Michael Jeffrey Jordan - a remarkable force at both ends of the floor, Jordan ended a career of fifteen full seasons with a regular-season scoring average of 30.12 points per game, the highest in NBA history. He won six championships, notched 10 scoring titles, and was league MVP The National Basketball Association first named a Most Valuable Player after the 1955-56 NBA season.
First Team nine times, and led the league in steals three times. Since 1983 1983
he appeared on the front cover of Sports Illustrated a record-49 times, and was named the magazine's "Sportsman of the Year Sportsman of the Year" in 1991. In 1999, he was named "the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century" and placed #2 on the Associated Press list of top athletes of the century.
His leaping ability, vividly illustrated by dunking from the foul line and other feats, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness."
These and other achievements have persuaded many fans and several basketball legends that Jordan was the best ever to play the game.
