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Men's basketball\n
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Representing the $\"\"$ United States\n
Olympic Games\n
$\"Gold$	1984 Los Angeles	Men's basketball\n
$\"Gold$	1992 Barcelona	Men's basketball\n
Tournament of the Americas\n
$\"Gold$	1992 Portland	Men's basketball\n
Pan American Games\n
$\"Gold$	1983 Caracas	Men's basketball\n

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ,^[9] is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. He was integral in popularizing basketball and the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s,^[10] becoming a global cultural icon.^[11] His profile on the NBA website states, \"By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.\"^[12]^[13]\n

Jordan played college basketball with the North Carolina Tar Heels. As a freshman, he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982.^[5] Jordan joined the Bulls in 1984 as the third overall draft pick^[5]^[14] and quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring while gaining a reputation as one of the best defensive players.^[15] His leaping ability, demonstrated by performing slam dunks from the free-throw line in Slam Dunk Contests, earned him the nicknames \"Air Jordan\" and \"His Airness\".^[5]^[14] Jordan won his first NBA title with the Bulls in 1991 and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a three-peat. Citing physical and mental exhaustion from basketball and superstardom, Jordan abruptly retired from basketball before the 1993\u201394 NBA season to play Minor League Baseball in the Chicago White Sox organization. He returned to the Bulls in March 1995 and led them to three more championships in 1996, 1997, and 1998, as well as a then-record 72 regular season wins in the 1995\u201396 NBA season.^[5] Jordan retired for the second time in January 1999, returning for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.^[5]^[14] He was selected to play for the United States national team during his college and NBA careers, winning four gold medals\u2014at the 1983 Pan American Games, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1992 Tournament of the Americas and 1992 Summer Olympics\u2014while also being undefeated.^[16]\n

Jordan's individual accolades include six NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, ten NBA scoring titles (both all-time records), five NBA MVP awards, 10 All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game selections, three NBA All-Star Game MVP awards, three NBA steals titles, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.^[14] He holds the NBA records for career regular season scoring average (30.1 points per game) and career playoff scoring average (33.4 points per game).^[17] He is one of only eight players to achieve the basketball Triple Crown. In 1999, Jordan was named the 20th century's greatest North American athlete by ESPN and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press' list of athletes of the century.^[5] Jordan was twice inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, once in 2009 for his individual career,^[18] and again in 2010 as part of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team (\"The Dream Team\").^[19] He became a member of the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in 2009,^[20] a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2010,^[21] and an individual member of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2015 and a \"Dream Team\" member in 2017.^[22]^[23] Jordan was named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team in 1996 and to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.^[24] The trophy for the NBA Most Valuable Player Award is named in his honor.\n

One of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation, Jordan made many product endorsements.^[10]^[25] He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1984 and remain popular.^[26] Jordan starred as himself in the live-action/animation hybrid film Space Jam (1996) and was the central focus of the Emmy-winning documentary series The Last Dance (2020). He became part-owner and head of basketball operations for the Charlotte Hornets (then named the Bobcats) in 2006 and bought a controlling interest in 2010, before selling his majority stake in 2023. Jordan is also a co-owner of 23XI Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. In 2016, he became the first billionaire player in NBA history.^[27] That same year, President Barack Obama awarded Jordan the Presidential Medal of Freedom.^[28] As of 2025^[update], his net worth is estimated at $3.5 billion by Forbes,^[29] making him one of the richest celebrities.\n

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Michael Jordan
Jordan in training with the Scottsdale Scorpions in 1994
Birmingham Barons \u2013 No. 45, 35
Outfielder
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Professional debut
Southern League: April 8, 1994, for the Birmingham Barons
Arizona Fall League: 1994, for the Scottsdale Scorpions
Last Southern League appearance
March 10, 1995, for the Birmingham Barons
Southern League statistics (through 1994)
Batting average	.202
Home runs	3
Runs batted in	51
Arizona Fall League statistics
Batting average	.252
Runs batted in	8
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Teams
\n Birmingham Barons (1994\u20131995) \n Scottsdale Scorpions (1994) \n

GP\n	Games played\n	GS \n	Games started\n	MPG \n	Minutes per game\n
FG% \n	Field goal percentage\n	3P% \n	3-point field goal percentage\n	FT% \n	Free throw percentage\n
RPG \n	Rebounds per game\n	APG \n	Assists per game\n	SPG \n	Steals per game\n
BPG \n	Blocks per game\n	PPG \n	Points per game\n	Bold \n	Career high\n
\u2020 \n	Won an NBA championship	\" \n	Led the league	\u2021 \n	NBA record\n

Year\n	Team\n	GP\n	GS\n	MPG\n	FG%\n	3P%\n	FT%\n	RPG\n	APG\n	SPG\n	BPG\n	PPG\n
1984\u201385\n	Chicago\n	82\"	82\"	38.3	.515	.173	.845	6.5	5.9	2.4	.8	28.2\n
1985\u201386\n	Chicago\n	18	7	25.1	.457	.167	.840	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	22.7\n
1986\u201387\n	Chicago\n	82\"	82\"	40.0	.482	.182	.857	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	37.1\"\n
1987\u201388\n	Chicago\n	82	82\"	40.4\"	.535	.132	.841	5.5	5.9	3.2\"	1.6	35.0\"\n
1988\u201389\n	Chicago\n	81	81	40.2\"	.538	.276	.850	8.0	8.0	2.9	.8	32.5\"\n
1989\u201390\n	Chicago\n	82\"	82\"	39.0	.526	.376	.848	6.9	6.3	2.8\"	.7	33.6\"\n
1990\u201391\u2020\n	Chicago\n	82\"	82\"	37.0	.539	.312	.851	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	31.5\"\n
1991\u201392\u2020\n	Chicago\n	80	80	38.8	.519	.270	.832	6.4	6.1	2.3	.9	30.1\"\n
1992\u201393\u2020\n	Chicago\n	78	78	39.3	.495	.352	.837	6.7	5.5	2.8\"	.8	32.6\"\n
1994\u201395\n	Chicago\n	17	17	39.3	.411	.500	.801	6.9	5.3	1.8	.8	26.9\n
1995\u201396\u2020\n	Chicago\n	82	82\"	37.7	.495	.427	.834	6.6	4.3	2.2	.5	30.4\"\n
1996\u201397\u2020\n	Chicago\n	82	82\"	37.9	.486	.374	.833	5.9	4.3	1.7	.5	29.6\"\n
1997\u201398\u2020\n	Chicago\n	82\"	82\"	38.8	.465	.238	.784	5.8	3.5	1.7	.5	28.7\"\n
2001\u201302\n	Washington\n	60	53	34.9	.416	.189	.790	5.7	5.2	1.4	.4	22.9\n
2002\u201303\n	Washington\n	82	67	37.0	.445	.291	.821	6.1	3.8	1.5	.5	20.0\n
Career\n	1,072	1,039	38.3	.497	.327	.835	6.2	5.3	2.3	.8	30.1\u2021\n
All-Star\n	13	13	29.4	.472	.273	.750	4.7	4.2	2.8	.5	20.2\n

Year\n	Team\n	GP\n	GS\n	MPG\n	FG%\n	3P%\n	FT%\n	RPG\n	APG\n	SPG\n	BPG\n	PPG\n
1985\n	Chicago\n	4	4	42.8	.436	.125	.828	5.8	8.5	2.8	1.0	29.3\n
1986\n	Chicago\n	3	3	45.0	.505	1.000	.872	6.3	5.7	2.3	1.3	43.7\u2021\n
1987\n	Chicago\n	3	3	42.7	.417	.400	.897	7.0	6.0	2.0	2.3	35.7\n
1988\n	Chicago\n	10	10	42.7	.531	.333	.869	7.1	4.7	2.4	1.1	36.3\n
1989\n	Chicago\n	17	17	42.2	.510	.286	.799	7.0	7.6	2.5	.8	34.8\n
1990\n	Chicago\n	16	16	42.1	.514	.320	.836	7.2	6.8	2.8	.9	36.7\n
1991\u2020\n	Chicago\n	17	17	40.5	.524	.385	.845	6.4	8.4	2.4	1.4	31.1\n
1992\u2020\n	Chicago\n	22	22	41.8	.499	.386	.857	6.2	5.8	2.0	.7	34.5\n
1993\u2020\n	Chicago\n	19	19	41.2	.475	.389	.805	6.7	6.0	2.1	.9	35.1\n
1995\n	Chicago\n	10	10	42.0	.484	.367	.810	6.5	4.5	2.3	1.4	31.5\n
1996\u2020\n	Chicago\n	18	18	40.7	.459	.403	.818	4.9	4.1	1.8	.3	30.7\n
1997\u2020\n	Chicago\n	19	19	42.3	.456	.194	.831	7.9	4.8	1.6	.9	31.1\n
1998\u2020\n	Chicago\n	21	21	41.5	.462	.302	.812	5.1	3.5	1.5	.6	32.4\n
Career\n	179	179	41.8	.487	.332	.828	6.4	5.7	2.1	.8	33.4\u2021\n

v t e Michael Jordan
Achievements
Main	\n The Shot \n Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals \n 1982 NCAA Championship Game \n Air Jordan (Jumpman) \n Jordan Rules \n Flu Game shoes \n Last Dance shoes \n
Family	\n James R. Jordan Sr. (father) \n Larry Jordan (brother) \n Jeffrey Jordan (son) \n Marcus Jordan (son) \n Yvette Prieto (wife) \n Rakeem Christmas (son-in-law) \n
Books	\n The Jordan Rules (1992) \n When Nothing Else Matters (2004) \n
Film and television	\n ProStars (1991) \n Space Jam (1996) \n Michael Jordan: An American Hero (1999) \n Michael Jordan to the Max (2000) \n Like Mike (2002) \n Like Mike 2: Streetball (2006) \n The Last Dance (2020) \n Air (2023) \n
Video games	\n Jordan vs. Bird: One on One (1988) \n Michael Jordan in Flight (1993) \n Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City (1994) \n Space Jam (1996) \n NBA 2K11 (2010) \n NBA 2K12 (2011) \n NBA 2K16 (2015) \n NBA 2K23 (2022) \n
Other	\n Michael Jordan statue \n Michael Jordan's Restaurant \n Michael Jordan's Steak House \n \"Stop it. Get some help.\" (1987) \n Michael Jackson's \"Jam\" (1992) \n \"Be Like Mike\" (1992) \n \"Second Generation\" (2006) \n Buckethead's \"Jordan\" (2009) \n Crying Jordan \n 23XI Racing \n
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Early life

College career

Professional career

Chicago Bulls (1984\u20131993; 1995\u20131998)

Early NBA years (1984\u20131987)

Pistons roadblock (1987\u20131990)

First three-peat (1991\u20131993)

Gambling

First retirement and stint in Minor League Baseball (1993\u20131995)

Return to the NBA (1995)

Second three-peat (1996\u20131998)

Second retirement (1999\u20132001)

Washington Wizards (2001\u20132003)

Final retirement (2003)

National team career

Player profile

Legacy

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and honors

Post-retirement

Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets

23XI Racing

Personal life

Media figure and business interests

Endorsements

Business ventures

Philanthropy

Film and television

Books

See also

Notes

References

Sources

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Talks

7 February, 1994