<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000320187-15-000013.txt : 20150120
<SEC-HEADER>0000320187-15-000013.hdr.sgml : 20150119
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20150120181818
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000320187-15-000013
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150120
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150120
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150120

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NIKE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000320187
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RUBBER & PLASTICS FOOTWEAR [3021]
		IRS NUMBER:				930584541
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OR
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0531

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BOWERMAN DR
		CITY:			BEAVERTON
		STATE:			OR
		ZIP:			97005-6453
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5036713173

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BOWERMAN DR
		CITY:			BEAVERTON
		STATE:			OR
		ZIP:			97005-6453

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Pliska Bernard F.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001428766

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10635
		FILM NUMBER:		15537027

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BOWERMAN DRIVE
		CITY:			BEAVERTON
		STATE:			OR
		ZIP:			97005
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    <periodOfReport>2015-01-20</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000320187</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NIKE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NKE</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001428766</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Pliska Bernard F.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE BOWERMAN DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BEAVERTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OR</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>97005</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice President-Corp Controller</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class B Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-01-15</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1.0</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2453</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class B Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-01-20</value>
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                    <value>10495.0</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>93.61</value>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>569</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>by ESPP</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class B Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>7935</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>by Retirement Plan</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Pursuant to Company policy, market transactions in Company stock by officers and directors are permitted only after the second full trading day after the release of quarterly earnings and ending on the last day of the second month of the following fiscal quarter, except pursuant to approved 10b5-1 trading plans.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The reporting person contributed NIKE Class B Common Stock to an exchange fund in exchange for shares of the exchange fund.  The NIKE Class B Common Stock was valued at $93.61 per share for the purposes of determining the number of shares of the exchange fund issuable to the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Shares held in account under NIKE, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Shares held in account under the NIKE, Inc. 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: John F. Coburn III For: Bernard F.Pliska</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-01-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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