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Stephen Curry
2025–26 · Topps Chrome Basketball — Paradox · #PX-8
A recent Chrome insert reference for Curry.
- Sport
- Basketball
- Year / season
- 2025–26
- Set
- Topps Chrome Basketball — Paradox
- Number
- #PX-8
- Format
- Card
About this card
Stephen Curry’s 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball card is number PX-8 in that release, in the Paradox edition. 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.
Stephen Curry’s rookie-labeled entry in this catalog is the 2009 Topps Basketball #321, 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.
Paradox is part of this card’s name: it marks an insert or parallel inside Topps Chrome Basketball, and the number on its own can point to a different card.
In Stephen Curry’s run
Stephen Curry has 5 entries in this catalog, from 2009 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.
- Stephen Curry, 2025–26 Topps Basketball #135
- Stephen Curry, 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball #201
- Stephen Curry, 2009 Topps Basketball #321
- Stephen Curry, 2009 Topps Chrome Basketball #101
In the 2025–26 checklist
The catalog’s selected checklist for the 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball — Paradox release also includes Victor Wembanyama, Anthony Edwards, Jayson Tatum, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokić. It is a partial checklist of cataloged cards, not the full release.
- Victor Wembanyama, 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball — Paradox #PX-1
- Anthony Edwards, 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball — Paradox #PX-2
- Jayson Tatum, 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball — Paradox #PX-4
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 2025–26 Topps Chrome Basketball — Paradox #PX-5
What to know about this issue
- Topps lists PX-8 under Paradox.
- Keep the PX prefix in the card number when exporting a selected checklist.
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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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