- He is the only player in NBA history to win two gold metals, an NCAA championship and an NBA championship.
2. After the bulls started the 1991 season 0 – 3, Jordan never lost 3 games in a row ever again on the court during his time with Chicago Bulls. Which means in 500 games across 6 seasons, the Bulls never had a real losing streak.
3. During his playing career, Jordan only slept 4 hours a night on average. And before the 1992 gold metal game for the dream team, Jordan didn’t even sleep and he STILL scored 22 points and led the dream team to a 32 point victory.
4. If you take out the 1986 season where he missed out because of a foot injury, then Michael Jordan only missed SEVEN GAMES with the Bulls, from 1985 – 1998. That’s 7 games out of 916 games missed!
5. Michael Jordan played every single game in his last 3 championship seasons (including the playoffs). That means he played 304 games without sitting out a single day. This was between ages 32 and 35!
6. Michael Jordan has never missed a playoff game in his career. The Bulls played 179 playoff games and Jordan was there for every single one.
7. He played all 82 games in 2003 at the age of 40!
8. During his entire time with the Bulls, Michael Jordan only scored less than 10 points one time. That only time was in 1986 when he was recovering from a broken foot and he was playing only 16 minutes due to a minutes restriction. He still scored 8 points!
9. 2 months away from his 39th birthday, Michael Jordan became the oldest player in NBA history to drop 50 points. This was when he dropped 51 points on the Hornets.
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10. In 1989 the Bulls briefly experimented with Jordan letting him play the point. He had 10 triple doubles out of the 11 games he played as point guard. It’s crazy because he only had 28 triple doubles his entire career. In that time he averaged 34pts, 11 assists, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals per game. He decided to move back to shooting guard because he was more comfortable there.11. In every full season he played, from 1985 and from 1987 – 1998, he led the league in points. And in that same time, he led the league in field goals.
12. He is the all-time block leader for a guard with 893 in his career
13. He holds the single season record for blocks by a guard with 131 in 1988
14. He is the only Guard in NBA history to have 200 steals and 100 blocks in a single season. He did it twice: once in 1987 and one time in 1988
15. In 179 playoff games, Michael Jordan only scored less than 10 points once. And only scored less than 20 points, six times. And he scored more than 15 points in all 179 games setting the record for most games with more than 15 points in the playoffs. He also set the record for most playoff games with more than 20 points when he scored 20 or more points in SIXTY FIVE straight games in the 1989 – 1993 playoffs.
16. And he had the most consecutive field goals in the playoffs with 13 against the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1991 NBA Finals.
17. He?s the only player in NBA history with consecutive 50 point games in the playoffs. He started the 1988 playoffs with 50 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers in game 1 and 55 points in game 2.
18. Michael Jordan has the most 30 point games in NBA playoffs history (with 109).
19. Michael Jordan also has the most 40 point games in the NBA playoffs (with 38).
20. Michael Jordan even has the most 50 point games in the NBA playoffs (with 8). He started this record off by scoring 63 points against the Boston Celtics in 1986, which is the most points scored in an NBA playoff game by 1 player.
21. In that same series, Michael Jordan became the player to average the most points in 1 playoffs. He averaged 43.7 points per game!
22. In 1992, Michael Jordan scored the most points in 1 playoffs in NBA History (with 759).
23. And for his career, Michael Jordan holds the record for the total number of playoff points (with 5587).
24. Michael Jordan also holds the record for the highest average of playoff points in his career. He averaged 33.45 points per game.
25. Michael Jordan holds the record for the total number of free throws in the playoffs (with 1463).
26. Michael Jordan only had 4 finals games in which he scored less than 25 points!
27. In the 1993 NBA Finals, Michael Jordan set the record for most consecutive 40 point games in the NBA Finals when he scored over 40 points in games 2, 3, 4, and 5! He had the 55 point game explosion in game 4.
28. Michael Jordan set the record for most points averaged in 1 NBA Finals series when he averaged 41.0 points per game against the Phoenix Suns in the 1993 NBA Finals.
29. In the 1993 NBA Finals Jordan never scored less than 30 points.
30. He finished his career with 33.6 points per game in the NBA Finals. Which is 2nd only to Rick Barry when only played in 10 games.
31. Michael Jordan hit 6 three pointers in 1 half of game 1 in the 1992 NBA Finals when the media they tried to create a rivalry between Jordan and Clyde setting the record for most 3 pointers hit in one half of an NBA Finals game. This record stood until Ray Allen hit 7. It is impressive though because Michael Jordan had only hit 27 threes in the entire 1992 season.
32. Michael Jordan in that same game set the record for most points in one half of an NBA Finals game with 35 points.
33. In the last 40 seconds of the 1998 NBA Finals, Michael Jordan was the only player to touch the ball. He took over the entire game for the Bulls helping them secure the 6th ring. He put up 45 points that game, at the age of 35.
34. Michael Jordan was on his way to break Kareem?s scoring record. Kareem only scored 31,527 points in 15 seasons and Jordan had 32,292 points in 15 seasons. At this pace (if he didn’t retire), he would SURPASS Kareem.
35. HE ACCOMPLISHED THE ABOVE IN ONLY 15 seasons
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