Jordan
Air Jordan 13
Everything we hold on this shoe: 1 written piece, 1 out now at retail.
Launched on 9 September 1997. Hatfield designed the 13 around a black panther: the outsole is paw pads, the hologram on the side is an eye.
Launched on 9 September 1997
The spec
| Brand | Jordan |
| Model | Air Jordan 13 |
| UK retail price | £190 |
No style code and no colourway here. Both come from the retailer listings on the calendar ahead, and this shoe has nothing on it, so the rows are absent rather than guessed at.
On the calendar
UK dates and UK listing prices, taken from retailer listings rather than converted from dollars. Days that have gone are kept, dimmed, because an archive that deletes the past is not an archive.
Out now at retail, 1 colourway
| Air Jordan 13 Wings Black | £190 |
What we have written
Every piece, with the place each claim came from underneath it. Where we could not reach a source we say so instead of quietly leaving it out.
Launched on 9 September 1997
The Air Jordan XIII, 1997, by Tinker Hatfield, took its black panther inspiration into a sole resembling paw pads and a hologram imitating a panther's eye, appeared in He Got Game in 1998, and a pair Jordan wore in 1997-98 sold for $2.2 million in April 2023, a world record for the most valuable sneakers
Wikipedia, Air Jordan, read 2026-08-31
The record pair were worn in game two of the 1998 Finals in Salt Lake City, sold at Sotheby's with bidding closing 12 April 2023 at $2.2m, beating the previous $1.47m record set in 2021 by a pair of Nike Air Ships
Hypebeast, on the Sotheby's sale, read 2026-08-31
The Air Jordan 13 was introduced alongside the launch of Brand Jordan in New York on 9 September 1997
Sports Illustrated, "Jordan Brand Launched 25 Years Ago Today", read 2026-08-31
What we do not hold on the Air Jordan 13 yet: no reading in our price index, so no ask we could quote. Everything above is what we do.