Basketball · REFERENCE ENTRY
Jayson Tatum
2025–26 · Topps Basketball · #1
The regular flagship #1 issue for Tatum, expanding his selected player run.
- Sport
- Basketball
- Year / season
- 2025–26
- Set
- Topps Basketball
- Number
- #1
- Format
- Card
About this card
Jayson Tatum’s 2025–26 Topps Basketball card is number 1 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 Jayson Tatum’s run
Jayson Tatum has 3 entries in this catalog, from 2017 to 2025–26, and this is the second of them by year. Nearby entries are listed below, so you can compare the releases that sit around this one.
- Jayson Tatum, 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball — Paradox #PX-4
- Jayson Tatum, 2017 Panini Prizm Basketball #16
In the 2025–26 checklist
The catalog’s selected checklist for the 2025–26 Topps Basketball release also includes Jaylen Brown, Jalen Brunson, Tyrese Maxey, Scottie Barnes, Cade Cunningham, Giannis Antetokounmpo and 13 more. It is a partial checklist of cataloged cards, not the full release.
- Jaylen Brown, 2025–26 Topps Basketball #2
- Jalen Brunson, 2025–26 Topps Basketball #14
- Tyrese Maxey, 2025–26 Topps Basketball #21
- Scottie Barnes, 2025–26 Topps Basketball #31
What to know about this issue
- Topps places Tatum at #1 in Base Cards I.
- Match the year and finish before comparing this paper issue with his Chrome Paradox insert.
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 Basketball. These are research checks, not a condition assessment of a specimen.
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