Bam Adebayo Topps NOW® Card Celebrates Historic 83-Point Game

Topps NOW® Celebrates Bam’s Big Night

If you were lucky enough to see Bam Adebayo’s historic performance on Tuesday, March 10, you would have sensed something special happening, almost right away. A spellbinding 31-point first quarter for the Miami Heat All-Star laid the table for a big night. But still, no one could have predicted just how extraordinary Bam’s exploits would become.

In the end, Bam Adebayo went for 83 points. Yes, you read that right. It’s fair to say that no one would have predicted that Adebayo, an All-Star in his own right, would one day put up the second-most points ever scored by a player in a single game — trailing only Wilt Chamberlain’s near-mythical 100-point masterpiece.

Before Tuesday, Bam’s career high in a game stood at 41. He more than doubled that on his way to moving past Kobe, whose own famous 81-point outing had stood in second place since 2006.

It was the exact sort of occasion that Topps NOW® was built for: a card capturing a moment that unfolded in real-time, over the course of one magical game, one unbelievable performance. Let’s take a look at the card commemorating Bam’s biggest night.

Bam Reaches New Heights

The Topps NOW® offering starts with a base card featuring a brilliant player image of Adebayo soaring for a dunk, with an ecstatic South Beach crowd on their feet.

The card back details the spectacular performance, Bam moving past Kobe, and his breaking of LeBron James’ record for most points in a game in Miami Heat franchise history. Bam broke James’ mark in the third quarter.

Chasing 83

In addition to a fantastic base card, collectors can chase parallels, variations, and auto versions of the card. Foil parallels are numbered to 50 and lower:

• Gold Foil /50
• Orange Foil /25
• Black Foil /10
• Red Foil /5
• FoilFractor 1/1

The release also features a phenomenal Bam Adebayo Image Variation Short Print card that captures Adebayo celebrating the feat postgame, while paying homage to to the iconic image of Wilt Chamberlain holding up a piece of paper with the number 100 on it, after scoring a century back in 1962.

Rare auto versions of the base card are also there for the chase, with three runs, numbered to 10, 5, and 1. The 1/1 features Adebayo’s signature above his inscription: 83 Pts 3.10.26.

It’s a monumental moment for NBA Topps NOW® — a player writing himself into history on a Tuesday night in March. How big of a deal is it? Perhaps Bam himself said it best: “It’s Wilt, Me, then Kobe — which sounds crazy.”

A crazy achievement indeed: one which NBA Topps NOW® is putting in the hands of hardwood hobbyists around the world.

NBA Topps NOW® FAQs

• What does this Bam Adebayo Topps NOW® card celebrate?
  • It celebrates Bam Adebayo’s 83-point performance on March 10, 2026, a game that became the second-highest single-game scoring total in NBA history, behind only Wilt Chamberlain’s 100.
• What is included in the Bam Adebayo Topps NOW® release?
  • The release includes an open-edition base card, foil parallels numbered to /50 and lower, a Bam Adebayo Image Variation short print, and autograph redemption cards numbered to /10, /5, and /1.
• How can collectors buy Bam Adebayo Topps NOW® card?
  • The 2025-26 NBA Topps NOW® Card #201 is available for purchase on Topps.com during the release window, which closes on March 13 at 5:00 PM EDT.
• What parallels can collectors chase?
  • Parallels to chase include Gold Foil /50, Orange Foil /25, Black Foil /10, Red Foil /5, and FoilFractor 1/1.

Key Facts

• Player: Bam Adebayo
• Moment: 83 points on March 10, 2026
• Historical significance: Second-most points ever in an NBA game, behind only Wilt Chamberlain’s 100
• Topps release: 2025-26 NBA Topps NOW® Card #201
• Chases: Image Variation short print, and autograph redemptions, base parallels numbered to 50 and lower
• Sales window: March 11–13, 2026

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