Topps Baseball Reveals Top 10 Cards of All Time on 'First Things First'

Topps is celebrating the 75th anniversary of Topps Baseball this year. The first set to be launched in this historic year, Topps Baseball Series 1, is hitting shelves on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

To mark the momentous occasion, this past December, Topps put together a panel of experts made up of league executives, players and historians to vote on the top 75 baseball cards of all time and subsequently break down the top 10 in order. Topps will offer these cards as PSA-graded redemptions throughout 2026 as an insert set called Iconic Topps Buybacks.

Moreover, this list was revealed on Tuesday's edition of "First Things First."

This is the version of him batting, as there’s actually two Ohtani cards in this set: one of him pitching and one of him hitting. Ohtani has five of his cards in the top 75, which is more than any other player.

Henderson’s rookie card, it’s considered one of the most important and valuable base cards from the 1980s — the premier "modern" vintage card, bridging the gap between the 1960s/70s era and the junk-wax era of the 1980s.

Clemente’s rookie has only ever received one PSA 10, which is a perfect grade. It’s a high-numbered card in that 1955 set, which was traditionally produced in lower quantities and released later in the season, making it more scarce than low-numbered cards from the same year.

The most famous of his rookie cards, it’s from the Topps Traded set, and there are two versions: the standard base edition and the high-end, limited-edition "Tiffany" version.

It’s Nolan Ryan’s only official rookie card — and the only card in the top 10 that features multiple players; the following year, the New York Mets won the 1969 World Series. 

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