
The question is more popular in THEIR PRIMES not who was more popular in 1986.Jordans prime = A worldwide global icon who had people in foreign countries up at 4am watching his games,Mikes last game in a bulls uniform was the highest rated nba game EVER.He was on tv pushin chevy,gatorade,coke,mcdonalds,nike and ball park franks.He was in commercials wit bugs bunny on superbowl sunday in his prime
My fukkin grandmama knew who MJ was

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Edit : and in 86 Jordan was more popular than tyson too.Dropped an nba record 63 on the celtics,won a slam dunk contest,rookie of the year,college player of the year,Won a ncaa title,gold medal at the 84 olympics, and was being hyped as the 2nd coming of one of the nba's most popular players ever Dr J