2021 Topps Chrome Update
Description
2021 Topps Chrome Update is a 100-card set released in mid-January, 2022. As with previous iterations of this product, it is an abbreviated chromium-stock rendition of the Topps Update set, and is packaged in ten-pack "Mega Boxes."
Distribution
Mega Boxes: Ten packs per box (MSRP: $49.99), four cards per pack. Exclusive to target.com
NOTE: Unlike the previous year's product, the 2021 edition is exclusive to Target. As Target stopped selling cards in their brick-and-mortar stores, these boxes are only available on the target.com website.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 100 | - | 4:1 |
| Refractor | 100 | 250 | 1:116 |
| Blue Refractor | 100 | 199 | 1:146 |
| X-Fractor | 100 | 99 | 1:294 |
| Green Refractor | 100 | 75 | 1:387 |
| Gold Refractor | 100 | 50 | 1:581 |
| Red Refractor | 100 | 25 | 1:1160 |
| SuperFractor | 100 | one-of-one | 1:30,058 |
| Printing Plates | 100 | four for each | 1:7291 |
| 2021 All-Star Game | 50 | - | 1:6 |
| Platinum Players Die-Cuts | 70 | - | 1:6 |
| Black Gold | 30 | - | 1:6 |
| Autograph | 69 | - | 1:72 |
| Autograph X-Fractor | 69 | 125 | 1:379 |
| Autograph Gold Refractor | 69 | 50 | 1:877 |
| Autograph Orange Refractor | 69 | 25 | 1:1748 |
| Autograph Red Refractor | 69 | 5 | 1:8615 |
| Autograph SuperFractor | 69 | one-of-one | 1:42,908 |
| 2021 All-Star Game Autograph | 24 | - | 1:949 |
| 2021 All-Star Game Autograph X-Fractor | 24 | 125 | 1:2536 |
| 2021 All-Star Game Autograph Gold Refractor | 24 | 50 | 1:2201 |
| 2021 All-Star Game Autograph Orange Refractor | 24 | 25 | 1:3791 |
| 2021 All-Star Game Autograph Red Refractor | 24 | 5 | 1:19,440 |
| 2021 All-Star Game Autograph SuperFractor | 24 | one-of-one | 1:116,640 |
| Platinum Player Die-Cut Autographs | 30 | - | 1:19,441 |
| Black Gold Autographs | 20 | - | 1:29,161 |
Checklist
Base Set
We estimate 85,700 copies of each base card were produced.
- USC1 Francisco Lindor
- USC2 Jarred Kelenic RD
- USC3 Josh Bell
- USC4 Mitch Moreland
- USC5 Garrett Whitlock RC
- USC6 Kevin Pillar
- USC7 Ka'ai Tom RC
- USC8 Taylor Trammell RD
- USC9 Dane Dunning RC
- USC10 Jackie Bradley, Jr.
- USC11 Alex Kirilloff RD
- USC12 Ha-Seong Kim RD
- USC13 Jorge Ona RC
- USC14 Victor Gonzalez RC
- USC15 Ryan Weathers RD
- USC16 Nick Gordon RC
- USC17 Alec Bohm RD
- USC18 Luis Pati?o RC
- USC19 Andrew Vaughn RD
- USC20 Jarred Kelenic RC
- USC21 Jake Odorizzi
- USC22 Amed Rosario
- USC23 Bobby Dalbec RD
- USC24 Mark Melancon
- USC25 Jake Cronenworth RD
- USC26 Tyler Stephenson RD
- USC27 Akil Baddoo RC
- USC28 Luis Garcia RD
- USC29 Brad Hand
- USC30 Jon Lester
- USC31 Hunter Renfroe
- USC32 Tyson Miller RC
- USC33 Andres Gimenez RC
- USC34 Daniel Lynch RC
- USC35 Andrew Benintendi
- USC36 Willy Adames
- USC37 Yermin Mercedes RC
- USC38 Nate Lowe
- USC39 Ryan Mountcastle RD
- USC40 Jo Adell RD
- USC41 Estevan Florial RD
- USC42 Jameson Taillon
- USC43 Mario Feliciano RC
- USC44 Francisco Mejia
- USC45 Blake Snell
- USC46 Evan White RD
- USC47 Keibert Ruiz RD
- USC48 Nate Pearson RD
- USC49 Hirokazu Sawamura RC
- USC50 Albert Pujols
- USC51 Cristian Pache RD
- USC52 Jazz Chisholm, Jr. RD
- USC53 Jose Devers RC
- USC54 Dylan Carlson RD
- USC55 Kolten Wong
- USC56 Huascar Ynoa RC
- USC57 Lance Lynn
- USC58 Jorge Mateo RC
- USC59 Brent Honeywell, Jr. RC
- USC60 Sam Huff RD
- USC61 Michael Taylor
- USC62 Khalil Lee RC
- USC63 Ke'Bryan Hayes RD
- USC64 Adolis Garcia
- USC65 Alek Manoah RC
- USC66 Geraldo Perdomo RC
- USC67 Zack Wheeler
- USC68 Kohei Arihara
- USC69 Trevor Larnach RC
- USC70 Logan Gilbert RC
- USC71 Bryan Garcia RC
- USC72 Andrew Vaughn RC
- USC73 Casey Mize RD
- USC74 Jonathan India RC
- USC75 Josh Reddick
- USC76 Marcus Semien
- USC77 Nick Maton RC
- USC78 Deivi Garcia RD
- USC79 Taylor Trammell RC
- USC80 Gilberto Celestino RC
- USC81 Clarke Schmidt RD
- USC82 Tarik Skubal RD
- USC83 Tyler Wells RC
- USC84 Vladimir Gutierrez RC
- USC85 Shane McClanahan RD
- USC86 Joey Bart RD
- USC87 Liam Hendriks
- USC88 Chris Rodriguez RC
- USC89 Nick Madrigal RD
- USC90 Sixto Sanchez RD
- USC91 Adam Duvall
- USC92 Wilson Ramos
- USC93 Rougned Odor
- USC94 Joc Pederson
- USC95 Justin Williams RC
- USC96 Jonathan India RD
- USC97 Steven Matz
- USC98 Kyle Isbel RC
- USC99 Charlie Morton
- USC100 Nolan Arenado
Parallels
All 100 base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Purple Refractor
- Refractor (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
- Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
- X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- Printing Plate (set of four for each)
Inserts
2021 All-Star Game
- ASG-1 Mike Trout
- ASG-2 Ronald Acuña, Jr.
- ASG-3 Juan Soto
- ASG-4 Shohei Ohtani
- ASG-5 Fernando Tatis, Jr.
- ASG-6 Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.
- ASG-7 Freddie Freeman
- ASG-8 Kris Bryant
- ASG-9 Rafael Devers
- ASG-10 Jacob deGrom
- ASG-11 Gerrit Cole
- ASG-12 Shane Bieber
- ASG-13 Mookie Betts
- ASG-14 Jesse Winker
- ASG-15 Matt Olson
- ASG-16 Bo Bichette
- ASG-17 Marcus Semien
- ASG-18 Jose Ramirez
- ASG-19 Max Muncy
- ASG-20 Xander Bogaerts
- ASG-21 Ozzie Albies
- ASG-22 Nolan Arenado
- ASG-23 Aaron Judge
- ASG-24 Adolis Garcia
- ASG-25 Nick Castellanos
- ASG-26 Salvador Perez
- ASG-27 Buster Posey
- ASG-28 J.D. Martinez
- ASG-29 Jose Altuve
- ASG-30 Kevin Gausman
- ASG-31 Brandon Woodruff
- ASG-32 Carlos Rodon
- ASG-33 Craig Kimbrel
- ASG-34 Adam Frazier
- ASG-35 Nelson Cruz
- ASG-36 Trevor Rogers
- ASG-37 Carlos Correa
- ASG-38 Brandon Crawford
- ASG-39 Teoscar Hernandez
- ASG-40 Shohei Ohtani
- ASG-41 Walker Buehler
- ASG-42 Manny Machado
- ASG-43 Chris Taylor
- ASG-44 Bryan Reynolds
- ASG-45 J.T. Realmuto
- ASG-46 Jake Cronenworth
- ASG-47 Trea Turner
- ASG-48 Joey Gallo
- ASG-49 Jared Walsh
- ASG-50 Cedric Mullins
Platinum Player Die-Cuts
- CPDC-1 Mike Trout
- CPDC-2 Hank Aaron
- CPDC-3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- CPDC-4 Pedro Martinez
- CPDC-5 Jackie Robinson
- CPDC-6 Johnny Bench
- CPDC-7 Nolan Ryan
- CPDC-8 George Brett
- CPDC-9 Clayton Kershaw
- CPDC-10 Frank Thomas
- CPDC-11 Reggie Jackson
- CPDC-12 Derek Jeter
- CPDC-13 Willie Mays
- CPDC-14 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- CPDC-15 Ichiro
- CPDC-16 Mariano Rivera
- CPDC-17 Justin Verlander
- CPDC-18 Mike Piazza
- CPDC-19 Brooks Robinson
- CPDC-20 Wade Boggs
- CPDC-21 Ozzie Smith
- CPDC-22 Robin Yount
- CPDC-23 Willie McCovey
- CPDC-24 Ernie Banks
- CPDC-25 Albert Pujols
- CPDC-26 Rickey Henderson
- CPDC-27 Ted Williams
- CPDC-28 Roberto Clemente
- CPDC-29 Mike Schmidt
- CPDC-30 Miguel Cabrera
- CPDC-31 Bryce Harper
- CPDC-32 Vladimir Guerrero
- CPDC-33 Rod Carew
- CPDC-34 Tony Gwynn
- CPDC-35 Chipper Jones
- CPDC-36 Joe Morgan
- CPDC-37 Carl Yastrzemski
- CPDC-38 Steve Carlton
- CPDC-39 Bob Gibson
- CPDC-40 Warren Spahn
- CPDC-41 Tom Seaver
- CPDC-42 Alex Rodriguez
- CPDC-43 Frank Robinson
- CPDC-44 Randy Johnson
- CPDC-45 Roger Clemens
- CPDC-46 Stan Musial
- CPDC-47 Greg Maddux
- CPDC-48 Kirby Puckett
- CPDC-49 Fernando Tatis, Jr.
- CPDC-50 Juan Soto
- CPDC-51 Eddie Murray
- CPDC-52 Tom Glavine
- CPDC-53 Jim Palmer
- CPDC-54 Eddie Mathews
- CPDC-55 Max Scherzer
- CPDC-56 Paul Molitor
- CPDC-57 Ronald Acuña, Jr.
- CPDC-58 Dave Winfield
- CPDC-59 Juan Marichal
- CPDC-60 Duke Snider
- CPDC-61 Whitey Ford
- CPDC-62 Al Kaline
- CPDC-63 Satchel Paige
- CPDC-64 Bob Feller
- CPDC-65 Yogi Berra
- CPDC-66 Roy Campanella
- CPDC-67 David Ortiz
- CPDC-68 Lou Brock
- CPDC-69 Willie Stargell
- CPDC-70 Mark McGwire
Black Gold
- BGC-1 Fernando Tatis, Jr.
- BGC-2 Juan Soto
- BGC-3 Mike Trout
- BGC-4 Ronald Acuña, Jr.
- BGC-5 Francisco Lindor
- BGC-6 Bryce Harper
- BGC-7 Mookie Betts
- BGC-8 Cody Bellinger
- BGC-9 Christian Yelich
- BGC-10 Aaron Judge
- BGC-11 Gerrit Cole
- BGC-12 Bo Bichette
- BGC-13 Shohei Ohtani
- BGC-14 Pete Alonso
- BGC-15 Alex Bregman
- BGC-16 Yadier Molina
- BGC-17 Luis Robert
- BGC-18 Javier Baez
- BGC-19 Clayton Kershaw
- BGC-20 Dylan Carlson
- BGC-21 Ke'Bryan Hayes
- BGC-22 Alex Kirilloff
- BGC-23 Joey Bart
- BGC-24 Alec Bohm
- BGC-25 Jo Adell
- BGC-26 Kyle Lewis
- BGC-27 Nolan Arenado
- BGC-28 Ha-Seong Kim
- BGC-29 Cristian Pache
- BGC-30 Ian Anderson
Autographs
Autographs
All Autographs are Refractors and available in the following Refractor parallels.
- X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 125 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- CUSA-AB Andrew Benintendi
- CUSA-ABA Akil Baddoo
- CUSA-AG Andres Gimenez
- CUSA-AM Alek Manoah
- CUSA-AV Andrew Vaughn
- CUSA-BG Bryan Garcia
- CUSA-BH Brent Honeywell, Jr.
- CUSA-BS Blake Snell
- CUSA-CM Charlie Morton
- CUSA-CY Christian Yelich
- CUSA-DD Dane Dunning
- CUSA-DL Daniel Lynch
- CUSA-FK Franklyn Kilome
- CUSA-GC Gerrit Cole
- CUSA-GP Geraldo Perdomo
- CUSA-GW Garrett Whitlock
- CUSA-HS Hirokazu Sawamura
- CUSA-JB Josh Bell
- CUSA-JED Jose Devers
- CUSA-JH Jordan Holloway
- CUSA-JHE Jonah Heim
- CUSA-JI Jonathan India
- CUSA-JK Jarred Kelenic
- CUSA-JL Jimmy Lambert
- CUSA-JM Jorge Mateo
- CUSA-JO Jorge Ona
- CUSA-JP Joc Pederson
- CUSA-JS Juan Soto
- CUSA-KA Kohei Arihara
- CUSA-KCO Kyle Cody
- CUSA-KF Kyle Funkhouser
- CUSA-KI Kyle Isbel
- CUSA-KT Ka'ai Tom
- CUSA-LG Luis Gonzalez
- CUSA-LGI Logan Gilbert
- CUSA-LP Luis Pati?o
- CUSA-MC Miguel Cabrera
- CUSA-MS Marcus Semien
- CUSA-MT Mike Trout
- CUSA-NA Nolan Arenado
- CUSA-NM Nick Maton
- CUSA-NN Nick Nelson
- CUSA-NR Nivaldo Rodriguez
- CUSA-PW Patrick Weigel
- CUSA-RA Ronald Acuña, Jr.
- CUSA-SE Seth Elledge
- CUSA-SR Seth Romero
- CUSA-TL Trevor Larnach
- CUSA-TM Tyson Miller
- CUSA-TT Taylor Trammell
- CUSA-VG Victor Gonzalez
- CUSA-WC Will Craig
- CUSA-YM Yermin Mercedes
- CUSA-ZM Zach McKinstry
- RDA-AB Alec Bohm
- RDA-BD Bobby Dalbec
- RDA-CM Casey Mize
- RDA-DC Dylan Carlson
- RDA-DG Deivi Garcia
- RDA-DP David Peterson
- RDA-EW Evan White
- RDA-GC Garrett Crochet
- RDA-JA Jo Adell
- RDA-JB Joey Bart
- RDA-JC Jazz Chisholm, Jr.
- RDA-JK Jarred Kelenic
- RDA-LG Luis Garcia
- RDA-NM Nick Madrigal
- RDA-SH Spencer Howard
2021 All-Star Game Autographs
All 2021 All-Star Game Autographs are Refractors and available in the following Refractor parallels.
- X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 125 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- ASGA-AC Aroldis Chapman
- ASGA-AJ Aaron Judge
- ASGA-BP Buster Posey
- ASGA-CC Carlos Correa
- ASGA-FF Freddie Freeman
- ASGA-FT Fernando Tatis, Jr.
- ASGA-GC Gerrit Cole
- ASGA-JA Jose Altuve
- ASGA-JH Josh Hader
- ASGA-JM J.D. Martinez
- ASGA-JS Juan Soto
- ASGA-MB Michael Brantley
- ASGA-MM Max Muncy
- ASGA-MO Matt Olson
- ASGA-MS Marcus Semien
- ASGA-MT Mike Trout
- ASGA-NA Nolan Arenado
- ASGA-NCR Nelson Cruz
- ASGA-RA Ronald Acuña, Jr.
- ASGA-RD Rafael Devers
- ASGA-SO Shohei Ohtani
- ASGA-TR Trevor Rogers
- ASGA-VG Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.
- ASGA-ZW Zack Wheeler
Platinum Player Die-Cuts Autographs
- CPDC-1 Mike Trout
- CPDC-3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- CPDC-4 Pedro Martinez
- CPDC-6 Johnny Bench
- CPDC-7 Nolan Ryan
- CPDC-10 Frank Thomas
- CPDC-11 Reggie Jackson
- CPDC-12 Derek Jeter
- CPDC-14 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- CPDC-15 Ichiro
- CPDC-16 Mariano Rivera
- CPDC-18 Mike Piazza
- CPDC-20 Wade Boggs
- CPDC-21 Ozzie Smith
- CPDC-22 Robin Yount
- CPDC-25 Albert Pujols
- CPDC-26 Rickey Henderson
- CPDC-29 Mike Schmidt
- CPDC-30 Miguel Cabrera
- CPDC-31 Bryce Harper
- CPDC-32 Vladimir Guerrero
- CPDC-38 Steve Carlton
- CPDC-47 Greg Maddux
- CPDC-50 Juan Soto
- CPDC-51 Eddie Murray
- CPDC-52 Tom Glavine
- CPDC-53 Jim Palmer
- CPDC-56 Paul Molitor
- CPDC-57 Ronald Acuña, Jr.
- CPDC-58 Dave Winfield
Black Gold Autographs
- BGC-1 Fernando Tatis, Jr.
- BGC-2 Juan Soto
- BGC-3 Mike Trout
- BGC-4 Ronald Acuña, Jr.
- BGC-6 Bryce Harper
- BGC-8 Cody Bellinger
- BGC-9 Christian Yelich
- BGC-10 Aaron Judge
- BGC-11 Gerrit Cole
- BGC-12 Bo Bichette
- BGC-13 Shohei Ohtani
- BGC-14 Pete Alonso
- BGC-17 Luis Robert
- BGC-20 Dylan Carlson
- BGC-21 Ke'Bryan Hayes
- BGC-22 Alex Kirilloff
- BGC-23 Joey Bart
- BGC-24 Alec Bohm
- BGC-29 Cristian Pache
- BGC-30 Ian Anderson
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| Topps (flagship) Triopoly Era: 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 |
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| Topps (flagship) Exclusive License Era: 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 |
| Topps (flagship) Fanatics Era: 2023 - 2024 |
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| Chrome Update: 1999 - 2000 - 2005 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024 |
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| Mini: 1975 - 1985 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2022 |
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