Checklist Insider. The four rookies are TB-16 to TB-19.
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All Kings: a 24-card super short print set with a new Gold 1/1 parallel. The four rookies are AK-16 to AK-19, and BCI notes the set skips AK-5.
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Quest for the Crown: a 10-card super short print set. None of the four is in it.
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Rookie Photo Shoot Dual Autographs: 10 cards, base /5 with a Platinum 1/1. Diamond Cards Online lists RPD-AD as Dybantsa/Peterson and RPD-CC as Wilson/Boozer.
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Single-player rookie autographs: Rookie Photo Shoot Autographs (39), Flagship Real One Rookie Autograph (40), Rookie Pathway Signatures (20), 1981-82 Topps Rookie Autographs (38) and 1981-82 Topps Chrome Rookie Autographs (39), per Cardsmiths Breaks. None of these sets has 45 cards, so check each player against the set before assuming a card exists.
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Relics: the four rookies appear in Rookie Roundball Remnants (40), Rise to the Occasion (40), Franchise Fabrics (20) and Flagship Real One Rookie Relic (38). Checklist Insider shows none of them in Impact Relics, Own the Game or Woven Relics.
Treat the super short print label as a set label, not a measured rarity. Haus of Sports Cards says its own SSP calls are provisional until odds arrive.
Parallels: where the same color is not the same card
Checklist Insider lists these base parallels: Rainbow Foilboard, Aqua Rainbow, Gold /2026, Yellow Rainbow /399, Purple Rainbow /250, Blue Rainbow /150, Green Rainbow /99, Black /75, Gold Rainbow /50, Orange Rainbow /25, Wood /25, Black Rainbow /10, Red Rainbow /5, First Card 1/1 and FoilFractor 1/1.
Several finishes are tied to a format:
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Victory: Hobby
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Sandglitter: Jumbo (Blue /500, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5)
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Holo Foil: retail
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Diamante: Hanger
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Season Tip Off: Value
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Topps Foil Pattern: Fanatics
Color alone will not identify a card. Gold Rainbow /50 and Sandglitter Gold /50 share a color and a print run but are different parallels. Black /75, Black Rainbow /10 and Sandglitter Black /10 are three separate cards. Match the full parallel name and numbering in every comp. BCI also calls the format names a working guide, not proof that every subject gets every finish, so confirm a specific player's card exists before paying for it.
What is still unsettled
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Pack odds: BCI said on Oct 19 that the sheet was pending, and Cardsmiths Breaks' format pages still said, "Pack odds come when Topps publishes them."
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Dylan Wang: Degree Grading, checked Oct 10, says the cards were on an earlier Topps checklist but omitted from the Oct 9 revision. Its note reads: "Its final inclusion remains unconfirmed."
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Team labels: BCI reports the checklist has Giannis as Heat on #17 and Bucks on #242, and LeBron as Lakers on #57 and #239, while Topps product copy promotes a Sixers LeBron card. Confirm the card, not the marketing, before buying.
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Total counts: Cardsmiths Breaks and Degree Grading say 3,247 cards, and Checklist² says 3,244 across 64 subsets. Set counts vary too: 67 at Cardsmiths and 61, 62 or 65 within Degree Grading's own page. Autograph totals are 515 at Cardsmiths and 524 at Checklist². Use these numbers as rough guides, not as figures to build a set plan around.
Grading: run your own numbers later
There is no graded sales data for this product yet, so any grading premium quoted today has nothing behind it. When sales appear, compare only exact matches on set name, card number and parallel. Then use our card grading break-even tool to compare incremental net proceeds with your own costs. It does not predict grades, current prices or investment returns.
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