Basketball legend Michael Jordan has won 6 NBA championships in his proud sports career. And the shoes he wore when winning the tournament were also “fragrant”.

According to auction house Sotheby’s, the winning bid for The Dynasty collection reached 8,032,800 USD , setting a new global auction record for sneakers used in a match.

The collection includes Air Jordan VI (1991), Air Jordan VII (1992), Air Jordan VIII (1993), Air Jordan XI (1996), Air Jordan XII (1997) and Air Jordan XIV (1998).

Auction house Sotheby’s calls this set of products “the most valuable and meaningful collection” of Jordan ever brought to market, according to Business Insider.

Notably, only one pair is sold per pair.

6 Air Jordan championship sneakers of former basketball player Michael Jordan are displayed at Sotheby’s Spring Sales auction in Hong Kong in April 2023. Photo: Shutterstock.

Before the 1991 NBA Finals, Tim Halland, PR director of the Chicago Bulls team, asked Jordan to give him the Air Jordan shoes that the male player wore during the match if the team won.

After winning, Jordan fulfilled his promise. He signed the shoes before giving them back to Halland. Due to superstition, this “tradition” continued to be maintained by the basketball legend for the remaining 5 championships. Sotheby’s acquired these sneakers from a private American collector.

The auction lot includes a limited set of signed photos depicting Michael Jordan wearing a shoe and smiling after winning the NBA Finals.

On June 13, 1997, with this Air Jordan Thursday. Photo: Shutterstock.

The gap between the first three consecutive championships and the last three championships was due to Jordan temporarily leaving the basketball field to pursue professional baseball in October 1993.

However, in March 1995, the male player returned impressively, leading the Chicago Bulls to the most successful season in NBA history with 72 wins.

An excellent player, Jordan was nicknamed “Air Jordan” because of his incredible jumping and acrobatic abilities.

The Air Jordan line has been coveted by sneakerheads ever since the former Chicago Bulls star wore them during his first year. The resale market for this shoe line was very vibrant at that time.

These shoes are not the first to sell for huge prices.

Last year, a pair of Jordan’s signature black and red Air Jordan 13 shoes, which he wore to win the Chicago Bulls in 1988, also sold for $2.2 million at Sotheby’s in New York (USA).

In October 2021, a pair of red-white Nike Air Ships sneakers, worn by Jordan in the fifth NBA game of his rookie season with the Bulls on November 1, 1984, were sold. priced at 1.47 million USD .

6 Michael Jordan shoes were brought to the auction by Sotheby’s. Photo: Sotheby’s.

Michael Jordan is considered the greatest NBA player of all time. He is also the richest former professional athlete in the world. Since retiring in 2003, Jordan has built an impressive career and used his fortune for many charitable causes.

Michael Jordan is worth an estimated $2 billion , even though he earned less than $100 million as the NBA’s greatest player.