2025-26 Topps Definitive Basketball: Five Early Pulls
Topps highlights five early Definitive Basketball pulls, from a Knueppel patch auto to a Curry one-of-one. Here's what the cards tell collectors.
Definitive has made its NBA debut, and Topps has rounded up five early cards that show the release’s lane: short-print signatures, relics, and rookie star power. These are pulls Topps featured from other collectors, not cards we opened. Put the wallet back in the holster until you know your own budget.
The five cards
| Card Topps featured | Stated numbering | Pull credit in Topps’s report |
|---|---|---|
| Kon Knueppel Rookie Patch Auto | 1/1 | ODeezy Sports Cards |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Gold Relic Auto | 1/1 | Skyhook Sports Cards |
| Cooper Flagg Defining Images Auto | /5 | Dennis The Ripper |
| Stephen Curry Framed Veterans Autograph | 1/1 | Mystery Breaks; posted with WaxxCrackin |
| Cooper Flagg / Dylan Harper / Kon Knueppel Triple Auto | /10 | BucksWin07 |
The three-rookie autograph is the cleanest conversation starter: one card, three names collectors are already following. The Curry and SGA one-of-ones show the veteran side of the chase. Topps’s article calls this Definitive’s first NBA edition; its specific pull credits come from posts it embedded, so treat the roundup as the source of these sightings, not as proof of any current sale or value.
Here’s each pull as its original poster shared it on Instagram:
Pulls and photos belong to the collectors who posted them; Topps Ripped first rounded them up.
What the early pulls mean
For context, Topps’ launch listing shows a Hobby box at US$7,999.99 for a single eight-card pack with six autographs.
Sample card images from Topps, not the specific cards pulled above.
A splashy pull gallery tells us which headline cards have surfaced. It doesn’t tell us how many unopened boxes remain, what your odds are on the next box, or where prices will go. Numbering means scarcity of that particular card, not a guaranteed return on wax. If a particular player is the whole point, compare the single you want with the cost of chasing it, and verify the exact parallel before buying.
