Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls constructed a dynasty within the 1990s. Their six NBA titles got here in a pair of three-peats and included a 72-win season, a number of MVPs and a number of scoring titles.

Our NBA consultants ranked every Bulls title group from worst to greatest, contemplating the standard of every common season and playoff run. The Bulls’ sixth title season, 1997-98, is documented in ESPN’s 10-part collection, “The Final Dance.” Episodes 5 and 6 air Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN and the ESPN App.

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6. 1992-93

• Offensive ranking: 112.9 | Defensive ranking: 106.1

• Common-season report: 57-25 | Playoff report: 16-4

• NBA Finals: Gained (4-2) vs. Phoenix Suns

Proper now, everybody is targeted on the ultimate season of Chicago’s second three-peat — however the remaining season of the primary three-peat was no stroll within the park, both.

The Bulls had been down 2-Zero within the Jap Convention finals in opposition to the New York Knicks, and it took an unimaginable efficiency from Jordan in Recreation 5 of that collection at Madison Sq. Backyard — 29 factors, 10 rebounds and 14 assists in 45 minutes — to swing the collection in Chicago’s favor and push the Bulls into their third straight Finals. Chicago then confronted an ideal Suns group led by league MVP Charles Barkley.

The ups and downs that group went by way of had been an indication of issues to come back a couple of years later, when the 1997-98 Bulls had been making an attempt to inch themselves over the end line. — Tim Bontemps

5. 1997-98

• Offensive ranking: 107.7 | Defensive ranking: 99.8

• Common-season report: 62-20 | Playoff report: 16-6

• NBA Finals: Gained (4-2) vs. Utah Jazz

Let’s examine. The GM tells the coach he will not deliver him again after the season even when the Bulls go 82-0. The star participant declares he will not play for anyone else however that coach and can retire, if it involves that. His trusty sidekick, a top-five participant who’s criminally underpaid, shall be a free agent and is aware of there is no probability he is returning. Ditto for the quirky third star, a rebounding savant who declared he wanted a midseason “trip” to Vegas to recharge his battery.

How can a group win something below these extremely aggravating, adversarial situations? Straightforward. The Bulls had Jordan, and the remainder of the NBA did not. — Jackie MacMullan

4. 1990-91

• Offensive ranking: 110.0 | Defensive ranking: 105.2

• Common-season report: 61-21 | Playoff report: 15-2

• NBA Finals: Gained (4-1) vs. Los Angeles Lakers

The Bulls’ first title run additionally featured their greatest playoff report: 15-2, one surpassed on the time by solely the 1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers, who went 12-1.

As chronicled in Sam Smith’s groundbreaking tell-all “The Jordan Guidelines,” it wasn’t all the time clean crusing for the Chicago group that had misplaced to the eventual champion Pistons within the Jap Convention finals the earlier two years. Jordan, battling a popularity as an ideal scorer who could not win all of it, struggled to belief his teammates and purchase into Phil Jackson’s triangle offense. Nonetheless, the Bulls completed with the East’s greatest report and swept apart Detroit within the convention finals.

After Jordan missed on the buzzer in Recreation 1, the Bulls took 4 straight off the Lakers, highlighted by Jordan’s “spectacular transfer” layup and his feeds to John Paxson for a number of key pictures within the clinching Recreation 5. At age 28, Jordan was lastly a champion. — Kevin Pelton

3. 1996-97

• Offensive ranking: 114.4 | Defensive ranking: 102.4

• Common-season report: 69-13 | Playoff report: 16-4

• NBA Finals: Gained (4-2) versus Jazz

A 12 months after profitable 72 video games, this group rolled to 69 extra wins, main the league in factors per recreation (103.1) and offensive ranking (114.4) and holding the fourth-best defensive ranking at 102.4, in response to Basketball Reference.

After dominating the primary three rounds of the Jap Convention playoffs with an 11-2 report, the Bulls bumped into a troublesome Utah Jazz group and wanted Jordan to hold them throughout the end line. In his memorable “Flu Recreation” efficiency in Recreation 5, Jordan rose to the event with 38 factors and closed down the collection a couple of nights later. — Nick Friedell

2. 1991-92

• Offensive ranking: 115.5 | Defensive ranking: 104.5

• Common-season report: 67-15 | Playoff report: 16-7

• NBA Finals: Gained (4-2) vs. Portland Path Blazers

After defeating the Lakers to win their first NBA championship, the defending champions had been the preseason favorites for the primary time — and Chicago didn’t disappoint. The Bulls dropped two of their first three video games, however went on to win 36 of their subsequent 39 video games to ascertain themselves as the most effective group within the league.

Although this season did function probably the most playoff video games of any Jordan-led group (23), the 1991-92 Bulls had been a mannequin of offensive effectivity. Similar to the 12 months earlier than, 4 of the group’s 5 major starters (Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, Paxson) shot above 50% for the season. Jordan coasted to his third MVP, Grant averaged a double-double, and Pippen averaged 21.Zero factors, 7.6 rebounds and seven.Zero assists, turning into solely the seventh participant to achieve these numbers over a whole season. It was the height of the primary three-peat. — Andrew Lopez

1. 1995-96

• Offensive ranking: 115.2 | Defensive ranking: 101.8

• Common-season report: 72-10 | Playoff report: 15-3

• NBA Finals: Gained (4-2) vs. Seattle SuperSonics

Although the 2015-16 Warriors topped their long-standing report by one win, the 1995-96 Bulls are nonetheless the best group ever. They had been an organically crafted superteam that leveled the league with a type of dominance by no means seen earlier than and an entire greatness that will not ever be touched.

A commerce for the mercurial Dennis Rodman had the potential to create dysfunction and distraction, however it solely elevated them additional. They began the season 41-Three and had been the primary group to ever win 70. Jordan was on the peak of his prowess, main the league in scoring. They went 15-Three within the postseason, ending the Sonics in six video games for his or her fourth title in six years.

With a cumulative report of 87-13 (common season and playoffs), they’ve the most effective total report in NBA historical past — and in contrast to the 2015-16 Warriors, additionally they have the {hardware}. — Royce Younger