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LeBron James
2025–26 · Topps Chrome Basketball · #127
A recent Chrome base issue for James’s selected multi-era checklist.
- Sport
- Basketball
- Year / season
- 2025–26
- Set
- Topps Chrome Basketball
- Number
- #127
- Format
- Card
About this card
LeBron James’s 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball card is number 127 in that release. 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.
LeBron James’s rookie-labeled entry in this catalog is the 2003–04 Topps Chrome Basketball #111, 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.
In LeBron James’s run
LeBron James has 4 entries in this catalog, from 2003 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.
- LeBron James, 2025–26 Topps Basketball #150
- LeBron James, 2003 Topps Basketball #221
- LeBron James, 2003–04 Topps Chrome Basketball #111
In the 2025–26 checklist
The catalog’s selected checklist for the 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball release also includes Tyrese Haliburton, Amen Thompson, Evan Mobley, Franz Wagner, Chet Holmgren, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and 5 more. It is a partial checklist of cataloged cards, not the full release.
- Tyrese Haliburton, 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball #3
- Amen Thompson, 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball #17
- Evan Mobley, 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball #67
- Franz Wagner, 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball #116
What to know about this issue
- The regular Base Cards section identifies James as #127.
- The checklist also names a #127 variation separately; this record does not include that variation.
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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.
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