How High Could Michael Jordan ACTUALLY Jump?

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[@icyboy771z]

Isaiah Riveria has 50.5 inch max vert. But then most of the times these pro dunkers dunk on rims few inches lesser than 10ft to make it look more impressive. Jordan dunks on legit 10ft NBA rims.

[@hangingwthehendersons4615]

I'm 6'2 in my 20s I jump a vertical jump of 49 inch of vert running jumping was 51 one now 39 I still jump high this was Last year 47 inch

[@icyboy771z]

@@hangingwthehendersons4615 whoa thats very impressive.

[@holypoop88]

Look up Jordan’s underrated dunk on KZbin. He jumped, did a reverse dunk, had his head at the rim, and had his arm elbow deep in the rim. Then you see other angles of the dunk, and realize his body is tilted backwards and not vertical. Meaning his head would have been above the rim if he was upright. Take into account how he jumped and had a ball, he could have jumped higher.

[@mtb4l673]

That’s the EXACT dunk I was going to suggest. It was in the 88’ dunk contest I think. Just the angle, contortion, and style to pull off that dunk proves his vertical was over 42”. He was focused on pulling it off with style not vertical height. The issue is that not a lot of NBA players tried doing what Dwight Howard did by touching the top of the backboard in those days.

[@icyboy771z]

There was another dunk on the fast break he had to duck his head while dunking two handed from distance. That was 42 inches dunk in game (if he didn't duck would have hit his head on the rim). If in practice and no ball plus jumping as high as possible 45 or maybe even 46 inches isn't ridiculous but I do agree 48-50 seems a bit of a stretch.

[@AfroTsu]

But that’s not a 48inch vert for someone’s who 6’6 with a 48inch vert his neck would have to be at the rim

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

​@RizzlerTsu his height is a stretch too. Both him and Kobe were closer to 6'4 than to 6'6. I've seen multiple reports of that and I've seen Jordan at a pretty close distance entering a club in Tampa and I'm 6'2.

[@TheJoarmy]

@@AfroTsu i'm not confirming or denying that he has 48 inch vert. But you do understand that most dunkers never jump their full vertical because possible injuries or getting hit. Lebron actually has a 44 inch vert and at 6.8 that would mean every dunk he would head over the rim

[@ares-mk4vi]

ja morant has 44 inch vert while being ONLY 6'2, and his eyes were RIM LEVEL, micheal jordan who is 6'6 and "presumably" has a 48 inch vert never got even his head on the rim?

[@user-lw8cn4qh4z]

His head got over the back board while he slanted his neck on a block in college that's rim level

[@eugene8498]

48 inch is bs. but look at this dunk kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZa5faCclrxqfrc where he ducked his head under the rim, that's rim level, and I don't think he jumped from the most comfortable position. He usually leaned or raised his legs while dunking, almost as if he wanted to keep his head low, or rather steady, as if he hanged there for a second, thus rarely if ever really got to his maximum height with his head.

[@user-if6xb5uh7z]

Yes he did his backwards dunk in dunk contest he ducked his head and elbow was inside rim, alley pop vs ny swinging on rim knees hitting swings head, alley ooo on 2 feet side of rim vs bucks head right there at the rim.

[@icyboy771z]

Ja Morant doesn't have his eyes on rim level it's just perspective. If he truly has eyes on rim level his head would be 10'3. Assuming his forehead is 3 inches. So he needs a 49 inches to get eyes to rim.

[@AfroTsu]

@@icyboy771zyeah he has most of ja dunks his head is rim level or slightly above

[@Thanosdidtherighthing]

MJ’s 4.38 40 yard dash and 46 inch vertical were both measured and verified at UNC according to Roy Williams. The difference between UNC MJ and 90’s Chicago MJ is that one is 210-225 lbs post fractured Achilles and the other is 195 lbs.

[@justjumari]

Verified with no laser timing in the 90s?

[@williamgrant9095]

@Francisco, he did not injure his Achilles. Nor can you fracture the Achilles.

[@raymondchow2828]

@@justjumari 80s, mj was in college in the 80s! rookie season 84, broke ankle 85, wins dunk contest 87,88..

[@saltwagon2676]

@@justjumari He got the dates wrong but he was verified to be jumping 45.79 inches in college.

[@ryandouglas8382]

​​@@justjumariYou don't even know what year MJ was at North Carolina you dum dum. He was in the NBA already in '84 and you just said 90s Hahahahahahah

[@anthonyhayes4524]

It is possible that his max vert could’ve been close to 48 in. Jordan wasn’t as tall as most people think. His official height is listed at 6’4.75” without shoes and if you consider how much higher he would jump without a ball or trying to do trick it can add up. It’s hard to judge off in game jumps too because possible fatigue from actually running up down the court. I’m sure he had fresh legs when he tested.

[@T1Oracle]

MJ was 6'6". Look at his wingspan and hand size. He was not 6'4".

[@ishowslow9217]

@@T1Oracle he's 6'6 with shoes on and he was touching the rim with his head with the ball, without the ball I bet he could go higher than that, Michael was 194.9cm(without shoes), 6'5 is around 195cm

[@drewc1179]

Jordan was 6’5 without shoes. Nba heights were recorded with shoes in the past. They only changed the height stats a few years ago.

[@killercomedytv]

The best way to handle this is looking at jordan Kilganon, who has a real 48 inch vertical at 6'1. He's not a basketball player but hes one of if not the best Dunkers I've ever seen, just look at his dunks, his height.

[@Beast_mode1880]

@@drewc1179probably more around 6’4.5 at because think about how big some of the mid soles on the earlier Jordan’s were so he might of been below 6’5

[@MusicLuv80]

There was another youtuber proved that his vertical was 47 to 48 in from videos. Somehow this video don't include that. There was another free throw dunk where his head is above the rim in the mist of the jump. There was another rear dunk where he had to duck so his head don't hit the rim. Jordan also said he doesn't jump too high during games because he has to save energy to play both offense and defense.

[@Drogas3653]

He did that ONCE. He hasn’t done that in any other instance. He didn’t have a 48 inch vert

[@samraizshoaib585]

​@@Drogas3653 I mean. We don't need him to do it consistently. He had to do it once to prove he could. There's also the obvious problem woth using game footage. Fatigue builds up which doesn't allow for high dunks as well as the fact that jumping 48 inches isn't practical in game suncw there's no real scebario where its needed plus in game you want more horizontsl than vertical leaps.

[@Tcheera]

@@Drogas3653 doing something once is exactly what a max vert is.... also max verts aren't something people typically or ever can conceivably do in games and in fact that's not even how they are measured. They're measured with vertical tools -- some of which have been around forever and are super basic and have been at sports facilities for years.

[@CHI-JORDAN-CHI]

@@Drogas3653if he did it once that is his vertical. We’re talking about max. If Usain Bolt runs his record 100 m run then people say that how fast he is. He doesn’t have to do it every time lol

[@Drogas3653]

@@CHI-JORDAN-CHI fair, yall got me

[@andrewthomas4636]

He hit his neck on the rim. The height of the bottom of the backboard is 9' 6". That's 36", plus the size of his head, also he hit it on his dissent. That's over 42" on a mostly horizontal leap.

[@theomiller7182]

Bro woke up thinking “how can I discredit Michael Jordan today?”

[@HugoSoup57]

He says Jordan is his GOAT tho.

[@yungmaac8680]

He didn’t have a 48 inch vertical.

[@apryllemelodysuyo2072]

You are just a Blind fanatic who cannot accept facts.

[@grahamstrouse1165]

@@yungmaac8680MJ had a superb vert. It just wasn’t quite as insane as most of the fanboys claim. When he was at UNC they measured his prowess pretty rigorously. MJ’s standing vert was just under 36” & his max vert was right around 46”. That’s a big gap & the terminology from the tests makes me think that this might have been Jordan’s best effort jumping off of one foot, which isn’t the way the nfl & nba combines measure max vert, but it’s still pretty damn great. Jordan WAS a much more natural one-foot jumper than a two-foot jumper but even so that probably puts his two foot max vert in the 44” range. NBA players usually DON’T have the best verts. Track & field guys (triple & long jump, short sprinters,) NFL skill position players & volleyball hitters tend to rule the roost here. There are NBA stars in the convo here, of course, but overall they tend not to score quite as high; and long, stretchy ectomorphs with high centers of gravity usually don’t do nearly as well as stocky dudes with lower centers of gravity. The best legit standing vert I’ve seen was a little over 47” a few years ago. Name’s escaping me at the moment but he was a marginal NFL prospect. Wideout I think. Great legs, not-so-great hands. Highest two-foot standing verts I’d be willing to vouch for are typically right around 50” or a smidge above. Lotta professional dunker/And1-types here. Usually guys in the 6-2 to 6-5 range, pretty muscular but not overly massive. They may not be superstar ballers but when you pay your rent making KZbin dunk videos you have a lot of incentive to work on your bunnies. 🙂 Mac McClung, who’s had a couple cups of coffee with the Lakers & Sixers & won the NBA dunk contest last year, is probably high 40s with his max jump. All those clickbait KZbin vids claiming that so & so has a 56” vert or a 62” vert are either outright lies or someone thinking a box jump is the same thing as max vert…and also lying. 😉

[@ricky3045]

For real, he is trying to compare it to a goal instead of an actual jump. Why the hell would he do a full jump over the rim

[@RotaryIT]

Surprising that in all the dunks you showed you didn’t have the one from 1988 dunk contest where he had to duck his head under the rim and threw the ball down in the rim at his elbow. He missed the first attempt and did the same dunk again but jumped higher.

[@grebh23]

I was waiting for this one...

[@saltwagon2676]

Facts bro, ever since he hit his head on the backboard at Duke he didn’t try to jump out the gym.

[@jago103182]

I was hoping it would let me add I pic of it.

[@Viper_75th_RR]

You’re just wrong here. In his sophomore year at UNC, as part of a physics study, he was recorded as jumping 45.6 inches. He was only 20 at the time, and track and field athletes reach their peak at 24 or 25. There’s no doubt that he could have added a couple of inches between 20 and 25.

[@justjumari]

is there proof of that?

[@Viper_75th_RR]

@@justjumari “We could not find any records of Michael Jordan’s measurements. We can however go back to his University of North Carolina vertical jump record. You can also learn a few things. Michael Jordan reached a maximum height jump of 45.5 inches. His vertical jump record was 42 inches in the Sargent standard test. Michael Jordan’s vertical leaping ability has been perfected over a period of training.” Source: Scott Fujita So are there any official records of Michael Jordan's vertical jump height? It turns out that the only official records of Michael Jordan’s vertical jump were the measurements taken during his college years at North Carolina. In these tests he reached a max running jump of 45.5 inches and achieved 42″ vertical jump height from a standard Sargent Test. Source: Vertical Jump World You can call UNC to get a copy of the 1983 study. I recall that the study was done on the physics involved in a vertical jump vs. long jump and the force exerted vertically and horizontally in various jumps. The point is that you have to at least acknowledge that at the age of 20 Jordan had a vertical of 45.6 inches. There are people, like his personal trainer, who claim he had a vertical of 48” while in his prime. Based on the empirical evidence, these claims are not entirely unreasonable. You can of course make up your own mind.

[@hassanrasheid4618]

UNC measured it scientifically. Abstract: MICHAEL JORDAN=92S VERTICAL JUMP. =20 Krugh J, LeVeau B. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel = Hill, NC. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study, which was part of an advanced = master=92s motion analysis class project in 1983, was to determine = Michael Jordan=92s maximum vertical jump. =20 SUBJECT: Michael Jordan=20 METHODS: Surface markers: Left lateral malleolus, left femoral = epicondyle, left greater trochanter, left pelvic crest, and right distal = phalanges of digits 2 and 3 of the hand. Tasks (in order) were:=20 Vertical reach while standing flat-footed - baseline Vertical reach during a jump from standing Vertical reach during a jump from running Vertical reach during a 1 hand dunk=20 Vertical reach during a 2 hand dunk All tasks, except baseline vertical reach were done with free swing of = the upper limb(s). Equipment / instrumentation: Camera, lighting, = markers, meter stick, and standard basketball. Location: Fetzer = Gymnasium, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. DATA ANALYSIS: Distance measurements were analyzed by comparison to a meter stick in = view of the camera. Displacement measurements of reach (pelvis) involved = measurement of vertical height to the tip of fingers 2 and 3 (pelvis) = during a task minus vertical height to the tip of fingers 2 and 3 = (pelvis) during bilateral flat-footed stance. Velocity measurements were = analyzed by dividing vertical height distance traveled divided by time = taken for the tasks. A VanGuard Motion Analyzer was used to analyze = motion frame by frame. RESULTS:=20 Maximum measurements:=20 Vertical reach while standing flat-footed 93.67 in. Floor to pelvic crest while standing 49.00 in. Vertical reach displacement during a jump from standing 35.93 in. Vertical displacement of the pelvis during a jump from running 38.07 in. Vertical velocity during a jump from running 701.00 o/sec.=20 Vertical reach displacement during a jump from running 45.76 in. Vertical reach displacement during a 1 hand dunk 41.70 in. Vertical reach displacement during a 2 hand dunk 40.93 in. During the vertical reach from standing, push from the floor was with = both feet. During the vertical reach during a jump from running, push = from the floor was with one foot and momentum of the body, two upper = limbs, and one lower limb was used to the maximum.=20 CONCLUSION / CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Maximum displacement for vertical reach = was achieved with a jump from a running start, a 2 hand dunk, a 1 hand = dunk, and a jump from standing, respectively. This is consistent with = use of momentum of the body and limbs to assist with the vertical = displacement. Michael Jordan=92s vertical jump ability during several = tasks provides a standard with which athletic achievement by others can = be compared. Reddit also analyzed it and got 45.76 using video. www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/6m9ssx/did_jordan_actually_have_a_48_inch_vertical/ www.interbasket.net/news/what-was-michael-jordans-vertical-leap-learn-to-jump-so-high/30616/

[@whoops7025]

Why did they bother measuring anything else than the pelvis? If the reach is different with something else like the hand it just mean something was measured very wrong right? 38 is his running vert then I guess?

[@Thanosdidtherighthing]

Shannon Brown is listed at 6’4 not 6’1. Clearly this a video based on emotions not logic lol. I’m disappointed 😊

[@justjumari]

Lol this is a goofy comment

[@PenSwordGuy]

@@justjumari But it is listed at 6'4", so . . .

[@gabeoneal4545]

Absolutely true the best video I've seen..he was nike 1st golden goose.

[@sephmcfierce]

1:10 That’s not the famous free throw line dunk you see on the posters. He didn’t get up as high with that one. This was the ‘87 dunk contest. The legendary one is the ‘88 dunk contest.

[@sonny4978]

he still dont got 48 inch vert

[@Bobberhead007]

what about the reverse elbow dunk????

[@user-if6xb5uh7z]

Right his head at the rim; AND his 2 alley oops vs KNICKS and Milwaukee were rim high. THE alley OOOP VS KNICKS SWINGING on rim knees hitting swings head. HO BSCK SND WATCH THAT VIDEO , HIS HEAD IS RIGHT AT THE RIM ! And the alley pop vs bucks off 2 feet; his knees are head high vs buck player.

[@sebadass2]

jordan wanted to jump long and lean. when you check out a dunk from his dunk contested where he jumps from the right side, ducks his head and end up dunking on the left side , even the he was dunking on the way down his elbow is almost at the rim level. I think if jordan wanted to just jump as high as he could vertically rather than long and lean side ways, his vertical could be fairly high

[@h-k7804]

U have no idea what u talkin about, Gerald green is 6 foot 7 without shoes and his vertical is 49 inches (his whole head was above the rim during some practice) but the highest his head got above the rim is 3 inches in a game. The point im trying to make is jumping in a game is totally different. Shannon brown is 6'4" and he cannot even dunk from the free throw line while jordan had is head near rim level jumping from the free throw line. I would say jordan has anywhere from 47 - 48" vertical

[@justjumari]

Lol there isn’t a human on the world who is at 50 inches , but since you wanted to start with me having no idea what I’m talking about. Go search up my name on ig and see my hundreds of before and afters, testimonials and pure results. I’m legit. You are the random guy who doesn’t even study the science so get it together

[@h-k7804]

@@justjumari tdub, Dexton crutchfeild, anthony Hamilton, Christopher spell all have true 50 inch verticals, do u r research before u talk. Also, James white touched 12 foot 10 inches with a standing reach of 8 foot 9 inches which gives him 49 inch vertical. Gerald green has his whole head above rim which is about 9 inches, his height is 6 foot 8 with shoes that gives him 49 inch vertical. So 47-48 inches for jordan is not a lot considering he jumped from the free throw with his head at rim level. Players his height need at least 44 inches to just about dunk it from the free throw line but to get their head rim level they will need 4 inches more. I surely did my research.

[@Dflonn]

How much of his head hit the backboard? What was his hip height on "Kiss the Rim"?

[@bmp713]

His shoulders clearly hit the backboard on that block.

[@caydenreal]

mj could have a 48 inch vert, but its not necessary to jump 48 inches in the air to catch a lob so he doesnt go that high

[@johnlestersunaya-rpl1958]

At 0.33 Jordan's shoulder blade hit the backboard First. He is already going down when he hit the lower quadrant of his head. Thats atleast 43 inches vert

[@justjumari]

Bet

[@dougdickason]

I think he had a 43-45 inch vert which means at his max he could have gotten his head a few inches above the rim which i believe he has done a few times. There is a lob he did in Milwaukee, and the dunk he did on Mel Turpin in Utah which were close to his max as well.

[@user-cn8nu6lq4w]

43" would make his head literally at exact rim height. (43" + 77" = 120" = 10 ft. We know he did a bit higher than that, more w/o the ball.)

[@dougdickason]

@@user-cn8nu6lq4w yeah i put 43-45 meaning it was between there, in that area of at least 43 but not above 45.

[@Daveyboy_GolfR]

Kobe says "Shannon Brown jumps higher than me, jumps higher than Michael" as if Kobe's in the same class of leaping ability with MJ lol

[@anthonyejike5594]

Jordan's head was about 2-3 inches above the backboard when his head hit it and he was on his way down meaning he definitely could have gone higher. That jump was a 40 inch jump. Also Isaiah Rivera just measured a 50.5 inch max vert recently.

[@justjumari]

Lol that’s what I said too !

[@godzillahogpiece3913]

the backboards extend 14 inches below the rim in 1984,,, so no, it wasn't even close to a 40 inch jump. 37-38 at most.

[@divinep1912]

I don't understand why this is a debate. Dean Smith already said while at NC the max they could measure on there vertical jumps was 48. And he still had inches they couldn't measure. Which is why after he cane back from baseball and you can see the significant drop of in his athleticism he was still dunking on people with ease. At 33 he was still jumping about 44 45

[@simplekindabb]

IF it was 40 inches, plus his 6'6" hight, that total 118 inches. Subtract that from his hight and you get the same forty inches from the ground. Now a regular person, who doesn't believe in Santa is supposed to believe that he could have gone another 8 inches above that . . . . Nah.

[@Drogas3653]

@@divinep1912 he didn’t have a damn 48 inch vert

[@johnlestersunaya-rpl1958]

At 0:33 Jordan's shoulder blade hit the backboard First. He is already going down when he hit the lower quadrant of his head. Thats atleast 43 inches vert

[@justjumari]

Okay!

[@mikeef747]

Are you watching a different video? At 0:27, you can clearly see the safety cushion move up from the impact of the bottom of his left shoulder. 0:37 even more of the safety cushion is pushed up on the backside of the backboard, his back right before the base of his neck starts, clearly hits the backboard!

[@thelox2020]

Now let's talk about gp2''s vertical that dude be flying

[@vangtoumoua6488]

Jordan is around 6’6” and on all of his dunks his head is under the rim. That means his vertical at most is 42” and that’s level with the rim. If he had a vertical of 48” he would be 6” over the rim Every time. I rarely see his head level or over the rim

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

A max vertical isn’t done in game with a ball in your hands lol.

[@MusicLuv80]

There was another youtuber proved that his vertical was 47 to 48 in from videos. Somehow this video don't include that. There was another free throw dunk where his head is above the rim in the mist of the jump. There was another rear dunk where he had to duck so his head don't hit the rim. Jordan also said he doesn't jump too high during games because he has to save energy to play both offense and defense.

[@user-cn8nu6lq4w]

Jordan's actually 6'5". Also there are times his head was above or ducking under the rim.

[@CHI-JORDAN-CHI]

I’ve seen this stupid analysis so many times. Do you realize what a vertical jump is? It is not your ability to jump high going toward the basket 😂

[@masonstefaniuk5561]

I remember reading in Tim Grover’s book Jump Attack that MJ did reach 48” on his max vertical after training with Grover for years, but that would’ve been his PR under perfect conditions that he likely couldn’t have reached in game. I do believe that it’s very possible MJ had a peak 48” vertical, but it wouldn’t have been consistent over the course of multiple NBA seasons.

[@MusicLuv80]

There was another free throw dunk where his head is above the rim in the middle of the jump. There was a video and a poster as well.

[@thepizzamaninavan6202]

💯

[@pressss.3422]

MJ's 48inch vertical wasn't achieved in-game, his trainer spoke out about his agility and stated "once we got his max to 48inches" also take into account that MJ was barely 6ft 5 inches. Meaning he would have a tougher time getting up higher than other players, this really is outstanding how he can outjump players like Lebron or Scottie Pippen as he was fairly shorter than them.

[@sportslangtv2181]

Excuses 😂

[@pressss.3422]

@@sportslangtv2181 a factual excuse that explains that MJ in fact did have a 48 inch vertical?

[@sportslangtv2181]

@@pressss.3422 he didn't have 48 vert it's exaggeration if he had a 48 vert he's eye is above the rim because he's 6"6 stop the cap 🧢 mj propaganda and old heads exaggerating is over now you're lie is exposed

[@drewc1179]

In game footage doesn’t support the 48” vert claim. That being said, a lot of guys don’t look as athletic in games compared to their vert test. Lots of players don’t try to jump as hard as they can to preserve their strength in the game. Levine has very few in game dunks where his head is at the rim but his max vert was 47 inches in the combine and in the slam dunk contest his head is barely over the rim. Also, dunking with the ball lowers your vert compared to oop attempts. Also, most of Jordan’s dunks were more horizontal attempts with ball in hand so it doesn’t disprove the UNC max vert he recorded in college.

[@drewc1179]

Kobe had a max vert of 38 inches at the combine and MJ jumped a lot higher than Kobe so at minimum, he has a 40+ vert.

[@tysonwoods724]

One of the things to also consider is Jordan could jump those numbers with the “limit” of the rim. Throw down an 11’ rim and suddenly he’d have to jump higher which looks like he could. Seeing a stretch to do some jumps would probably be a better indicator really. Good analysis overall though. 👍

[@randonjones8351]

Isaiah Rivera's vertical jump is 50 inches that's a fact

[@justjumari]

Big facts

[@gregdickey1336]

No, it's not a fact. The highest virtual jump every recorded was 47 inches, and it wasn't from an NBA player.

[@randonjones8351]

@@gregdickey1336 dude look up his vertical before you say its not a fact

[@gregdickey1336]

@@randonjones8351 "The Official Highest Vertical Jump Ever A lot of people claim to have the highest vertical jump. The problem is that while they just might’ve hit that world record (Doubt it!), their results are unofficial. In fact, there are countless videos on KZbin of people breaking the 50 inch vertical mark, despite the fact that there is not a single athlete in NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, or MLS combine history that has even come close to that height. The official highest vertical jump performed in an organized testing environment is Josh Imatorbhebhe’s 47.1 inches. Period."

[@randonjones8351]

@@gregdickey1336 how do you explain the fact that it is on video that they have it a 50 inch vert. Are you saying that all of those videos are fake?

[@apryllemelodysuyo2072]

Exactly what I think because everytime I see the dunk of Gerald Green and shanon brown who dunked above the rim has listed 39 and 44.5 inches.

[@sebastiancovac7879]

agree... if jordan had anything close to a 50 inch vertical there would be photos of him with his head above the rim, but the only photos out there is with his head at the rim. there was one pic of him attempting a block vs pistons (i think) and his head was at the rim. so if jordan was closer to 6'5 instead of 6'6 that would mean his vertical was 43 inches. what made jordan great athlete is his ability to cover distance in the air. he would probably be elite long jumper if he did that instead of basketball.

[@user-cn8nu6lq4w]

There are pictures of him ducking his head below the rim. But no, his vert wasn't 50. Also remember having the ball reduces max vert. ..Also Jordan IS closer to 6'5". He's just under 6'5" without shoes (or was, shorter now, undoubtedly).

[@cnelsonlv99]

You don't understand how vertical jump is measured. Without going into too much detail... it isn't measured by looking at some footage of him dunking the basketball or going up for a rebound or blocked shot during a game. His 48-inch vertical was reported as having been measured in workouts while he was at North Carolina, along with his 4.38 40-yard time. Dean Smith is the one who reported it, having seen it first hand, according to his claims.

[@just_jeff4839]

I'm a big big MJ fan and I don't think his vert was 48 in. but who really knows. Could it have been and he just never had to? Yea sure, but it's more likely that it's closer to what this video is claiming. I personally think his most impressive dunk with his highest vert was the one he performed at the 88 dunk contest. Where he takes off one legged turning his body to the left, looks at the rim, tilts his head/neck to avoid hitting the rim and then essentially puts his arm in the rim on the other side. He did that while jump off of one leg, pretty impressive.

[@MicroWave233]

In 1983 UNC did a motion study and measured him at a max of 46 inches. He never really demonstrated that ingame but he did have some high jumps. During the 84 Olympics his vertical was supposedly measured again and people say he got to 48 inces. Idk if thats true cause theres no footage floating around but if he got to 46 than he might have gotten to 48 on a really good day.

[@howsittastes]

The camera angles makes it seem like MJs head is closer to the rim than it actually is..

[@miraj4936]

Please do one with wilt. I need to know this.

[@simplekindabb]

Thank you for providing video proof, plain common sense and simple math to erase one of the many myths about MJ. Particularly pointing out the Shannon Brown vertical and how, while not as graceful to watch as Jordan, it has to be higher. Greatly appreciated.

[@MusicLuv80]

There is another free throw dunk where Jordan's head is above the rim in the midst of the jump. Also there was another dunk where he had to duck his head so that his head don't hit the rim. Jordan once said he doesn't jump too high because he has to have the energy to play both offense and defense.

[@Dshatila1983]

Do you call watching one guys opinion on KZbin proof?

[@gabrielbollant8836]

Yoo, wp on the video. I love the see how angry so many people get when you just discuss facts

[@dcjones66]

He didn't have a 48" vertical, they just want to blow it his legacy..

[@chiararestelli7326]

Bro in tim grover’s book is written that Michael reached a 48 inch vertical in 1993

[@justjumari]

Also he has one of the worst vertical jump programs I ever seen. Must be so interesting, he must of really transformed MJ huh?

[@LL-rc2ol]

@@justjumari wait frl, then WHAT DO I DO FOR MY VERT

[@michaelanderson3947]

Ask the Olympics committee

[@itaysafdia248]

exactly what i thought man thank you it made no sense to me a 48 vert will make his chest as a 6'6 guy basicliy at the rim .

[@ailtonmacamo135]

3:46- kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ3Xf2hmr5Z6d68si=n83yZodrIC4LEMnc This guy was 6 foot 5 but his head was at the rim jumping 2foot of the ground. Its also difficult to maximize your vertical in game because the dynamic of the game unless you are saving your energy for that. But being measured with 48 inches at the draft test yes it is easier and possible.

[@proverbalizer]

it's also possible the the NBA has no record of the "48in" "test"?

[@Rozza43]

The bottom of the backboard is 9 foot 6 inches according to everything I have looked up. So mathematically he would need to jump 36" to barely grave the top of his head on the bottom of the board.

[@JimJones-fr4lu]

You did a good job showing a guys vertical from certain plays in a basketball game where your trying to measure his vertical from watching a video??

[@FreedomFighter2112]

Newsflash for the uninformed. Everyone's Vertical leaps are measured from a stand still position and a 2 step position going vertical, not horizontal. This is how it is measured by the NBA and at the Olympics. This goes for ALL NBA players. Jordan was recorded as having a 48 inch vertical leap...just like LaVine was recorded as having a 46" vertical leap. There's no such thing as an in-game vertical leap because they are jumping at angles with a basketball in their hands. What you see on game videos of Jordan, or any other basketball player, is them jumping far away from the basket at an angle. Hence why their heads don't go so far above the rim. Which, again, is completely different from how they test someone's vertical leap. That is like trying to measure the vertical of an athlete doing the long jump. There is peak height when jumping long but it is not vertical. Geometry will tell you that in a right triangle, it is a much longer distance from R to P than it is from Q to P...due to the angles. There's a reason why Michael Jordan was able to dunk over Shaq, Hakeem, Mutombo, Robinson, Mourning, Ewing, Manute Bol, Sampson, Walton, Duncan and every other 7 footer in the league. Hope this helps: www.quora.com/What-was-Michael-Jordans-actual-vertical-jump-Is-it-really-48-inches

[@proverbalizer]

news flash, the NBA never tested Jordan's vert...you have no source

[@sarnol8973]

I've also looked and looked Ive never seen him jump where i thought the top of his head was level with the rim. hes come close but even then it would have only been 42 inches.

[@jnewbypencilart3642]

Do you get your vertical measured while you’re in college? I know that for a fact. You’re trying to say he doesn’t game. That means you have to disqualified it faster vertical listed. Because if they didn’t get it majored in college, they got it measured in high school because it’s a stat. Jordan also ran 4.3

[@andrewwilson2272]

his alley-oop dunk against Milwaukee he jump about 48 inches as a rockie

[@bhopirl4552]

I agree that his in game dunks are no where near 48 but how do you know he didn’t test a 48 on a vertec or whatever outdated apparatus they had back then lol

[@justjumari]

There’s no stats so

[@proverbalizer]

how do you know he did? funny that no one ever pulished, publiced, or recorded these legendary tests. ...it's always some he said she said that some guy said 30 yeasrs ago that someone read on the internet from someone who read it on the internet from someone who read it one the internet, so therefore is MUST BE TRUE, cause the internet said so....even though the NBA never even tested his vert

[@bhopirl4552]

@proverbalizer im not saying its true im just saying we cant know for sure. I hate exaggerated legends more than anythjng btw.

[@proverbalizer]

@@bhopirl4552 yeah, but realistically you're not gonna be able to jump more than 2-4 extra inches on a vert test than you can in games / dunk contests...(yeah game fatigue might be a minus, but adrenaline is a big plus....Kareem said that the first time he ever dunked was in a game)

[@bhopirl4552]

@@proverbalizer thats a good point, crowd helps

[@madeindade8190]

Facts…. Jordan never looked over the rim. Nate Robinson has the highest vert.

[@lucasamoriim5126]

I just watched footage of Keon Johnson who has a proven, NBA-measured 48 inch vertical jump and there is no way Michael had a 48 inch vertical. Keon just jumps higher than him. As does Shaedon Sharpe.

[@trippmontgomery7987]

He has a 42 inch vert

[@proverbalizer]

the wild one is people claiming Wilt had a 50" vert. being 7'1" a 48" vert would put his head 13" above the rim.... can't really find convincing footage of his head above the rime, (let alone more than 1 foot higher than it) a 48" vert for Jordan would put his head 6" above the rim, I've seen his head right around the rim, but not above it. Gerald Green at 6'8" can definitely get his head above the rim, including that crazy in-grame ally-oop windmill, where his eye-line looks to be above the rim.

[@InverselyComplicated-ve3ls]

Jordan's iconic dunk from the free-throw line had a hang time of 0.93 seconds, that translates to roughly a 45 inch vertical.

[@justjumari]

Be careful with outlet going off hang time , it doesn’t factor wingspan, actual vertical displacement, etc. you can jump high and land on your ass first before your feet and your hang time can easily be over 1 seconds.

[@JoshOkoye]

Lol Shanon Brown was listed at 6’4” and either way, his eyes were never at the rim💀.

[@jaidamann8365]

No one really cared about how high you could leap (it wasn't the main focus) back in the 80 and 90s. It was about style and grace. The new gen practices leaping techniques to max their vertical. So, there a lot of non-ball players that can dunk. It's crazy.

[@kruzegatti1855]

The highest NBA vertical jump belongs to Michael Jordan with a height of 48 inches. In 1984, Jordan reportedly tested his vertical jump while playing for the U.S. Olympic team. Those in attendance support that Jordan successfully achieved a 48 inch vertical. - Google proven information

[@joeyattaway756]

Rex Chapman tied him😊

[@Gripped-ig3ot]

Cmon man. Your believing folk tales

[@flaminfoe9156]

shaedon sharpe has the highest with a 50 inch vert

[@FLOSTORMOFFICIAL]

He was 6'4 in college

[@darioc23c]

I still think 48” was real and btw inches or not, he was staying in the air 😛 which makes him the one and only

[@chrispeel4007]

His jump was measured at 46 inches when he was in college and during his 84 Olympics time several people saw and verified it being 48 inches. Sad thing is I keep seeing more and more crap trying to knock the goat down nowadays from labrum fans because they realize that LBJ will never pass Jordan as it is unless they discredit some of his legend and legacy

[@proverbalizer]

whee is the documentation of what somebody on the internet said somebody saw at the olympics?

[@toppdogg2815]

You have to realize that guys don't always max out on their jumps. I know I didn't. I jumped as high as I needed to.

[@joshhughart289]

Typically but for it to not happen his whole career is extremely unlikely. I used to max jump 40 inches myself. I would say based off evidence and accounting camera angles Jordan jumped about 42-43 max. Remember they used to say VC could grab a quarter off the top of the backboard? Clearly a fable. The chose an even 4.ft

[@toppdogg2815]

@@joshhughart289for what not to happen? The man head has been at the rim on numerous occasions

[@joshhughart289]

@@toppdogg2815 close but not literally. Show footage with a good reference point or stop talking.

[@toppdogg2815]

@@joshhughart289 good reference point of what? I’ve seen with my own eyes I don’t have to prove shit to you. Who the fuck are you?

[@jgatchaljgatchal8350]

Math is a bit off. If he's 6'-6" that would be 78". 10 feet is 120". 120 - 78 = 42. If he could jump where the rim is at eye level, you'd have to factor in the distance from his eyes to the top of his head which on an average person is around 4.5" - 6". I'd say it's possible for him to hit 48". You'd have to look at his first couple of years in the league though. His vertical lowered quite a bit after he bulked up. In the 1985 Dunk contest where he does a one handed reverse cradle he got to almost eye level - that's at least 43-44" vertical with the ball. We're also not sure if it was 100 percent effort or just enough effort to complete the dunk. I say 48" is possible max without the ball during the NBA combine fitness test. In game though, it's very rare to find anyone's maximum vertical - players focus on getting buckets rather than getting as high as they can. I'd say most times he probably hovers around 38-40" on his highest in game jumps.

[@versace_mel]

Jordan never had a 48 inch vertical jump like they allege. Theres no video proof and all of those dunks from this video was not vertical jumps. He was running and jumping which makes you jump higher than just jumping straight up and he still didn't reach the 48 inches. Good Video Review.

[@Terrence12Gardenr]

He has a 48 vert from the combine the amount of hangtime he had and length of jumps should be enough proof

[@Tcheera]

This was an annoying video, not from a fan standpoint but just from a scientific standpoint. Max verts aren't measured in players by "how high do they usually jump in a game" or "how high is their head in their most impressive dunks" -- there's a standardized measure for max vertical and it's an exact technique they use standardized against their height and reach without any of the factors or obstacles of basketball. Also max vert doesn't make a player better at basketball nor does it make a PERSON even good at basketball. Of course a short person who is dunking is going to have to exert closer to their max vert every time they dunk (like Spud Webb for example), and a 7 footer is almost never going to exert up to their max vert every time they dunk -- like Giannis or even Shaq -- in fact that was part of why as Shaq got bigger and older he was often called lazy and other terrible things even though he could still dunk with no problem. I've known tons of guys at 6.5 feet and even plenty barely over 6 feet who could dunk a basketball. It doesn't mean that every single one of them was some freak of nature with vertical leaping. Some may have been some weren't. I was at 3 consecutive slam dunk championships with guys who won first place 2 years, one an olympic competitive high jumper, one a former basketball player both 6'2"-- and then the 3rd year they took 2nd and 3rd to a guy who came and blew both of them away by doing 360s -- what impresses people isn't as simple as who jumps the highest for sure. Wilt was a high jump champ so clearly had some amazing hops -- how many games do you think that guy used his "max vert" in games? Literally probably never ever. Because why risk it when it doesn't serve any purpose to getting the ball in the bucket or anything else. I think of all the reasons that people are fans of MJ any recorded stats about his vert or running -- it's just an added comment and not nearly as important to the conversation. People just add these things as tidbits. I mean a guy could literally run twice as fast and jump twice as high and if he runs off the court like Forrest Gump and just jumps to the top of the backboard and has no balling skills will anyone really give a crap about it? I mean -- I think when he was measured, they used the best tools available at the time and the max vert tools that they use today in most places are the same ones available back in the 80s so I don't see that as controversial. As for people commenting on his 40 run -- yes there are better timers today to catch thousandths of seconds -- but for his 40 he was again measured by 3 people confirming it and they all had synch start and had trouble stopping in time for his finish but say every run he was consistently UNDER 4.4 so whether it was actually 4.34 or 4.36 or 4.38 even we'll probably never know for certain with the tools they had at the time, but their main point was that he was running over 4.6 and in months brought it down to under 4.4 into the 4.3 range which may not sound like a lot but is a really amazing improvement. None of these things, from his vertical leap to his speed are even world records and no one is trying to claim he's faster than Usain Bolt or can jump higher than Sotomayor at like well over 8 feet, so people kinda need to calm their t*ts on it.

[@hionace]

but it was the bottom of his head that hit da backboard it was 40 on dat one fasho

[@soundautomatic1]

I think the fact that he hit the top of his neck, not his head, largely jumping off his left foot makes the higher figures plausible. He clearly looks a bit springier on baseline lobs off two feet. The fact that he could run his head into the backboard and rim means he would probably practice not doing that ... by taking some juice off his jump. Most of the dunks shown here are off one foot including ft line dunk. Anyhow, here is my favorite mj dunk, that for whatever reason, doesn't make highlight comps kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpaQaYCAbZlraZYsi=mfegXRxrNIFsju6H

[@bmp713]

10 foot rim - 6 foot 6 inches = 42 inches for his head to be even with the rim. Plenty of dunks clearly show this. Jumping without the ball maybe give him 2-3 more inches more. = 45 inches

[@Wanderpupil]

Compare the camera angle in thr 80s and the 2000. .

[@user-md6tk5fp2k]

Oh my goodness this is about jumping now right

[@jnewbypencilart3642]

They don’t measure in game. They actually use that stat to draft you kids that come straight out of high school and get measured while they’re in high school and kids that come out of college get measured while they’re in college so you’re not gonna find it actually in an actual game.

[@josephsalzman1166]

his vertical leap was. Not measured during a game. unbelievable! !

[@johnadams8082]

His 48" vertical was measured by the us olympic team in 1984 its documented

[@sportslangtv2181]

Claimed but no video? It's like wilt had a quintuple double and never addressed it

[@ryancellini]

Why would the team and coaching staff lie about that specific number? Besides that, not every event in the universe was videotape recorded back in '84 like it is today.

[@carlobunagan6681]

​@@ryancellinijust show the video, kean johnson make it

[@benjaminpadilla4857]

We know Dr J used touch the top of the back board so he got 44 inch vertical

[@zikfi91]

Idk i Saw a vidéo comparasion of MJ and VCarter dunks and Jordan could do like the same exact dunks that carter was doing , it was like some of thé highest dunks of VC and MJ dunks were matching them so i Guess if you add his hangtime MJ prolly approche the 48 inches , i mean in the video to sée Jordan go as hight as VC was really impressive

[@MusicLuv80]

I know which one you are talking about. There was one where Vince put his arm inside the goal but Jordan did same thing but he jumped and he went side ways and then did the same dunk which was harder.

[@proverbalizer]

vince had 43" vert at his peak, so yeah, they are comparable

[@FreedomFighter2112]

Bro, you are clueless. You're forgetting about the angle in which he is jumping. He hits the backboard on his way down. You're not measuring his peak height. Also, Vertical leaps are measured vertically at the combines

[@grahamstrouse1165]

This isn’t how you measure vertical leap, you know that, right? Your vertical leap is the difference between your standing reach and your leaping reach coming off two feet. That’s how the combines do it & how the Guinness Book of Records measures it. Back in the stone ages they’d usually use a wall or a backboard. Nowawdays they use that contraption with all those pegs, lasers (if they’re fancy) or maybe a force plate. There’s the standing vertical leap & the max vertical leap but it’s always a two-foot jump & the head is NEVER used as a reference point. One foot leaps, box jumps & the ability to concussion yourself by smash your head on your background have nothing to do with your standing & max vertical.

[@user-lw8cn4qh4z]

All records say jordan had a 48 inch vert so i dont know what youre waffling about

[@ernie_ho]

👍👍 As a lifetime Jordan fan, I absolutely respect and agree with this logical and objective assessment of Jordan’s true vertical leap. This myth of having 48-inch is an illusion that rather speaks to Jordan’s style and acrobatics .

[@Gripped-ig3ot]

We’ll said

[@phenomenal-fitness]

Vertical Jump is measured without the ball and is just that… a vertical jump. How high can you get off the ground without running and jumping straight up. Then you have the running vertical jump. Dunking a basketball isn’t just about how high you can jump. These guys aren’t trying to get as high off the ground as possible when dunking. It’s about coordination, timing, and execution. Vince Carter doesn’t have a higher vertical than Jordan, but is a better dunker. Jordan wasn’t as concerned about jumping super high as he was finishing his shots, dunks, layups, or making blocks. The highest jumpers aren’t always the best players or dunkers. Jordan did have a recorded 48 inch vertical, however; it is rare that you’ll see him use it in a game especially when stamina is used on both offense and defense. You want to see guys jump high as they can… watch the street dunk contest, high jumps, Globetrotters, or old AND 1 mixtapes.

[@MilesMorales288]

​@@phenomenal-fitness send me an article or test result where it says he has a 48 inch vertical. His official tested vertical at UNC with professional tracking data and equipment was 45.79 inches.

[@phenomenal-fitness]

@@MilesMorales288 What did Tim Grover say? Tim Grover, a professional NBA trainer, said MJ had a 48 inch vertical. We could say he is bias, however, he also said Charles Barkley was a more naturally gifted athlete. He said Kobe even worked harder than MJ. I think Tim Grover is pretty truthful with his takes on athletes.

[@MilesMorales288]

@@phenomenal-fitness lmao its literally proven that tim grover used a cheap marketing tactic- in the book he says when he first worked with MJ his vert was 38 inches- thats not true because as i said before, MJ got his vert tested in college (before he met Grover) at 45.79 inches. Theres literally no proof MJ had an official 48 inch vert- that doesnt mean he couldnt do it because 46 is not far at all from 48 but theres no actual evidence.

[@southcakc23]

jordans 48 inch vert was in 1984

[@theconservativechristian]

Go back and watch him hit his head on the back board he basically tried to duck last second and looked like he could have hit his upper back 0:46

[@Dflonn]

Our opinion doesn't matter. He actually had a 48" vertical in 1992. I'm not surprised that others can jump higher. I'm from the hood.

[@davidbernard5994]

Jordan also dunked on the Olympic basket which FIBA rules at the time was 11 feet. Not 10

[@zeeonnwilliamson2238]

😂😂😂😂 🤡

[@proverbalizer]

some people put feelings before facts, lol

[@raymondchow2828]

you don't really go all out on your jumps to reach max vert and i'm sure mj was trying to avoid hitting the backboards. either way, his vert is definitely up among the highest -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZa5faCclrxqfrc

[@trollolololololololol3955]

4:47 Isaiah Rivera peak vertical jump was 50.5 inches and he is 6'2

[@jaidamann8365]

Isn't there a guy who's 5'9" with a 50 inches vertical?

[@DinoTamer23]

You missed MJ's ally oop thrown from No 3 in the 80's. That's the highest I recall. It's at the 1:15 mark in this video and his nose is at the rim. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aF6alqKjiayfrM0

[@nicholasl8249]

So he jumps 42 inches from a standstill going after the ball on a bad alley attempt, bur you doubt he could get 48 with a running start? Also, you showed one of his early free throw line dunks. In his iconic 88 free throw dunk, he was eye level with the rim halfway towards completion. I have no doubt that Jordan could jump 48 inches and likely higher on a good day

[@ailtonmacamo135]

Check his incredible alley Oop dunks in North Carolina highlights. He was able to get his forehead at the rim with ease. Remember that vertical jump is measured at the draft.

[@JoshOkoye]

Where is this video 💀 I’ve never seen it. Jordan was more athletic in the NBA honestly and the NBA didn’t measure vertical in 1984

[@go5582]

Hi great video

[@johnlestersunaya-rpl1958]

Jordan almost hit his head at the rim in 88 dunk contest while contorting his body sideways which is not an ideal way to get the max vert. Jordan also had his forehead at rim level in his last free throw dunk in 88 dunk contest. Jordan at 4:54 in your video. Jordan's teeth is rim level. You can see the reflection of his elbow band from the glass and it is way above the rim. Jordan's vert is more than 44 inches

[@justjumari]

Okays

[@thedude-jb7wx]

He jumped very high for the time but it looks like guys are getting more air now meaning the elite guys. Theyve out done spud webb and jordan BUTTT IMAGINE IF SPUD TRAINED LIKE MODERN GUYS WITH THE TECH. Spud wouldve been able to jump through the rim and dunked himself with todays tech knowledge

[@benjaminpadilla4857]

48 inch vertical your chin would be touching the rim

[@WayneStatic65]

1984 US team MJ was tested at 48 inch vertical. Look it up

[@apryllemelodysuyo2072]

Show it dude. Did you see the dunk of shannon brown who is shorter than him by 2 imches literally dunked above the rim? I haven't seen MJ did that.

[@jimmyhyun8546]

Shannon's head was nowhere near the rim on the dunks you showed of him.

[@jnewbypencilart3642]

48-50 inch