Dominique Wilkins' Top 10 Dunks of his Career!

[@brianhill2171]

Imo one of the more underrated players. Most people just know him for beating MJ in the dunk contest, but they don't realize he was one of the absolute best scorers of the 80's and early 90's (including a scoring title) who also put up amazing rebound numbers for an SF and developed his game to be a good player even when he lost that explosiveness. They also don't realize how nasty of an in game dunker he was, like wtf what did the rim do to you Nique

[@scottrackley4457]

the rim prolly called his mama a name one time, then it was on

[@gee_kaz]

He's a HOF,im pretty sure most people know dominique wilkins

[@brianhill2171]

U smoke weed m8? Most people know who he is, but he is rarely recognized for his extraordinary playing career. Most people just know him from beating MJ in the dunk contest, not for scoring 25+ PPG and 6+ RPG in 9 straight seasons, or leading the league in scoring, or outscoring Larry Bird in their head to head matchups, or being a 9x All-Star and 7x All-NBA seclection

[@gee_kaz]

+TheBDHShow dude, people recognized his plays,does being 9x allstar and 7x all nba doesn't get you recognized? And what do you mean he was known for beating mj in the dunk contest? He always known for his amazing scoring abilities,the way he dunk the ball,he can grab boards,he's a hall of famer,im pretty sure people know dominique wilkins because he made into 9 nba allstar and 7 all nba and not just because he won the dunk contest over Jordan

[@brianhill2171]

U smoke weed m8? If you go a high school and ask the kids there who are basketball fans who Dominique Wilkins is, 90% of them will say something about his dunking. I'm primarily talking about people who are under 30, because people who were alive and watched basketball in the 1980s know damn well how good of a player Dominique was. If you ask young people "name people who won NBA scoring titles", Dominique Wilkins will be one of the last names to come up. If you ask young people to name some of the greatest small forwards of all time, Dominique will be one of the least mentioned names. I'm 16 and despite the fact that I live in Atlanta most of my friends are shocked when I tell them that Dominique Wilkins won a scoring title or that he actually played extremely well when matched up against Michael Jordan (use Basketball Reference H2H Finder)

[@BooBooDaFoo330]

This guy had finesse like Vince Carter and power like Shawn Kemp...best dunker ever.

[@batmanforpresident9655]

Chris Butler Sorry,but did you ever hear of a guy called Dr. J?

[@thegeneral6610]

Chris Butler he was product of the 80's in the 90's if you were finesse you were on the bench Kemp in the 80's would be mind blowing

[@BooBooDaFoo330]

Frank Mclain VC didn't have the power and aggression of someone like Kemp or Wilkins.

[@BooBooDaFoo330]

Tom Shad overrated to an extent. Dr.J was definitely a revolutionary player and dunker. But Wilkins, Jordan and Carter took it another level. Dr J still top 5-10 for me for dunking ...but there were guys who could get up higher and throw down better than Dr J no disrespect.

[@iheartbong]

@@BooBooDaFoo330 Connie as well, give it up.

[@BENSHIRE1]

1:15 Larry Bird just sits there rethinking his life choices

[@isam95]

LOL he got killed on that one. DAMN!

[@MrGiantkiller33]

+Isam Abandah The Highlight film killed everybody.

[@jonathanakerele8006]

+Sand Vegas It's a chess game. He sitting there thinking, "All right, you got me on that one, but we still knocking you out of the semis and there's nothing you can do about it!" The in 1988 that's exactly what they did winning that 7-game series on their home floor in which Wilkins went nuts. Don't remember how much he averaged in that series. I still think even if they had beat the Celtics, Detroit would have hammered Atlanta and possibly beat them. They just had so many dedicated defensive players on that team. Still, a Lakers-Hawks 1988 NBA Finals would have been super entertaining, maybe the equivalent of the 2006 Mavericks-Heat NBA Finals for that particular era: two uptempo teams with offensive stars who can score from anywhere: In 2006 it was Wade vs. Nowitzki. In 1988, it would have been Johnson vs. Wilkins.

[@readingthroughhistor]

If he had gotten any part of the ball, Wilkins would have snapped his arm in two across the rim. I cannot believe that never happened with any of his thunderous dunks.

[@batmanforpresident9655]

What an assinine comment!! Why should the greatest player of his generation,and possibly of all-time rethink his life choices?

[@theopot5798]

We were so lucky we watched him playing in Europe even though he was 35 in 1996 ..but he did won the European champion with Panathinaikos Athens

[@MrPizzababy79]

@theopot5798 Also in Fortitudo Bologna , Italy , his (doubt) foul on Sasha Danilovic decide the final of italian champ in favour of Virtus

[@HikoSeijuroXIII]

You ever got dunked on so hard you had to sit down and contemplate the Universe for a while?

[@thebettingpublicsportsshow]

HikoSeijuroXIII not to mention that was Larry Legend

[@icecreaman2010]

HikoSeijuroXIII Yeah, he messed up Larry Bird pretty bad on that dunk. Physically and mentally

[@someguy4592]

not to mention he sat down in a foetus position

[@iheartbong]

Dude, Vince made a guy retire...

[@Falconesports2025]

Larry did

[@andrewchan1837]

Brings back good old 80's in ya face basketball. Never gets old watching his dunk videos.

[@craiglizt8074]

Dominique's form and body control while dunking are pure art. It is picture perfect and powerful at the same time.

[@Grandizer8989]

Best newspaper line ever was when Nique' joined the Celtics late in his career and they said that this will be the first time a Celtic uniform will do a 360 outside of a washing machine..

[@destroyer252]

lol

[@kingjerichoestigoy5237]

+Lynex what

[@jt8269]

Bitch

[@whobitmyname]

Except by then he was losing his vertical, and I've never seen him do a 360 in a game... So that writer sucked at his job.

[@dawgzska6714]

Love it 🤣🤣

[@konstzach13]

PANATHINAIKOS, ATHENS, GREECE! Thank you Dominique Wilkins!

[@EvanderSmart]

1:15 "WTF was I doing?" - Larry Bird

[@SV-bx5lr]

larry scored 60 that game

[@Mrsomewhatevil]

He's lucky. Dominic could've chop off his hand...

[@wisconsinlonnie4143]

Mid air he said that. Sitting down he was like " that's what I get, I'm not a shot blocker." I'm Wisconsin Lonnie and I approve this message ™

[@MarcusDailyMedia]

"You know you're gonna be on sportscenter, just get out of the way" Bill Burr

[@maniacmasturbator2411]

Jordan Fumar bird did score 60 in a game against Atlanta, but that was a couple years later. That dunk over Bird came in 1982 or 83.

[@MachaTevere]

Those dunks against Bird and Parish are the most vicious dunks I've ever seen. Wilkins was definitely a joy to watch.

[@rmkw4291]

I love the Hawks 80's jersey. Don't see that style in today's NBA.

[@feseha100]

Yeah that’s because we’re not in the 80s buddy

[@Clubber-Slang]

I mean they use it probably 10 times a season now that every team has 25 jerseys lol

[@f92hlk]

Well search 21' Warriors Oakland Forever kit

[@RodNubianKing]

We called it the Pac-Man Jersey!

[@gregwhitenerel7846]

I saw him do those dunks in high school. Hands down the best high school player I've ever seen.

[@dunkperfection]

The most OP historic player on 2k, PERIOD

[@RDKetch2201]

COMMA

[@Zorifyyy]

Michael Jordan makes shots a created player cant even make lol

[@MrShawnDizzle]

True

[@eobardthawne1430]

not OP if he deserves the ratings. 2K didn't even give him a jumper. Docter J on the other hand...........

[@jamallean8258]

The best DUNKER in the game (maybe throwback Vince carter but still)

[@Serialcrasher]

Do you remember the famous duel vs Bird in game 7 of the 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals ? What a great game it was! Dominique was much more than just a crazy dunker.

[@Repunza]

Best Semifinals I've ever seen

[@jameskoontz2071]

@@Repunza We won't see an EC Semifinals like that for a looooong time. One of the most intense competitors I've ever seen.

[@fezzik7619]

Yeah I watched that one. Dominique outscored Larry overall but Larry torched the Hawks in the 4th.

[@NShomebase]

Haven't seen it, but thanks for the recommendation! And as it turns out, it's here on KZbin too!

[@tgwoolshire]

Did you not see bird on the floor in this video?

[@orlandousbrown2368]

Dominique was magnifique!! My favorite player in all of sports period!!

[@ThePinoyMamba]

That dunk on Bird is just Legendary! One of the Best Dunkers of all time. Definitely a Fan Favorites!

[@BasketballJones48021]

Top3 all-time dunker, at least. 'Nique would posterize any of your favorite centers.

[@aarondavid5866]

number one in game . done

[@scottrackley4457]

@Aaron, ingame agreeed.

[@aarondavid5866]

well thats all there really is anyway

[@batmanforpresident9655]

BasketballJones48021.Dr. J. 2.Dominique Wilkins 3.irrelevant.

[@ZukBo]

Tom Shad 1. Vince Carter 2. Dominique Wilkins 3. Dr. J

[@nikiforosvlachos5906]

Best in game dunker ever.

[@NathanielDavis-c6k]

Gotta shout out Dominique! Omni where it all started. So many years later it’s just great to see he still gets so much widespread love and respect. Hate I didn’t get that picture with him last year when he was doing meet and greet photo ops at this store. I’ll get that done one day. But just always drop that reminder this old school Hawks basketball and one of the greatest this city ever saw!

[@macman9689]

that one on Parrish....whewwww

[@BooBooDaFoo330]

disgusting lol

[@geraldburgos5934]

Yep, #3 was absolutely devastating! Best in-your-face dunk I have seen (so far)...

[@johnbazeyan7896]

Remember when Vince Carter dunked on that Italian guy?

[@auggiedoggie83]

Yes lawd that was straight filthy with a capital F

[@dlxinfinite7098]

Disrespectful.

[@Tywags923]

Gotta love the ferociousness of “the human highlight film”

[@sc-sportscompilations5753]

Too bad Wilkins didn't have any good teammates in his team because he could've won a ring if he had a better team. This guy was unstoppable.

[@DeshaunWatson_]

Tom Bekhor L

[@batmanforpresident9655]

Tom Bekhor not true.....for the better part of his career he was on good or even great teams,with great players.They just could never best the Celtics.

[@scottrackley4457]

@tom you don't know your history, I watched many hawks games from 10 to 30 yrs old, he never had a good cast.

[@batmanforpresident9655]

Tom Bekhor Please check the rosters of The Atlanta Hawks teams of the latter half of the 1980's.They consistently had contending teams,but failed in the playoffs,normally to the mighty Celtics.Tree Rollins,Kevin Willis,Doc Rivers,Cliff Levingston,and Scott Wittman were just a few of the excellent players that supported Wilkins.Along with a great bench.

[@batmanforpresident9655]

Scott Rackley completely wrong,sir.....Do you call Tree Rollins,Kevin Willis,Doc Rivers,Cliff Levingston a bad cast? Please before making a comment,check your facts first.Thank you.

[@CoresCrew199]

PANATHINAIKOS BC EMPEROR OF EUROPE! 1996 PARIS NEVER FORGET DOMINIQUE WILKINS!

[@coulthard1984]

the best dunker of all time

[@ΜάκηςΤυχάλας]

I guess you dont know a player called Michael Jordan!!

[@faronanderson2536]

One of the best dunkers of all time.Amazing airtime,reach and power!!!

[@MrGiantkiller33]

Nique was 100% Pure Entertainment! No equal to his game slams.

[@Reoh0z]

My heart broke on the day Atlanta traded him away.

[@PhonyPhoniPhoné]

Dumbest trade in history. That was there year too with MJ in baseball.

[@dirtmike6258]

@@PhonyPhoniPhoné it was after his achilles injurty and he was nearing the end of his career ... the brother could still score but he wasn't the same

[@PhonyPhoniPhoné]

@@dirtmike6258an they were in first place and Mookie Blaylock had great chemistry. Plus they bag of chips they traded him for left that same off-season

[@tillman40]

@@PhonyPhoniPhoné the Red Sox trading Babe Ruth followed by the release of Tom Brady

[@PhonyPhoniPhoné]

@@tillman40 oh yeah that was the worst ever in sports. Curse of the Bambino…but in NBA, it has to be that.

[@mariaddub6789]

Nique didn’t mess around! He was just cold with it all the way around. Loved watching him throughout his career.

[@lenn7272]

I loved watching Wilkins, probably my favorite dunker all time.

[@IDiiSaStEr]

There is something about him that makes his dunks look so incredible

[@Joe-k9m8p]

Dominique Wilkins was my favorite player growing up.

[@ritapatel9747]

I was in one of these games as a kid,the one when the announcer said "Dominique with 3 seconds left" and I will always remember that day.

[@dskywalker3397]

Dominique’s 2-hand windmill on a breakaway is another great throw-down.

[@GP-tt2te]

Probably the most underrated NBA player of all time. Nique and Vince for best dunkers ever and the rest are not even close.

[@ocantu1987]

Dominique had so much power in his dunks, i love it!

[@linuxblacksarena]

Regarding the #1 dunk on this list, Dominique did say on Open Court that Bob Lanier didn't talk to him for several years after that; said his kids had to watch him get posterized.

[@IvoryNerva]

That #1 dunk is so underrated on all-time dunk lists. It just looks like a situation where he has no chance of getting a good shot in the next few seconds.

[@Miraclecmac555]

He made Larry Bird look like he had to contemplate a new line of work on #4.

[@RulingClassMentality]

Christopher McLeod 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ciaremfe]

His creativity is of another level

[@rondierice4922]

Wilkins loved dunking on Boston 😲

[@aaronharris5069]

I see now why he's calling the human highlight film. Wow...😁🔥🔥🔥

[@ImmortalfireTheMod]

To this day, no one dunks better than Dominique.

[@MrGLites]

For a 2-3 year period, Blake Griffin was the best dunker the game has ever seen. He just didn't maintain that level for a long period of time due to his injury but I would match his top 10 dunks with anyone - Blake and Nique are the best, however VC has the greatest dunk of all time in the olympics.

[@visionquest7870]

@@MrGLites You might want to take a look at Shawn Kemp, before you keep going around saying that Blake Griffin was the best dunker. Kemp was just filthy and disrespectful.

[@prezian1312]

Vision Quest kemp and griffin were monstrous dunkers and get way above the rim

[@jamaaldavis7907]

​@@visionquest7870Kemp nor vince got wilkins in dunking ..nah

[@alanbrooks9618]

Favorite of all-time. Best in game dunker but so much more. When my Hawks traded him my heart broke. Got him back though, retired jersey, Statue & Now a commentator for Hawks basketball. What a great player he was. Thank u Nique! #Truetoatlanta 🏀💯

[@gary50900]

I was there when they brought Nique back and he had to quiet the crowd down from the boos..

[@Ispeakthetruthify]

What people don't understand about Wilkins and Jordan is: They actually did their Dunk Contest dunks...ON PEOPLE, in the real games. They didn't care who was in front of them...

[@marcussimmons2708]

A 6’8 small forward who is not afraid to get his hands dirty on the inside. How much $$$ would this man command if he was coming out of college today?!? WOW! Great player! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾!!!

[@jleuck9939]

Vince carter, and wilkens easily the best dunkers

[@16capcom]

agreed

[@BryanBless]

Shaw Kemp

[@darrellwoodfork5143]

Jason Richardson as well

[@jamaaldavis7907]

Wilkins #1

[@jamaaldavis7907]

​@darrellwoodfork5143 he was good for a min

[@stevenpiquette6055]

NBA jam Stacy Augmon and Dominique everytime.

[@ritapatel9747]

1:10 can we just appreciation how hard Bird tried to block Dominique.His head literally almost went through the hoop.

[@kevingumfory]

Back when men played defense. Winning was more important than getting your feelings hurt. I miss those days.

[@IronheartvsMiles]

He got owned.

[@ChosenOne-jk6go]

One of the best ever!

[@charliefrigidspice1328]

Most underrated player ever.

[@BaBaBooeyWRLD]

Dunks that make ya flinch, awesome

[@tsacelbuod]

0:56 - Wilkins was literally surrounded by the entire opposing team and they still couldn’t stop him LMAO

[@rakdur]

I grew up in France during the 90's, and though there was a bit of NBA on TV, it was a pay subscription and my parents weren't buying it. One of few ways I could consume moving-image NBA was by watching MJ videos over and over and over again. There were these few moments when Do Wilkins appeared - those dunks were jaw-dropping. I had only seen those moment from Do Wilkins, yet he was somehow my favourite player.

[@epocketlsaml]

Vince, Nique, Dr. J. They make dunk so much fun to watch. No one beats them so far.

[@Semajayy]

Don't forget Kemp

[@williamdenman8975]

Kemp's dunks were so mean...

[@GamerFace167]

MJ and Pip also... so graceful

[@justeping9469]

Benniefranchise David Thompson was pretty nasty too.

[@justeping9469]

Juste Ping Also Harold Miner.

[@johnmelton610]

Most underrated star ever in the nba. Great player for a lot of bad teams. He had dunks like this every game.

[@butchessex3772]

He stayed dunking on Parish, Bird, and Mchale!!! Back then, the Celtics brought the best out of Dominique.

[@thevillageyid]

My favorite player!

[@oriondragos5876]

News Reporter : Is it possible to dunk on a whole team? Nique: Yes

[@GodyP]

9 definitely deserves to be higher on the list. That’s the first clip I think of when I hear his name

[@tomeskew6080]

Blake Griffin needs to watch number 7 so he can see what a real windmill looks like.

[@bradfordlee7384]

My Favorite Dunker Of All Times.

[@walkerhardesty2724]

He deserved a championship

[@bruh3128]

He won in Europe

[@ΝΙΚΟΣΑΛΕΞΙΟΥ-δ6χ]

Σε Ευχαριστούμε Πολύ Ντομινίκ !!! Για Τις Πολύ Ωραίες Στιγμές..Που Μας Χάρισες Στην Ελλαδα Και Στον Παναθηναϊκό Μας !!!

[@RedDynamt3]

Lmao Larry sits there like "Well, Shit"

[@shipofthesun]

Had the distinct pleasure of getting to watch him in person a lot because my company did A/V for the Omni, and I had an all areas access pass. Even met him once as I was staring at the ceiling of the Omni(we were thinking about purchasing the P.A. system, so no, I wasn't standing and drooling) while practice was going on. Ball rolled over to me and he came to retrieve it, nice guy.

[@yyimmyy]

Damn no one has respect for the legend

[@DirtCheapFU]

Best sounding dunks in NBA History.

[@16capcom]

Best Dunker Ever=Best Player Ever.

[@geraldjohnson848]

Jan.12: Happy birthday NBA (Ret.) Dominique Wilkins "The Human Highlight Film." Thank you and God bless. Thanks for the upload, NBA. Blessings

[@morganlee1995]

#3 was just vicious.

[@iain2578]

This dude was legit.. one of the most underrated players of all time..

[@gbounit]

Dunk #3 over Robert Parish is my favorite, and is just such power dunk to the enth-degree... Power dunk right there...!

[@alwilliams7785]

Brutal.

[@skek79]

His team mate, think it’s Livingston rolled early and set up Parish for that facial

[@drunk1kangaroo]

wow I just watch him talking with bill simmons about some of these dunks and here you uploaded this. thanks.

[@Ricksonkimura]

Parish shoved Wilkins with his left hand and still got dunked on.

[@steelhere5519]

My favorite NBA players of all-time played for my favorite team - the Atlanta Hawks: - Dominique Wilkins - Dikembe Mutombo - Stacey Augmon

[@camouflagesounds]

that dunk over larry bird was epic. It should be one of the best all time

[@scottrackley4457]

and Nique knew exactly who was rotating over too late, he wanted to give Larry a dose of it

[@urtypus]

Thx for sharing !

[@emmanuelmoses7249]

Bird thought he could block Nique at the rim 😂😂😂

[@Airestotle09]

That followup putback dunk on 3 Celtics players was insane

[@jknumber5138]

DWilkins in his prime was like Prime DWade(without the ring)

[@geekinvibe]

but longer , stronger & more athletic ;)

[@MrCancer1965]

My favorite dunker of all times, the Human Highlight Reel (Dominique Wilkins).

[@Rapman212]

Man he yamed it on the whole heat squad!

[@erikv.8394]

Raw power , athletisme and finesse a very rare combination these times in the league....

[@djg34djg]

Wilkins and Kemp are the 2 hardest dunker ever.

[@galeyankful]

I agree!!

[@baselinejordan1744]

what up true then lebron

[@albertlluisvila1251]

On 1992, when the "Dream Team" came to Barcelona to play in the Olympic Games, I was hoping to see Dominique with the American team. That didn't happen 😢 He would have given a great show playing with Air Jordan, Magic, Bird and the rest of legends. Even so, we had the chance to watch the best basketball team ever. Barcelona and Catalonia will never forget those wonderful olympic weeks 🥰❤️ Btw, when it comes to best dunkers ever, Air Jordan and Dominique come to our minds but... Anybody remembers Anthony "Spud" Webb? He played aswell in the Hawks of Atlanta, and won a Slam Dunk Contest (only 1,69 meters tall 😮), beating his teammate Dominique, who said, after the contest: "Lol, I knew he could dunk, but didn't know he was able to dunk that way"😮😮😮😅 Miss those old good times, when I was awake up to 5am to watch an NBA game on TV (5am here, due to the time difference between Barcelona and USA). Greetz to all from the sunny BCN 😊🏀⬅️FTW

[@smackduhlip]

if he dunked like tht today, itd be a 5 game suspension haha... greatest dunker of all time along side vince carter

[@rafasimsim]

What an elegant player!!! 👏 👏 👏

[@big10]

#6 should've been ranked a LOT higher!!

[@Alliswellaj92]

Exactly 6 should had been higher

[@herbertstjean233]

Saw him play in those days he was amazing the human highlights

[@SmokinJoe1]

cold-blooded

[@frankcrisostomo8724]

His dunks were ahead of his time. Great performance.

[@SSPanzee]

Wilkins is way better dunker than LeBron... Best NBA dunkers. 1. V. Carter. 2. Shawn Kemp 3. Dominique Wilkins.

[@fawazza]

***** leflop? LOL! such an overrated dunker

[@jamallean8258]

***** Wow you put up kobe over him i know kobe, blake ,green,and LBJ are good dunkers and all but dominique is one of the best dunkers PERIOD

[@shawnkemp6775]

I'm second to none!

[@Jimmy_BX]

Any dunk list that doesn't have Jordan or Doc is insignificant

[@carlson2012abqb]

Jimmy JC agree

[@jimmieperry3418]

Dunk #6 by The Human Highlight Film is The Greatest Dunk I've EVER seen!! Dominique Wilkins is The Greatest and The Very Best In Game Dunker of All Time!!!!!! In Second Place (and he ALMOST made it to #1) is Julius Dr. J Erving #6. Coming in 3rd is The Rain Man Shawn Kemp. Rounding out the Top 5 is Shaquille O'Neal and Lebron James. That's my Top 5 Dunkers of All Time.

[@thatstuff612]

Didn't know how bad this nigga was eating up Larry bird.

[@johnokapal9537]

0r3g0n - That's why in his interviews, nique has tons of respect for Larry ?

[@aidanfox8219]

Dominique is one monster dunker 🔥🏀

[@whocares3188]

gotta love the TOMAHAWK over the CHIEF.....get it?

[@19Atticus]

my favorite player! Happy Birthday Nique! :D

[@16capcom]

He dunked on larry bird twice. Just wow.

[@ivanguardado99]

almost three times but there was one time where Kevin McHale saved larry and just pushed larry out of the way lol

[@scottrackley4457]

I remember that game!

[@Jeffro288]

I love how at 1:48 the coach is telling his team how to trap and defend Niche and after that dunk he just gives up lol