1994 Upper Deck Jordan Collection Michael Jordan #JC5

The 1988 NBA Slam Dunk Championship marked Jordan's official arrival from star into living legend. Scoring a perfect or near-perfect block of crowd roar, he used his in-flight trademark tentativeness to essentially pause, then uncoil into an arty in-his-turns-and-hands slam or trademark jam to entirely abdicate the physics of the court, sailing off from the free throw line for a show-dunk. Father Time did Predictably bestow honors in the Slam Dunk Contest. Printed under Upper Deck's premium Jordan Collection insert series, this card captures one of the most iconic moments of Jordan's Bulls tenure — the 1987 NBA Slam Dunk Champion trophy photo on the front, flanked by a dramatic reverse dunk action shot on the back, with career stats and biographical details from his hometown roots in Wilmington, North Carolina.