1986 Fleer Sticker Michael Jordan ROOKIE #8 BGS 9.5 GEM MINT

Fleer made a triumphant return to the basketball card industry in 1986 with hopes of capitalizing on the NBA’s blossoming popularity while also filling a void in the market created when Topps stopped producing basketball sets after its 1981 edition. Fleer promised its new 132-card set would feature “the players kids and collectors want most” and shipped the cards from its Philadelphia headquarters across the country. Presented here is a Gem Mint BGS 9.5 example of Michael Jordan’s 1986-87 Fleer Sticker rookie. Because Jordan had already established his star status by that point, Fleer’s curators likely had few reservations about including him on the checklist for the once-per-pack Sticker inserts after he single-handedly turned the Bulls into a playoff team during his rookie season and then averaged more than 40 points per game in the postseason the following year. Many Stickers became affixed to school binders, bed posts, or walls, so collectors do not often see surviving examples surface in the highest grades. BGS has graded the 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan sticker more than 7,800 times. Of those, just 33 have received a Gem Mint 9.5 assessment with just one ranking higher. The certification number on this card has been checked against the third-party grader's online database and is active as of 04/24/2026.