Flagg’s Chrome Base Is $25. Wemby’s Is $17. Here’s the Gap.
Cooper Flagg’s 2025 Topps Chrome base RC (#251) is sitting around $25 raw. That’s after the kid just dropped 51 and 45 in back-to-back games — becoming the youngest player in NBA history to score 50.
96 points in 48 hours. First rookie since Iverson in ’97 to go 40+ in consecutive games. The base card barely flinched.
2025 Topps Chrome Cooper Flagg #251 RC
Here’s what’s interesting. The refractor is running around $253 — a 10x raw-to-refractor spread. That’s wide. Demand is stacking on parallels while the base stays flat.
Graded supply is still thin. Topps Chrome just hit the market and PSA submissions are early-cycle. When PSA 10 comps start posting in volume, that floor gets re-priced. eBay sold listings have climbed steadily the past two weeks, and Best Offer acceptance rates are tightening — sellers are holding firmer.
Comp check: Wembanyama’s 2023 Topps Chrome base (#1) is at $17 raw right now.
2023 Topps Chrome Victor Wembanyama #1 RC
Flagg’s Chrome base is trading at a 47% premium over last year’s No. 1 pick. Wemby was a generational prospect with a full season of All-Star production already on the résumé when that card settled. Flagg doesn’t have that yet.
What he does have is a historic scoring week, a ROY race he just flipped (now -250 favorite on DraftKings after passing Kon Knueppel), and a Mavericks team fighting for playoff positioning where he’s the main attraction.
The Topps flagship base (#201) is around $5, which makes Chrome the clear premium play at 5x the price for the same player in the better product. Season averages — 20.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.5 assists — are solid but not what’s driving the conversation. The last two games are.
Whether $25 holds, compresses toward Wemby’s $17, or runs higher depends entirely on what happens next. Watch the ROY odds and the eBay volume. Those two numbers will tell you everything before the price does.
