The proprietor of Michael Jordan’s Game 3 1998 NBA Finals jersey has predicted it could fetch a jaw-dropping $100 million — shattering the file for the most costly piece of game-worn sports activities memorabilia ever bought.

Sports investor and actor Rob Gough is promoting the one-of-a-kind white, game-winning jersey 4 years after he bought it, The Post can completely reveal.

“I think this will be the first jersey to hit $100 million,” he said.

In Game 3, the Bulls beat the Jazz by 42 factors, the file for the greatest blowout in NBA Finals historical past. AFP via Getty Images

The Post revealed the proprietor of Michael Jordan’s Game 3 1998 NBA Finals jersey is sports activities investor and actor Rob Gough. Courtesy of Joopiter

Gough went on a “wild treasure hunt” to get his fingers on the jersey — from Jordan’s “The Last Dance” season when he won his sixth and ultimate championship with the Chicago Bulls.

The Indiana native said he went on the quest because he always seems “for pieces that sit at the intersection of the greatest athlete, the greatest stage and a defining moment.”

“It’s not like I knew where it was or it was easy to find … this person led to this person, which led to the other person,” he added.

“Unfortunately I never got to the actual owner of the jersey, I got to a middle man who probably made millions of dollars [off the sale].”

Gough, 42, never discovered out who the unique proprietor was and had to signal an NDA in the deal, so is unable to disclose how much he paid for jersey — which he displayed at his home in Puerto Rico for two years before he put it in a vault to hold it secure.

The jersey was worn by Jordan during Game 3 of the 1998 NBA Finals. Courtesy of Joopiter

“It’s interesting, because I have a lot of great art. And when people come to the house, they skip right over the art and go right to the jersey,” he said.

“That’s when I realized that this stuff is the new modern art.”

He determined to half with the jersey — being bought by Pharrell Williams’ public sale home Joopiter beginning on Sept. 15 — after realizing it was not being absolutely appreciated.

Gough, 42, had the jersey displayed in his house for two years before he put it in a vault. Courtesy of Rob Gough

“You’re a steward of these iconic pieces of history. When I had it in the house, it was tremendous. But when it was in the vault … what’s the point of being a steward of something if you’re not gonna let people see it and enjoy it?” Gough said.

Jordan’s jersey from Game 1 of the ’98 Finals at present holds the file for highest sale at an public sale, having fetched $10.1 million in 2022 at Sotheby’s.

“He lost Game 1 … I don’t personally buy games where a guy loses because you’re saying, ‘That jersey on the wall, remember when Michael Jordan lost that game?’ You just don’t say that,” Gough said.

In Game 3, the Bulls beat the Utah Jazz by 42 factors, setting the file for the greatest blowout in NBA Finals historical past.

Gough, who just lately bought the Miami-based World Jai Alai League, made a identify for himself in the collectibles business after shopping for a uncommon 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card for a then-record $5.2 million in 2021.

“No one knows that I actually sold [the card] for eight figures,” he said. “So this [jersey sale] would be the second at-least-eight-figure transaction.”

The avid sports activities collector, who also owns the jerseys of GOATs like Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain, Tom Brady and Wayne Gretzky, said he’s uncertain if Jordan is following the history-making sale.

“Oh man, I have no idea. I wish I had the guy on speed dial,” he said, laughing.