Holds NBA regular season records for:

• All-Defensive First Team honors (9) - shared with Gary Payton
• Player Efficiency Rating, career (27.91)
• points per game average, career (30.12)
• consecutive games scoring in double-digits (866)
• seasons leading the league in points per game average (10)
• consecutive seasons leading the league in points per game average (7, 1986-87 through 1992-93)

• shared with Wilt Chamberlain
• Appears on the All-time top 100 list of most points per game in a season a record 9 times.

• seasons leading the league in total points (11) - Appears on the All-time top 100 list of most points in a season a record 11 times.
• seasons leading the league in field goals made (10)
• consecutive seasons leading the league in field goals made (7) - shared with Wilt Chamberlain
• seasons leading the league in field goals attempted (9)
• seasons leading the league in steals per game (3)
• highest Game Score on record - 64.6 at the Cleveland Cavaliers on March 28, 1990
• free throws made, one half - 20, against the Miami Heat on December 30, 1992
• free throws attempted, one half - 23, against the Miami Heat on December 30, 1992
• free throws made, one quarter (shared) - 14, against the Utah Jazz on November 15, 1989, and against the Miami Heat on December 30, 1992
• free throws attempted, one quarter (shared) - 16, against the Miami Heat on December 30, 1992
• steals, one half (8) - shared with 11 players
• oldest player to score 50 points in one game (51 points, 7 rebounds, aged 38 years, 315 days) - against the Charlotte Hornets, December 29, 2001
• oldest player and only player at age 40 or older to score 40 points in one game (43 points, 10 rebounds)

• against the New Jersey Nets, February 21, 2003
• scored 40 or more points 3 times, in his final year
• scored 30 or more points 9 times, in his final year
• scored 20 or more points 42 times, in his final year

• blocked shots by a guard, season (131, 1987-88)
• blocked shots by a guard, career (893)

Rank among NBA Regular season leaders in other stats:

• 2nd, MVP honors (5) - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was voted MVP six times
• 2nd, seasons with 2,000 or more points (11) - Karl Malone holds the record with 12
• 2nd, seasons leading the league in steals (3; 1987-88, 1989-90, 1992-93)
• 2nd, steals, career (2,514)
• 2nd, consecutive points scored in a game

• 23 against the Atlanta Hawks on April 16, 1987; finished with 61 points
• Manu Ginobili scored 24 straight on February 22, 2007

• 2nd, consecutive triple-doubles (7)

• shared with Oscar Robertson
• recorded a triple-double in ten games over an eleven game stretch, March 24 April 14, 1989
• fell just short in the one game, (which would have allowed for eleven consecutive triple-doubles) with a double-double effort of 40 points, 11 assists and 7 rebounds.
• Wilt Chamberlain had 9 straight

• 2nd, 60 point games (4)
• 2nd, 50 point games (31)
• 2nd, 40 point games (173)
• 2nd, 30 point games (561)
• 3rd, consecutive games scoring 20 or more points (72, December 29, 1987-December 6, 1988)

• two longest streaks set by Wilt Chamberlain
• Jordan also registered a streak of 69 consecutive games scoring 20 or more points during the 1990-91 season.

• 3rd, consecutive games scoring 40 or more points (9, November 28-December 12, 1986) - two longest streaks set by Wilt Chamberlain
• 3rd, total points, career (32,292)
• 3rd, points in a season (3,041, 1986-87)

• first two held by Wilt Chamberlain
• Jordan appears on this All-Time NBA Top 100 list a record 11 times

• 3rd, field goals attempted, career (24,537)
• 3rd, free throws made in a season (833, 1986-87)

• Behind Jerry West (840, '66) and Wilt Chamberlain (835, '62)
• Jordan is also the 10th All-Time leader for most free throws in a season (723, '88)
• appears on this All-Time top 100 list a total of 6 times

• 4th, consecutive games (shared) scoring 40 or more points (9, 1986-87)

• three longest streaks set by Wilt Chamberlain
• Jordan in fact scored 40 or more points in 11 of 12 games during this period.

• 4th, steals per game, career (2.35)
• 4th, field goals made, career (12,192)
• 4th, free throws made, career (7,327)
• 6th, field goals made, season (1,098, in 1986-87)

• First 4 are held by Wilt Chamberlain, 5th by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• Jordan appears on this top 100 list a total an NBA record of 11 times
• Jordan is also 9th in field goals made in a season (1,069, in 1987-88)

• 6th, field goals attempted, season (2,279, in 1987)

• first 5 records are held by Wilt Chamberlain
• Jordan appears on this NBA's record top 100 list a total of 10 times

• 6th, points per game average, season (37.1)

• 4 are held by Wilt Chamberlain, 1 by Elgin Baylor.
• Jordan appears on this all-time NBA Top 100 list a record 10 times

• 6th, points per game average by a rookie, (28.2, 1984-85) - ranked 3rd that season, behind Bernard King and Larry Bird
• 8th, free throws attempted, career (8,772)
• 8th, steals per game average, season (3.16, 1987-88) - appears on the All-Time top 100 list a total of 6 times

Other:

• only player in NBA history to lead league in scoring and be Defensive Player of the Year in same season
• only player in NBA history to be Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year, and lead league in scoring in same season
• first player in NBA history to be Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year in same season - Hakeem Olajuwon is the only other player to do so.
• one of 10+ players in NBA history to lead team in four statistics in a season

• In his rookie season, Jordan led his team in scoring (28.2 ppg), rebounding (6.5 rpg), assists (5.9 apg) and steals (2.39 spg), hence making him also the only rookie to perform this feat. He was second on the team in blocks.
• Jordan again led the Bulls in four of the five statistics in the 1987-88 season; scoring (35.0 ppg), assists (5.9 apg), steals (3.2 spg) and blocked shots (1.6 bpg).

• only player besides Wilt Chamberlain to score 3,000 points in a season (3,041 in 1986-87)
• first player in NBA history to collect both a scoring title and win a Defensive Player of the Year award in his career - David Robinson is the only other player to do so.
• first player in NBA history to record 200 steals and 100 blocked shots in a season (236 steals, 125 blocks in 1986-87) - Hakeem Olajuwon (1988-89) and Scottie Pippen (1989-90) are the only other players to do so.
• only player in NBA history to consecutively record 200 steals and 100 blocked shots in a season (259 steals, 131 blocks in 1987-88) - 1986 through 1988
• only player in NBA history with multiple seasons of 200 steals and 100 blocked shots
• first player in NBA history to lead league both in scoring average and steals in same season

• did so for three seasons (1987-88, 1989-90, 1992-93)
• Allen Iverson is the only other player to do so, and has performed the feat twice.

• fourth player in NBA history to lead league in scoring average and win an NBA championship in same season - did so for six seasons (1990-1993, 1996-1998)
• led the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls to an All-Time NBA Best Regular season record, with 72 wins, 10 losses - averaged a league high 30.4 ppg
• led the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls to an All-Time NBA Best combined Regular and Post Season record with, 87 wins, 13 losses
• won the 1996 and 1998 Regular Season MVP, All-Star MVP, and NBA Finals MVP - Willis Reed (1970) and Shaquille O'Neal (2000) are the only players to do so, Jordan is the only player to perform the feat twice
• one of three players to be an Olympic basketball gold medalist both as an amateur and professional
• one of three players in NBA history to average 20+ points, 5+ assists, and 5+ rebounds as a rookie - joined by Oscar Robertson and LeBron James
• The only player in NBA history that has won Rookie Of The Year (1985), Regular Season MVP (5 times), All-Star MVP (3 times), Finals MVP (6 times), and Most Defensive Player of The Year Awards.