Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Michael Jordan and Reggie Theus

This is the detail of NBA games in which Michael Jordan and Reggie Theus played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 21 times in NBA games. Michael Jordan has a 12-9 winning record over Reggie Theus. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Michael Jordan:
1984-85 to 2002-03
Reggie Theus:
1978-79 to 1990-91
21 Games played
21 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Michael Jordan
12
12
0
Reggie Theus
9
9
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Michael Jordan 37.3 6.5 5.4 2.80.8
Reggie Theus 15.2 2.4 6.01.00.2
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Michael Jordan 52 14 12 54
Reggie Theus 28 6 13 51
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Michael Jordan 20

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19

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10

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17

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8

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Reggie Theus 0

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0

games
9

games
3

games
2

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Both had same stat 1

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2

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2

games
1

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11

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1984-85 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 30, 1984
1. Bulls 109   Michael Jordan 25 4 5 3 1 6 5 36 8-21 .381 0-0 - 9-9 1.000
Kings 104   Reggie Theus 22 0 5 2 1 3 3 27 7-13 .538 0-2 .000 8-9 .889
Jan. 29, 1985
2. Bulls 103   Michael Jordan 26 7 7 3 0 1 3 38 11-17 .647 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Kings 97   Reggie Theus 15 6 11 0 0 3 3 34 7-14 .500 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000
1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 16, 1987
3. Bulls 120   Michael Jordan 43 7 6 5 4 7 5 48 13-30 .433 0-1 .000 17-18 .944
OT Kings 124   Reggie Theus 28 3 13 0 0 6 5 50 9-19 .474 0-0 - 10-10 1.000
Mar. 21, 1987
4. Bulls 112   Michael Jordan 40 3 5 4 0 7 2 44 13-25 .520 0-1 .000 14-15 .933
Kings 97   Reggie Theus 15 2 13 2 0 4 2 37 6-12 .500 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
1987-88 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 01, 1988
5. Bulls 95   Michael Jordan 37 5 3 5 2 4 4 40 13-31 .419 0-0 - 11-15 .733
Kings 97   Reggie Theus 28 2 1 1 0 3 3 30 12-21 .571 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Feb. 19, 1988
6. Bulls 111   Michael Jordan 49 3 3 3 3 5 2 38 19-27 .704 0-0 - 11-14 .786
Kings 90   Reggie Theus 14 1 6 0 0 2 4 36 6-11 .545 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 18, 1988
7. Bulls 115   Michael Jordan 34 9 9 1 0 6 4 49 12-21 .571 0-0 - 10-13 .769
OT Hawks 112   Reggie Theus 9 2 7 2 0 2 2 35 4-15 .267 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Dec. 13, 1988
8. Bulls 88   Michael Jordan 28 14 6 2 0 1 3 41 11-24 .458 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000
Hawks 106   Reggie Theus 0 4 4 1 0 1 3 21 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Jan. 10, 1989
9. Bulls 104   Michael Jordan 48 10 9 3 0 4 2 41 17-29 .586 0-2 .000 14-16 .875
Hawks 101   Reggie Theus 7 1 1 1 1 4 4 19 3-9 .333 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Feb. 14, 1989
10. Bulls 98   Michael Jordan 32 5 3 3 1 3 4 36 11-14 .786 1-1 1.000 9-16 .563
Hawks 106   Reggie Theus 19 4 8 5 0 3 4 37 9-15 .600 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Feb. 25, 1989
11. Bulls 95   Michael Jordan 18 5 3 3 0 4 3 30 7-12 .583 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Hawks 125   Reggie Theus 18 5 10 2 0 1 4 28 9-13 .692 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 09, 1989
12. Bulls 100   Michael Jordan 40 10 12 1 0 2 3 43 13-29 .448 0-3 .000 14-14 1.000
Hawks 108   Reggie Theus 8 3 8 0 0 1 2 22 4-13 .308 0-0 - 0-0 -
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 14, 1989
13. Bulls 124   Michael Jordan 38 7 5 2 0 1 2 25 14-20 .700 3-3 1.000 7-9 .778
Magic 113   Reggie Theus 19 2 0 1 0 2 3 25 7-11 .636 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Dec. 20, 1989
14. Bulls 109   Michael Jordan 52 5 7 4 0 3 3 45 20-37 .541 2-3 .667 10-10 1.000
Magic 110   Reggie Theus 18 2 4 0 0 3 4 28 9-16 .563 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Jan. 05, 1990
15. Bulls 127   Michael Jordan 43 4 6 4 0 3 4 41 19-31 .613 2-5 .400 3-3 1.000
Magic 116   Reggie Theus 11 3 6 0 1 5 2 32 4-15 .267 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Feb. 14, 1990
16. Bulls 129   Michael Jordan 49 7 2 0 1 0 1 47 21-43 .488 0-2 .000 7-10 .700
OT Magic 135   Reggie Theus 28 3 8 1 0 2 5 46 8-18 .444 0-2 .000 12-14 .857
Apr. 05, 1990
17. Bulls 111   Michael Jordan 38 7 3 4 1 2 2 39 14-23 .609 2-6 .333 8-10 .800
Magic 104   Reggie Theus 2 1 8 0 0 0 2 19 1-5 .200 0-2 .000 0-0 -
1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 08, 1991
18. Bulls 111   Michael Jordan 41 6 4 2 2 1 1 32 18-28 .643 1-1 1.000 4-5 .800
Nets 102   Reggie Theus 12 2 3 1 0 3 2 35 6-13 .462 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Jan. 23, 1991
19. Bulls 95   Michael Jordan 35 6 5 4 0 2 4 41 9-23 .391 1-1 1.000 16-19 .842
Nets 99   Reggie Theus 25 2 2 1 0 2 5 36 6-10 .600 2-5 .400 11-13 .846
Feb. 16, 1991
20. Bulls 99   Michael Jordan 26 11 7 3 0 7 0 39 11-26 .423 1-1 1.000 3-4 .750
Nets 87   Reggie Theus 12 2 4 2 0 8 4 27 5-14 .357 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000
Mar. 28, 1991
21. Bulls 128   Michael Jordan 42 1 4 0 2 3 4 30 16-26 .615 0-0 - 10-11 .909
Nets 94   Reggie Theus 10 1 5 0 1 2 4 30 2-10 .200 0-2 .000 6-8 .750