The Air Jordan 10 was released in 1994-95 despite Jordan’s absense from the NBA. The Air Jordan 10 featured a different shape than the previous Jordan shoes did.

Expecting never to see the man in the game again, this year's shoe was released with a retrospective of MJ's career. The sole of this new AJ listed some of Michael's greatest achievements from each year of his professional career. On March 19, 1995, after months of rumors, Michael ended his retirement and returned to the court.

Apart from these soles the design was no real surprise and was overall very plain. Hatfield picked up a few design elements from previous models and you could see some obvious signs of influence from the Air Jordan 3’s, 5’s and 6’s. If the Air Jordan 9’s had a lot of different samples, the Air Jordan 10’s were even worse. There were a lot of different team colors that were produced in limited quantities and there were samples with numbers for a lot of different players in the NBA.