Basketball · REFERENCE ENTRY

Tyrese Maxey

2025–26 · Topps Basketball · #21

Maxey’s paper flagship reference, identified by the regular base number.

Sport: Basketball
Year / season: 2025–26
Set: Topps Basketball
Number: #21
Format: Card

About this card

Tyrese Maxey’s 2025–26 Topps Basketball card is number 21 in that release. This is Topps’ paper-stock flagship set, and the 2025-26 release marks Topps’ return to licensed NBA cards after more than a decade.

It carries no rookie label. That is not a claim either way: the catalog adds the label only when a cited source supports it.

How to identify it

Paper base cards like this were printed in large numbers, so condition and the exact edition matter most. Other versions of the same player from the same year usually carry different numbers, so confirm the brand printed on the card.

In Tyrese Maxey’s run

This is the only Tyrese Maxey entry in the catalog so far.

In the 2025–26 checklist

The catalog’s selected checklist for the 2025–26 Topps Basketball release also includes Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Jalen Brunson, Scottie Barnes, Cade Cunningham, Giannis Antetokounmpo and 13 more. It is a partial checklist of cataloged cards, not the full release.

What to know about this issue

The manufacturer’s Base Cards I section gives Maxey #21.
A matching player name alone does not distinguish this issue from another Topps program.

Inspect the source

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

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

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Raw or graded. Inspect the actual copy.

The issue stays 2025–26 · Topps Basketball. These are research checks, not a condition assessment of a specimen.

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Professionally graded

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