Topps Now Top 10 Print Runs

[aanewport]

Updated 3/24/21 for Amad Diallo.

With Bernie Sanders overtaking Dr. Anthony Fauci in number of cards sold, here are the current Topps Now Top 10 Print Runs:

1) Bernie Sanders - 2020 USA Election #21 - 91,169
2) Dr. Anthony Fauci - 2020 MLB #2 - 51,512
3) Youssoufa Moukoko - 2020 Bundesliga #45 - 43,697
4) Amad Diallo - 2021 Europa #1 - 20,347
5) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - 2019 MLB #137 - 19,396
6) Shohei Ohtani/Babe Ruth - 2018 Moment of the Week #1 - 17,750
7) Shohei Ohtani - 2017 #OS-80 - 17,323
8) Kamala Harris - 2020 USA Election #13 - 17,016
9) Aaron Judge - 2017 #654 - 16,138
10) Luis Robert - 2020 #11 - 15,161

What MLB card(s) will crack the Top 10 this year?

If Wander Franco gets called up anytime this year, I think his MLB debut "call-up" card will displace Luis Robert and fall between 15,162 - 20,000 sold

[DiamondDevil]

Great analysis. If he were to debut before June (assuming a normal season), it'd be an RC. That would spur sales. I'd be surprised if it cracked 10k though. How many MLB Topps Now cards have broke 5k let alone 10k?

[Stat Monsters]

Inversely, I'd be interested in seeing what Topps Now's LOWEST print runs are.

I know the WWE cards often hover below the 200 print run range despite featuring superstars. I guess fans are fans of the sport but not into collecting. I've seen some cards in the 30-40 range and pondered how cool it would be to own the majority of a print run, then waking myself up realizing I'd be sitting on something potentially nobody would care to want.

[DiamondDevil]

Originally Posted by Stat Monsters

Inversely, I'd be interested in seeing what Topps Now's LOWEST print runs are.

I know the WWE cards often hover below the 200 print run range despite featuring superstars. I guess fans are fans of the sport but not into collecting. I've seen some cards in the 30-40 range and pondered how cool it would be to own the majority of a print run, then waking myself up realizing I'd be sitting on something potentially nobody would care to want.

There are regularly Bundesliga cards in the 80-120 range this season....years ago many of those were in the 10-25 range, even EPL cards stayed below 50.

[mwheeler27]

Originally Posted by DiamondDevil

There are regularly Bundesliga cards in the 80-120 range this season....years ago many of those were in the 10-25 range, even EPL cards stayed below 50.

[aanewport]

Originally Posted by aanewport

Updated 3/24/21 for Amad Diallo.

With Bernie Sanders overtaking Dr. Anthony Fauci in number of cards sold, here are the current Topps Now Top 10 Print Runs:

1) Bernie Sanders - 2020 USA Election #21 - 91,169
2) Dr. Anthony Fauci - 2020 MLB #2 - 51,512
3) Youssoufa Moukoko - 2020 Bundesliga #45 - 43,697
4) Amad Diallo - 2021 Europa #1 - 20,347
5) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - 2019 MLB #137 - 19,396
6) Shohei Ohtani/Babe Ruth - 2018 Moment of the Week #1 - 17,750
7) Shohei Ohtani - 2017 #OS-80 - 17,323
8) Kamala Harris - 2020 USA Election #13 - 17,016
9) Aaron Judge - 2017 #654 - 16,138
10) Luis Robert - 2020 #11 - 15,161

What MLB card(s) will crack the Top 10 this year?

If Wander Franco gets called up anytime this year, I think his MLB debut "call-up" card will displace Luis Robert and fall between 15,162 - 20,000 sold

Wow, Wander print run 61,305 - only off by about 45,000!

Will try to update Top 10 this weekend, many Soccer cards and Franco have exceeded 20k since March

[TStoryFan]

Originally Posted by aanewport

Updated 3/24/21 for Amad Diallo.

With Bernie Sanders overtaking Dr. Anthony Fauci in number of cards sold, here are the current Topps Now Top 10 Print Runs:

1) Bernie Sanders - 2020 USA Election #21 - 91,169
2) Dr. Anthony Fauci - 2020 MLB #2 - 51,512
3) Youssoufa Moukoko - 2020 Bundesliga #45 - 43,697
4) Amad Diallo - 2021 Europa #1 - 20,347
5) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - 2019 MLB #137 - 19,396
6) Shohei Ohtani/Babe Ruth - 2018 Moment of the Week #1 - 17,750
7) Shohei Ohtani - 2017 #OS-80 - 17,323
8) Kamala Harris - 2020 USA Election #13 - 17,016
9) Aaron Judge - 2017 #654 - 16,138
10) Luis Robert - 2020 #11 - 15,161

What MLB card(s) will crack the Top 10 this year?

If Wander Franco gets called up anytime this year, I think his MLB debut "call-up" card will displace Luis Robert and fall between 15,162 - 20,000 sold

Close. Wander's call-up was number 2 with a 61,305 print run.

[okumeister]

Wander beat Fauci, but couldn't get past the mittens.

[cjgiannini]

Originally Posted by aanewport

Wow, Wander print run 61,305 - only off by about 45,000!

Will try to update Top 10 this weekend, many Soccer cards and Franco have exceeded 20k since March

There are a few F1 cards that have exceeded 15,000 as well: 2021 #1 Lewis Hamilton is 16,116. 2021 #2 Mick Schumacher is 19,730. 2021 #3 Yuki Tsunoda is 17,586

[cjgiannini]

A few of the football cards:
UCL #65 Jude Bellingham 41,133
EL #1 Amad Diallo 20,347
Ronaldo: Greatest Goalscorer 36,331

[growdoe]

Originally Posted by Stat Monsters

Inversely, I'd be interested in seeing what Topps Now's LOWEST print runs are.

I know the WWE cards often hover below the 200 print run range despite featuring superstars. I guess fans are fans of the sport but not into collecting. I've seen some cards in the 30-40 range and pondered how cool it would be to own the majority of a print run, then waking myself up realizing I'd be sitting on something potentially nobody would care to want.

Mahomes had several 2020 Panini Instant cards below 200 print runs. I asked around at Nationals why there is low interest and many say its niche, which it is, but on-demand cards also debut rookie cards that no other products pick up until later.

I believe collecting has been increasing for low-print runs - people are just missing them. Some at Nationals said that the people who wanted the card bought it when it came out. That's partially true, but it's not like everyone is making a clear, concious purchase decision to NOT buy them - they just getting missed amongst all the product releases. Rare is rare. So a Mahomes fan 10 years from now will want to collect His Story, which is best portrayed in on-demand cards, IMO.

[bobbybradyjr]

This 2019 Champions League card of Rodrigo had a print run of 13. I think is was the lowest print at the time. Not sure if it is currently.

https://www.topps.com/secures-vital-...g-card-31.html

[jdlubbock]

Thanks for doing this research.

Haven’t found an updated list besides yours, but two more updates:

Ohtani Trout WBC: 42,273
Wembanyama first pitch: 48,654

[zworykin]

Originally Posted by jdlubbock

Thanks for doing this research.

Haven’t found an updated list besides yours, but two more updates:

Ohtani Trout WBC: 42,273
Wembanyama first pitch: 48,654

Worth also noting, if you're trying to update the list, that the top of the list would now be Aaron Judge's 62nd HR card. 91,685

[Asian62150]

For reference, I think Panini Instant's highest PR is the Lionel Messi World Cup Trophy pic.

22081

Off the top of my head, nothing really comes close.

[Asian62150]

Originally Posted by growdoe

Mahomes had several 2020 Panini Instant cards below 200 print runs. I asked around at Nationals why there is low interest and many say its niche, which it is, but on-demand cards also debut rookie cards that no other products pick up until later.

I believe collecting has been increasing for low-print runs - people are just missing them. Some at Nationals said that the people who wanted the card bought it when it came out. That's partially true, but it's not like everyone is making a clear, concious purchase decision to NOT buy them - they just getting missed amongst all the product releases. Rare is rare. So a Mahomes fan 10 years from now will want to collect His Story, which is best portrayed in on-demand cards, IMO.

Good point. Some Instant cards have been pretty valuable. Check out the LeBron FMVP and LeBlock cards from 2016.

Instant/NOW are niche cards. But because they are on-demand and can pretty much be created the day after something happens, there's an opportunity to get something that won't be in most sets. Maybe it's a crazy game winner/walk-off or a quirky thing that happened during the game.

There's also a big opportunity especially in basketball to get RCs of guys who were undrafted and suddenly found themselves on a team, especially towards the end of the season.

Overall though, I think Panini could have done a lot more with Instant.

[zworykin]

A new number three - assuming we're counting cards available for more than one day, anyhow. (Though on that note, recall also that Bernie Sanders was available for a full week!)

[jduds]

Originally Posted by zworykin

A new number three - assuming we're counting cards available for more than one day, anyhow. (Though on that note, recall also that Bernie Sanders was available for a full week!)

I thought for sure this one would crack 100,000.

[Tibbs2004]

Thanks for this list. I picked up a Bernie and Fauci last night. I didn't know they existed. Pretty cool!

[bman4511]

I assume we’ll have a new #1 shortly once Topps releases PR for the LeBron/steph/KD Team USA

[byronscott4ever]

Originally Posted by bman4511

I assume we’ll have a new #1 shortly once Topps releases PR for the LeBron/steph/KD Team USA

What’s the latest version of the top 10 all time? Curry did 88k so 100k seems almost conservative

[SoftMuscle]

Originally Posted by byronscott4ever

What’s the latest version of the top 10 all time? Curry did 88k so 100k seems almost conservative

I thought Ohtani's first dodger card was still no 1 but I was corrected by another user in the Basketball forum, who said the Wembanyama ROY (VW-6) was the highest. So here's the top 5 as of today:

1. Victor Wembanyama Rookie of the Year 2024 (VW-6) - 113,777 PR
2. Shohei Ohtani Signs with Dodgers 2023 (OS-21) - 107,541 PR
3. Aaron Judge hits 62nd HR 2022 (1012) - 91,685 PR
4. Bernie Sanders Inauguration Ceremony 2021 (21) - 91,169 PR
5. Steph Curry Olympic Games 2024 (22) - 88,735

Not entirely sure about no 6 but Wembanyama 1st Overall Pick 2023 (D1) is at 72,171 so I'm assuming that's at 6. But yeah not sure about the rest of the top 10. Maybe someone can help compile. Looking at the top 5, Ohtani's PR is most impressive since it was 1 day only. Same with the Judge. Wembanyama was 3 days and Curry was also 3 days. Bernie was open for a week.

[byronscott4ever]

Originally Posted by bman4511

I assume we’ll have a new #1 shortly once Topps releases PR for the LeBron/steph/KD Team USA

Are they still printing and/or counting this one? lol

[zworykin]

Wow.

[Ferg1945]

Originally Posted by zworykin

Wow.

I knew it would be high... not THIS high. I think we have a Topps Now print run champion for the rest of our time on this planet.