2021 Topps X

Description

2021 Topps X is a series of separate sets "curated" (Topps' words, not ours) by a selected player/fixture. All eight sets were exclusive to topps.com.

Sports Illustrated

2021 Topps X Sports Illustrated is a 70-card set released two-per-week featuring reprints of classic Sports Illustrated covers. The first two cards were made available on a print-on-demand basis the week of March 16th at a cost of $9.99 per card, or $17.49 for both cards. Parallels are randomly inserted.

• 1 Mike Trout 08/27/2012 17936
• 2 Duke Snider 06/27/1955 4386
• 3 Larry Walker 06/11/2001 2061
• 4 Kirby Puckett 04/06/1992 2676
• 5 Vladimir Guerrero 05/01/2000 1808
• 6 Boston Red Sox 11/10/2004 2858
• 7 Mickey Mantle 06/18/1956 4750
• 8 Greg Maddux 08/14/1995 2107
• 9 Mookie Betts 2020 WS 2590
• 10 Derek Jeter 06/21/1999 2525
• 11 Stan Musial/Ted Williams 07/08/1957 2103
• 12 Ken Griffey, Jr. 05/07/1990 2732
• 13 George Brett 10/05/1992 1452
• 14 Darryl Strawberry 07/01/1988 1474
• 15 Hank Aaron 04/15/1974 2057
• 16 Nolan Ryan 05/01/1989 1885
• 17 Al Kaline 05/11/1964 1491
• 18 Aaron Judge 05/15/2017 1928
• 19 Ernie Banks 02/02/2015 1585
• 20 Ozzie Smith 09/28/1987 1413
• 21 Fernando Tatis, Jr./Manny Machado 03/15/2019 2076
• 22 Clayton Kershaw 04/01/2013 1495
• 23 Mike Piazza 08/21/2000 1370
• 24 Willie Mays Fall 1992 1489
• 25 Willie Stargell 08/02/1971 1272
• 26 Whitey Ford 09/10/1956 1339
• 27 Pedro Martinez 04/20/1998 1286
• 28 Randy Johnson 05/08/2000 1227
• 29 Ichiro 05/28/2001 1746
• 30 Ivan Rodriguez 08/11/1997 1254
• 31 Bo Jackson 06/12/1989 1649
• 32 Stephen Strasburg 06/21/2010 1195
• 33 Yogi Berra 07/11/1955 1248
• 34 Frank Thomas / Ken Griffey, Jr. 08/08/1994 1813
• 35 Kris Bryant 03/27/2017 1348
• 36 Mike Trout / Shohei Ohtani 03/21/2018 6781
• 37 Steve Carlton 10/03/1983 1157
• 38 Buster Posey 07/22/2013 1262
• 39 Rod Carew 07/18/1977 1105
• 40 Rollie Fingers 03/16/1981 1057
• 41 Mark McGwire 1998 Special 1385
• 42 Ted Williams 08/01/1955 1337
• 43 Reggie Jackson 08/04/1980 1214
• 44 Will Clark 05/28/1990 1135
• 45 Deion Sanders 05/26/1997 1159
• 46 Eddie Mathews 08/16/1954 1330
• 47 Catfish Hunter 10/07/1974 1026
• 48 Tommy Lasorda 03/14/1977 1113
• 49 Roger Clemens 03/01/1999 1036
• 50 Dale Murphy 07/04/1983 1084
• 51 Billy Martin 05/06/1985 1043
• 52 Joe Morgan 04/12/1976 959
• 53 David Ortiz 09/01/2016 1093
• 54 Rickey Henderson 10/16/1989 1101
• 55 Roger Maris 10/02/1961 1221
• 56 Jose Canseco 08/20/1990 1003
• 57 Roberto Clemente 07/03/1967 1250
• 58 Tim Lincecum 12/27/2010 989
• 59 Joe Carter 11/01/1993 986
• 60 Dave Winfield 01/05/1981 955
• 61 Atlanta Braves 11/06/1995 1061
• 62 Tony Gwynn 07/28/1997 1028
• 63 Carlton Fisk 07/30/1973 949
• 64 Mike Schmidt / George Brett 08/10/1981 1118
• 65 Bryce Harper 02/25/2013 1062
• 66 Ken Griffey, Jr.? 06/14/2004 1388
• 67 Mariano Rivera 10/05/2009 1068
• 68 Randy Johnson 03/31/1997 842
• 69 Shohei Ohtani Oct. 2021 3844
• 70 Derek Jeter 09/29/2014 1649

Parallels

All 70 cards are also available in the following parallels.

• Red & White Stripes (serial-numbered to 70 copies)
• Canary Yellow (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Orange (serial-numbered to ten)
• Red (serial-numbered to five)
• Silver (one-of-one)

Autographs

Autographs for selected cards were available on a a la carte basis with differing prices for each player. Each autograph is serial-numbered to 25 copies, and are also available in the following parallels.

• Orange (serial-numbered to ten)
• Red (serial-numbered to five)
• Silver (one-of-one)

• 12A Ken Griffey, Jr.? 05/07/1990
• 20A Ozzie Smith 09/28/1987
• 23A Mike Piazza 08/21/2000
• 29A Ichiro 05/28/2001
• 41A Mark McGwire 1998 Special
• 54A Rickey Henderson 10/16/1989
• 59A Joe Carter 11/01/1993
• 67A Mariano Rivera 10/05/2009
• 70A Derek Jeter 09/29/2014

Derek Jeter Captain's Crew

2021 Topps x Derek Jeter Captain's Crew is a 41-card set released on a print-to-order basis on topps.com and available for one week beginning April 29th, 2021. Each pack contained ten cards and sold for $19.99 with parallels and autographs randomly inserted.

A total of 16,227 packs were sold and produced.

Base Set

• 1 Dave Winfield
• 2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 3 Don Mattingly
• 4 Alan Trammell
• 5 Ryne Sandberg
• 6 Deion Sanders
• 7 Reggie Jackson
• 8 Andre Dawson
• 9 Mike Schmidt
• 10 Wade Boggs
• 11 Ozzie Smith
• 12 Ron Guidry
• 13 Robin Yount
• 14 Barry Larkin
• 15 Rickey Henderson
• 16 Bo Jackson
• 17 Chipper Jones
• 18 Mariano Rivera
• 19 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 20 Pedro Martinez
• 21 Andy Pettitte
• 22 David Wright
• 23 Bernie Williams
• 24 Nomar Garciaparra
• 25 Roger Clemens
• 26 John Smoltz
• 27 Hideki Matsui
• 28 Adrian Beltre
• 29 David Cone
• 30 Mo Vaughn
• 31 Frank Thomas
• 32 Paul O'Neill
• 33 Jason Varitek
• 34 Ichiro
• 35 Alfonso Soriano
• 36 David Ortiz
• 37 Tim Raines
• 38 CC Sabathia
• 39 Derek Jeter / Mariano Rivera
• 40 Derek Jeter / Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 41 Derek Jeter

Parallels

All 41 cards are available in the following parallels.

• Purple (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red (serial-numbered to ten)
• Orange (serial-numbered to five)
• Gold (one-of-one)

Autographs

Each Autograph is serial-numbered to 50 copies and also available in the following parallels.

• Purple (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red (serial-numbered to ten)
• Orange (serial-numbered to five)
• Gold (one-of-one)

NOTES

• Cards #1-A, #6-A, #9-A, #10-A, #11-A, #13-A, #14-A, #22-A, #24-A, #28-A, and #31-A are not available in the base set.
• Cards #2-A, #5-A, #7-A, #15-A, #16-A, #17-A, #26-A, and #36-A are not available in the base set or the Purple parallel.
• Cards #18-A, #19-A, #20-A, #21-A, #25-A, #27-A, #34-A, and #38-A are not available in the base set, or the Purple or Red parallels.
• Cards #39-A, #40-A, and #41-A only exist in the Orange and Gold parallels.
• Cards #23-A, #29-A, #37-A, do not exist.

• 1-A Dave Winfield
• 2-A Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 3-A Don Mattingly
• 4-A Alan Trammell
• 5-A Ryne Sandberg
• 6-A Deion Sanders
• 7-A Reggie Jackson
• 8-A Andre Dawson
• 9-A Mike Schmidt
• 10-A Wade Boggs
• 11-A Ozzie Smith
• 12-A Ron Guidry
• 13-A Robin Yount
• 14-A Barry Larkin
• 15-A Rickey Henderson
• 16-A Bo Jackson
• 17-A Chipper Jones
• 18-A Mariano Rivera
• 19-A Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 20-A Pedro Martinez
• 21-A Andy Pettitte
• 22-A David Wright
• 24-A Nomar Garciaparra
• 25-A Roger Clemens
• 26-A John Smoltz
• 27-A Hideki Matsui
• 28-A Adrian Beltre
• 30-A Mo Vaughn
• 31-A Frank Thomas
• 32-A Paul O'Neill
• 33-A Jason Varitek
• 34-A Ichiro
• 35-A Alfonso Soriano
• 36-A David Ortiz
• 38-A CC Sabathia
• 39-A Derek Jeter / Mariano Rivera
• 40-A Derek Jeter / Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 41-A Derek Jeter

1989 Bowman Keith Short

2021 Bowman x 1989 Bowman Keith Short is a 40-card tribute to Ken Griffey, Jr's of the 1989 Bowman rookie card, by artist Keith Shore. The set was released, exclusive to topps.com, in four ten-card "waves" with a new wave each week, beginning the week of May 3rd. Each pack, which retailed for $19.99, contained all ten cards for that wave, with parallels and inserts randomly inserted. Like the original set, each card measures 2 1/2" X 3 3/4". Each wave was printed to order.

Base Set

Wave One

7015 Wave One sets were produced.

• 1 Mike Trout
• 2 Francisco Lindor
• 3 Max Scherzer
• 4 Fernando Tatis, Jr.
• 5 Freddie Freeman
• 6 Alec Bohm
• 7 Dylan Carlson
• 8 Joey Bart
• 9 Jasson Dominguez
• 10 Wander Franco

Wave Two

3864 Wave Two sets were produced.

• 11 Juan Soto
• 12 Bryce Harper
• 13 Shohei Ohtani
• 14 Aaron Judge
• 15 Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.
• 16 Ryan Mountcastle
• 17 Nick Madrigal
• 18 Alex Kirilloff
• 19 CJ Abrams
• 20 Spencer Torkelson

Wave Three

3422 Wave Three sets were produced.

• 21 Kyle Lewis
• 22 Cody Bellinger
• 23 Gleyber Torres
• 24 Casey Mize
• 25 Bobby Dalbec
• 26 Cristian Pache
• 27 Heston Kjerstad
• 28 Bobby Witt, Jr.
• 29 Deion Sanders
• 30 Bo Jackson

Wave Four

3534 Wave Four sets were produced.

• 31 Gerrit Cole
• 32 Mookie Betts
• 33 Ronald Acuna, Jr.
• 34 Jacob deGrom
• 35 Bo Bichette
• 36 Jo Adell
• 37 Ke'Bryan Hayes
• 38 Jarred Kelenic
• 39 MacKenzie Gore
• 40 Ken Griffey, Sr.

Parallels

All 40 base cards are available in the following parallels.

• Green Foil (serial-numbered to 89 copies)
• Purple Foil (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Foil (serial-numbered to ten)
• Orange Foil (serial-numbered to five)
• Gold Back (one-of-one)

Encased Artist's Proof

All 40 base cards were also available as an "Encased Artist's Proof." Each card was sold separately on an a la carte basis and is serial-numbered to 89 copies.

Inserts

Ken Griffey, Jr.

Randomly inserted were cards of Ken Griffey, Jr. There's a different Griffey card for each of the four waves, and each is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

• KG1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• KG2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• KG3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• KG4 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Autographs

Autographs of selected players were also available on an a la carte basis, at varying price points. All autographs are available in the following.

• Green Foil (serial-numbered to 89 copies)
• Purple Foil (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Foil (serial-numbered to ten)
• Orange Foil (serial-numbered to five)
• Gold Back (one-of-one)

NOTE: Topps could not get Bo Jackson to autograph his cards. As a replacement, orders for Jackson were fulfilled with an autograph of Shohei Ohtani, whom Topps did not originally solicit for autographs.

• 1-A Mike Trout
• 12-A Bryce Harper
• 13-A Shohei Ohtani
• 15-A Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.
• 29-A Deion Sanders
• 33-A Ronald Acuna, Jr.

Efdot Iconic Stadium Series Two

A continuation of the previous year's set, Artist Efdot was commissioned to create five more prints of old ballparks. Unlike other Topps X sets, each card was sold a la carte -- not unlike the Project 2020 cards. All five cards were available for one week beginning June 3rd and sold for $19.99.

• 6 Oriole Park at Camden Yards 1106
• 7 Tiger Stadium 939
• 8 Ebbets Field 1029
• 9 Forbes Field 836
• 10 Sportsman's Park 813

Parallels

Artist's Proof

All five cards were also available as an Artist's Proof -- each limited to 50 hand-numbered copies and sold separately for $299.99.

Rainbow Foilboard

Every twentieth card ordered will be a Rainbow Foilboard parallel, serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Gold

A one-of-one Gold parallel for each card was randomly distributed.

Spotlight 70 Featuring Andy Friedman

Topps x Spotlight 70 featuring Andy Friedman is a 70-card set of original watercolor renditions of classic Topps cards. Packs of ten cards ($19.99 each) were available for a four week period beginning July 22nd. Parallels, variations, and inserts were randomly inserted, with every third box yielding an autograph.

4332 packs were sold.

Base Set

We estimate that no more that 454 copies of each base card were produced.

• 1 Al Oliver
• 2 Andres Galarraga
• 3 Benito Santiago
• 4 Benny Agbayani
• 5 Bert Blyleven
• 6 B.J. Surhoff
• 7 Bobby Abreu
• 8 Brady Anderson
• 9 Bucky Dent
• 10 Carlos Delgado
• 11 Coco Crisp
• 12 Dale Murphy
• 13 Danny Tartabull
• 14 Dave Concepcion
• 15 Dave Kingman
• 16 Dave Parker
• 17 Dave Roberts
• 18 Dave Stewart
• 19 David Cone
• 20 Dusty Baker
• 21 Frank Viola
• 22 Fred Lynn
• 23 Garry Templeton
• 24 Gary Matthews
• 25 Gaylord Perry
• 26 Gene Tenace
• 27 Goose Gossage
• 28 Greg Luzinski
• 29 J.R. Richard
• 30 Jason Kendall
• 31 Jered Weaver
• 32 Jim Kaat
• 33 Jim Rice
• 34 Joe Carter
• 35 Joe Girardi
• 36 Joe Rudi
• 37 John Kruk
• 38 Julio Franco
• 39 Ken Griffey, Sr.
• 40 Kenny Lofton
• 41 Kent Hrbek
• 42 Kent Tekulve
• 43 Kerry Wood
• 44 Kevin Bass
• 45 Lee Mazzilli
• 46 Lloyd McClendon
• 47 Lonnie Smith
• 48 Luis Tiant
• 49 Manny Sanguillen
• 50 Mike Pagliarulo
• 51 Mo Vaughn
• 52 Preston Wilson
• 53 Rich Gedman
• 54 Roberto Kelly
• 55 Ron Darling
• 56 Ron Washington
• 57 Ruben Sierra
• 58 Shawn Green
• 59 Steve Finley
• 60 Steve Garvey
• 61 Steve Rogers
• 62 Tim Lincecum
• 63 Tim Raines
• 64 Tim Salmon
• 65 Toby Harrah
• 66 Todd Hundley
• 67 Tom Henke
• 68 Tommy John
• 69 Vida Blue
• 70 Will Clark

Variations

Each Variation is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

• 12 Dale Murphy
• 14 Dave Concepcion
• 15 Dave Kingman
• 22 Fred Lynn
• 24 Gary Matthews
• 29 J.R. Richard
• 32 Jim Kaat
• 34 Joe Carter
• 42 Kent Tekulve
• 48 Luis Tiant
• 58 Shawn Green
• 61 Steve Rogers
• 62 Tim Lincecum
• 68 Tommy John
• 69 Vida Blue

Parallels

All 70 cards are available in the following parallels.

• Spotlight 70 (serial-numbered to 70 copies)
• Glossy (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Red Back (serial-numbered to ten)
• Rainbow Foil (serial-numbered to five)
• CMYK 4-Color Test Prints (set of four for each card)

Artist Proof

Artist Proofs for all 70 cards were sold separately on an a la carte basis for $69.99 each. Each is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

Inserts

Sketch Cards

As part of some kind of meta joke, randomly inserted into packs were ten sketch cards of a slab of gum. No really.

Autographs

We estimate that no more than 46 copies of each Autograph were produced.

• 5-A Bert Blyleven
• 7-A Bobby Abreu
• 10-A Carlos Delgado
• 12-A Dale Murphy
• 15-A Dave Kingman
• 16-A Dave Parker
• 18-A Dave Stewart
• 20-A Dusty Baker
• 25-A Gaylord Perry
• 27-A Goose Gossage
• 29-A J.R. Richard
• 31-A Jered Weaver
• 32-A Jim Kaat
• 33-A Jim Rice
• 34-A Joe Carter
• 36-A Joe Rudi
• 37-A John Kruk
• 39-A Ken Griffey, Sr.
• 40-A Kenny Lofton
• 41-A Kent Hrbek
• 42-A Kent Tekulve
• 43-A Kerry Wood
• 45-A Lee Mazzilli
• 51-A Mo Vaughn
• 53-A Rich Gedman
• 55-A Ron Darling
• 56-A Ron Washington
• 57-A Ruben Sierra
• 58-A Shawn Green
• 60-A Steve Garvey
• 63-A Tim Raines
• 70-A Will Clark

ESPN 30-for-30: "Once Upon a Time in Queens"

Topps x ESPN 30-for-30: "Once Upon a Time in Queens" is a 40-card set released in conjunction with the documentary of the same name. As with the film, the set was released in four, ten-card "Parts" with two Parts released the day after the respective parts aired with Parts One and Two available September 14th, and Parts Three and Four the following day. Each was available for seven days on a print-to-order basis, at $19.99 for each ten-card Part. Parallels and autographs were randomly inserted.

Base Set

Part One

4026 sets were sold.

• 1 Darryl Strawberry
• 2 Keith Hernandez
• 3 Davey Johnson MGR
• 4 Dwight Gooden
• 5 Dwight Gooden
• 6 Gary Carter
• 7 Lenny Dykstra
• 8 Mookie Wilson
• 9 Dwight Gooden
• 10 Frank Cashen GM

Part Two

3508 sets were sold.

• 11 Roger McDowell
• 12 Lenny Dykstra / Dwight Gooden / Darryl Strawberry
• 13 Davey Johnson MGR
• 14 Davey Johnson / Whitey Herzog MGR
• 15 Gary Carter / Kevin Mitchell
• 16 Dwight Gooden
• 17 Ron Darling
• 18 Gary Carter
• 19 Darryl Strawberry
• 20 Ray Knight

Part Three

3402 sets were sold.

• 21 Mike Tyson / Dwight Gooden / Darryl Strawberry
• 22 Keith Hernandez
• 23 New York Mets
• 24 Darryl Strawberry
• 25 Shea Stadium
• 26 Keith Hernandez NLCS
• 27 Lenny Dykstra NLCS
• 28 Dwight Gooden / Nolan Ryan NLCS
• 29 Gary Carter NLCS
• 30 New York Mets NLCS

Part Four

3211 sets were sold.

• 31 Gary Carter WS
• 32 Mookie Wilson WS
• 33 New York Mets WS
• 34 Ray Knight WS
• 35 Jesse Orosco WS
• 36 Keith Hernandez / Gary Carter WS
• 37 Jimmy Kimmel
• 38 Cousin Sal
• 39 New York Mets
• 40 New York Mets

Parallels

All 40 base cards are available in the following parallels.

• Orange & Blue Pinstripe (serial-numbered to 86 copies)
• Gold (one-of-one)

Joey Paints Artwork

These four cards were produced by artist Joey Paints and sold separately on an a la carte basis for $19.99 each. Randomly inserted were the following parallels.

• Rainbow Foil (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Gold Frame (one-of-one)

In addition, 86 copies of each card was also available as an Artist Proof for $99.99.

• 1 The Uniform 821
• 2 Spirit of ?86 553
• 3 Hey! Up Front! 410
• 4 Jumping for Joy 764

Autographs

• 7 Lenny Dykstra
• 9 Dwight Gooden
• 13 Davey Johnson
• 19 Ray Knight
• 22 Keith Hernandez
• 24 Darryl Strawberry

Celebrity Autographs

Celebrity Autographs were sold separately on an a la carte basis. The "base" version is serial-numbered to 125, with the following parallels also available.

• Green (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Orange & Blue Pinstripe (serial-numbered to 86 copies)
• Blue (serial-numbered to 49 copies)
• Red (serial-numbered to ten)
• Orange (serial-numbered to five)
• Gold (one-of-one)

• Cousin Sal
• Jimmy Kimmel
• Mike Tyson

Mickey Mantle Collection

The 2021 Topps X Mickey Mantle Collection is a 52-card set released exclusively to topps.com on October 20th. The set consists of reprints of all 38 of Mantle's Topps and Bowman cards issued from 1951-1969 (many of which were previously reprinted in 1996 and 1997 Topps), three "cards that never were" from the time Mantle was exclusive to Bowman (a concept Topps already did ten years earlier), and nine cards done in the style of the Topps flagship set from 2013 to the present. (From 2007 to 2012, Mantle was included as card #7 in that year's Topps base set. After 2012, Topps lost Mantle's image rights, which they regained in 2021.) The last two cards are checklists, and are short-printed.

Every fifth pack will yield a parallel serial-numbered to 199 copies or fewer. Autographs of past Yankee greats and Mickey Mantle cut autographs (all limited to seven copies, each) are randomly inserted.

We estimate that 156,500 packs were produced.

Parallels

All 50 base cards except the two checklists are available in the following parallels.

• Yankee Blue (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
• Orange (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
• Green (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Yellow (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
• Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Light Blue (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Autograph (serial-numbered to fifteen)
• Seven (serial-numbered to seven)
• Red (serial-numbered to five)
• Platinum (one-of-one)

Autographs

Monumental Autographs

Each Monumental Autograph is serial-numbered to seven.

NOTE: While all these signers played for the Yankees, none actually played with Mantle.

Mickey Mantle Cut Signatures

A total of seven Mantle Cut Signatures were inserted into packs.