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Cooper Flagg
2025–26 · Topps Chrome Basketball · #251
Flagg’s Chrome base issue, explicitly designated Rookie by the manufacturer.
- Sport
- Basketball
- Year / season
- 2025–26
- Set
- Topps Chrome Basketball
- Number
- #251
- Format
- Card
- Issue status
- Rookie card
About this card
Cooper Flagg’s 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball card is number 251 in that release. This is a chromium release: Topps prints the design on reflective stock, and its Refractor parallels add a rainbow sheen when the card is tilted, with colored and numbered Refractors above them.
The catalog labels this a rookie card, based on the source cited below.
How to identify it
Base Chrome cards, Refractors and colored Refractors share a number, so tilt the card to read the finish and look for a serial number. Chrome and the paper set of the same year often share a design but are separate cards.
In Cooper Flagg’s run
Cooper Flagg has 2 entries in this catalog, from 2025–26 to 2025–26, and this is the most recent. Nearby entries are listed below, so you can compare the releases that sit around this one.
In the 2025–26 checklist
The catalog’s selected checklist for the 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball release also includes Tyrese Haliburton, Amen Thompson, Evan Mobley, Franz Wagner, LeBron James, Chet Holmgren and 5 more. It is a partial checklist of cataloged cards, not the full release.
- Tyrese Haliburton, 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball #3
- Amen Thompson, 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball #17
- Evan Mobley, 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball #67
- Franz Wagner, 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball #116
What to know about this issue
- Topps marks the Base Cards #251 row as Rookie.
- The paper flagship #201 and the separately listed Chrome variation are different issue identities.
Inspect the source
Source reviewed 2026-10-08. The source describes this issue; it does not verify any item offered by a third party.
No assigned grade, market value or verified offer is supplied by this reference entry.
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The issue stays 2025–26 · Topps Chrome Basketball. These are research checks, not a condition assessment of a specimen.
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