Topps Discloses Print Run on First Licensed NFL Draft Topps Now Release
Topps locked in a 126,501 print run on its first-overall Fernando Mendoza Topps Now card after the 72-hour order window closed Sunday, the largest single-card total the on-demand line has ever produced for an NFL Draft release.
The 15-card set was Topps’ first licensed NFL Draft product under the multi-year deal that took exclusive football trading card rights from Panini on April 1. Each card was photographed live in Pittsburgh, printed within roughly 90 seconds, and signed on stage by select draftees with a “My 1st NFL Auto” inscription. Base cards ran $11.99 in increments of one, five, 10 and 20.
Demand varied sharply across the set. Mendoza’s number towers over everything else: Jeremiyah Love is next at 18,430, followed by Caleb Downs at 7,866 and Carnell Tate at 6,544. Jordyn Tyson landed at 4,539, David Bailey at 3,939 and Arvell Reese at 3,931. At the thin end, Francis Mauigoa came in at 1,790, Keldric Faulk at 1,356 and Kadyn Proctor at 1,063 — a roughly 119-to-1 gap between the most and least ordered cards.
Mendoza, drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders, did not attend the draft in person. Topps said he will sign a comparable card at a later date, with autographs distributed randomly through completed orders.
Topps Now launched in baseball in 2016 and has since expanded into MLB, NBA, UFC and Formula 1. Football was off the menu under the Panini license, which expired March 31. MLB Topps Now print runs span a wide band — most regular-season cards settle in the hundreds to low thousands, with viral nights occasionally pushing into five or six figures. Mendoza’s number sits near the top of anything the line has produced.
Cards sold direct-to-consumer through Topps and Fanatics Collect, with shipping expected in the coming weeks. The data gives the hobby its first measurable read on demand depth across a Fanatics-Topps NFL release, and it sets a baseline for future NFL on-demand drops.
The release also leads into a 2026 calendar that already includes the April 15 debut of 2025 Topps Chrome Football and Bowman-style prospect products later in the year.
