Preface
As we all know, as the greatest star in the history of the NBA and the entire history of basketball, Michael Jordan has created countless records in his not-so-long 15-year career, and even most of them have not been broken by latecomers to this day, and the most intuitive horror is his record of 10 scoring titles. Chamberlain, the total number of career scoring champions is only 7, which is enough to show how terrifying Jordan's scoring ability is. However, many fans are also very curious, why did Jordan not win the scoring title in 5 seasons? And who is the scoring champion in those 5 seasons? Let's find out.
1.84-85 season: Bernard King
Jordan stats: 28.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 2.4 steals
The first is Jordan's rookie season, he has just entered the NBA, he can already cut 28.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 2.4 steals, this data is no matter in that era, including today's era of data blowout, it is the existence of the MVP, which also proves Jordan's terrible strength, a rookie who has just entered the NBA already has MVP-level ability. In addition, averaging 28.2 points per game has been able to win the scoring title in many seasons, but this season, Jordan is still third in the league behind Bernard King and Larry Bird in the scoring list.
And Bernard King averaged 32.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game this year, and won the only scoring title of his career. However, due to injuries, Kim only played 55 games this season, because the statistics at that time were not perfect, and did not start according to the current minimum of 58 games, so Kim was also lucky to get the scoring title, and more interestingly, his Knicks did not even enter the playoffs, which is also a rare scoring champion team did not miss the playoffs.
2. 85-86 season: Dominic Wilkins
Jordan stats: 22.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.1 steals
In the second season of Jordan's career, his average points per game dropped to 22.7 points, not because he hit the rookie wall, but because he suffered the worst injury of his career in the third game of the season, and a fractured left foot made him out of action for almost the entire 85-86 season, and did not usher in a comeback until the end of the season, and the team coach at the time, Albeck, in order to protect Jordan, also let him play as a substitute many times, and strictly controlled Jordan's playing time, and in the end he could only play an average of 25.1 minutes per game, and naturally only contributed 22.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.1 steals.
And this year's scoring title was won by Jordan's early career rival "Human Movie Essence" Wilkins, who could score 30.3 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists, which is still quite good. However, Jordan scored an astonishing 63 points against the powerful Celtics in the playoffs soon after, which also shocked the whole world in one fell swoop.
3.94-95 season: Shaquille O'Neal
Jordan stats: 26.9 points, 6.9 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.8 steals
From the beginning of the 86-87 season, Jordan completed the monopoly of the scoring title for 7 consecutive years, and it was not until he completed his first three-game championship and announced his retirement that David Robinson won the first scoring title after Jordan. However, in the middle of the 94-95 season, Jordan still accepted the invitation of his old club Bulls and returned to the basketball court, although his body has been rusted for a long time at this time, but he can still score as much as he wants on the court, and finally in the 17 games after his return, Jordan, wearing the No. 45 jersey, averaged 26.9 points, 6.9 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.8 steals per game, and performed quite well, especially in the fifth game of his comeback, he scored 55 points, which shocked the entire basketball world again.
However, this year's scoring title was still won by the young O'Neal, and in this year's playoffs, O'Neal's Magic team also defeated Jordan with a score of 4-2 in the Eastern Conference semifinals, allowing Jordan to experience defeat for the only time in the 90s.
4.01-02 season: Allen Iverson
Jordan stats: 22.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.4 steals
After another three-game winning streak, Jordan retired again in the summer of 1998, this time at the age of 35, who no longer wanted to return to the basketball court, and even owned a stake in the Wizards and became the team's small owner. However, in the summer of 2001, in response to the wishes of the American public and fans around the world, the 39-year-old Jordan chose to return to the basketball court, even if the jersey he wore was replaced by a Wizards jersey.
Although fans don't want to see it, Jordan's athletic ability has indeed declined significantly, but the 39-year-old Jordan will still spare no effort to help the team on both offensive and defensive ends in the game, if it weren't for the injury, he even has a chance to help the team enter the playoffs, and the season's average of 22.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game is still a star-level existence, and Jordan is also ranked ninth on the scoring list. This year's scoring title was finally won by Iverson, who had already won his third scoring title and became the NBA's No. 1 scoring guard at that time.
5.02-03 season: Tracy McGrady
Jordan stats: 20 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.5 steals
This is the last season of Jordan's career in the real sense, at the age of 40, he is still in decline due to injuries, age and other reasons, but even so, he will continue to be young and stubborn at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and what is more respectful is that he actually played 82 games this season, whether it is at home or away, he does not want to disappoint the fans who come from afar to see him play, which is also a big reason why Jordan can become a Goat.
Despite the team's failure to make the playoffs, Jordan is averaging a career-low 20 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game, but no one is to blame him, and he has given everything he can to the fans. At this time, as the first scorer of the Magic, he averaged 32.1 points per game, and behind him were Kobe Bryant, who averaged 30 points per game, and Iverson, who averaged 27.6 points per game.