A Tribute to Michael Jordan: Top Ten Air Jordans of All Time

As most of you either have seen or read, Michael Jordan was inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 11, 2009. The six-time NBA Champion has not only played a huge role in the development of the National Basketball Association (NBA), but has also highly influenced another key part of our lives…sneakers. Jordan Brand is, without a doubt, considered to be one of the greatest sneaker brands ever created. Though Air Jordans were not too popular when the original black and red sneakers released back in 1985, today, Air Jordans are seen as some of the best sneakers available on the market. A key aspect of the success behind Air Jordans is the unique inspiration behind each individual model, which accurately displays the time and effort put into each sneaker. In tribute to Michael Jordan’s recent induction to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, we ask you to please leave a comment with your selection of the top ten Air Jordans of all time.

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  4. Who made this list? Is this Sneakerfiles personal opinion or did you guys take a poll? You guys didn't even put the jordan 12 breds on here or the white/blue 13. I guess the top 10 jordans agruement could go on and on.

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  6. missin the concord XI.guess the space jams and the infrareds are 1&2, cause JB will drop them soon…

    1. XI concord

    2. III True blues

    3. IV black cement

    4. VI Infrared

    5. V Grape

    6. VIII Bugs Bunny white/ I Black toes

    7. II white red black

    8. X bulls

    9. Flu game

    10.XIII white, red, black

    non originals

    1. XI cool greys

    2. I red/army

    3. II Melo

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  7. wow; disappointed in your staff picks to say the least. How are the three's not number 1,2 and 3? Where are the 4's on the list? The original black 11's where way better than these 'space jams' and any one who's seen the movie knows those arn't even the shoes he wore.

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  10. The Raptor VII'z Should Be Numba 2 or 3

    The True Blue III'z Should Be

    Numba 3

    Numba 1 Should Be The Aqua 8'z

    Derez More But Doze Are Jus My Noticable PiCcz

    This List Waz Not A Gud 1

    U Shoulda Let Fanz Vote

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  11. stupid david mason… the spizike is not part of the jordans 1-23…thats why it didnt made the list…

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  13. my top 10 AJ's

    1.AJ I blk/rd

    2.AJ XI blk/rd/patleather

    3.AJ II wht/blk/rd

    4.AJ III blk/cmnt

    5.AJ XIII blk/rd

    6.AJ XIV blk/rd

    7.AJ VIII blk/rd/playoffs

    8.AJ IV blk/rd

    9.AJ VI blk/infrd

    10.AJ XXIII blk/red/wht

    Im a Chicago Bulls fan! come All Star weekend and playoffs AJ would breakout the BLK/RD AJ's during his career.

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  15. ^ Unless number 15 fo' sho'. IT'S UGLY LIKE HELL.

    where's the list anyway, i recall the list are there but not anymore

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  16. my top 10 jordan count isz

    1. grape 5z

    2. bred 11z

    3. caramine 6z

    4. cherry 12z

    5. concord 11z

    6. ice blue 10z

    7. aqua 8z

    8. bred 13z

    9. french blue and flint grey 9z

    10. lasered white red black 4z

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  17. 1.DMP 11's

    2.DMP 6's

    3.Grape 5's

    4.Aqua 8's

    5.Steel Grey 10's

    6.Hare 7's

    7.French Blue 13's

    8.True Blue 3's

    9.Playoff 12's

    10.Black & White 13's

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  18. my top 10

    1.white/infrared 6

    2.chicago 10

    3.concord 11

    4.grape 5

    5.bred 4

    6.bred 11

    7.playoff 13

    8.bugs bunny 8

    9.raptor 7

    10.bred 12

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  19. 1. Air Jordan xi

    2. Air Jordan vi

    3. Air Jordan iii

    4. Air Jordan viii

    5. Air Jordan xii

    6. Air Jordan xiv

    7. Air Jordan v

    8. Air Jordan xvii

    9. Air Jordan vii

    10. Air Jordan xx

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  20. Air Jordan: Retro 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,16,18,23.These are my favorites.Favorite kind is the 11 Concords.

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  21. Jordan IV

    Jordan VI

    Jordan VII

    Jordan III

    Jordan XI

    Jordan V

    Jordan X

    Jordan XII

    Jordan XIX

    Jordan XX

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  22. My top 10:

    10)the 23s

    9)the 2s

    8)the 7s

    7)the 12s

    6)the 13s

    5)the 5s

    4)the 6s

    3)the 11s

    2)the 3s

    1)the 4s

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  23. Hey Sneakerfiles,

    You asked us for top 10 Air Jordans, did you also mean the colorway, too? Well, that's a whole different story…!

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  24. Well, here's my top 10 Js with a particular colorway:

    10)Space Jams 11s

    9)Black Playoffs 5s

    8)White Black OG 2s

    7)Black Playoffs 14s

    6)Black Playoffs 13s

    5)Black Infared 6s

    4)Bordeaux 7s

    3)BLack Red Cement 3s

    2)White Cement 4s

    1)Concords 11s

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  25. 1) true blue 3s

    2) fire red 3s

    3) grape 5s

    4) laney 5s

    5) mars 4s

    6) carmine 6s

    7) space jam 11s

    8) aqua 8s

    9) stealth 5s

    10) green bean 5s

    all 'bout that late 80s/early 90s tip yall!

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  27. 1.Air Jordan 1 blk/red

    2.Air Jordan 4 blk/cmnt

    3.Air Jordan 11 concord

    4.Air Jordan 5 blk/metallic

    5.Air Jordan 3 cement (any)

    6.Air Jordan 13 (any og cw)

    7.Air Jordan 12 flu

    8.Air Jordan 10 Knicks or Seattle

    9.Air Jordan 6 Infared

    10. Air Jordan 14 last shot

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  31. Listen, I'm going to sent my props to the real influence behind the Air Jordan's. The designers!

    They were always "pushing the envelope." Did Jordan & Nike have something to do with that, sure. However, the Air Jordan 1-23 were constructs, in large part, of their, sometimes, brilliant creativity.

    Think about it, the VI, in my opinion, is the best design of the them all, pound for pound. It was created in '90; almost 20 years ago! Way, way, wayyyy, ahead of its time!

    And very few people talk about this, but the real OG Air Jordan sneakerheads will remember. Air Jordan's were the first sneakers on the shelves that we wanted to look at the look at the bottom sneakers. Literally, turn the shoe upside down to check out sole of shoe. It was just icing on the cake. Who came up the that: THE DESIGNERS.

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  32. is impossible 2 make a top 10 list but here is mines no order

    IV White Cement White / Black

    III White/Cement

    XI Space Jam

    V Black/Metallic Silver

    VII Bordeaux

    XIII White/True Red/Black

    VI September Blues

    VIII Bugs Bunny White / Black – True

    IX White – Black – True Red

    X Chicago

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  34. Heres my top 10 list with a special reason behind it

    1) AJ XI ( Space Jams, 1st shoe 2 rock out of retirement)

    2) AJ VII (Dream Team)

    3) AJ VIII(Last shoe before he 1st retire)

    4) AJ VI (Won the 1st title)

    5) AJ XII (Flu Game)

    6) AJ XIII (Post NBA Record in wins with these)

    7) AJ XIV (The last shot with the Bulls)

    8) AJ XVII (1st shoe he rock with the Wizards/wear it with suits 2.)

    9) AJ XIX (1st shoe after Jordan playing Era and rise shoe expectation)

    10) AJ III (Dunk Contest)

    Honarable Mention) AJ II

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  35. 1. Bred 5

    2. Mars 4

    3. Cardinal 7

    4. Grape 5

    5. Final Shot 14

    6. Chicago 10

    7. Black Infrared 6

    8. Playoff 8

    9. Space Jam 11

    10. Cool Grey 3

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  37. 1 BRED 11

    2 Fire Red 5

    3 True Blu 3

    4 Blk/Red 4

    5 Infra 6

    6 Space Jam 11

    7 Grape 5

    8 Cool Grey 11

    9 White/Cement 3

    10 Playoff 12

    Some personal Faves.

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  38. Where is this list that people are referencing?? Was the list the site came up with taken down???

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  39. 1.Miro-Olympic 7z

    2.Hare 7z

    3.Bunny 8z

    4.Mars Blackmon 4z

    5.Motor Sports 4z

    6.White Infrared 6z

    7.College Blue 17z

    8.Carolina 17z

    9.CDP 13z

    10.Black/Silver 5z

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  40. man this tough, real tough, but im gonna try.

    1. AJ3 black/ red

    2. AJ4 black/ red

    3. AJ6 infrared/ white

    4. AJ9 carolina blue

    5. AJ1 black/ red/ white

    6. AJ5 white/ red/ grey

    7. AJ8 white/ red/ blue

    8. AJ10 chicago

    9. AJ11 white/ black

    10. AJ11 carolina blue

    and these are in no order, just what came to mind!

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  41. AJ11 Concord

    AJ3 White/red

    AJ5 Black/silver

    AJ6 Infra red

    AJ4 Black

    AJ7 Bourdeux

    AJ23 Black

    AJ10 White

    AJ9 Caroline

    AJ16 Black

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  42. 1. AJ10 retro wht, drk n lite blu

    2. AJ12 Flu Game

    3. AJ5 retro wht, gry n blu

    4. AJ10 retro wht n red

    5. AJ18 all corways

    6. AJ6/7 all colorways

    7. AJ23 blk n red

    8. AJ Spizike(noretro i kno)

    9. AJF(all except the 8s they ugly)

    10 AJ Melo M5(all corways)

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  43. 1.spizikes

    2.11s

    3.bugs bunny 8s

    4. 23 bread

    5.black kat 3s

    6. true flight

    7. 7s

    8.hare ones

    9. flu games

    10. jordan 6 carmine

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  44. 4 (white,red,blk aka mars)

    5 og cw and grapes

    11 concord

    6 carmine

    3 fire red

    13 bred

    1 bred

    8 og cw

    12 bred aka flu

    7 Bordeaux

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  45. 1. XI Concord

    2. XI Space Jam

    3. III Black Cement

    4. VI White/Infra

    5. V Fire Red

    6. X Chicago

    7. XII Taxi

    8. VI Carmine

    9. XII White/Red

    10. III True Blue

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  46. 1 . flint grey/varisty purple 7s

    2 . black cat 3s

    3 . red 5s of tha dmp

    4 . aqua 8s

    5 . carmine 6s

    6 . cement 4s

    7 . fire red 5s

    8 . space jam 11s

    9 . graphite/chartreuse 14s

    10 . fire red spizikes

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  47. lmaooo dam jimmy wat kinda list of top then greatest shoes of all time is that? black cat 3s? red 5s???? graphite 14s? are these the shoes that you have in your collection?

    i would say the infrared 6s and bordeux 7s are the top ones

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  49. 1.Infra-red 6's

    2.Powder blue 9's

    3.Bordeaux 7's

    4.Black/Red 9's

    5.Black/Cement 4's

    6.Black/Cement 3's

    7.Bred 12's

    8.Bred 11's

    9.White/Infra-reds

    10.Chicago 10's

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  50. Carolina XI

    OG Black/White/Indiglo XIV

    Black/Red XIII

    White/Black IX

    Carolina X

    Red Suede XXI

    OG White/Red/Black V (my first Jordans)

    White Cement III

    Black/White XII (playoffs)

    Black/White X

    this was hard. not in any particular order…..rockin Jays since late 80's!!!!

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  51. 1. Air Jordan 5 Grape (my favorite pair of J's)

    2. Air Jordan 3 True Blue

    3. Air Jordan 12 Melo University Blue

    4. Air Jordan 11 Space Jams

    5. Air Jordan 8 Aqua

    6. Air Jordan 6 Infrared

    7. Air Jordan 4 Black Countdown

    8. Air Jordan 5 Red Suede DMP

    9. Air Jordan 7 Flint Grey/Purple

    10. Air Jordan 7 Hare

    This list was in no particular order

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  52. 1.bordeauxs vii

    2.blacc laser iv

    3.all star 89-91's

    4.colombias

    5.shadows

    6.space jams

    7.cg xi

    8.french vii

    9.thunder iv

    10.blacc/caro v

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  54. Everything is #1 for me except XV,XVI, XVII,XVIII,XIX,XX,XXI,XXII,AJ2009.

    1.Air Jordan I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,X,XI,XII,XIII,XIV.

    2.Air Jordan XVI

    3.Air Jordan XVIII

    4.Air Jordan XX

    5.Air Jordan XXII

    6.Air jordan XXI

    7.Air Jordan XV

    8.Air Jordan XVII

    9.Air Jordan 2009

    10.Air Jordan XIX

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  56. OLY 7S

    FLINT 9S

    1985 1S BLUE

    CHROME 2S

    CG 3S

    MILITARY 4S

    GRAPE LANEY 5S

    CDP 6S

    INFRARED WHITE 6S

    FLINT 7S

    CITRUS 7S

    BORDEAUX 7S

    BUNNY 8S

    AQUA 8S

    CDP 9S

    RED BULL 10S

    COLUMBIA 11S

    SPACEJAMS 11S

    CONCORD 11S

    LOWTOP 11S SNAKE SKIN

    CHERRY 12S

    PLAYOOF 12S

    BRED 12S

    BRED 13S

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  59. Jordan XI Space Jams

    Jordan VI Infrared

    Jordan III White/Cement

    Jordan VII Raptors

    Jordan XI Concord

    Jordan IV Black/Red

    Jordan V Dark Army/Cinder/Del Sol

    Jordan XIII Black/Red

    Jordan XII Taxis

    Jordan XIV Last Shot

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  60. Top 1 would be the team elites SIKE JUST PLAYIN

    1playoff twelves

    2 All other #jordans 1- 23

    3 Love the spikes and the BRED 6 Rings and Concord 6 Rings

    4 I liked the Work'em highs the the Team Laneys And the black patent leather fusion twenties.

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  61. white/cement grey IV's

    red/black I's

    flint grey/french blue XIII's

    black/red V's

    space jam XI's

    hare jordan VIIs

    black 23's

    white/red/cement III's

    black/red XI's

    white IX's

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  63. 10.retro hare 1s

    9.oly 6s

    8.retro 12 blk/nc

    7.retro 8 aquablu

    6.blk on blk 20 s

    5.blk/gry 17 s

    4.blk/nc 14 s

    3.any pair of 5 s

    2.retro 11 space jams

    any pair of retro 9 s

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  64. #3 all OG cw's it started the air bubble

    #4 all OG cw's

    #5 all cw's (grape is my fav)

    #6 only the OG cw's

    Nothing else makes my list!

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  66. 1 air jordans 6 carmines

    2 air jordans 1 armed force

    3 air jordans 3 original white/grey/black

    4 air jordans 5 Burgundy/Silver

    5 air jordans 4 mars

    6 air jordans 7 hare

    7 air jordans 9 org

    8 ari jordans 8 aquas

    9 air jordans 11 org

    10 air jordans 13 black/red

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  67. General Release

    1.Bordeaux 7

    2.White Infrared 6

    3.Grape 5

    4.Black Infrared 6

    5.Cement 4

    6.Carmine 6

    7.Hare 7

    8.Bred 12

    9.Olive 9

    10.Aqua 8

    Limited Release

    1.UNDFTD 4

    2.Eminem 4

    3.Levi 1

    4.Eminem 2

    5.Bred 23

    6.Miro OC 7

    7.Hare 7 BB Foot

    8.Charity 1

    9.Premiere 23

    10.Air Jordan VI Original Carmine/September Blue

    Tell me somebody got a better list then me…..haaaaaaah. what happened to sneakerheads? I mean…im still here. And i still like whats New and old. but dudes over here talkin bout hybrids n shit? gtfoh.

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  69. p.s. no 11s. gross. hyyyypppeeeeee. the only hot 11s are the concords. dass it. fu ck a bred and fu ck a spacejam

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  70. 1) Black and red 11's

    2) Black and red 12's

    3) He Got Game 13's

    4) Fire red 3's

    5) Black, Red, and Gray 4'S

    6) Last Shoot 14's

    7) Chicago Bull 10's

    8) All Red Suede 5's DMP pack

    9) Red and white 6's

    10)Doernbecher edition 1's

    This list was in no particular order

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  71. jordan 1's red/wht/black,,jordan4's black/red/cement,jordan 8's playoff edition,jordan 11's space jam edition,the black/red,and the wht/blk/gum, jordan 12's playoff and taxi edition,and jordan 13,whit/blk/red

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  72. Black and red 11's

    white and black 9's

    aqua 8's

    black and 16's

    chicago 10's

    fire red 5's

    olympic 7's

    white and blue 17's

    infared 6's

    white and red 12's

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  73. 1. White and Black 11's

    2. Black and Red Infared 6's

    3. White Cement 3's

    4. Black Silver 5's

    5. Black Cement Grey 4's

    6. Black Red Raptors 7's

    7. White Black Baby Blue 9's

    8. White Black Red 2's

    9. Black Red 1's

    10. White True Red Black

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  74. 1. Jordan 8 Aqua

    2. Jordan 6 Infrared

    3. Jordan 1 Infrared

    4. Jordan 5 Grape

    5. Jordan 7 Raptors

    6. Jordan 10 Countdown

    7. Jordan 6 Caramine

    8. Jordan 13 Countdown

    9. Jordan 3 True Blue

    10. Jordan 23

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  75. 1.chicago 2s (fav jays of all time)

    2.fire red 3s

    3.flint 9s

    4.concord 11s

    5.white cement 3s

    6.black cement 3s

    7.steel 10s

    8.all-star 13s

    9.all black 15s

    10.quickstrike 20s

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  76. 1. Concord XI

    2. Infrared VI

    3. Cement III

    4. Bred IV

    5. Wht/Red XII

    6. Bred I

    7. Bred III

    8. Grape V

    9. Carmine VI

    10. Bred XVI

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  77. 1. Space Jam 11's

    2. White/Obsidian Blue/Flint Grey 13's

    3. Black/Cement 4's

    4. Black/Cement 3's

    5. Black/Infra Red 6's

    6. Grape 5's

    7. Play-off 8's

    8. Bordeaux 7's

    9. Play-off 12's

    10.Banned 1's

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  78. 1.aj 1s blak/red no white (banned)

    2.aj 20 blk wht red

    3.aj 5 blk wht red

    4.aj 6 infrared

    5.aj 7 raptor

    6.aj 4 blk red wht

    7.aj 3 cement

    8.aj2 blk red wht

    9.aj8 aqua

    10.aj 21 white silver

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  79. 1.AJ III- Black and GREY

    2.AJ IV Black Grey Red

    3.AJ IX Black and Red, Grey

    4.AJ XIII Grey and French Blue

    5.AJ XI White and black Concords

    6.AJ XI Space Jams

    7.AJ IX Wht. University Blue

    8.AJ XII wht. Red

    9.AJ IV wht. Cement

    10.AJ V Black 3M tongue w/ 23 on the side

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  80. 1. RETRO 5 GRAPEES

    2. RETRO 6 INFARED

    3. RETRO 7 OLYMPICS

    4. RETRO 11 SPACE JAMS

    5. RETRO 8 AQUA

    6. RETRO 17 BLACK/ROYAL BLUE/WHITE

    7. RETRO 11 CONCORD

    8. RETRO 1 DOERNBECHER

    9. RETRO 2 CARMELO

    10.RETRO RETRO 7 BOREDAUX

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  81. 1) Spacejams

    2) Retro 5 Grapes

    3) Black/ Cement III's

    4) Retro 7 "Hares"

    5) Retro 7 "Raptors"

    6) Retro 10 "chicago"

    7) Retro 6 "olympics"

    8) Retro 6 "black infrared

    9) Retro 11 black and reds

    10) Retro 11 cool greys

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  83. 1 white/red 6s

    2 white/grey/red spizikes

    3 grape 5s

    4 aqua 8s

    5 flint 13s

    6 french 7s

    7 taxi 12s

    8 ture blue 3s

    9 bred 11s

    10 thunder 4s

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  84. Top 7

    1. 11s Black/Red (First Jordans that literally grabbed my attention)

    2. 12s Black/Red

    3. 5s White/Black-Fire Red

    4. 11s Space Jams

    5. 17s Black/Silver :)

    6. 1s Black/Red

    7. 16s Black/Red

    Currently on feet 60+ Black/Red

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  85. 1. Black toe 1's

    2. 3's all colors

    3. Cement 4

    4. Red suede 5

    5. Space jams

    6. Flu Game 12's

    7. OG 13's

    8. Black OG 20's

    9. Red suede 21's

    10. Infared 6's

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  86. the hall of fame ones and six rings are tight. my fav is the retro 1/1 monumental package. i like the 23s too

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  88. too easy

    1. Carmine 6s

    2. Pure Bred 11s

    3. True Blue 3s

    4. Citrus 7s

    5. aqua 8s

    6. grape 5s

    7.mars blakmon 4s

    8. black/red 12s

    9. UNc XX3s

    10. flint 13s

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  90. aqua 8s

    white Cement 4s

    grape 5s

    black cement 3s

    carmine 6s

    black blue 18s

    french blue 12s

    red suede 5s

    eminem 4s

    white red 3s

    honorable mention red 21s

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  91. 10.raptor 7s

    9.cool grey 9s

    8.black cement 3s

    7.cdp 13s

    6.bred 13s

    5.white cement 4s

    4.infared 6s

    3.grape 5s

    2.concord 11s

    1.steel 10s

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  93. 1. air jordan 8 aqua 2. air jordan 11 space jam 3. air jordan 5 grape 4. air jordan 6 infrared 5. air jordan 4 bred 6. all air jordan 23s 7. air jordan 7=all 8. air jordan 13-all 9. all air jordan spizikes 10. all air jordan 3's

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  94. honorable mentions: those 21's in the cdp were the shizzle i got 2 pair of those, those ray allen pe 8's, and all the 3m 5's

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  95. Top 10 in no order…

    White Cement 4s

    Aqua 8s

    Space Jam 11s

    Chicago 10s

    White Infrared 6s

    Bordeaux 7s

    True Blue 3s

    Midnight 6s

    Laney 5s

    White and red 12s

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  96. bordeaux 7

    chicago 10

    white/cement 4

    bred 4

    fire red 5

    carmine 6

    columbia 11

    aqua 8

    powder blue 9

    white/red 12

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  97. 1. 11 concords

    2. 11 cool grey

    3. 11 space jam

    4. 1 yellow toes

    5. 1 varsity/black

    6. 3 fire red

    7. 3 black/cement grey

    8. 5 fire red

    9. 12 flu game

    10. 12 french blue

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  100. 1. Bred XI

    2. Black Playoff XIII

    3. Bred Is

    4. Olympic VII

    5. Aqua VIII

    6. Black/Infared VI

    7. Cement IV

    8. True Blue III

    9. Bred IV

    10. Chicago X

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  101. DTRT III, Hall of Fame I, Army V, Cement IV, Olympic VI, Playoff VIII, SE (white / black / bronze) XVII, Retro XI 11 Low LS (white / varsity maize / azure)

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  102. 1. Wht/Red XII (OG not retro crap coming out this winter)

    2. Wht/Infrared VI

    3. Carmine VI (OG)

    4. Bred XI

    5. Playoff XII

    6. Wht/Cement III

    7. Blk/Infrared VI

    8. Space Jam XI

    9. Wht/Fire Red V (99 retros)

    10. Playoff VIII

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  103. space jams

    Cool grey XI

    Cool grey IX

    bred IV

    bred XVI

    black/chrome II

    infared VI

    bred XIII

    Aque VIII

    playoff XII

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  104. 1.VI INFRARED 2.XI CONCORD 3.III FLIP 4.XI COOL GREY 5.III TRUE BLUE 6.XIII MAIZE LOW 7.XIII FRENC BLUE 8. XI SPACE JAM 9.XIII BREDS 10. XXIII GREY (SAMPLE)

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