Michael Jordan

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This article is about the American basketball player. For other people with the same
name, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation).

Michael Jordan

Jordan in April 2014

Charlotte Hornets

Position Owner

League NBA

Personal information

Born February 17, 1963 (age 57)

Brooklyn, New York

Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

Listed weight 216 lb (98 kg)[1]

Career information

High school Emsley A. Laney

(Wilmington, North Carolina)

College North Carolina (1981–1984)

NBA draft 1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall

Selected by the Chicago Bulls

Playing career 1984–1993, 1995–1998, 2001–2003

Position Shooting guard

Number 23, 12,[a] 45

Career history

1984–1993, Chicago Bulls

1995–1998

2001–2003 Washington Wizards

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's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team

 NCAA champion (1982)

 Consensus national college player of the year (1984)

 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1983, 1984)

 ACC Player 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

 2× USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1983, 1984)

 Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016)

Career NBA statistics

Points 32,292 (30.1 ppg)

Rebounds 6,672 (6.2 rpg)

Assists 5,633 (5.3 apg)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Basketball Hall of Fame as player

FIBA Hall of Fame as player

Medals[hide]
 Men's basketball
Representing the   United States
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles Men's basketball
1992 Barcelona Men's basketball
FIBA Americas Championship
1992 Portland Men's basketball
Pan American Games
1983 Caracas Men's basketball

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ,[4] is an
American former professional basketball player who is the principal owner of
the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15
seasons in the NBA, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls. His biography
on the official NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest
basketball player of all time."[5] He was integral in helping to popularize the NBA around
the world in the 1980s and 1990s,[6] becoming an American and global cultural icon in
the process.[7]
Jordan played college basketball for three seasons under coach Dean Smith with
the North Carolina Tar Heels. As a freshman, he was a member of the Tar Heels'
national championship team in 1982. Jordan joined the Bulls in 1984 as the third overall
draft pick, and quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific
scoring while gaining a reputation as one of the game's best defensive players. [8] 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 championship with the Bulls in 1991, and followed that achievement with
titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Jordan abruptly retired from basketball
before the 1993–94 NBA season to play Minor League Baseball, but 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 1995–96 NBA season. He
retired for a second time in January 1999 but returned for two more NBA seasons from
2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.