{"id":96018,"date":"2025-03-13T06:32:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T10:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/?p=96018"},"modified":"2025-03-13T06:32:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T10:32:42","slug":"best-michael-jordan-topps-basketball-cards-to-collect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/best-michael-jordan-topps-basketball-cards-to-collect\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Best Michael Jordan Topps Basketball Cards to Collect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Some of Jordan’s Best with the Brand<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Michael Jordan<\/a> remains one of the most influential figures in all of The Hobby. A perfect blend of man and myth that helps his cards, just like his legend, feel larger-than-life. Six-time Champion, six-time Finals MVP, Jordan’s legacy only looks more and more impressive as time goes on. An unstoppable force who has come to define competitiveness in sport, and the will to win, MJ’s cards serve as testaments to a career that will simply never be duplicated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan’s Topps cards are among the most desired and coveted in the Topps Basketball universe. Capturing perhaps America’s most important living athlete, these cards are must-have additions to any basketball collection. Let’s take a look at some of Michael Jordan’s best Topps cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1993-94 Topps Finest Refractors #1 Michael Jordan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u2022 five-time mvp
\u2022 won first mvp in 1987\/88 and last mvp in 1997\/98 (longest gap between first and last in league history)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 220-card base set
\u2022 set marks the beginning of the refractor era in the basketball hobby<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 first michael jordan refractor card
\u2022 card back shows ’92-’93 stats and career totals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1998-99 Topps Chrome\u00ae Preview Refractor #77 Michael Jordan <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u2022 three-time All-Star game mvp
\u2022 only bob pettit and kobe bryant won more (four)
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\u2022 10-card insert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 classic jordan refractor features simple and elegant rainbow effect with jordan name and number visible on jersey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1996-97 Topps Chrome Refractors #139R Michael Jordan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u2022 six-time nba finals MVP
\u2022 no other player has more than four (leBron James)
\u2022 award first given out in 1969

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\u2022 220-card base set<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 first-ever jordan chrome refractor
\u2022 card back includes vitals, season-by-season stats and statement ‘mike is the first ever to win four nba finals mvp awards.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1997-98 Topps Stadium Club Triumvirate Illuminator #T9B Michael Jordan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u2022 10-time scoring scoring champion
\u2022 wilt chamberlain is only other player with more than four scoring titles <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 rare insert showcasing groupings of three stars, some teammates, others by position, one rookie series<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 die cut, player silhouette on card back, which also displays points scored by jordan, tim hardaway, and anfernee hardaway in previous season
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1997-98 Topps Finest Embossed Refractors #154 Michael Jordan \/74<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u2022 33.4 ppg in playoff career (highest of all-time)
\u2022 second in total playoff points scored to lebron james<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 326 total cards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 rare embossed refractor in which player photo looks raised <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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