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Topps has been the flagship name in baseball cards since 1952, when Sy Berger's design established the modern card. Its annual base set has run uninterrupted ever since — the longest continuous run in the hobby.

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1956 Topps11 cards

The last of the large-format horizontal sets, 340 cards with painted action scenes behind portraits — including Mantle's celebrated card from his Triple Crown season. Team cards and checklists appeared here for the first time.

1957 Topps11 cards

The set that standardized the modern card: the 2½ × 3½ inch size still used today, real color photography instead of paintings, and full career statistics on the back. Rookies include Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, and Don Drysdale across its 407 cards.

1958 Topps8 cards

A 494-card set of solid-color backgrounds behind cut-out player photos, including the first Topps cards printed with player-name variations in yellow and white lettering. Its #1 card, Ted Williams, leads a set filled with All-Star subset debuts.

1959 Topps13 cards

Topps' 572-card set framed players inside a circle on bold single-color backgrounds. The Bob Gibson rookie and the high-number Mantle All-Star are keys, and at the time it was the largest set ever issued.

1960 Topps10 cards

A 572-card return to horizontal design mixing color portraits with black-and-white insets. Carl Yastrzemski's rookie headlines, and the set's colorful manager and coach cards give it a distinct personality.

1961 Topps13 cards

A clean, portrait-forward 587-card design remembered for its Roger Maris cards issued during his 61-home-run chase, and for high-number scarcity that makes complete sets a genuine challenge.

1962 Topps7 cards

The wood-grain border set — 598 cards styled like a framed photograph, an design echoed decades later by 1987 Topps. It carries Mantle and Maris coming off the 1961 season and a rookie parade led by Gaylord Perry and Lou Brock.

1963 Topps14 cards

A 576-card dual-image design with a color photo above and a tinted portrait circle below. Its towering key is #537: the rookie card Pete Rose shares with three other players.

1965 Topps7 cards

The pennant-flag design — 598 cards considered among Topps' best-looking of the decade. Joe Morgan and Steve Carlton rookies anchor it, alongside Mantle's iconic card from his final MVP-caliber season.

1966 Topps6 cards

A straightforward 598-card design whose difficulty lies almost entirely in its brutally short-printed high-number series, including the Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey cards collectors hunt for decades.

1967 Topps3 cards

A clean, borderless-photo design across 609 cards — the largest set Topps had made — with the Rod Carew and Tom Seaver rookies as its pillars. Its high numbers are among the toughest of the sixties.

1968 Topps11 cards

The burlap-texture border set, 598 cards including the Nolan Ryan/Jerry Koosman rookie (#177) and Johnny Bench's rookie card — two of the most significant cards of the entire decade in one checklist.

1969 Topps12 cards

A 664-card set produced during a photo-shortage year that forced Topps to reuse old and hatless portraits — creating famous variations like the white-letter names. Reggie Jackson's rookie (#260) and Mantle's final card (#500) make it a landmark.

1970 Topps15 cards

The gray-border set that closed the sixties era: 720 cards, then the largest issue ever. Thurman Munson's rookie and a strong Ryan/Bench/Clemente core carry it, with condition-sensitive gray borders punishing careless handling.

1971 Topps23 cards

1972 Topps27 cards

1973 Topps24 cards

1974 Topps17 cards

1975 Topps18 cards

1976 Topps23 cards

1977 Topps22 cards

1978 Topps22 cards

1979 Topps26 cards

1980 Topps15 cards

1981 Topps502 of 511 cardsShow all 511 →

1982 Topps19 cards

1983 Topps27 cards

1984 Topps26 of 397 cardsShow all 397 →

1985 Topps20 cards

1986 Topps19 cards

1987 Topps13 of 361 cardsShow all 361 →

1988 Topps14 of 344 cardsShow all 344 →

1989 Topps9 cards

1990 Topps21 of 33 cardsShow all 33 →

1991 Topps13 cards

1992 Topps4 cards

1993 Topps12 cards

1994 Topps4 cards

1995 Topps11 cards

1998 Topps4 cards

1999 Topps5 cards

2000 Topps4 cards

2001 Topps11 cards

2002 Topps4 cards

2003 Topps5 cards

2004 Topps10 cards

2005 Topps13 cards

2006 Topps8 cards

2007 Topps10 cards

2008 Topps8 cards

2009 Topps4 cards

2010 Topps11 cards

2011 Topps10 cards

2012 Topps11 of 17 cardsShow all 17 →

2013 Topps3 cards

2015 Topps6 cards

Values are informational estimates from recent comparable sales — not a certified appraisal, insurance, or financial advice.