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From ’84-’85 to ’97-’98, Jordan scored 29,277 points, which was 24.23% of the Bulls 120,818 points. All that despite missing over a season and a half to play baseball and despite missing 64 games with a foot injury in ’85-’86.

Only once did an opposing player score 50+ against the Bulls in a game in which Jordan appeared (Dominique Wilkins 57, 12/10/’86)

MJ scoring breakdown:

60+ games: 5
50+ games: 34
40+ games: 172
30+ games: 460

Jordan also had 28 games with 40+ points on 50–40–90 splits.

Only players to lead the regular season, postseason and NBA Finals in scoring (all in the same season):

Michael Jordan 6 times
Wilt Chamberlain 1 time
Shaquile O’neal 1 time

Averaging more than 30 PPG 12 times in playoffs

Of the 13 seasons Michael Jordan made the playoffs he averaged more than 30 PPG 12 times. The only time he didn’t was his rookie season in which he averaged 29.3 PPG.

Numbers are:
29.3 PPG
43.7 PPG
35.7 PPG
36.3 PPG
34.8 PPG
36.7 PPG
31.1 PPG
34.5 PPG
35.1 PPG
31.5 PPG
30.7 PPG
31.1 PPG
32.4 PPG

He also Scored 50+ points 8 times and he never scored less than 15 points in the playoffs.

• 63 points (53.7% FG)
• 56 points (66.7% FG)
• 55 points (62.9% FG)
• 55 points (56.8% FG)
• 55 points (53.3% FG)
• 54 points (60.0% FG)
• 50 points (50.0% FG)
• 50 points (54.3% FG)

Michael Jordan currently is the only player to score 50+ points in 3 different decades.
– January 8th, ’87 — scored 53 points.
– March 19th, ’92 — scored 51 points.
– December 29th, ’01 — scored 51 points.

Jordan scored 20+ points in each of his last 47 consecutive postseason games. (Last 7 of ’96, then all 19 in ’97, and all 21 in ’98)

Only 9 times has a player ever averaged over 40 PPG in a playoff series. Michael Jordan did it 5 times.
– 45.2 PPG in ’88 vs Cavs
– 45.0 PPG in ’92 vs Heat
– 43.7 PPG in ’86 vs Celtics
– 43.0 PPG in ’90 vs 76ers
– 41.0 PPG in ’93 vs Suns

Jordan dropped 30+ PPG in 28 out of 37 playoff series that he played in. This includes 5 out of 6 NBA finals and 5 out of 8 conference finals. His 33.45 points per game in 179 career playoff games is an NBA record. If you wonder why Jordan never faced a game 7 in the NBA Finals here are his numbers in games 5 and 6 of those 6 NBA Finals series he played.

34.6 PPG
5.3 AST
5.5 REB
2.2 STL

Most consecutive games leading your team in scoring:
– Michael Jordan: 66
– Michael Jordan: 41
– Kobe Bryant: 34