LeBron James remains one of the biggest names in the NBA and in the sports card collecting hobby. While he’s turning 41 soon and is in his 23rd year in the pros, he’s still at the top when it comes to popularity and collectability.
That being said, with Topps getting back the license to produce NBA cards and releasing its first product for the season called “Topps Basketball,” James’ cards are among the biggest chases.
After all, it is the first time since the 2009-10 season that James has fully licensed NBA autograph cards. He signed with Upper Deck during his rookie year in 2003-04, but due to the exclusive partnership, he didn’t have any autograph cards when Panini took over the NBA license in 2010.
Fortunately for fans, James signed an exclusive multi-year partnership with Fanatics, the parent company of Topps, paving the way for the return of his autographs on official NBA cards.
Now, just a few days after the release of Topps Basketball, one of the most valuable James cards in the product has been pulled.
Topps Basketball includes a “1980-81 Topps Chrome Basketball Veteran Autographs” set, inspired by the design of the cards from the aforementioned year. The set features the autographs of 45 players, including James.
In a post on social media, it was revealed that the Superfractor 1-of-1 of James from the set has been pulled by a collector from West Virginia.
The BIGGEST card of the year 🤯 🐐
— Resell Talk (@ResellTalk) October 27, 2025
One lucky collector just pulled the 1/1 LeBron James Superfractor autograph from a Topps Hobby Box.
Estimated to sell for MILLIONS of dollars 💸
Talk about hitting the lottery… pic.twitter.com/4Yqj1QvcUo
It remains to be seen how much the card will sell for if the collector who pulled it ever decides to let it go. It’s worth noting, however, that there’s a bounty of $100,000 on the Superfractor of LeBron’s autograph from the “Flagship Real Ones Autographs” set.
Considering that, the LeBron card from the “1980-81 Topps Chrome Basketball Veteran Autographs” could fetch more.
Photo Credit: Drue Burnett. Used with permission.
