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Update 10/1/26: 2026 Bowman Football officially released on 9/30/26. With the release, Topps posted odds for the product that included the NFL & NIL GPKs. Like with the NBA set, Topps has separated the NFL and NIL odds. In a change with past releases, all GPK parallels types are available in all 6 SKUs for the product; Hobby, FDI, Breaker’s Delight, Jumbo, Mega, and Value. Here is a breakdown of the odds for each parallel type.

• GPK NFL Refractors
  • Hobby 1:5,371
  • FDI 1:5,358
  • Breaker’s Delight 1:269
  • Jumbo 1:2,148
  • Mega 1:4,026
  • Value 1:10,737
• GPK NIL Refractors
  • Hobby 1:8,058
  • FDI 1:8,055
  • Breaker’s Delight 1:403
  • Jumbo 1:3,222
  • Mega 1:6,041
  • Value 1:16,109
• GPK NFL Black Refractors /10
  • Hobby 1:124,844
  • FDI 1:124,869
  • Breaker’s Delight 1:6,238
  • Jumbo 1:49,901
  • Mega 1:93,546
  • Value 1:249,377
• GPK NIL Black Refractors /10
  • Hobby 1:187,266
  • FDI 1:187,266
  • Breaker’s Delight 1:9,356
  • Jumbo 1:74,851
  • Mega 1:140,253
  • Value 1:384,532
• GPK NFL Red Refractors /5
  • Hobby 1:255,755
  • FDI 1:255,755
  • Breaker’s Delight 1:12,778
  • Jumbo 1:102,250
  • Mega 1:191,571
  • Value 1:510,205
• GPK NIL Red Refractors /5
  • Hobby 1:374,532
  • FDI 1:374,532
  • Breaker’s Delight 1:18,723
  • Jumbo 1:149,800
  • Mega 1:280,698
  • Value 1:748,011
• GPK NFL Suoerfractors 1/1
  • Hobby 1:1,162,971
  • FDI 1:1,162,971
  • Breaker’s Delight 1:58,208
  • Jumbo 1:465,117
  • Mega 1:869,577
  • Value 1:2,325,582
• GPK NIL Suoerfractors 1/1
  • Hobby 1:1,754,386
  • FDI 1:1,754,386
  • Breaker’s Delight 1:87,337
  • Jumbo 1:699,301
  • Mega 1:1,315,790
  • Value 1:3,448,276

As usual the odds are very long on the GPK inserts in a sports product. However, there is one huge change. The print run of the base refractors appears to be higher than past sports releases. Based on my math, there are 223 each NFL GPK Refractor, and 192 each NIL GPK Refractor. So approximately 200 of each one this time. Does that mean they are easier to pull? Well not really. Collectors can expect to find one NFL GPK card in every 22 Hobby cases or in every 44 Blaster cases. Collectors can also expect one NIL GPK every 33 Hobby cases or every 67 Blaster cases! Yikes!

Topps has released the checklist for their upcoming presale of 2026 Bowman Football. For the first time Garbage Pail Kids will be part of an NFL release. GPK have been proven hits in MLB, NBA, and WWE sets the past few years, Topps is bringing that same formula over to their Bowman Football brand. Much like the NBA release, the set will feature current and retired stars, along with NIL college players. Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes highlight the nine card Bowman GPK NFL checklist. Meanwhile, Arch Manning and CJ Carr highlight the seven card. Bowman GPK NIL checklist. See complete checklist below. All artwork for these was done by David Gross. There are no autographs listed on the checklist for this release. Odds also have not yet been released. No released date has been revealed yet by Topps, but boxes will go on preorder on Topps.com on 9/8/26.

Update 4/17/26: Topps released the odds yesterday for 2025-26 Bowman Basketball. This included the odds of course for the Bowman NBA & NIL GPK cards. Odds are listed separately for the NBA GPK cards vs. the NIL GPK cards. GPK cards are available as Chrome Refractors in Hobby, Jumbo, Value and Bulk Hanger packs. Red Refractors /5, and Suoerfractors 1/1 are available in just the Hobby, Jumbo, and Value packs. Here are the listed odds for each:

• GPK NBA Refractors
  • Hobby 1:13,050
  • Jumbo 1:4,379
  • Value 1:43,586
  • Bulk 1:10,000
• GPK NIL Refractors
  • Hobby 1:16,288
  • Jumbo 1:5,474
  • Value 1:54,483
  • Bulk 1:12,500
• GPK NBA Red Refractors /5
  • Hobby 1:196,931
  • Jumbo 1:95,784
  • Value 1:980,680
• GPK NIL Red Refractors /5
  • Hobby 1:270,780
  • Jumbo 1:109,468
  • Value 1:1,176,816
• GPK NBA Superfractors 1/1
  • Hobby 1:722,080
  • Jumbo 1:766,272
  • Value 1:5,884,080
• GPK NIL Superfractors 1/1
  • Hobby 1:1,083,120
  • Jumbo 1:766,272
  • Value 1:5,884,080

Odds on these are very long, there looks to be a lot of this product printed. Based on some very quick math here is how many GPK cards are inserted into each SKU:

• GPK NBA
  • Hobby – 187
  • Jumbo – 182
  • Value – 134
  • Bulk – 83
• GPK NIL
  • Hobby – 137
  • Jumbo – 146
  • Value – 107
  • Bulk -66

Again very quick math here, but this comes out to 117 each of the GPK NBA cards, and 111 each of the GPK NIL cards. Slightly more than the 100 each expected. But collectors should still  probably expect only around 100 of each of the Refractors. 2025-26 Bowman Basketball is set to launch 4/22/26.

Update 3/23/26 – Topps has posted the checklist for 2025-26 Bowman Basketball including the GPK cards included in the set. There will be 5 NBA players, along with 4 NIL athletes. No odds have been posted yet. However, Topps does mention on the landing page for the produce that the GPK cards will be case hits. Topps has set the preorder for boxes to be tomorrow at 12:00 PM EST. Bowman Basketball is set to be released 4/22/26.

Here is the checklist of GPK inserts in the set;

BOWMAN GPK NBA
BGP-1 Cooper Flagg Dallas Mavericks Rookie
BGP-2 Ace Bailey Utah Jazz Rookie
BGP-3 Dylan Harper San Antonio Spurs Rookie
BGP-4 Kon Knueppel Charlotte Hornets Rookie
BGP-5 Anthony Edwards Minnesota Timberwolves

BOWMAN GPK NIL
BNIL-1 Sienna Betts UCLA®
BNIL-2 Sarah Strong UConn®
BNIL-3 AJ Dybantsa BYU®
BNIL-4 Darryn Peterson Kansas®

Yesterday via their social channels, Topps posted a teaser image for the upcoming Garbage Pail Kids x NBA collaboration. The upcoming 2025-26 Bowman Basketball set will contain a GPK themed insert set. The company showed the chrome GPK card of Utah rookie Ace Bailey. All artwork for the NBA GPK cards was done by longtime artist David Gross. In the post, Topps did refer to the card being a SP card. Now that Topps has acquired additional sports licenses the company is beginning to incorporate GPKs into those brands, much like they’ve done the last two years with Bowman Chrome Baseball. No other details around the GPK inserts has been announced by Topps, including checklist, odds, or release date. Bowman Basketball will include a mix of young NBA stars, along with top college players. Collectors should expect the GPK checklist to follow that same formula.