The Countdown: 11 Best Jordan XI Releases Of All Time

#2 Jordan XI “Black/Red”

Original Year: 1996, 2012

Photo courtesy of: Sneaker Files

“An amazing shoe that was the culmination of the journey Michael took to get back to the top of the NBA. He won his fourth NBA Championship in this piece of beauty and forever immortalized the model. My favorite part of this shoe was on the original pair — it had a painted edge on the patent leather. The white edge really added a fresh detail to it that separated it from the rest of the footwear on the market place.” – Brett Golliff

“They’re MJ’s 1996 Finals shoe, and you don’t have to worry about the outsole yellowing. You can’t ever go wrong with the black and red colorway of any Air Jordan.” – Zack Schlemmer

“This was my first Air Jordan shoe. No matter how over saturated the market gets with this version of the shoe, they will always be a special model to me and probably hold the most sentimental value to me as well.” – Chris “Nightwing” Chase