1995 Upper Deck The Jordan Collection Michael Jordan #JC5

The 1987 NBA Slam-Dunk Championship marked Jordan's official acquisition of the NBA dunking crown. Scoring a perfect 50 on his second dunk of round one, he used his left-to-right trademark levitation to gracefully pump, fully extend his arms to his right, and finish with a tomahawk jam. He earlier dribbled the length of the court, taking off from the foul line for an easy dunk. Jordan beat out Portland's Jerome Kersey in the finals. The contest took place on February 7, 1987, in Seattle, where Jordan posted scores of 88 in round one, 148 in the semis, and 146 in the finals — a dominant performance cementing his legend as the greatest aerial artist the game has ever seen.