Michael Jordan 'Shattered Backboard' game-worn Air Jordan 1 (Aug 1985, Trieste exhibition)
- Maker
- Nike / Jordan Brand
- Year
- 1985
- Rank
- 7 of 100
Michael Jordan 'Shattered Backboard' game-worn Air Jordan 1 (Aug 1985, Trieste exhibition)
Michael Jordan 'Shattered Backboard' game-worn Air Jordan 1 (Aug 1985, Trieste exhibition) by Nike / Jordan Brand (1985) is ranked 7 in the FLOAT 100 for Sneakers. It sold for $615,000 on 13 August 2020. The 'Shattered Backboard' moment is one of the most legendary in Jordan lore; physical glass-shard provenance.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The 'Shattered Backboard' moment is one of the most legendary in Jordan lore; physical glass-shard provenance.
Game-worn Air Jordan 1 with a glass shard still lodged in the left sole from the shattered-backboard dunk in Trieste, Italy
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $615,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 13 August 2020
Christie's. Set the category record at the time, topping the $560K rookie pair.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08