The Ballon D'or buyback
Turn your 2025/26 Topps Chrome UCC card featuring the 2026 Ballon d’Or winner into store credit.
We’re an official participating Hobby Shop in the Topps Buyback Programme, accepting eligible 2025/26 Topps Chrome UCC cards featuring the 2026 Ballon d’Or winner.
Card Eligibility and Credit Values
Your Questions,
Answered
- The winner of the 2026 Ballon d’Or will be determined at the conclusion of the season. After that happens, the 2025/26 Topps Chrome UCC base and base parallel cards of that plater will be eligible for the buyback program. For a full list of the eligible cards, see the table above.
- That’s the exciting part! Starting today, you should start collecting players you think could win the award. When you open a box of 2025/26 Chrome UCC, be sure to collect any player you think might win the award. If they do, you’ll have the option to exchange those cards for store credit after the winner is determined. And if they don’t win the award…well, you’ll still have an awesome card collection.
- No. Only select cards for the 2026 Ballon d’Or winner will be eligible for buyback.
- The Chrome UCC Ballon d’Or Buyback Program will begin shortly after the award winner is announced and will end roughly 3 months later. Shops should not accept buyback trade-ins prior to the official program start date. This page will update with more exact details once the award winner is determined.
- To redeem your buyback cards, bring your eligible cards in store and one of the team will help you.
- When you go to redeem your cards with us, you will receive in-store credit – not cash. The amount of store credit is determined by the pricing table above.
- Please refer to the pricing table above. Base cards are worth £15, non-numbered base parallels are £30, numbered base parallels greater than /100 are worth £75, and numbered base parallels less than /100 will fetch £150 in credit.
- There is no official limit determined by Topps, but Please note, we reserve the right to limit the number of cards we buy back per customer.
- Cards do not need to be in mint condition, however ripped or altered cards will not be accepted for the buyback program.


