Legend Michael Jordan and the 10 craziest career stats

Michael Jordan left the NBA game as the best player of all time. Up to now, his crazy records and statistics are still always mentioned and serve as a benchmark to evaluate the performances of the next generation.
Michael Jordan left the NBA game as the best player of all time. Up to now, his crazy records and statistics are still always mentioned and serve as a benchmark to evaluate the performances of the next generation.

Let’s take a look at the 10 most impressive statistics, achievements or indicators in Michael Jordan’s career.

 

10. Just won the title of Defensive Player of The Year and scored at least 30 points per game

Up to this point, Michael Jordan is still the only player to both reach 30 points/game and become the best defensive player (1987-88 season). This shows that MJ is a comprehensive player at the top level.

Hakeem Olajuwon is the only player to come close to what Jordan did when he achieved the Defensive Player of The Year title with 26.1 points/game in the 1992-93 season and 27.3 points/game in the 1993-94 season.

9. Historical stat set with rebounds, assists, blocks and steals

In NBA history, only three times has a player reached 100 blocks, 200 steals, 300 assists and 300 rebounds. Once belonged to Scottie Pippen (1989-90), the other two times were both by Michael Jordan in the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons. To make things more impressive, Jordan also led the NBA in scoring in both seasons.

8. Three shirt numbers and top statistics

Michael Jordan has worn 3 different shirt numbers including 23 with the Chicago Bulls, 45 with this team after his return in 1995 and 12, the number he wore in exactly one match on February 14, 2019. 1990 when his number 23 jersey was stolen. In the end, the number 12 was the shirt number that Jordan flourished the most.

#12 – 49.9 points/match (1 match – February 14, 1990)

#23 – 31.5 points/match (912 matches)

#45 – 26.9 points/match (17 matches)

The number 45 shirt was worn by Michael Jordan in 1995

7. Michael Jordan vs. James Harden

Last season, James Harden led the entire NBA in scoring with 2,818 points. So what about Michael Jordan?

In the 1986-87 season, he scored 3,005 points with almost all of them coming from 2-point range. During this period, Jordan only had exactly 12 3-pointers in the entire season, equivalent to 36 points.

6. The Chicago Bulls records are held by Michael Jordan

The last time Michael Jordan played for the Bulls was more than 20 years ago and he only appeared in about 21.3% of the team’s Regular Season matches in history.

However, look at the numbers below:

– Number of matches scoring at least 50 points: MJ has 30 out of the Bulls’ total 34 matches (88.2%)

– Number of matches scoring at least 40 points: MJ has 165 out of a total of 230 Bulls matches (71.7%)

– Number of matches scoring at least 30 points: MJ has 537 out of a total of 1,291 Bulls matches (41.6%)

5. Score 50 baskets… Chicago Bulls?

While Michael Jordan had 30 games scoring at least 50 points for the Chicago Bulls, he also had one game scoring over 50 points in a basket with his former team. That was the time when MJ wore the Washington Wizards shirt to play football in the final seasons of his career.