6:55 At least 42 inches (105 - 107 cm) !!!!

and some dudes still has the audacity to say he didnt jump that high just because they`ve only seen a few of his plays

Vince Carter jumped higher than air Jordan and did better in game dunks then anyone

Hang time people he was the best ever

That second to last dunk where he floats sideways under the rim, holding the ball up like a platter of hors d'oeuvres then stuffing his whole arm down is my GOAT dunk

with better shoes i think he could leap more

Thats just regular jumping… nothing special. Only non ballers are amazed… the rest are consumer fans. It takes a 42in. vertical for 6’6” player to hit head on rim… the bottom of backboard is 6 inches lower than the 10ft rim.. Many players do that. I know personally, winning multiple dunk contests and standing a 6’6” myself… MJ creates a illusion for y’all only because he has big hands and palms most of his layups and dunks… so it looks like he’s higher or looks like he’s doing something more than he really is… all his dunks are all regular dunks… mj never does dunks like even Ja Morant or LeBron’s POWER TOMAHAWK DUNKS… Just regular dunks or copies Dr J’s free throwline dunk… no original value…

He was like a human cat.

That alley at 3:49 is bananas

if only we had the internet during his prime …

Look up Jordan’s highest jump

he never even got his head to the rim in any of these clips let alone 6 inches above it, he had a 43 inch vert max not 48. all of the clips that make his head look level with the rim are taken from a bad perspective

"Edited by: your mom"😂 MJ the GOAT; sissies like lebronze aren't even in the conversation.

Not that great

Lol..Edited by ur mom.

These jumps are crazy. Great video

wtf is up with that description???

The whole reason MJ is called "Air Jordan" is a sentiment to his unmatched place in basketball history as the goat! When defenders jumped with MJ he would always float like a butterfly then sting like a bee! R.i.p Ali

He definitely could have gotten his head above the rim by a few inches. Also, he has the best furthest dunk out of anyone because his head is actually still close to the rim when he cocked the ball back on his free throw line dunk. At that time, dunking was still evolving. I have no doubt, if Jordan played today his head would be 6 inches above the rim on his highest jumps.

Btw, jumping with the ball is harder because you cannot get your full arm swing, not because the weight of the ball.

Ant man had his chin on the rim

matt mcclung can't dunk from the free throw line

Highest vert ive seen a 6 foot 6 guy have

2:22 Looks like Looney tunes how he kept going up wtf

Imagine him with Jordan 28s on, with today’s trainers and knowledge and diet…

None of those plays were Jordan's head even or surpassed the rim. If he actually had a 48 inch vertical at 6'6, his head would've been way above the rim on some of these jumps

48” was cap

legit 43-44 vertical...but nowhere near 48 inches...

At the 20 second mark he appears to hit his head on a block. Whoah!

Tbh he wasn’t jumping that high

I still haven’t seen anyone hang or jump like him since. There are guys who can leap higher, but the way he just defies gravity so gracefully the moment he takes off is unique to him. It doesn’t matter whether it’s one or two feet either.

THE RON ANDERSON DUNK IS MY FAVORITE !

Who did Jordan dunk on at 4.45??

5:07… if anyone ever finds the video of that dunk, please for the love of all things link me to it. I need to see that dunk lmao

tough crowd in the comments. Nice play man

Apparently, the creator of this video does not understand angles… As far as that head at the rim thing! Lol Maybe sometimes. But usually his head was below the rim. No 48 inch vertical, that’s for sure!

Need less windshield wiping on that forehand

If you worked on your swing you could've been great!

@6:41 that’s pretty accurate .. he rarely felt the need to jump as high as possible, he had to jump thru the defenses, making contact and absorbing it, making mid air adjustments to score… safer too knowing how the game was played in those days, jump really high and another player cuts underneath you is risky. And yes to conserve energy for a more physical era of basketball

Every sport needs a Michael Jordan. He made the game what it is today.. people still chasing him

Combination of hops and INSANE SPEED. That’s what nobody can replicate. Many players can jump. Many are quick. But nobody could combine both to that degree.

Anytime you see an MJ dunk where the TOP of his head is at the rim is a 44 inch vert because the rim is 10ft, minus his height. There are many where he's neck gets bent like the one at North Carolina. This shows proof it's not just the top of his head, it's higher which shows he has a 48-50in vert

Most Gracious of All Time

All these years later nobody has been emulate the freaky athleticism in such a graceful way during games the layup package as well was so ahead of time and still is and dude probably top 5 with the middy then on the other end of the floor was an absolute jail cell 🔒⬇️

Based on Numbers For Mj TO have 48 inch vert His Head has to be above the rim almost halfway from the top of the small white square based on numbers height (6'6" = 78 inches) + 48 inch = 126 Inches Basketball Rim height (10' = 120 inches) White square height is 18 including the bottom part of the square, so estimated 17 inch = 137 inches So Mj no Doubt can reach 48 inches with the full vertical leap motion arm swing + penultimate step I believere 1988-90 would've been his peak jumping form

The Goat.. The Real #23 He Played in Chicago! #MJGOAT

The dunk in the end is just my 2k20 my carreer normal dunk with 38 vertical 😂😂

For me Jordan is the best.

Definitely not 50 inches. Probably about 44-45

5:58 & 6:50 Fucking Insane.