A pair of worn basketball shoes once sold for more than $2.2 million. This 10-minute countdown ranks the ten most expensive single pairs of sneakers ever sold, from Bill Bowerman's handmade Moon Shoe to Kobe Bryant's Achilles Game shoes, Kanye West's Air Yeezy prototypes and Michael Jordan's game-worn Air Jordans, with the true story behind every record.

In this video: #10 Nike Moon Shoe (1972), $437,500 #9 Air Jordan 11 "Bred", 1996 Finals, $482,600 #8 Signed Air Jordan 1, rookie era, $560,000 #7 Air Jordan 1, 1985-86 comeback season, $579,500 #6 "Shattered Backboard" Air Jordan 1, $615,000 #5 Kobe Bryant's "Achilles Game" Kobe 8, $660,000 #4 Air Jordan 12 "Flu Game", $1.38 million #3 Nike Air Ship, Jordan's 5th NBA game, $1.472 million #2 Nike Air Yeezy 1 prototypes, $1.8 million (reported) #1 Air Jordan 13 "Last Dance", $2.238 million

Prices are public auction results including buyer's premium where published; the Air Yeezy sale was private, so its price is reported. Sotheby's 2024 "Dynasty Collection" ($8 million for six single shoes) is explained in the video but not ranked, since it is not a pair.

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Photo credits (Wikimedia Commons): Nike Air Jordan XIII (cropped) — 2Pacalyp (CC BY-SA 4.0) Nike Air Jordan XIII de 1998 — Fotonovela (CC BY-SA 3.0) 1985 Air Jordan 1s signature — Smithsonian Institute (CC0) 1985 Air Jordan 1s — Smithsonian Institute (CC0) Air Jordan 1 (29361675221) — Ting Him Mak from Hong Kong, China (CC BY 2.0) Air Jordan 1 Banned — HI 622 (CC BY-SA 4.0) Air Jordan XI (cropped) — 2Pacalyp (CC BY-SA 4.0) Air Jordan XII Playoffs (cropped) — 2Pacalyp (CC BY-SA 4.0) Yeezy Red Octobers (cropped) — Kalvin Chan (CC BY 2.0) Nike Zoom Kobe IV POP Finals MVP — killahchris (CC BY 2.0) Nike Zoom Kobe V Chaos — _mogi. (CC BY 2.0) Nike Waffle Racer Vintage (11023100684) — Kazuhiro Keino (CC BY 2.0) Apollo 11 bootprint — NASA / Buzz Aldrin (Public domain) Delta Center 2023 — Lomrjyo (CC BY-SA 4.0) Delta Ctr 4970 — Chris Light (CC BY-SA 4.0) Climate Pledge Arena at Night — XR228 (CC BY-SA 4.0) Climate Pledge Arena SE — Sea Cow (CC BY-SA 4.0) Staples-Center-at-night — Elmar78 (Public domain) STAPLES Center at night - panoramio — Alen Ištoković (CC BY 3.0) 945 Madison Avenue - Sotheby's HQ (55512665684) — ajay_suresh (CC BY 4.0) Christie's (Manhattan, New York) 001 — Leonard J. DeFrancisci (CC BY-SA 3.0) 06 2023 Piazza Unità d'Italia (Trieste) IMG 7566 — Alexander-93 (CC BY-SA 4.0) 03 2019 photo Paolo Villa - F0198005 - Trieste - Piazza Unità d'Italia - sera - tramonto — Paolo Villa (CC BY-SA 4.0) Chicago Stadium 1984 — David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA (CC BY 2.0) McNichols Sports Arena 1994 — Drive-In Mike from Independence, MO, USA (CC BY 2.0) 1 Las vegas strip — chensiyuan (CC BY-SA 4.0) 2007-12-24 Night in Las Vegas — Michael Rehfeldt (CC BY 2.0) Nike Headquarters Oregon — Carson, Brandon (CC BY 2.0) Nikeworldheadquarters — Coolcaesar (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Music (Mixkit Stock Music Free License): Basketball Training - Arulo; G Eazy NBA type - Arulo; Lo-Fi 04 - Lily J

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