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Michael JordanChicago Bulls · #23

Guard · 6'4", 195 lb · 15th season

Michael Jordan is a retired guard and Hall of Famer who starred for the Chicago Bulls. The greatest — 6-0 in the Finals with six Finals MVPs and a record 10 scoring titles. Career averages: 30.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game.

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Analysis by Beau Thoutt · Balladex · Updated Jul 16, 2026

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Chicago Bulls · #23 · Guard

Michael Jordan

Season avg20.0 pts · 6.1 reb · 3.8 ast · .445 fg

Career avg30.1 pts · 6.2 reb · 5.3 ast · .496 fg

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Scouting report

Michael Jordan — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

B+

Hall of Fame guard · Impact 85

Michael Jordan is a retired guard and Hall of Famer who starred for the Chicago Bulls. The greatest — 6-0 in the Finals with six Finals MVPs and a rec

B-

Offense

C-

Defense

Feel / IQ

Playmaking

Average creator

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A+

Scoring

Elite scorer

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C-

Rebounding

Average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Average spacing

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Perimeter D

Average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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A+

Clutch

Elite late

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B-

Athleticism

Strong tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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A+

Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Michael Jordan stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

✦ Balladex Consensus: All-Star level tier — a blend of Impact, production and résumé.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

85Impact index

2568Star score

Career scoring average30.1 ppg

Seasons in the index15

Accolades on file7

6× NBA Champion · 5× NBA MVP

Stat explorer

Michael Jordan — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

A+

Scoring

20.0 PPG

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Playmaking

3.8 APG

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C-

Rebounding

6.1 RPG

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Shooting

.291 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Michael Jordan

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2003-04 89% confidence

19.0

pts

17.6–20.4

6.2

reb

5.7–6.7

4.0

ast

3.6–4.4

37.2

min

proj

health

.445

fg%

~base

.261

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 15-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 20.0 → projected 19.0 PPG

Minutes / role

+0.1

Development (his trend)

-1.5

Age curve

+0.0

Live context

+0.4

Net vs last season-1.0 PPG

Everything it reads

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15 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

real

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

auto

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

+dev

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Per-stat aging curves

age — — applied per stat

curve

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

+ctx

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 82 / 60 / 82 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Michael Jordan career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
1984-85	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	.515	.173
1985-86	18	25.1	22.7	3.6	2.9	.457	.167
1986-87	82	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	.482	.182
1987-88 MVP	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	.535	.132
1988-89	81	40.2	32.5	8.0	8.0	.538	.276
1989-90	82	39.0	33.6	6.9	6.3	.526	.376
1990-91 CHIP	82	37.0	31.5	6.0	5.5	.539	.312
1991-92 CHIP	80	38.8	30.1	6.4	6.1	.519	.270
1992-93 CHIP	78	39.3	32.6	6.7	5.5	.495	.352
1994-95	17	39.3	26.9	6.9	5.3	.411	.500
1995-96 MVP+CHIP	82	37.7	30.4	6.6	4.3	.495	.427
1996-97 CHIP	82	37.9	29.6	5.9	4.3	.486	.374
1997-98 MVP+CHIP	82	38.8	28.7	5.8	3.5	.465	.238
2001-02	60	34.9	22.9	5.7	5.2	.416	.189
2002-03	82	37.0	20.0	6.1	3.8	.445	.291
Career	1072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3

Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.

EraLab · the stat time machinenovel

Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.

—raw PPG

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

Anthony Edwards 95%Carmelo Anthony 95%DeMar DeRozan 95%Deni Avdija 95%Devin Booker 95%

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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart

Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.

Role simulatorpowered by GM engine

Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Chicago Bulls built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

29–53proj record

#11conf seed

-4.5net rtg

112.5off rtg

117def rtg

1%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Isaac Okoro, Nic Claxton.

How his role moves

Projected 29–53, 11th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

85 of 99

All-Star level tier.

Rarity

◆ Mythic

Rank #1 of 715 in NBA.

Résumé

7 accolades

6× NBA Champion · 5× NBA MVP · 6× Finals MVP

Act IV

The Ballad of Michael Jordan

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Chicago Bulls

Turning pro

Drafted 1984 as a Guard.

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Michael Jordan is one of the NBA's all-time greats. The greatest — 6-0 in the Finals with six Finals MVPs and a record 10 scoring titles.

Chapter

Over a Hall of Fame career he averaged 30.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.3 assists and won 6 championships.

Where things stand

A Hall of Fame guard and Chicago Bulls legend.

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Jordan's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Michael Jordan’s Top 60 Career Plays ▶ Best of Michael Jordan’s Playoff Games | The Jordan Vault ▶ Michael Jordan's HISTORIC Bulls Mixtape | The Jordan Vault

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Walk-up: Introducing… No. 23

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 216 lbs
College: North Carolina
NBA debut: 1984
Draft: 1984
Jersey: #23

Legacy

The greatest — 6-0 in the Finals with six Finals MVPs and a record 10 scoring titles.

The person

A Hall of Fame guard and Chicago Bulls legend.

Hall of Fame

Chicago Bulls

Champion

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Michael Jordan — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Michael Jordan, answered.

What were Michael Jordan's career averages?

Michael Jordan averaged 30.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game over his career.

Is Michael Jordan in the Hall of Fame?

Yes — Michael Jordan is enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and won 6 NBA championships.

Michael Jordan career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.