Every series
Forty-one years of stickers and cards, grouped by era. The fifteen Original Series are complete here, painting by painting. Later sets are listed with what Topps and the collecting press have published, and their checklists are being added era by era.
Original Series 1985-1988
The fifteen US sticker series that started it all, numbered 1a to 620b without a break.
Original Series 1
Cards 1a to 41b, 82 stickers.
OS2 · 1985Original Series 2
Cards 42a to 83b, 84 stickers.
OS3 · 1986Original Series 3
Cards 84a to 124b, 82 stickers.
OS4 · 1986Original Series 4
Cards 125a to 166b, 84 stickers.
OS5 · 1986Original Series 5
Cards 167a to 206b, 80 stickers.
OS6 · 1986Original Series 6
Cards 207a to 250b, 88 stickers.
OS7 · 1987Original Series 7
Cards 251a to 292b, 84 stickers.
OS8 · 1987Original Series 8
Cards 293a to 334b, 84 stickers.
OS9 · 1987Original Series 9
Cards 335a to 378b, 88 stickers.
OS10 · 1987Original Series 10
Cards 379a to 417b, 78 stickers.
OS11 · 1987Original Series 11
Cards 418a to 459b, 84 stickers.
OS12 · 1988Original Series 12
Cards 460a to 500b, 82 stickers.
OS13 · 1988Original Series 13
Cards 501a to 540b, 80 stickers.
OS14 · 1988Original Series 14
Cards 541a to 580b, 80 stickers.
OS15 · 1988Original Series 15
Cards 581a to 620b, 80 stickers.
All-New Series 2003-2007
The revival. ANS1 used paintings meant for a sixteenth 1980s series; ANS2 on were new.
All-New Series 1
Mostly paintings intended for a sixteenth 1980s series.
All-New Series 4
The 20th anniversary set, and the first with hand-drawn sketch cards.
All-New Series 7
The last set before a five-year gap in new artwork.
Flashback 2010-2011
Classic paintings reprinted with new borders, plus parallels and sketch cards.
Flashback Series 1
Flashback 1 to 3 ran from 2010 to 2011.
Brand-New Series 2012-2013
New gags in the 1980s style, back on sticker stock.
Brand-New Series 1
Released October 24, 2012: 55 paintings, 110 a and b cards.
Chrome 2013-2025
Original Series paintings reprinted on chromium with refractor parallels, one OS series at a time.
Chrome Original Series 1
OS1 paintings on chromium, the first refractor Garbage Pail Kids.
Chrome 7
OS7 paintings on chromium, released February 14, 2025 after printer delays. The first Chrome set with sketch cards.
Themed hobby sets 2014-2026
The yearly series built around a theme, from We Hate the 80s to Kids At Play.
Kids At Play
200 base cards: 100 paintings with a and b names.
Worst of GPK, 40th Anniversary
Released July 11, 2025. Eight 5-card packs a box, no stickers, a names only in the base set.
Battle of the Bands: Green Day
A 100-card base set, released August 27, 2025.
Topps online drops 2016-2026
Short sale windows on Topps.com, with the print run published after each one closes.
Valentine's Day 2026
On sale February 12, 2026. 50 cards: 25 characters with a and b names.
Bizarre Competitions
Weekly waves from July 23 to August 27, 2026, five new characters each.
Halloween 2026
Released October 22, 2026: a 50-card base set, the Scream Queens insert and sketch cards. The first GPK set sold by raffle.
Sports crossovers 2024-2026
Garbage Pail Kids inserts inside Bowman and Topps Chrome sports products.
Bowman Garbage Pail Kids
Athletes drawn as Garbage Pail Kids by longtime GPK artist David Gross. The Cooper Flagg Superfractor sold for $288,000 on August 28, 2026, the record for any GPK card.