Michael Jordan

Statistical Profile

Michael Jordan is the most tracked player from before the PBP era.

ON-OFF Stats

Regular Season
(74% Complete)
Postseason
(100% Complete)

Lineups

Regular Season
(90% Complete)
Postseason
(24% Complete)

Shooting Data

Regular Season
(34% Complete)
Postseason
(100% Complete)

Defensive Tracking

Regular Season
(5% Complete)
Postseason
(31% Complete)

Crunch Time Scoring

Postseason
(100% Complete)

RAPM

1985-1996
(16% Complete)
1997-2003
(100% Complete)

WOWYR

1957-2016
(100% Complete)

ON-OFF Stats

Regular Season ON-OFF (From Squared2020. Ratings are calculated using B-Ref minutes and pace estimates. * denotes partial data.)

YearON ORtgON DRtgON NetOFF ORtgOFF DRtgOFF NetON-OFF ORtgON-OFF DRtgON-OFF NetGames
1985112.8110.72.2103.2114.7-11.59.6-4.013.727*
1986
1987111.5109.32.292.7103.5-10.818.85.813.040*
1988112.1106.16.092.2110.3-18.119.9-4.224.042*
1989109.9105.64.394.2112.5-18.315.8-6.922.641*
1990111.8104.27.696.8111.5-14.615.0-7.322.256*
1991117.7107.410.3100.2108.1-8.017.5-0.718.356*
1992118.7104.014.8104.9112.7-7.813.8-8.722.570*
1993115.2105.79.5104.8109.0-4.210.4-3.313.776*
1995
1996117.3100.516.8107.3106.31.010.0-5.815.882
1997116.3102.314.0106.9102.54.39.4-0.39.782
1998110.7100.510.295.896.9-1.014.93.611.282
2002107.6107.10.4101.7105.6-3.95.91.54.360
2003103.8103.70.1100.2105.4-5.23.6-1.75.382
Career112.9104.48.5100.5105.8-5.412.4-1.413.8796*
Bulls114.3104.210.0101.1106.9-5.813.2-2.715.9654*

Regular Season ON Court Offense (rORtg is relative to league average. Projections are based on how the team did in the unsampled games.)

YearSampled ON ORtgSampled ON rORtgProjected Full Season ON ORtgProjected Full Season ON rORtgGames
1985112.84.9110.72.827*
1986
1987111.53.2111.73.440*
1988112.14.1111.93.942*
1989109.92.1112.04.241*
1990111.83.7115.17.056*
1991117.79.8118.510.656*
1992118.710.5118.610.470*
1993115.27.2115.27.276*
1995
1996117.39.7117.39.782
1997116.39.6116.39.682
1998110.75.7110.75.782
2002107.63.4107.63.460
2003103.80.5103.80.582
Career112.96.1113.56.7796*
Bulls114.37.3115.08.0654*

Postseason ON-OFF (From personal tracking. Ratings are calculated using B-Ref minutes and pace estimates.)

YearON ORtgON DRtgON NetOFF ORtgOFF DRtgOFF NetON-OFF ORtgON-OFF DRtgON-OFF NetGames
1985114.0111.12.966.1141.7-75.647.9-30.678.54
1986109.8117.4-7.798.5150.3-51.811.3-32.944.13
1987116.0117.7-1.760.5127.8-67.355.5-10.165.63
1988105.0108.8-3.879.188.8-9.725.920.05.910
1989112.7107.75.077.1108.3-31.235.6-0.636.217
1990113.9105.68.380.4109.6-29.233.5-4.037.516
1991119.6104.615.0104.7101.43.414.93.211.717
1992112.1105.17.1112.8107.15.7-0.7-2.01.422
1993118.7109.98.887.093.0-6.031.716.914.819
1995110.8112.3-1.6114.896.218.6-4.016.1-20.210
1996113.598.015.5100.8107.3-6.512.7-9.322.018
1997109.399.89.5100.4116.4-16.18.9-16.625.619
1998112.2101.810.394.698.9-4.317.62.914.621
Career113.1105.57.794.6105.0-10.418.60.518.1179

Postseason ON Court Relative Ratings (rORtg is relative to opponent DRtg. rDRtg is relative to opponent ORtg.)

YearON ORtgON rORtgON DRtgON rDRtgON rNetGames
1985114.010.4111.10.69.84
1986109.87.2117.45.51.73
1987116.09.2117.74.25.03
1988105.0-0.7108.80.1-0.810
1989112.77.7107.7-3.110.817
1990113.97.2105.6-4.611.816
1991119.613.3104.6-4.217.517
1992112.15.2105.1-5.010.222
1993118.713.0109.9-0.513.519
1995110.83.7112.3-0.13.810
1996113.59.798.0-10.620.318
1997109.36.599.8-9.115.619
1998112.27.9101.8-7.415.321
Career113.18.0105.5-4.412.4179

Series ON Court Relative Ratings (rORtg is relative to opponent DRtg. rDRtg is relative to opponent ORtg.)

SeriesON ORtgON rORtgON DRtgON rDRtgON rNetGames
1985 MIL114.010.4111.10.69.84
1986 BOS109.87.2117.45.51.73
1987 BOS116.09.2117.74.25.03
1988 CLE113.37.3109.12.35.05
1988 DET96.4-8.9108.5-2.0-6.95
1989 CLE112.49.5107.0-3.613.15
1989 NYK123.115.6109.7-1.417.06
1989 DET105.00.3108.8-2.02.36
1990 MIL123.615.5100.4-6.922.44
1990 PHI119.511.1108.7-4.815.95
1990 DET105.41.9107.3-2.64.57
1991 NYK115.48.192.6-14.522.63
1991 PHI121.613.5109.41.512.05
1991 DET126.421.8110.42.219.64
1991 LAL118.213.2105.1-7.020.25
1992 MIA128.918.0104.5-2.220.23
1992 NYK112.79.5107.5-0.810.37
1992 CLE109.71.5105.8-8.19.66
1992 POR107.73.5103.7-7.711.26
1993 ATL128.218.0101.0-8.326.33
1993 CLE122.716.7112.0-0.717.44
1993 NYK117.918.2111.75.612.66
1993 PHO116.49.7113.50.29.56
1995 CHA113.57.4104.3-5.312.74
1995 ORL109.01.2117.22.1-0.96
1996 MIA124.921.187.7-17.638.73
1996 NYK106.63.198.9-7.110.25
1996 ORL115.38.495.9-17.025.44
1996 SEA114.212.1103.6-6.718.86
1997 WAS118.213.3103.2-3.416.73
1997 ATL111.89.5101.4-7.116.65
1997 MIA105.95.390.7-16.121.45
1997 UTA105.61.6104.2-9.411.06
1998 NJN117.911.3108.80.510.83
1998 CHA109.52.996.0-11.514.45
1998 IND116.214.6106.4-2.016.67
1998 UTA107.01.698.0-14.716.36
Career113.18.0105.5-4.412.4179

Postseason Game-by-Game Plus Minus

Lineups

Regular Season Lineups (1990-1996 data from Squared2020, 1997 and 1998 from raw PBP data. * denotes partial data.)

1990Lineups ComboORtgDRtgNetGames: 56*
Jordan ON Pippen ON114.2103.310.9
Jordan ON Pippen OFF106.7114.3-7.6
Jordan OFF Pippen ON96.8110.2-13.4
Jordan OFF Pippen OFF97.5114.4-16.9
1991Lineups ComboORtgDRtgNetGames: 57*
Jordan ON Pippen ON118.7106.811.9
Jordan ON Pippen OFF114.7111.23.5
Jordan OFF Pippen ON101.4108.4-7.0
Jordan OFF Pippen OFF105.1111.2-6.1
1992Lineups ComboORtgDRtgNetGames: 71*
Jordan ON Pippen ON119.4104.614.8
Jordan ON Pippen OFF116.1102.313.8
Jordan OFF Pippen ON104.0105.3-1.2
Jordan OFF Pippen OFF94.7111.1-16.4
1993Lineups ComboORtgDRtgNetGames: 79*
Jordan ON Pippen ON116.0105.910.1
Jordan ON Pippen OFF113.0106.16.8
Jordan OFF Pippen ON105.5107.9-2.4
Jordan OFF Pippen OFF98.7118.0-19.3
1996Lineups ComboORtgDRtgNetGames: 82
Jordan ON Pippen ON121.2102.418.8
Jordan ON Pippen OFF111.3100.710.6
Jordan OFF Pippen ON106.1102.33.7
Jordan OFF Pippen OFF99.8102.3-2.5
1997Lineups ComboORtgDRtgNetGames: 82
Jordan ON Pippen ON115.699.915.8
Jordan ON Pippen OFF119.8114.05.8
Jordan OFF Pippen ON106.4101.64.8
Jordan OFF Pippen OFF107.7104.23.5
1998Lineups ComboORtgDRtgNetGames: 82
Jordan ON Pippen ON111.799.512.3
Jordan ON Pippen OFF109.9101.38.6
Jordan OFF Pippen ON98.295.52.8
Jordan OFF Pippen OFF94.597.6-3.1
1990-1998Lineups ComboORtgDRtgNetGames: 509*
Jordan ON Pippen ON117.0103.313.7
Jordan ON Pippen OFF112.3105.17.2
Jordan OFF Pippen ON103.4104.8-1.4
Jordan OFF Pippen OFF99.6106.0-6.4

Postseason Lineups (Calculated from raw PBP data. * denotes partial data.)

1997Lineups ComboORtgDRtgNetGames: 19
Jordan ON Pippen ON110.598.911.6
Jordan ON Pippen OFF103.9103.50.4
Jordan OFF Pippen ON102.4110.0-7.5
Jordan OFF Pippen OFF84.2168.4-84.2
1998Lineups ComboORtgDRtgNetGames: 21
Jordan ON Pippen ON110.7101.79.0
Jordan ON Pippen OFF119.5102.617.0
Jordan OFF Pippen ON90.188.61.5
Jordan OFF Pippen OFF110.6135.6-25.0
1997-1998Lineups ComboORtgDRtgNetGames: 40
Jordan ON Pippen ON110.5100.310.2
Jordan ON Pippen OFF111.7103.08.6
Jordan OFF Pippen ON95.898.5-2.7
Jordan OFF Pippen OFF102.9144.1-41.2

Shooting Data

Regular Season Shooting – By Zone (From Dipper13. ^ % from 3pt range for the entire career is 581/1778 (32.7%). * denotes partial data.)

YearRimPaint (w/o Rim)Midrange3ptGames
1992 233/357(65.3%)67/198 (33.8%)336/645 (52.1%)21/66 (31.8%)53*
1997192/371 (51.8%)95/186 (51.1%)522/1044 (50.0%)111/297 (33.8%)82
1998281/457 (61.5%)64/187 (34.2%)475/1100 (43.2%)30/126 (23.8%)82
2002104/181 (57.5%)64/187 (34.2%)373/903 (41.3%)10/53 (18.9%)60
2003137/230 (59.6%)69/186 (37.1%)457/1056 (43.3%)16/55 (29.1%)82
Career947/1596 (59.3%)359/944 (38.0%)2163/4748 (45.6%)188/597 (31.5%)^359*

Postseason Shooting – By Zone (From personal tracking and Dipper13.)

YearRimPaint (w/o Rim)Midrange3ptGames
198514/20 (70.0%)6/18 (33.3%)13/32 (40.6%)1/8 (12.5%)4
198618/30 (60.0%)10/21 (47.6%)19/43 (44.2%)1/1 (100.0%)3
19877/13 (53.8%)13/37 (35.1%)13/29 (44.8%)2/5 (40.0%)3
198867/94 (71.3%)15/46 (32.6%)55/117 (47.0%)1/3 (33.3%)10
1989106/158 (67.1%)21/60 (35.0%)62/137 (45.3%)10/35 (28.6%)17
199074/99 (74.7%)14/38 (36.8%)115/239 (48.1%)16/50 (32.0%)16
199179/109 (72.5%)24/63 (38.1%)84/178 (47.2%)10/26 (38.5%)17
1992103/170 (60.6%)28/75 (37.3%)142/292 (48.6%)17/44 (38.6%)22
199375/116 (64.7%)22/75 (29.1%)126/265 (47.5%)28/72 (38.9%)19
199535/61 (57.4%)12/32 (37.5%)62/125 (49.6%)11/30 (36.7%)10
199648/78 (61.5%)16/48 (33.3%)98/219 (44.7%)25/62 (40.3%)18
199763/106 (59.4%)35/57 (61.4%)116/268 (43.3%)13/67 (19.4%)19
199887/130 (66.9%)24/54 (44.4%)119/299 (39.8%)13/43 (30.2%)21
Career776/1184 (65.5%)240/624 (38.5%)1024/2243 (45.7%)148/446 (33.2%)179

Defensive Tracking

Regular Season Defensive FG% – All Matchups (From Dipper13 tracking. * denotes partial data.)

YearDFG%Opponent Average FG%DifferenceGames
1992202/521 (38.8%)46.9%-8.1%53*

Postseason Defensive FG% – All Matchups (From personal tracking and Dipper13.)

YearDFG%Opponent Average FG%DifferenceGames
199055/149 (36.7%)48.0%-11.3%16
199160/154 (39.0%)47.7%-8.7%17
199281/194 (41.8%)47.7%-5.9%22

Postseason Overall Defense – All Matchups (From personal tracking.)

YearDFG%DTS%BlocksDeflectionsStealsCharges DrawnShot Clock Violations DrawnShooting Fouls Blown By
199139.0%51.3%292639423823

Postseason Man Defense – Individual Matchups (From personal tracking. Forced TO include Steals, Charges and Shot Clock Violations Drawn.)

YearMatchupPPG AgainstDFG% (Diff)DTS% (Diff)Forced TOShooting FoulsBlown By
1989Isiah Thomas8.831.4% (-15.0%)37.6% (-15.0%)895
1990Hersey HawkinsN/A26.3% (-19.7%)N/AN/AN/AN/A
1990Joe Dumars6.039.1% (-8.9%)41.7% (-13.8%)665
1991Hersey Hawkins6.834.5% (-12.7%)49.6% (-9.6%)574
1991Joe Dumars6.544.0% (-4.1%)48.6% (-6.6%)122
1991Magic Johnson6.866.7% (+19.0%)87.3% (+25.0%)4106
1992Clyde Drexler5.734.5% (-12.5%)46.6% (-9.4%)293

Crunch Time Scoring

Postseason Crunch Time Scoring (1985-1996 from Stanley Hudson; 1997-1998 from NBA.com.)

YearPointsFGFGAFG%3P3PA3P%FTFTAFT%TOVTS% (Diff)
198593933.3%010.0%3475.0%141.8% (-10.5%)
19861771450.0%0033100.0%155.5% (+4.6%)
19872040.0%020.0%22100.0%120.5% (-31.0%)
19881751145.5%0077100.0%060.4% (+7.7%)
198956142751.9%010.0%283482.4%566.7% (+14.2%)
199035132356.5%010.0%99100.0%564.9% (+11.6%)
199138132552.0%010.0%121580.0%360.1% (+8.1%)
199254192965.5%020.0%162176.2%270.6% (+18.4%)
199352174438.6%040.0%182185.7%248.8% (-4.0%)
19952371741.2%000.0%91181.8%452.7% (-0.5%)
19962881747.1%1250.0%111384.6%161.6% (+9.0%)
199755203951.3%1425.0%141782.4%659.2% (+7.0%)
199876225044.0%1616.7%314077.5%556.2% (+3.7%)
Career46214830947.9%32412.5%16319782.7%3658.4% (+6.0%)

Note: Crunch Time is defined as the last 5 minutes of the 4th Quarter + OT with the score within 5 points.

RAPM

Single-Year RAPM (1985-1996 partial RAPM is from Squared2020.com, 1997-2003 RAPM is from xRAPM.com)

YearORAPMDRAPMRAPMRAPM Rank
19855.16-0.135.036th
19862.22-0.511.7131st
19876.16-1.374.794th
19887.52-0.057.471st
19897.58-0.856.732nd
19906.470.236.702nd
19915.790.616.401st
19928.521.159.671st
19935.191.356.541st
1995
19966.110.816.921st
19976.72.39.01st
19985.11.66.72nd
20022.0-1.10.982nd
20031.9-0.41.552nd

12-Year 1985-1996 RAPM (From Squared2020.)

PlayerORAPMDRAPMRAPMRAPM Rank
Michael Jordan8.240.368.591st

WOWYR

1957-2016 WOWYR (From Thinking Basketball.)

PlayerScaled WOWYRAlt Scaled10-Year GPMAverageVariabilityRank
Michael Jordan8.38.87.68.20.64th