Michael Jeffrey Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan ranks first in our ranking of the world's best NBA players. He is a businessman and former professional basketball player from the United States. He was a National Basketball Association (NBA) player for fifteen years, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. Jordan is the principal owner and chairman of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets as well as NASCAR Cup Series team 23XI Racing.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan played three seasons of college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels under coach Dean Smith. In 1982, he was a freshman on the Tar Heels national championship team. Jordan joined the Bulls as the third overall draft pick in 1984 and quickly became a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring while also establishing himself as one of the game's best defensive players.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan won his first NBA title with the Bulls in 1991, then added titles in 1992 and 1993 to complete a three-peat. Jordan left 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.
Six NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, ten NBA scoring titles, five NBA MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team selections, 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 are among Jordan's accolades and accomplishments.
In 1999, ESPN named him the greatest North American athlete of the twentieth century, and he was second only to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century. Jordan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame twice, once for his individual career in 2009 and again in 2010 as a member of the United States men's Olympic basketball team in 1992.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan is well-known for his product endorsements and is one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation. He contributed to the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which debuted in 1984 and are still popular today. In 2006, he became a part-owner and the head of basketball operations for the Charlotte Bobcats (now known as the Hornets), and in 2010, he purchased a controlling interest. Jordan became the NBA's first billionaire player in 2016.
Born: February 17, 1963
Nationality: American
