2025 Topps Baseball Series 1

How to Collect: Kevin Durant | The Best Topps Cards to Collect

Some of KD’s Best with the Brand

Date: Dec 19, 2024
Topics: basketball, Cards and Culture, Kevin Durant, NBA
Length: 416 Words
Reading Time: ~3 Minutes

Two-time champion. 14-time All-Star. Eighth-highest in all-time points total (and the highest True Shooting Percentage of any of the top 10). Kevin Durant has built a legacy that stands up against almost every basketball player in history. His long, lanky frame, transcendent skill set, and unquenchable love for the game have helped KD become one of pro basketball’s GOATs.

Now a member of the old guard alongside LeBron and former teammate Steph Curry, Durant’s place in history is unquestioned. While Curry and LeBron may have more rings, Durant stood tallest, helping Golden State to two straight titles. Durant hit dagger threes in both years to put Golden State one win away from the title. On both occasions, Durant took home the Finals MVP award. Let’s look at some of Durant’s best cards from the Topps Basketball landscape.


Kevin Durant Cards to Collect


2007/08 Topps Chrome Basketball #131 Kevin Durant White Refractor RC /99

Player info

• drafted second overall in 2007 draft
• won 2008 rookie of the year
• 2007 National college player of the year

Set info

• 160-card base set

card info

• perhaps most covetable durant topps card

2007/08 Bowman Chrome Basketball #111 Kevin Durant Xfractor /50

Player info

• 6x all-league first team
• 5x all-league second team

Set info

• 160-card base set
• set also includes rookie cards of Mike Conley and Al Horford

card info

• Card back contains ‘bowman insider’ scouting report

2024 Olympic Games TOPPS NOW® Card #28 Kevin Durant

Player info

• gold medal winner in 2024 Paris Olympics
• has won gold medal in each of last four olympic games

set info

• online exclusive
• numbered parallels and ultra-rare on-card autos

card info

• card commemorating Durant’s record-setting fourth olympic gold medal

2023/24 Topps Chrome Basketball Coast to Coast #CC-26 Kevin Durant /25 

Player info

• most points scored in Olympic men’s basketball history (518)
• scored 30 points in 107-100 gold medal win over Spain for redeem team in 2012

set info

• 190-card base set
• 30-card insert

card info

• popular insert design showing durant set against a basketball globe

2024 Olympic Games TOPPS NOW® Card #26SP Steph Curry/LeBron James/Kevin Durant

Player info

• won back-to-back titles with steph curry (’17, ’18)
• faced Lebron James in three finals (2-1 record)

set info

• online exclusive

card info

• generationally significant card showcasing the three defining players of an era
• sp variation featuring the three stars showing off their gold medals


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