2025-26 Topps Holiday Basketball Variations Guide
Topps already adds plenty of winter and festive themes to its Holiday set, but if you see a few more holiday components than usual on the front or back of your card, you are probably looking at one of the 2025-26 Topps Holiday Basketball Variations.
2025-26 Topps Holiday Basketball Variations Overview
There are two variations to look for in 2025-26 Topps Holiday. You can click on the names below to be taken directly to information and a checklist for that specific variant:
2025-26 Topps Holiday Basketball Variations Codes and How to Use Them
Want another way to spot one of the 2025-26 Topps Holiday variations besides the added elements on the front or the design of the card back? The codes in the fine print on the card backs can tell you what you have. To check, simply look at the last three digits of the CMP code at the bottom of a card’s flip side. When it comes to variations, the three digits to know are:
- Base Set — 997
- Image Variations — 039
- Back Variations — 040
- Hidden Elf — 042
2025-26 Topps Holiday Basketball – Image Variations
Unlike in the Topps Holiday Baseball set where holiday hats, candy canes, and other graphics are added onto an existing image, the Topps Holiday Basketball image variations only add subtle hints in the card’s design — plus one big giveaway on the flip side.
As you can see, the main distinction on the front of the card is a pile of snow in the bottom right corner, though there is also more frost around the edges of the player photo.
On the back, however, is the best giveaway — a different card number that tells you that you have an SP.
Image variations have pack odds of 1:23, so they aren’t the easiest to pull from 10-pack mega boxes. Below is the 25-card checklist.
- SSV-AE James Harden, Los Angeles Clippers
- SSV-AT Kyrie Irving, Dallas Mavericks
- SSV-CB Carter Bryant, San Antonio Spurs
- SSV-CC Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers
- SSV-CO Cedric Coward, Memphis Grizzlies
- SSV-DM Jalen Williams, Oklahoma City Thunder
- SSV-DQ Derik Queen, New Orleans Pelicans
- SSV-FW Franz Wagner, Orlando Magic
- SSV-GA Alex Sarr, Washington Wizards
- SSV-JB Joan Beringer, Minnesota Timberwolves
- SSV-JM Kevin Durant, Houston Rockets
- SSV-JT Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics
- SSV-KJ Kasparas Jakučionis, Miami Heat
- SSV-LB Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
- SSV-LBJ Damian Lillard, Milwaukee Bucks
- SSV-NE Noa Essengue, Chicago Bulls
- SSV-NJ Jimmy Butler III, Golden State Warriors
- SSV-NT Nolan Traore, Brooklyn Nets
- SSV-SA Stephon Castle, San Antonio Spurs
- SSV-SC Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks
- SSV-TM Tyler Herro, Miami Heat
- SSV-TS Thomas Sorber, Oklahoma City Thunder
- SSV-VW Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks
- SSV-WC Walter Clayton Jr., Utah Jazz
- SSV-YH Yang Hansen, Portland Trail Blazers
2025-26 Topps Holiday Basketball – Back Variations
Also easy to spot are the Topps Holiday back variations, which feature a star-shaped holiday cookie with snowflake icing on the flip side where a team’s logo normally appears. Design accents at the top of the card change to a red color with candy cane trim. Meanwhile, background colors in the statistics are changed to red and green, and the two separators at the top and bottom of a player’s biography appear in red instead of team colors.
Just like the image variations, the back variations also have different card numbers, helping collectors quickly understand they have something that is not a base card.
Back variations also have pack odds of 1:23, so they likewise aren’t the easiest to pull from 10-pack mega boxes. Below is the 25-card checklist.
- SSB-AB Ace Bailey, Utah Jazz
- SSB-AE Anthony Edwards, Minnesota Timberwolves
- SSB-AT Amen Thompson, Houston Rockets
- SSB-CC Cade Cunningham, Detroit Pistons
- SSB-CF Cooper Flagg, Dallas Mavericks
- SSB-CM Collin Murray-Boyles, Toronto Raptors
- SSB-DB Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns
- SSB-DH Dylan Harper, San Antonio Spurs
- SSB-DM Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers
- SSB-ED Egor Dëmin, Brooklyn Nets
- SSB-GA Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
- SSB-JB Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks
- SSB-JF Jeremiah Fears, New Orleans Pelicans
- SSB-JM Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies
- SSB-JT Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
- SSB-KK Kon Knueppel, Charlotte Hornets
- SSB-KM Khaman Maluach, Phoenix Suns
- SSB-LB LaMelo Ball, Charlotte Hornets
- SSB-LBJ LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers
- SSB-PB Paolo Banchero, Orlando Magic
- SSB-SC Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
- SSB-SGA Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
- SSB-TJ Tre Johnson III, Washington Wizards
- SSB-VE VJ Edgecombe, Philadelphia 76ers
- SSB-VW Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs
2025-26 Topps Holiday Basketball – Hidden Elf
The most fun among the variations are the Hidden Elf cards, where a tiny elf makes an appearance somewhere on the front of the card.
Hidden Elf cards are a mega box case-hit at 1:200 packs, and they also have different cards numbers on the flip side to help collectors differentiate them from the base set. The 25-card checklist follows:
- HE-AE Anthony Edwards, Minnesota Timberwolves
- HE-AS Alex Sarr, Washington Wizards
- HE-CC Cade Cunningham, Detroit Pistons
- HE-CT Cam Thomas, Brooklyn Nets
- HE-DB Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns
- HE-DM Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers
- HE-FW Franz Wagner, Orlando Magic
- HE-GA Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
- HE-JB Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks
- HE-JE Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
- HE-JG Jalen Green, Houston Rockets
- HE-JM Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies
- HE-JT Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
- HE-KI Kyrie Irving, Dallas Mavericks
- HE-KL Kawhi Leonard, Los Angeles Clippers
- HE-LB LaMelo Ball, Charlotte Hornets
- HE-LBJ LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers
- HE-MB Matas Buzelis, Chicago Bulls
- HE-NJ Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
- HE-SB Scottie Barnes, Toronto Raptors
- HE-SC Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
- HE-SH Scoot Henderson, Portland Trail Blazers
- HE-TH Tyrese Haliburton, Indiana Pacers
- HE-TY Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks
- HE-ZL Zach LaVine, Sacramento Kings
