Air Jordan 9 OG “Space Jam” Release Date, Price and Where to Buy

The Air Jordan 9 OG “Space Jam” released on September 19, 2026 for $215 at Nike, the SNKRS app and select Jordan Brand retailers, and it is now sold out on Nike. The pair is the original 1993 white, black and true red colorway, brought back for the 30th anniversary of the Space Jam film in full family sizing.

The Air Jordan 9 holds a strange place in the line. It arrived in 1993, the season Michael Jordan stepped away from the NBA for baseball, so he never played a regular season game in it. Tinker Hatfield designed it anyway, and the silhouette grew into one of the most recognizable shapes in the Air Jordan catalog thanks to its global language outsole and beveled, baseball cleat inspired heel. The white based original became the model’s signature look, and it is the version most fans picture first when they think of the Air Jordan 9.

The Air Jordan 9 “Space Jam” Design

The 2026 retro keeps the original color blocking intact. A white tumbled leather upper sits under black nubuck that wraps the mudguard and runs up to the collar. True red handles the accents, showing up on the “AIR JORDAN” tongue text, the embroidered “23” on each heel, and the Jumpman medallion set into the heel pull tab. The tongues carry silver “NIKE AIR” branding, a callback to the era when that logo still lived on Jordan models. Underfoot, the white outsole is stamped with the global language motif the Air Jordan 9 is known for, with a red Jumpman on the forefoot. Jordan Brand has also dialed the silhouette back toward the 1993 proportions, tightening a shape that drifted on some earlier retros.

When Did the Air Jordan 9 “Space Jam” Release?

It released on Saturday, September 19, 2026 for $215 at nike.com, the SNKRS app and select Jordan Brand retailers, after moving from an earlier August 29 date. JD Sports ran early access on September 15 and 16. Big kids’, little kids’ and toddler sizes released alongside the men’s pair.

Air Jordan 9 OG “Space Jam”
Color: White/True Red-Black
Style Code: IX6179-100
Release Date: September 19, 2026
Price: $215
Sizing: Men’s, big kids, little kids and toddler
Status: Released, sold out on Nike

Where to Buy

Nike has sold out. These retailers carried the pair at launch and may still have sizes:
END
Slam Jam
Grinmore
Finish Line
JD Sports
ShopWSS
Shiekh
Nike US

What Is the Space Jam Connection?

Space Jam, the 1996 live action and animation film pairing Michael Jordan with the Looney Tunes, hits its 30th anniversary in 2026. Jordan wore the white Air Jordan 9 during the movie’s gym scenes, which is how the shoe earned its “Space Jam” nickname. That tie became official marketing with the 2016 retro, and the colorway has carried the name ever since. The 2026 drop joins a broader anniversary slate that also includes the Air Jordan 11 “Space Jam”, the silhouette Jordan actually laced up on the film’s animated court.

For collectors, this marks the sixth time the OG colorway has retroed, following runs in 2002, 2008, 2010, and 2016. Each return has cleaned up materials or tweaked the shape, and the 2026 pair leans hardest into matching the 1993 build. It sold out quickly on Nike, and the rest of this year’s drops are on our Air Jordan release dates calendar. It slots alongside recent retros like the Air Jordan 9 “Flint Grey” and the Air Jordan 9 OG “Olive” in a busy stretch for the model.

Retailer imagery of the pair also shows extra texture across the upper, with stitched panels and perforations along the side panels beneath the white and black color blocking.

Update note: JustFreshKicks first published this article on May 30, 2026. The release moved from August 29 to September 19, and the article was updated after the pair released.

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Images via Nike and Jordan Brand retailers.