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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 5:36 pm EDTNBA legend. Named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Michael Jordan
Career at a glance
Michael Jordan played 15 NBA regular seasons between 1984 and 2003, appearing in 1,072 games and averaging 30.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. He played for 2 teams: Chicago (13 seasons between 1984 and 1998, 930 games), Washington (2001–03, 142 games). His best scoring season was 1986–87 with Chicago: 37.1 points per game over 82 games.
He rebounded best in 1988–89 at 8.0 per game. The season table marks him as the league leader in scoring 10 times, steals 3 times. Championship seasons: 1990–91 (Chicago), 1991–92 (Chicago), 1992–93 (Chicago), 1995–96 (Chicago), 1996–97 (Chicago), 1997–98 (Chicago).
In the playoffs he appeared in 13 postseason runs (179 games, 33.4 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 32,300 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total). Among the 404 players with at least 200 NBA games profiled on whynba, Jordan ranks No. 1 in points per game.
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman, former professional basketball player, and former baseball player. He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. Jordan is considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time, and is regarded as one of the most influential sports figures in history. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he was pivotal in popularizing the sport and the NBA internationally.
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. As a junior in 1984, he was the consensus national college player of the year and was selected by the Bulls with the third overall pick of the 1984 NBA draft. With the Bulls, he emerged as a league star known for prolific scoring, defensive prowess and vehement competitiveness. 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". Jordan won his first NBA title with the Bulls in 1991 and followed that with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a three-peat.
Citing exhaustion from basketball and superstardom, Jordan abruptly retired before the 1993–94 NBA season to play Minor League Baseball in the Chicago White Sox organization. He returned to the Bulls in 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 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for the second time in 1999, then returned for two NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards. He was selected to play for the United States national team during his college and NBA careers, winning four gold medals—at the 1983 Pan American Games, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1992 Tournament of the Americas and 1992 Summer Olympics—while also being undefeated.
- Born
- February 17, 1963 (age 63) New York City, New York, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
- Listed weight
- 216 lb (98 kg)
- Position
- Shooting guard / small forward
- High school
- Emsley A. Laney (Wilmington, North Carolina)
- College
- North Carolina (1981–1984)
- NBA draft
- 1984: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
- Playing career
- 1984–1993, 1995–1998, 2001–2003
Career highlights and awards
- 6× NBA champion (1991–1993, 1996–1998)
- 6× NBA Finals MVP (1991–1993, 1996–1998)
- 5× NBA Most Valuable Player (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998)
- 14× NBA All-Star (1985–1993, 1996–1998, 2002, 2003)
- 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)
- 10× All-NBA First Team (1987–1993, 1996–1998)
- All-NBA Second Team (1985)
- NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988)
- 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1988–1993, 1996–1998)
- NBA Rookie of the Year (1985)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1985)
- 10× NBA scoring champion (1987–1993, 1996–1998)
- 3× NBA steals leader (1988, 1990, 1993)
- 2× NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1987, 1988)
- No. 23 retired by Chicago Bulls
- No. 23 retired by Miami Heat
- 3× AP Athlete of the Year (1991–1993)
- Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (1991)
- NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th)
- NCAA champion (1982)
- Consensus national college player of the year (1984)
- 2× Sporting News National Player of the Year (1983, 1984)
- 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1983, 1984)
- ACC Player of the Year (1984)
- ACC Athlete of the Year (1984)
- 2× First-team All-ACC (1983, 1984)
- ACC Rookie of the Year (1982)
- No. 23 retired by North Carolina Tar Heels
- 3× USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1983, 1984, 1992)
- McDonald's All-American (1981)
- First-team Parade All-American (1981)
- NASCAR Cup Series regular season champion (2024)
- 2× Brickyard 400 champion (2025, 2026)
- Daytona 500 champion (2026)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984–85 | Chicago | 82* | 82* | 38.3 | .515 | .173 | .845 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 2.4 | .8 | 28.2 |
| 1985–86 | Chicago | 18 | 7 | 25.1 | .457 | .167 | .840 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 22.7 |
| 1986–87 | Chicago | 82* | 82* | 40.0 | .482 | .182 | .857 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 37.1* |
| 1987–88 | Chicago | 82 | 82* | 40.4* | .535 | .132 | .841 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 3.2* | 1.6 | 35.0* |
| 1988–89 | Chicago | 81 | 81 | 40.2* | .538 | .276 | .850 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.9 | .8 | 32.5* |
| 1989–90 | Chicago | 82* | 82* | 39.0 | .526 | .376 | .848 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 2.8* | .7 | 33.6* |
| 1990–91† | Chicago | 82* | 82* | 37.0 | .539 | .312 | .851 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 31.5* |
| 1991–92† | Chicago | 80 | 80 | 38.8 | .519 | .270 | .832 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 2.3 | .9 | 30.1* |
| 1992–93† | Chicago | 78 | 78 | 39.3 | .495 | .352 | .837 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 2.8* | .8 | 32.6* |
| 1994–95 | Chicago | 17 | 17 | 39.3 | .411 | .500 | .801 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 1.8 | .8 | 26.9 |
| 1995–96† | Chicago | 82 | 82* | 37.7 | .495 | .427 | .834 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 2.2 | .5 | 30.4* |
| 1996–97† | Chicago | 82 | 82* | 37.9 | .486 | .374 | .833 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 1.7 | .5 | 29.6* |
| 1997–98† | Chicago | 82* | 82* | 38.8 | .465 | .238 | .784 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 1.7 | .5 | 28.7* |
| 2001–02 | Washington | 60 | 53 | 34.9 | .416 | .189 | .790 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 1.4 | .4 | 22.9 |
| 2002–03 | Washington | 82 | 67 | 37.0 | .445 | .291 | .821 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 1.5 | .5 | 20.0 |
| Career | 1,072 | 1,039 | 38.3 | .497 | .327 | .835 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 2.3 | .8 | 30.1‡ | |
| All-Star | 13 | 13 | 29.4 | .472 | .273 | .750 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 2.8 | .5 | 20.2 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Chicago | 4 | 4 | 42.8* | .436 | .125 | .828 | 5.8 | 8.5 | 2.8* | 1.0 | 29.3 |
| 1986 | Chicago | 3 | 3 | 45.0 | .505 | 1.000 | .872 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 43.7‡ |
| 1987 | Chicago | 3 | 3 | 42.7 | .417 | .400 | .897 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 35.7* |
| 1988 | Chicago | 10 | 10 | 42.7 | .531 | .333 | .869 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 36.3 |
| 1989 | Chicago | 17* | 17* | 42.2 | .510 | .286 | .799 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 2.5 | .8 | 34.8* |
| 1990 | Chicago | 16 | 16 | 42.1 | .514 | .320 | .836 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 2.8* | .9 | 36.7* |
| 1991† | Chicago | 17 | 17 | 40.5 | .524 | .385 | .845 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 31.1* |
| 1992† | Chicago | 22* | 22* | 41.8 | .499 | .386 | .857 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 2.0 | .7 | 34.5* |
| 1993† | Chicago | 19 | 19 | 41.2 | .475 | .389 | .805 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 2.1 | .9 | 35.1* |
| 1995 | Chicago | 10 | 10 | 42.0 | .484 | .367 | .810 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 31.5 |
| 1996† | Chicago | 18 | 18 | 40.7 | .459 | .403 | .818 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 1.8 | .3 | 30.7* |
| 1997† | Chicago | 19 | 19 | 42.3 | .456 | .194 | .831 | 7.9 | 4.8 | 1.6 | .9 | 31.1* |
| 1998† | Chicago | 21* | 21* | 41.5 | .462 | .302 | .812 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 1.5 | .6 | 32.4* |
| Career | 179 | 179 | 41.8 | .487 | .332 | .828 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 2.1 | .8 | 33.4‡ |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–82 | North Carolina | 34 | 32 | 31.7 | .534 | – | .722 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | .2 | 13.5 |
| 1982–83 | North Carolina | 36 | 36 | 30.9 | .535 | .447 | .737 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | .8 | 20.0 |
| 1983–84 | North Carolina | 31 | 30 | 29.5 | .551 | – | .779 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 19.6 |
| Career | 101 | 98 | 30.8 | .540 | .447 | .748 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | .7 | 17.7 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
Profile observation date unavailable.
- Height
- 6′ 6″
- Weight
- 216 lb
- Position
- Shooting guard / small forward
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1984
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 3
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