By my count there are 95 Cubs inserts, almost ten per year. That's over double the number from the '90s.
In the early part of the decade, Sammy Sosa was Topps' go-to Cub. At the end of the decade, Alfonso Soriano took over that role.
The decade also has the three inserts that I was missing....and am still missing! Keep your eyes open for the 2000 Century's Best Insert #3 Lance Johnson, the 22006 2K6 All-Stars #4 Derrek Lee, and the 2006 Walmart Insert #38 Derrek Lee.
Here are the 92 inserts of the 2000s that I do have:
And here is the checklist I used:
| 2000 | 20th Century's Best: 3 Lance Johnson |
| 21st Century Topps: NO CUBS | |
| All-Star Rookie Team: NO CUBS | |
| All-Topps Team: 9 Sammy Sosa | |
| Combos: 6 Sammy Sosa | |
| Hands of Gold: NO CUBS | |
| Own the Game: 8 Sammy Sosa, 29 Sammy Sosa | |
| Perennial All-Stars: 3 Sammy Sosa | |
| Power Players: 16 Sammy Sosa | |
| 2001 | Before There Was Topps: NO CUBS |
| Combos: 6 Ernie Banks: 12 Sammy Sosa | |
| Future Archives Reprints: 20 Rafael Palmeiro | |
| Golden Anniversary: 2 Ernie Banks, 34 Corey Patterson, 24 Sammy Sosa | |
| A Look Ahead: NO CUBS | |
| Noteworthy: 40 Ernie Banks, 3 Sammy Sosa | |
| Through the Years: 13 Ernie Banks, 33 Ryne Sandberg | |
| A Tradition Continues:15 Sammy Sosa | |
| Two of a Kind: NO CUBS | |
| What Could've Been: NO CUBS | |
| 2002 | Aces: NO CUBS |
| All-World Team: 6 Sammy Sosa | |
| East Meets West: NO CUBS | |
| Hobby Masters: 10 Sammy Sosa | |
| Own the Game: NO CUBS | |
| Ring Masters: NO CUBS | |
| 2003 | 1951 Blue Backs: 18 Mark Prior, 4 Sammy Sosa |
| 1951 Red Backs: 4 Sammy Sosa | |
| All-Stars: 12 Sammy Sosa | |
| Draft Picks: NO CUBS | |
| Flashback: NO CUBS | |
| Futures Game: NO CUBS | |
| Hit Parade: 2 Sammy Sosa, 16 Sammy Sosa | |
| Hobby Masters: 15 Mark Prior, 5 Sammy Sosa | |
| Own the Game: 6 Sammy Sosa | |
| Record Breakers: FJ Fergie Jenkins, SS Sammy Sosa, HW Hack Wilson, SS Sammy Sosa (Green) | |
| 2004 | All-Stars: 12 Kerry Wood |
| Fall Classic Covers: 06 Cubs, 07 Cubs, 08 Cubs, 10 Cubs, 18 Cubs, 29 Cubs, 32 Cubs, 35 Cubs, 38 Cubs, 45 Cubs | |
| Hit Parade: 1 Sammy Sosa, 30 Sammy Sosa | |
| Hobby Master: 2 Mark Prior, 6 Sammy Sosa | |
| Own the Game: 24 Mark Prior, 26 Kerry Wood | |
| 2005 | All-Stars: 7 Sammy Sosa |
| Grudge Match: 10 Sammy Sosa, 4 Carlos Zambrano | |
| Hit Parade: NO CUBS | |
| Hobby Masters: 8 Nomar Garciaparra, 2 Sammy Sosa | |
| Own the Game: 24 Mark Prior, 26 Kerry Wood | |
| 2006 | 2k6: 4 Derrek Lee |
| Hit Parade: NO CUBS | |
| Hobby Masters: 3 Nomar Garciaparra, 1 Derrek Lee, 9 Mark Prior | |
| Opening Day Team Vs Team: RC Reds Cubs | |
| Own the Game: 1 Derrek Lee | |
| Rookie of the Week: 4 Ernie Banks, 24 Ryne Sandberg | |
| Topps Stars: NO CUBS | |
| Trading Places: NO CUBS | |
| Walmart: 38 Derrek Lee, 33 Ryne Sandberg, 8 Carlos Zambrano | |
| 2007 | All-Star Rookies: NO CUBS |
| All-Stars: NO CUBS | |
| Distinguished Service: NO CUBS | |
| Flashback Friday: 6 Alfonso Soriano | |
| Generation Now: NO CUBS | |
| Hit Parade: NO CUBS | |
| Hobby Masters: 5 Alfonso Soriano | |
| Home Run Derby: Aramis Ramirez, Alfosno Soriano | |
| Opening Day Team Vs Team: 8 Cubs | |
| Own the Game: NO CUBS | |
| Rookie Stars: NO CUBS | |
| Stars: 2 Alfonso Soriano | |
| Trading Places: 4 Alfonso Soriano | |
| Walmart: 54 Alfonso Soriano | |
| World Domination: NO CUBS | |
| 2008 | 50th Anniversary All-Rookie Team: 106 Kerry Wood |
| Home Run Derby: 48 Derrek Lee, 4 Alfonso Soriano | |
| K Mart Gold: NO CUBS | |
| Own the Game: NO CUBS | |
| Dick Perez: 17 Alfonso Soriano | |
| Red Hot Rookies: 4 Kosuke Fukudome, 8 Jeff Samardzija | |
| Topps Stars: 21 Alfonso Soriano | |
| Trading Card History: 21 Alfonso Soriano, 74 Carlos Zambrano | |
| Year in Review: 32 Derrek Lee | |
| 2009 | Legends of the Game: RS Ryne Sandberg |
| Legends of the Game Career Best: NO CUBS | |
| Red Hot Rookies: NO CUBS | |
| Ring of Honor: NO CUBS | |
| Ticket to Toppstown: 38 Kosuke Fukudome, 15 Alfonso Soriano, 39 Carlos Zambrano | |
| Turkey Red: 118 Ryan Dempster, 40 Kosuke Fukudome, 52 Rich Harden, 133 Rogers Hornsby, 58 Alfonso Soriano, 42 Geovany Soto, 56 Carlos Zambrano | |
| WBC Rising Stars: NO CUBS | |
| WBC Stars: NO CUBS |
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