16 Best 2025 Topps Chrome Rookie Cards

The arrival of shiny cards in midsummer makes any collector a little excited, so we’re sharing our rankings for the best 2025 Topps Chrome rookie cards for you to track down.

Remember that the best rookie cards aren’t always the current best rookies, as this is a projection of their talent and collectability over the course of their career.

You can find our list of all the best Topps Chrome rookie cards from every season right here. You can even check out our 2024 Topps Chrome Rookie Card rankings here.

Ranking the Best 2025 Topps Chrome Rookie Cards

This group of rookie cards isn’t as great as the 2024 Topps Chrome RCs, but we’ll see how things develop as the years progress.

1. James Wood, OF, Washington Nationals: Card No. 132

This 6-foot-7 outfielder is the easy No. 1 choice for your Topps Chrome hunt! He’s on pace for a 35/25 season, and this year’s All-Star Game should be the first among many to come.

2. Jacob Wilson, SS, Athletics: Card No. 96

The odds-on favorite to win the 2025 American League Rookie-of-the-Year Award, Wilson has been a great surprise for collectors. Former Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson’s son, the A’s Wilson is flashing more power than anyone expected, while keeping his batting average near .300, which is golden for collectors.

3. Kristian Campbell, 2B, Boston Red Sox: Card No. 171

Campbell is back in the minors, but make no mistake, he’s still a big part of the Red Sox future. This roster is dotted with a ton of young superstars, from Franklin Arias, Marcelo Mayer and future star Roman Anthony, whose rookie cards we’re excited to get in 2026! Campbell has struggled at the plate this year, but don’t forget that he was MLB Pipeline Hitting Prospect of the Year in 2024. Give him time.

4. Dylan Crews, OF, Washington Nationals: Card No. 146

While he hasn’t yet lived up to what collectors hoped of him this time last year, Crews has exhibited nice power. Unfortunately, his swings and misses prevent that power from being activated. He suffered an oblique injury in late May, which has kept him on the injured list, but he’ll get a couple more active months to get us excited before the offseason.

5. Matt Shaw, 3B, Chicago Cubs: Card No. 219

From the surface, it looked like Shaw was a Spring Training flash in the pan as he struggled with the Cubs in the first half. But after a short stint in the minors, and some mechanical corrections to his swing, Shaw returned to the lineup strong.

6. Roki Sasaki, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers: Card No. 217

One of the most celebrated young pitchers to come from Japan in a while, along with Dodgers teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto last year, Sasaki looks to have a great future. Unfortunately, a shoulder injury has truncated Sasaki’s rookie season, but that should be behind him for the final couple months of the season. At just 23 years old, he has a lot of baseball ahead of him, and he’s going to be on a Dodgers club with Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani tutoring him. Sadly, pitchers aren’t super collectable, so he’ll need to become their ace before we invest too much into his rookie cards!

7. Kevin Alcantara, OF, Chicago Cubs: Card No. 173

It’s tough to watch a solid prospect hitting well in the minors when you know there’s no spot available for him on the Major League roster. This long and lanky outfielder is just 23 years old and he’s raking in Triple-A, but the Cubs might need to trade him before he can realize his potential in the majors. MLB.com believes he has 30/20 potential, which means his parallels are nice, cheap pickups right now.

8. Coby Mayo, 1B, Baltimore Orioles: Card No. 120

The Orioles system has several examples of players who started slow on their first arrival in the majors with Baltimore, yet they turned around in a subsequent trip to the majors. That’s a promising narrative for Mayo, who has had an increasingly frustrated season. With the Orioles struggling this year, Mayo should see at-bats by season’s end, and the promise we saw in the offseason will return.

9. Jackson Jobe, SP, Detroit Tigers: Card No. 249

Unfortunately, Jobe’s season ended with Tommy John Surgery, which means we likely won’t see him at 100% again until the 2027 MLB season. Here’s the good news – he’ll be just 24 years old, and he should return to form as the Tigers’ future star on the mount. Now is a good time to pick up Jobe’s cards cheap! (Incidentally, Jackson Jobe is not related to Frank Jobe, who invented Tommy John Surgery.)

10. Spencer Schwellenbach, SP, Atlanta Braves: Card No. 203

An innings-eater that strikes out about one hitter per inning is a great thing! Schwellenbach was among the NL pitching leaders before suffering a fractured elbow in June. He could return in September, which would make card collectors happy.

11. Rhett Lowder, SP, Cincinnati Reds: Card No. 147

One of the best pitching prospects over the past couple years, Lowder has dealt with some injuries in 2025, but make no mistake he should lead this Reds rotation sooner than later. His long hair makes him stand out, which card collectors don’t hate!

12. Kumar Rocker, SP/RP, Texas Rangers: Card No. 73

Looking at the big man’s stats this year won’t have you running for his rookie cards, but Rocker returned strong from a shoulder injury that kept him sidelined in May. There was some talk of him joining the bullpen as the Rangers’ closer, but he is looking too good as a starter right now.

13. Ben Rice, C/1B, New York Yankees: Card No. 139

Collectors want Ben Rice to stay with the Yankees, and they want him to stop playing catcher. Both of those things improve his collectability, but if he gets traded to another team that wants him to play catcher could be bad. He’s a decent slugger with 15 homers so far, but he needs to improve his ability to put balls in play.

14. Jace Jung, 3B, Detroit Tigers: Card No. 225

After struggling to start the season, Jung got sent back to the minors, where he’s currently hitting well for Triple-A Toledo. Both of the Jung brothers were strong prospects, but their collectability has waned a bit in the majors.

15. Hyeseong Kim, 2B, Los Angeles Dodgers: Card No. 152

This rookie from South Korea has been a great find for the Dodgers, but he’s a 26-year-old utility player on a team chock full of superstars. He’s not going to get much face time to become collectable, unless he gets traded to another good team to be a starter. Even then, not so much.

16. Luisangel Acuña, 2B, New York Mets: Card No. 56

I was a little ahead of myself ranking him as one of the best rookie cards to get out of Series 2. He has good speed, run-producing talent on a big-market team, and a great last name, but he’ll have to hit better.

If you love Topps Chrome rookie cards, then you’ll really love our list of the all-time greatest Topps Chrome Rookie Cards from every year! You can also check out our 2024 Topps Chrome Rookie Card rankings here.

Which cards do you think will be among the best 2025 Topps Chrome rookie cards to own five years from now? Let us know in the comments!