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01/19/00- Updated 05:38 PM ET

 

CHICAGO - Michael Jordan, who always vowed to leave basketball on
his own terms, ended months of speculation by pulling the plug on one of
the most remarkable careers in sports history. Speaking at United Center,
the man who led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships retired from
the game he has dominated off and on the court since his college days at
North Carolina in the 1980s.

End of Jordan's run

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Career Highlights

  • Selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
  • Third in NBA history with 29,227 career points
  • NBA Most Valuable Player five times (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998)
  • All-NBA First Team nine times (1987-1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
  • Led the league in scoring an NBA record 10 times
  • Named the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year
  • Eight-time NBA All-Defensive First Team selection (1988-93, 1996, 1997)
  • A member of six Chicago Bulls NBA championship teams (1991-93, 1996-98)
  • NBA Finals MVP (1991-93, 1996-98)
  • Holds the NBA Playoffs record for highest career scoring average (33.6 ppg)
  • Scored a career playoff-high 63 points against the Boston Celtics on May 20, 1986
  • 10 NBA All-Star Games appearances (1985, 1987-1993, 1996-98)
  • Named the MVP of the 1988 and 1996 NBA All-Star Games
  • NBA Rookie of the Year in 1984-85

Career statistics

YEAR     G    MIN   FGM-A      3PM-A    FTM-A     REB  AST  STL   PTS   PPG 
84-85    82  3144   837-1625    9-52    630-746   534  481  196   2313  28.2
85-86    18   451   150-328     3-18    105-125    64   53   37    408  22.7
86-87    82  3281  1098-2279   12-66    833-972   430  377  236   3041  37.1
87-88    82  3311  1069-1998    7-53    723-860   449  485  259   2868  35.0 
88-89    81  3255   966-1795   27-98    674-793   652  650  234   2633  32.5  
89-90    82  3197  1034-1964   92-245   593-699   565  519  227   2753  33.6  
90-91    82  3034   990-1837   29-93    571-671   492  453  223   2580  31.5  
91-92    80  3102   943-1818   27-100   491-590   511  489  182   2404  30.1  
92-93    78  3067   992-2003   81-230   476-569   522  428  221   2541  32.6  
94-95    17   668   166-404    16-32    109-136   117   90   30    457  26.9 
95-96    82  3090   916-1850  111-260   548-657   543  352  180   2491  30.4  
96-97    82  3106   920-1892  111-297   480-576   482  352  140   2431  29.6
97-98    82  3181   881-1893   30-126   565-721   475  283  141   2357  28.7  
Career  930 35887 10962-21686 555-1670 6798-8115 5836 5012 2306  29277  31.5 
Playoff 179 7474   2188-4497  148-446  1463-1766 1152 1022  376   5987  33.4  
All-Star 11  324     97-193     3-9      37-50     52   49   33    234  21.3