Michael Jordan's number for much of his career was 23, and the Air Jordan line is currently in its 23rd year of production. Jordan Brand, Tinker Hatfield, and Michael Jordan, of course, collaborated to create the Air Jordan XX3 (23) sneaker. When he returned to basketball following his initial retirement in 1995, he donned number 45 because the Bulls had already retired his number 23. Jordan donned the number 12 jersey for one night when someone broke into the Bulls locker room soon before tip-off and stole his number 23 jersey.