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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

2025–26 · Topps Chrome Basketball — Paradox · #PX-5

A contemporary named insert for Gilgeous-Alexander.

Sport: Basketball
Year / season: 2025–26
Set: Topps Chrome Basketball — Paradox
Number: #PX-5
Format: Card

About this card

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball card is number PX-5 in that release, in the Paradox edition. 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.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s rookie-labeled entry in this catalog is the 2018 Panini Donruss Basketball #162, so this later issue carries no rookie label.

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.

Paradox is part of this card’s name: it marks an insert or parallel inside Topps Chrome Basketball, and the number on its own can point to a different card.

In Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s run

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has 5 entries in this catalog, from 2018 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 — Paradox release also includes Victor Wembanyama, Anthony Edwards, Jayson Tatum, Nikola Jokić and Stephen Curry. It is a partial checklist of cataloged cards, not the full release.

What to know about this issue

Topps lists PX-5 under Paradox.
Retain the Chrome designation when comparing this reference with paper Topps cards.

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Source reviewed 2026-10-08. The source describes this issue; it does not verify any item offered by a third party.

Topps: 2025–26 Chrome Basketball manufacturer checklist (opens in a new tab)

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