Air Jordan 11 ‘Space Jam’ 2026: December 12 release date, $235 price and where to buy

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The Air Jordan 11 ‘Space Jam’ releases Saturday, December 12, 2026 at $235 — style code CT8012-900, full-family sizing, at Nike SNKRS, Foot Locker, Finish Line, Champs Sports, Dick’s Sporting Goods, JD Sports and more select Jordan Brand retailers. It is the holiday season’s headline Jordan: the first high-top Space Jam retro since 2016, timed to the film’s 30th anniversary. That leaves buyers with a genuine decision. Pay $235 at retail for the incoming pair, shop the 2016 retro on resale instead, or skip both and put the money elsewhere in the 11 line. This page lays out the release details, where to buy, what actually differs between the two Space Jams, and who each option is for — the same decision our holiday 2026 release guide flagged as the season’s headliner.

Prices shown are U.S. retail unless marked as a resale note, before tax, shipping and marketplace fees. We do not print a single resale price for the 2016 pair here: it is a decade-old release whose price swings sharply by size, so check the live listings for your exact size on at least two marketplaces, and confirm the style code and heel branding on the seller's page before paying.

The release at a glance

On our drop calendar it is December's can't-miss release and the annual holiday Jordan 11, landing two weeks before Christmas. One date worth separating: Nike's wider Space Jam collection began arriving November 5, 2026 with the Jordan 11 MCS ‘Space Jam’ baseball cleat, but the Air Jordan 11 high-top retro itself is the December 12 release, not a November drop.

Where to buy the Space Jam 2026

The 2026 Space Jam is a general release in full-family sizing, expected December 12 at Nike SNKRS and Nike.com and at select Jordan Brand retailers, including Foot Locker, Finish Line, Champs Sports, Dick’s Sporting Goods, JD Sports, Shoe Palace and Shiekh. That retailer list comes from the release reporting available on November 5 — individual stores confirm their own launch details (draw, raffle or first-come) closer to release day, so treat this as your entry list, not a guarantee for any single store.

Your best first move is SNKRS. Nike’s app is the primary launch channel for a holiday Jordan 11 of this size. Have your account, payment and size saved well before December 12, and enter on release morning rather than waiting to see what is left.

Enter the retailer draws as backups. Foot Locker, Finish Line, Champs Sports, Dick’s Sporting Goods and JD Sports typically run holiday Jordan 11 launches through their apps or sites; Shoe Palace and Shiekh are worth an entry if you shop them already. Every entry is for the same shoe: style code CT8012-900. If a listing shows a different code, it is a different shoe — the November 14 ‘Green Screen’ 11 (IQ5700-900, $255) is a separate release, and early $255 reports for the Space Jam itself were later corrected back to $235.

Confirm before you pay. Check the style code and the $235 price on the retailer’s own page at checkout — release-week listings get mislabeled, and the code is the fastest way to know you are buying the 2026 Space Jam and not the 2016 retro or another 11. If you miss at retail, the pair will reach resale marketplaces after release; until then, our picks page tracks the Jordan 11s you can buy today, including the 2016 Space Jam.

2026 vs 2016: which Space Jam?

The formula never changed: black mesh, black patent leather, a white midsole and an icy outsole, the colorway Jordan first wore in the 1995 playoffs and then in the 1996 film. What separates the two pairs is the details — and how you buy them.

The 2026 pair leans toward the 2000 retro's specs, as our holiday guide lays out: reported lower-cut patent leather, ‘Jumpman Jam’ tongue branding and a royal Jumpman, with the 23 back on the heel. Nike describes it as a near-replica of the original shoe worn in the film, down to the double-row stitching on that 23, and it returns in a recreation of the Michael Jordan face box from the 2000 release. The 2016 pair (style 378037-003) is the remastered retro: Concord accents and the 45 on the heel, a nod to the number Jordan wore on his 1995 return and in the 1995 playoffs run that introduced the colorway. Neither pair is a redesign of the other — the choice between them is a choice between two eras of the same shoe.

The call: buy it, or pass

Buy the 2026 if…

You want the colorway at a fixed price, on a known date. The 2016 pair is resale-only, at prices that move by size and by week. The 2026 gives you the same black-patent formula at a $235 retail with a release date you can plan around. Land your size at retail and the math is fixed — $235 plus tax and any shipping the retailer charges, no marketplace fees, no size-by-size price guessing.

The film shoe is the one you actually want. Jordan wore the Space Jam in the 1996 film, and the 2026 was built as a near-replica of that shoe — the stitched 23, the ‘Jumpman Jam’ tongue label. The 2016 retro, for all its quality, carries the 45 from the 1995 return instead. If the movie version is your grail, this is the closer match.

You are buying for the holiday. It is the annual holiday Jordan 11, in full-family sizing, two weeks before Christmas — matching pairs and gift buys are realistic in a way they rarely are with a resale-only 2016 pair — just check the retailer's holiday delivery estimate before you count on a gift date.

Pass — or wait — if…

You already own the 2016 in good shape. Same formula, and the 2026 brief is near-replica, not rethink. The differences are the heel number and the detailing. Owning both is a collection choice, not a rotation need — spend accordingly.

The 45 is the point for you. Then the 2026 will not satisfy you at any price: the 45 belongs to the 2016 Space Jam retro and the 2018 Concord. Shop the 2016, and verify the heel and style code 378037-003 on any listing, as our Jordan 11 buying guide advises.

Your budget works harder elsewhere in the 11 line. That is headline-11 money, and there is real value under it right now — the Legend Blue (2024) had StockX asks starting at $169 in a November 5, 2026 check, against its $230 retail. Our Jordan 11 guide ranks the full line by exactly that math.

What the return means for the 2016 pair

A re-release does not make the 2016 pair common. What it changes is the buyer's side of the table: with a $235 retail version of the same colorway weeks away, a 2016 listing priced like a one-time rarity deserves a hard second look — exactly the test our Jordan 11 guide's Same name, different shoe section sets. That is a reason to compare the 2016's delivered price against the incoming pair, not a prediction that 2016 prices will fall.

What the 2016 keeps is the detail the 2026 deliberately does not replicate: the 45. That, plus a decade of its own history as the remastered retro, is the 2016 pair's case — and it is a collector's case, not a bargain case. If you shop it, match style 378037-003, confirm the 45 at the heel, and remember the guide's standing advice on every 11: buy your exact size, not the headline price, and compare the total after fees against what the 2026 costs at retail before deciding the older pair is the deal.