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  • Posted on: Sat, 07/16/2011 - 11:09pm #31883
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    rileymcshea3
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            http://www.verticaldunk.com/highest-vertical-jump-the-record-book 

     I found on this ^website^ some interesting verticle leap numbers .Now these numbers are standing verticles and in the article on the website  http://superverticaljump.net/nfl-players-the-better-jumpers/  says NBA players are better on a run and jump. Test a 40 inch vertical leaper in the NFL in a run up jump and he will probably get 2-5 inches more, where as the NBA player with the 34″ inch vertical will get a additional 5-10 inches. This is based on the last 2 scouting combine reports for the NBA and NFL.

    The first thing i noticed was Randy Mosses 51 inch verticle jumpwhich is justcrazy for a tall wide reicever .Then i noticed George Saint Pierres 48 inch vert and he is a UFC fighter

    But talking about the NBA Wilt Chamberlain with a 48 inch vert!? He is 7’1 and he can jump that high !? Dam .I have also heard Wilt might have had a vert of 50+.But the most suprising thing is that Dwayne Wade isnt on that list and have heard that his vert is 36 inches but for some one who is 6’4 with a 36 inch vert he can freaking fly on the run.

    Kadour ZianiSlam Nation5′ 10"56"
    Reggie ThompsonJumpsoles5′ 7"56"
    Michael "Wild Thing" WilsonGlobetrotters6′ 4"55"
    Terry "T-Dub" CournoyeaTFB5′ 9"55"
    Earl "The Goat" ManigaultStreet Basketball6′ 1"52"
    Randy MossNFL6′ 4"51"
    Jameel "Superman" PughNBA6′ 5"50"
    Leonel MarshallVolleyball6′ 2"50"
    Robert MartinStreet Basketball6′ 8"50"
    Alan Barch Jr.Athletic Trainer5′ 9"50"
    Gerald GreenNBA6′ 6"48"
    Scottie PippenNBA6′ 8"48"
    Darrell GriffithNBA6′ 4"48"
    Ronnie FieldsCBA6′ 3"48"
    Michael JordanNBA6′ 6"48"
    Georges St. PierreUFC5′ 10"48"
    Wilt ChamberlainNBA7′ 1"48"
    Jamario MoonNBA6′ 8"47"
    James WhiteD League6′ 9"46"
    Gerald SensabaughNFL6′ 1"46"
    Melvin LevettNBA6′ 3"45"
    Donald WashingtonNFL6′ 0"45"
    Chris ChambersNFL5′ 11"45"
    Chris McKenzieNFL5′ 9"45"
    Derek Cameron WakeNFL6′ 3"45.5"
    Kenny GregoryNBA6′ 6"45.5"
    Harold MinerNBA6′ 5"44"
    David "Skywalker" ThompsonNBA6′ 4"44"
    J.R. SmithNBA6′ 6"44"
    A.J. JeffersonNFL6′ 0"44"
    LeBron JamesNBA6′ 8"44"
    Dee BrownNBA6′ 1"44"
    Shannon BrownNBA6′ 4"44.5"
    Steve FrancisNBA6′ 3"43"
    Vince CarterNBA6′ 6"43"
    Dustin FoxNFL5′ 11"43.5"
    Nate RobinsonNBA5′ 9"43.5"
    Bryan ClayDecathlete5′ 11"43.5"
    Dorin DickersonNFL6′ 2"43.5"
    Timmy BowersD League6′ 2"43.5"
    Al ThorntonNBA6′ 8"42"
    Spud WebbNBA5′ 7"42"
    Jordan FarmarNBA6′ 2"42"
    Serge IbakaNBA6′ 10"42"
    Antonio McDyessNBA6′ 9"42"
    Dominique WilkinsNBA6′ 8"42"
    Brandon RoyNBA6′ 6"42"
    Henry BekkeringDutch Basketball6′ 6"42"
    Julius "Dr. J" ErvingNBA6′ 7"41"
    Allen IversonNBA6′ 0"41"
    Carmelo AnthonyNBA6′ 8"41"
    Andre JohnsonNFL6′ 3"41"
    Larry NanceNBA6′ 10"40"
    Trevor ArizaNBA6′ 8"40"
    Shawn KempNBA6′ 10"40"
    Jason RichardsonNBA6′ 6"40"
    Chad OchocincoNFL6′ 1"40"
    Miles AustinNFL6′ 2"40.5"
    Rudy GayNBA6′ 8"40.5"
    Brandon DeanD League6′ 1"39"
    Dwight HowardNBA6′ 11"39"
    Rex ChapmanNBA6′ 4"39"
    Josh SmithNBA6′ 0"39.5"
    Kobe BryantNBA6′ 6"38"
    Paul PierceNBA6′ 7"38"
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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 4:22am #572761
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    nba00
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    gsp and michael jordan got same vertical leap!

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 4:22am #572921
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    nba00
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    gsp and michael jordan got same vertical leap!

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 5:21am #572941
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    Mr. Jewboy
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     i dont think its very accurate

    paul pierce and kobe jump the same height? theres also no way wilt jumped that high..impossible for a guy that tall and strong 

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 5:21am #572782
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    Mr. Jewboy
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     i dont think its very accurate

    paul pierce and kobe jump the same height? theres also no way wilt jumped that high..impossible for a guy that tall and strong 

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 5:47am #572952
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    aamir543
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    Wow, nice list, never knew this stuff, except I believe this is the max these players have ever had, right?

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 5:47am #572792
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    aamir543
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    Wow, nice list, never knew this stuff, except I believe this is the max these players have ever had, right?

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 5:58am #572957
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    no way wilt jumped that high! his head must have been WAY above the rim every time he dunked! I’ve never seen him play but it still doesn’t sound very realistic

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 5:58am #572797
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    no way wilt jumped that high! his head must have been WAY above the rim every time he dunked! I’ve never seen him play but it still doesn’t sound very realistic

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:03am #572968
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    M-DYMES
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    Wilt also claims to have slept with 20,000 different women.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:03am #572807
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    M-DYMES
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    Wilt also claims to have slept with 20,000 different women.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:22am #572982
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    StF616
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     Wilt also averaged 50.4 Points a game scored 100 points, grabbed 55 rebounds averaged 48.5 minutes a game(an NBA game has 48 minutes) It may seem impossible, but after he has done all of these i think we can believe this 48" vertical. Remember he wasn’t just a Basketball Player, he also did Track & field he high jumped 6’6, Long jumped 22 feet etc…. And he also played Volleyball. 

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:22am #572821
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     Wilt also averaged 50.4 Points a game scored 100 points, grabbed 55 rebounds averaged 48.5 minutes a game(an NBA game has 48 minutes) It may seem impossible, but after he has done all of these i think we can believe this 48" vertical. Remember he wasn’t just a Basketball Player, he also did Track & field he high jumped 6’6, Long jumped 22 feet etc…. And he also played Volleyball. 

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 7:29am #573013
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    JordanC20
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    I am very surprised to see Jordan Farmar on this list.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 7:29am #572851
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    JordanC20
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    I am very surprised to see Jordan Farmar on this list.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 7:35am #573017
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    andxxx
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     These numbers look really far-fetched

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 7:35am #572855
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    andxxx
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     These numbers look really far-fetched

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 7:35am #573019
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    akhan786
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    Wow I didn’t know MJ had 10 inches on Kobe’s vert. That’s almost a foot!

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 7:35am #572857
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    Wow I didn’t know MJ had 10 inches on Kobe’s vert. That’s almost a foot!

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 8:02am #573027
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    These are not real measured verticals, there is tons of sites trying to sell a product that just completly make stuff up I have tryed searching for real verticals of basketball players and the fact is most of them(before the year 2000) have no recorded vertical so there is no way of knowing what there vertical really was.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 8:02am #572865
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    These are not real measured verticals, there is tons of sites trying to sell a product that just completly make stuff up I have tryed searching for real verticals of basketball players and the fact is most of them(before the year 2000) have no recorded vertical so there is no way of knowing what there vertical really was.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 8:07am #573037
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    Those numbers are totally made up.

    I’ve watched a lot of the dunk specialists, and they have tremendous hops……But anything over 40 inches is suspect. There may be a few guys who get in the middle forties, but it’s very rare. LIke many things, there are different ways these things are measured. Some 40 yrd times are taken when the runner starts, others are taken when reacting to a gun. It makes a huge difference.

    Think about it. If Wilt had a four foot vertical, his head would be a foot over the rim when he dunked. I’m probably one of the few guys here on this site who actually saw Wilt play live, and while he was an incredible athlete(he was a track and field star too), he didn’t have a four foot vertical. That’s ridiculous. I’m not sure what his actual reach was, but I suspect it was about 9’5"(he had very long arms), that would make it so he was way over 3 feet above the basket when he dunked. Sorry, that didn’t happen. I saw maybe a hundred of his games live, and while he could really get up there for the time, a 36" vertical would be far mor realistic..and even then it might be too much.

    Over the many years the combine has been measuring veticals, only a few players have ever gotten above 12 ft, and then only barely. IF the four foot vertical was true, Wilt would have been able to get way above 13 feet. It didn’t happen. I’d believe the 20,000 women thing long before I’d believe that four foot vertical…..And that legend is a load of crap too.

    Think about that, and then think about those other numbers.

     

    Baloney.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 8:07am #572875
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    Those numbers are totally made up.

    I’ve watched a lot of the dunk specialists, and they have tremendous hops……But anything over 40 inches is suspect. There may be a few guys who get in the middle forties, but it’s very rare. LIke many things, there are different ways these things are measured. Some 40 yrd times are taken when the runner starts, others are taken when reacting to a gun. It makes a huge difference.

    Think about it. If Wilt had a four foot vertical, his head would be a foot over the rim when he dunked. I’m probably one of the few guys here on this site who actually saw Wilt play live, and while he was an incredible athlete(he was a track and field star too), he didn’t have a four foot vertical. That’s ridiculous. I’m not sure what his actual reach was, but I suspect it was about 9’5"(he had very long arms), that would make it so he was way over 3 feet above the basket when he dunked. Sorry, that didn’t happen. I saw maybe a hundred of his games live, and while he could really get up there for the time, a 36" vertical would be far mor realistic..and even then it might be too much.

    Over the many years the combine has been measuring veticals, only a few players have ever gotten above 12 ft, and then only barely. IF the four foot vertical was true, Wilt would have been able to get way above 13 feet. It didn’t happen. I’d believe the 20,000 women thing long before I’d believe that four foot vertical…..And that legend is a load of crap too.

    Think about that, and then think about those other numbers.

     

    Baloney.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 8:23am #573049
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    Football players do have tremendous hops, I can testify to that. I played pickup bball with a cornerback from the U of U who had a brief career with the Cardinals(St Louis back then), who could really sky at about 5’10" inches tall, he could easily dunk it with both hands….but over 30 years of organized and pickup basketball, he was the best leaper I ever saw….and I played with several NBA players over the years in pickup games.

     

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 8:23am #572886
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    Football players do have tremendous hops, I can testify to that. I played pickup bball with a cornerback from the U of U who had a brief career with the Cardinals(St Louis back then), who could really sky at about 5’10" inches tall, he could easily dunk it with both hands….but over 30 years of organized and pickup basketball, he was the best leaper I ever saw….and I played with several NBA players over the years in pickup games.

     

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 9:01am #573057
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    There’s this 5’4 dunker named Tone, and they think he’s the shortest dunker in the world, and he throws down some crazy dunks. I’m taller than him (5’7″) and can’t even touch rim (but I’m only 15).

    Wouldn’t you have to have like a 50 in. vertical to do this?

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 9:01am #572894
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    WizardofOz
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    There’s this 5’4 dunker named Tone, and they think he’s the shortest dunker in the world, and he throws down some crazy dunks. I’m taller than him (5’7″) and can’t even touch rim (but I’m only 15).

    Wouldn’t you have to have like a 50 in. vertical to do this?

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 11:02am #572951
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    lmao! omfg! It looks like he’s in a video game! That’s crazy!

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 11:02am #573116
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    lmao! omfg! It looks like he’s in a video game! That’s crazy!

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 11:20am #572960
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    i see they have jameel pugh listed at 50", i doubt that. He was listed at 47" in college. But guy had some great ups. I watched him a few times at sac state Vince carter said that some of his dunks from the 2000 dunk contest were stolen from Pugh. Pugh was the only sac state player to ever be invited to compete on espn’s dunk contest.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 11:20am #573124
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    i see they have jameel pugh listed at 50", i doubt that. He was listed at 47" in college. But guy had some great ups. I watched him a few times at sac state Vince carter said that some of his dunks from the 2000 dunk contest were stolen from Pugh. Pugh was the only sac state player to ever be invited to compete on espn’s dunk contest.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 12:33pm #572991
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    That 5’4” dunker is going so have serious knee problems in the near future……He always lands on the same leg when he comes back down….it’s only so much his body will take after awhile.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 12:33pm #573156
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    That 5’4” dunker is going so have serious knee problems in the near future……He always lands on the same leg when he comes back down….it’s only so much his body will take after awhile.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 1:39pm #573016
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    McDunkin

    James White isnt 6’9

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/17/2011 - 1:39pm #573183
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    McDunkin

    James White isnt 6’9

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