NBA Top Shot kicks off 2025-26 season with star partnerships, player autographs, and blockchain enhancements

Key Takeaways

• NBA Top Shot introduces rookie player partnerships and interactive collectibles for the 2025-26 season.
• Blockchain enhancements will place NBA highlights directly on-chain for greater security and authenticity.

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The National Basketball Association, National Basketball Players Association, and Dapper Labs have kicked off the 2025–26 NBA Top Shot season, featuring breakout rookies Cooper Flagg, Yang Hansen, and the next generation of hoop talent.

This season, Top Shot’s going coast-to-coast with digital autographs and one-of-one signature collectibles from rising stars.

Enhanced foils, textures, and interactive designs bring the heat, while a focus on rookies keeps the game fresh. Fewer than 5,000 rookie collectibles from names like Victor Wembanyama and Cooper Flagg will ever hit the floor.

“NBA Top Shot was built to bring fans closer to the sport they love, ensuring that each digital collectible remains an authentic and lasting piece of basketball culture long term,” said Roham Gharegozlou, CEO of Dapper Labs. “This season we’re taking the next step—delivering autographs and interactive collectibles from the NBA’s next generation of stars while securing the highlights themselves on chain.”

The new season will feature blockchain infrastructure upgrades that place NBA highlights directly on-chain, making each play independently retrievable and verifiable.

Launched in 2020 on the Flow blockchain, NBA Top Shot enables basketball fans to buy, sell, and trade official NBA “Moments,” unique NFTs that represent video highlights of memorable plays and key events from NBA games.

NBA Top Shot plays a key role in popularizing NFTs by combining the global appeal of NBA basketball with blockchain technology, making digital asset ownership accessible to mainstream sports fans.

NBA Top Shot went on a scoring run last October, with weekly NFT sales jumping from 22,000 to 57,760 as the 2024–25 season tipped off, according to The Block’s data .