The HIGHEST Jump In Sporting History (THE G.O.A.T Of The Vertical)

This could be the greatest jumper to ever live
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[@swaderable]

Being under 6 ft and getting his chin over the rim makes me want to belive him

[@nomcred]

yeah he would need at least 49" for his head to reach the basket and the fact that his chin was inches above the rim is insane

[@ExplorersXRotmg]

well if he was 6ft flat head height to rim would be 4ft or 48 inches so chin would be 48 inches + head length. so at the minimum it would be low 50s

[@nonyabusiness1126]

That's not a vertical however.

[@shrek2770]

Nah its major cap

[@poooo0000oooop]

When was his chin over the rim?? At 6:08? He is literally pulling the rim down with both hands lol. Without touching the rim maybe his head got level with the rim. So 120 inches - 71 inches = 49 inch "vertical". Except this isn't even a vertical. This guy has a vertical in the high 40s, like the top NBA players. He does not have 6" more vertical leap than every other athlete in NBA history. This whole video is dumb.

[@wreckim]

Spud Web winning the slam contest is really an underrated event. He's basically the height of an average Jr. High schooler.

[@michaelbettisworth8938]

It still blows me away watching Spud highlights

[@nickvoulgaris]

now a small high schooler, and definitely one of the shortest on high school basketball team. Amazing heart as well

[@pokor5791]

And he wasn't dunking on a 9' hoop! like I could.

[@jefffawcett]

Except he never should’ve won I mean it’s great that he could dunk at his height but Dominique blew him away.

[@michaelbettisworth8938]

@@jefffawcett very true. Nique and that windmill were crazy. I was obsessed with him, spud and MJ during my formidable days of bball playing. Dunking on 8ft rims mocking there dunks

[@mirza_saabb193]

Josh Imatorbhebhe’s 47 inch standing vert is the most impressive imo. I feel like he can legitimately hit 55 inches with a running start

[@ihavefleas196]

i agree and the way he floated at the apex of his vert was insane.

[@D9Wx]

LoL

[@D9Wx]

Ain't got Sjit on Stefan

[@kevinsho2601]

Agreed. From standing its so much harder

[@FinSynthMusic]

@@ihavefleas196 Lol... that floating was obviously done with video editing.

[@darriuschung114]

Wilt's vertical leap is not actually 48 inches and has been shown to be around 38-40 inches which is still amazing considering how massive wilt actually is

[@pureXLNC]

Lmao obviously. There’s a lot of myths about how strong and fast he was. Can you imagine a 7ft guy jumping 48 inches it would look like he’s flying😂

[@varcoliciulalex]

@@pureXLNC MJ's 48 inch is a bit estimated, now it might have lower, but still

[@ADollarMight]

I think it’s estimated to be like 42 at most. crazy for a 7 footer

[@dirk143]

Its hard to tell, but I say at least 42-44 inches, All the jumping footage is in defence, thats totally different, no steps, center of weight out of pos..

[@kenmasters2025]

wilt playing volleyball is comical. it's so unfair it's... haha...

[@labynoe]

Stefan Holm shares the unofficial "highest jump over one's own height" record with Franklin Jacobs, who at a height of 5'8" high jumped 7'7". Both jumped 59 cm (almost 2 feet) over their height,

[@barath4545]

For non yanks, that's a height of 1.73 cm and the jump PR was 2.32 m.

[@faubourglincoln]

Fake news.

[@ukomboziipascf1541]

Yes, I concur. I jumped against Franklin in England in the early 1980's. At 6ft I was short by high jumping standards, but Franklin made me look tall. It was my understanding that Franklin was 5 feet 7 inches, but I can't say for sure.

[@mnassif3809]

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[@jonstrahan410]

@@mnassif3809 so inappropriate You seem desperate to try to explain something, that you repeat yourself and theoretically speaking there is really not much here, and it has nothing to do with the topic. How high would you say God’s vertical leap is. I mean the one before time, no wait was there even space or eternity before time as He must have created that too and without such a concept height was meaningless I suppose. See just jiberush foolishness of youth trying to come to an understanding of the sublime by shoving it down unsuspecting people just talking about vertical jumping abilities.

[@joshm4782]

Biggest smile on my face when I saw Ziani on here. Grew up watching his videos trying to imitate them on 8 foot hoops. Truly a legend

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[@7xyn]

@@avocado5387 Not all people are christians ok

[@zacjohnson452]

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[@mcraffz5378]

me as a muslim: ... i dont wanna be in this cases

[@7xyn]

@@mcraffz5378 same I'm also muslim

[@gfotinakes316]

We had a substitute P.E. teacher when I was in junior high. His name was Charlie Dumas. He was the '56 Olympic high jump champion and the first man to jump 7 feet. I was told he could jump so high he could dunk the ball from his hip. I always wondered if this was truly possible.

[@joemarshall4226]

I high jumped in Freshman year of HS. Our coach was a junior in the school named Brian Bozzone. He lived around the corner from me. As a senior, he high jumped 6'10", the best HS mark in the country, and he was only 5'9"! He could kick the bottom of the basketball net off a jump. He had self-style form, which was not very good. He could have broken 7 feet with proper technique...this was 1969. He blew out his knee in first year of college and became an elementary teacher....then on to the business world.

[@homotopf9461]

if someone could do this, he would jump over half a meter higher then the high jump world record today, so that is 100% a myth

[@gracepardede6573]

@@homotopf9461 its real i searched it up

[@gracepardede6573]

@@homotopf9461 charlie dumas really did it and is the first

[@gracepardede6573]

@@homotopf9461 tho he named the teacher wrong it should be charles dumas

[@503TD]

3:30 dude literally floated for a full second and no one is talking about that 😳 he fucking paused in the air unbelievable.

[@bwp2010]

I came to the comments to see if someone, ANYONE, was gonna point out that insanity. It can't be real, right?

[@503TD]

@@bwp2010 I watched it many times the pause in the air definitely looks weird but I can’t call it 🤷🏽

[@chriswells506]

Lol. It's fake. ​@@503TD

[@christophermorales1509]

Video was slowed for effect, so not as dramatic but there was a pause.

[@wellnesspathforme6236]

A standing 47" vertical is unreal.

[@RagingRugbyst]

and then he just floats there a couple of instants for good measure!

[@derekstark8447]

That to me was the wildest thing in the video.

[@peteralexanderolsen8761]

Yeah i dont think anyone here realice how impossible that is. That guy has a super power! Must have strongest and most explosive legg calfs in the world

[@wellnesspathforme6236]

@@peteralexanderolsen8761 The stars aligned in jump world, that's for sure...

[@ytsux9259]

With legs completely straight. He could've done so much more with a running start.

[@laurenmp7486]

The thing with Holm's jump isn't just the height but that he took off from so far away. Given his takeoff point, that he even could get his shoulders over the bar, let alone the rest of him is just wild. He took off from so far away you'd expect him to just fly into the bar.

[@TheGhostOfFredZeppelin]

I remember as a kid just getting into high jumping trying to mimic his style, goes without saying I didn't really succeed. Ran full speed and jumped head first into the crossbar, good times!

[@Matuterocks]

I am a former high jumper, you are supposed to jump from about his distance in order to clear the bar. Otherwise you would hit your head or hit the bar in the way up since you have forward momentum.

[@dhong168]

@@TheGhostOfFredZeppelin sorry you got hit a few times. I did the same but didn’t get hurt at all. Coz my entire body went under the bar😭

[@michaelmarshall4654]

Yeah he flew alright, right into the damn history books! 🐐

[@DanielWinterAt]

@Jeremy Sims you can actually jump higher using one leg, see christiano ronaldos famous header for example. the reason behind that is that you use the momentum of your non-standing leg in order to lift you up. since the leg is very heavy compared to your other moving parts (well.. arms) you get lots of momentum.

[@protozoanpro]

I was a high school and collegiate high jumper. Joined half way through my senior season. I was able to clear 6’2 being ab 6’2 myself. I was pretty proud of going from no training to 6’2 basically in my freshman season for track, though I did start much later and had football plyometric training and a personal trainer. I remember the highest jump against me was 6’9 from a little 5’10 dude. Watching him grace himself up and over the bar is literally insane to still think about. I eventually got up to 6’8 after only another year and a half of practice. It still haunts me that I was a 6’4 college sophomore and a 5’10 dude has a better PR 😂 good times brother. Track is such a great sport

[@user-li4ju9qk5w]

Damn man you big asf did you consider basketball 🏀 I don't mean to be mean I'm just saying you will make a lot of money from it if you skilled

[@protozoanpro]

@@user-li4ju9qk5w my knees were/are so bad from football, plus my high school head football coach discouraged me from playing basketball every year haha. I played from when I was about 8-14, I was a good inside/out defender with good lays and post skills but only really decent with shooting. I keep up in the gym in 5on5s and still try to jump out the gym though haha, always the best when a white boy goes flying through the air for a jam when no one’s expecting it. Also prob a little too small to play college ball for my skill sets and not being able to shoot 40% consistently. Still only 23 though who knows

[@brodiestephens419]

That's cool man! I'm absolutely amazed that Americans still use the imperial measurement system for high jump!?! Are you converting, or do Americans really use feet and inches even for high jump??? Must be confusing for American high jumpers that compete in international athletics events, when the entire rest of the world (aside from Libya😅) uses the metric system.

[@AllUpOns]

@@brodiestephens419 I think high schools in the US still use imperial while college uses metric. At the end of the day, it's just numbers. You jump over the bar the same way in either case.

[@kbjovihch87yc8yf]

Little 5 '10 dude? To call someone that tall little, u should be atleast 7 foot tall But u are nothing but a measly little 6 ' 2 So in other words u have nothing else going for u and ur above avg height is all u have lol If u had more than two braincells you'd never have said stuff like that lol

[@jakew1362]

I’ve seen a lot of impressive jumpers, but none of them were getting 50” off the ground. Until I recently saw a guy named Anthony Height. He’s 5’6” and there’s a video of him touching 11’8”. It’s incredible. Legit 50+

[@sergioornelas4700]

I saw Ronaldo in the title and was excited that you were going to talk about that legendary jump that he did there

[@MrMiibez]

Me too, now i'm sad

[@joc9554]

actually cristianos highest jump was 42 inches in the 12/13 in the first leg of the round of 16 against man united this was at minute 69 so he was already really tired

[@timmytheinventor4746]

That's called click bait.

[@squazer]

It's not only clickbait, it's false. A thumbnail with Ronaldo with the red arrow pointing at his jump and saying it's 56 inches. And in the whole video there isn't even a mention of him.

[@MrMiibez]

@@squazer Yes. That too.

[@paddywiggle]

Leonel Marshall of the Cuban volleyball team had a vertical of 50 inches, but he was also tall. There are videos of him bouncing an overpass from the back row. Man absolutely flew!

[@mexicorolls]

Yep I was waiting to see him here

[@hawaiian-cerveza]

I was gna post this if I hadn't seen a comment about him.

[@Outliner12]

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[@bartoszprominski8395]

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[@avocado5387]

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[@david.tousignant20]

Wilt Chamberlain Archives produced a video in 2013. The author of the video wanted to estimate his incredible vertical. He based his video on his NCAA high jumping record which was 6'6.75. We know exactly Chamberlain's Central Point of Pelvis (CPP) was 45.75". To put his CPP @6'6.75" (or 78.75"), Wilt Chamberlain needed to elevate between 39.6"& 40.35" in order to clear the bar. It is important to note that Wilt Chamberlain always failed to clear 6'7" in competition. According to Wilt Chamberlain Archives, his highest reach with a running start was measured at 12'9" [according to Google Archives], while he was playing for the Philadelphia Warriors at a mere 250 pounds. With a standing reach of 9'6" barefoot, Wilt Chamberlain "only" needed to jump 39.6" in the air in order to reach it... and even if Wilt Chamberlain was able to almost reach 13', his sergeant would be under 45". Here is an extract from the study of Michael Jordan vertical in his jumping prime : MICHAEL JORDAN VERTICAL JUMP. 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 motion analysis class project in 1983, was to determine Michael Jordan's maximum vertical jump. SUBJECT: Michael Jordan 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: 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 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: Maximum measurements: 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. 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. 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 vertical jump ability during several tasks provides a standard with which athletic achievement by others can be compared. In other words, 45.76" was his maximum vertical.

[@BGerdes]

Amazing reply! How has this only obtained 2 thumbs up (circa this comment's post)? TLDR: The post is a copy (not a link to - how thoughtful of the poster!) of a study in which the highest vertical MJ was able to achieve was 45.67".

[@xor_notscore8310]

gloryhound

[@mrb.4477]

Bel hommage rendu à Kadour, il le mérite !! Légende 🇫🇷✨

[@drakest-5293]

tg toi on sait qu, il est meme pas fr

[@gaster3975]

@drakest-5993 ptdr née en France à vécut en France, vie toujours en France et à la nationalité française mais selon toi pas français. Ok gros

[@seekingforredemption4244]

​@@drakest-5293t'es quel type de merde tema ta chaîne youtube 😂

[@cordos2362]

I used to play Basketball in Kadour Ziani's hometown in France. Sometimes he came to play and dunk with us... I can tell he had a very impressive jumping ability but I don't know if he really had 56 inches. He was also fearless and very explosive.

[@Chicken.]

Probably out of prime

[@TheChzoronzon]

You haven't even bothered to google the name of the city where he's from, lol. As online clout chasers go, you are of the lazy kind my friend

[@Boskianal]

56 inches are fake none athlete ever reached it

[@r.a.7898]

@@Boskianal kadour was 5' 11" , he def had a 50 inch vert

[@Boskianal]

@@r.a.7898 bruh ur believeing in it because u just dotn have knowledge about how it wprks

[@XavierDeBascho]

I met Kadour Ziani back in the day when he came to "The Cage" in Brussels, Belgium. He could jump out the building but he did not have a 56" vertical. NEVER. That would imply he would have had his chin at the rim and he never ever got that high. But this is not to discredit him in any way. I love his dunks and athleticism and he definitely was an inspiration for an aspiring shorter athlete like myself.

[@calumsutherland4927]

There’s a clip of him getting his chin to the rim in this video

[@faubourglincoln]

1/ there is a footge of him with his chin to the rim 2/ he tried to make dunks in these events, not necessarily jumping the highest possible 3/ you meeting Ziani in real live in irrelevant. I met Lebron in Miami, no way he could have won a slam dunk contest (see what I did?)

[@XavierDeBascho]

@@calumsutherland4927 I see which clip you're referring to but, from what I see, his chin was definitely not at the rim. His eyes easily but, his chin... I may be wrong though.

[@XavierDeBascho]

@@faubourglincoln I see what you mean and I do remember him doing simple leaps without the ball. The top of his head definitely got well over the rim, to his eye level, I would say. But his chin... And the clip you're referring to, look at it again. It's an angle that makes it look like his head is higher up than it actually is. As for meeting LeBron, that's cool. Was it just for a photo or did you get to talk to him? Other than that, I highly doubt LeBron James would have ever won an NBA Slam Dunk Contest. He was an insane athlete in his prime but he's not a creative dunker. Just putting that out there.

[@scrivener68]

@@calumsutherland4927 The clip of him with his head rising above the rim is a clip of him pulling himself up higher with two hands on the rim. No one has a 56" vert. And Jordan and Wilt never hit 48. Unless it's been verified by jumping with a measuring instrument right there, never believe vertical leap numbers.

[@generalkunta396]

6:40 wow… how did he do that? How did he kick that? Freak. That’s without a doubt one of the most phenomenal things I’ve seen lol 😅

[@luhndy8016]

I can name about 100 players who jump higher than Wilt and MJ. If Wilt had a 48, his whole head would be above the rim.

[@yvt4]

2:59 wilt is so powerful he just levitates over his obstacles

[@bofi1280]

3:42 Bro was literally floating, holy shit.

[@habowtat3576]

Spudd webb shocked the world with that dunk man i remember that i was a lil kid barely conscious and still remember that

[@Simple_Worship_Guitar]

I’d say Barry Sanders, that was a running back for the Detroit lions would have a pretty good vertical leap. He competed in a slam dunk contest with a professional swimmer once, and won. He was 5’8”, and that swimmer (don’t remember his name), was 6’7”. Barry did a very impressive 360.

[@msl5253]

@Trucker Yes, Barry had Crazy Hops at 5'8", 208 lbs, the way he dunked.

[@TheGhostOfFredZeppelin]

I remember seeing that clip of Stefan Holm floating over those head high hurdles when I was a kid, has been stuck in my head since.

[@thomaswinzy]

haha same

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[@TheGhostOfFredZeppelin]

@@avocado5387 Appreciate the thought but I'm good, I see Jesus as more of a friend.

[@homotopf9461]

same, I was abround 10 when I saw it and its always the first thing when I think about Holm

[@jeffersoncristobal6386]

Seeing a guy like Wilt sprinting, is ghastly terrifying

[@smokey1234]

Standing vertical jump at 47" is more power focused training. They usually cant jump higher with runup (they need more time to generate force). While Kdaour Ziani was a high jumper, he never reached 56", even if he claimed it. That would be half of his head above the basketball rim. Stefan Holm had performed the highest jump on 1 foot, which was measured at 51.5 inches. When looking at 2 foot jumpers, ive seen a few getting around 51-52". But Anthony Height KILLED it with 54-55" two foot jump.

[@MrHuff05]

Stefan Holm effortlessly jumping over those hurdles is insane. I would have loved to see him dunking basketballs.

[@vdv1385]

3:52 For a moment I thought he just froze.

[@freemind..]

No doubt! That's the freakiest part of the whole video! How does he hover at the top of his jump like that??

[@charlesthorndike2702]

Highest high jump: Javier Sotomayor 2.45m (8feet 1/2inches) (Sotomayor is 1.95m (6'4 &4/5inches) tall ) Highest jump above own height: 0.59m (23.22 inches ) Stefan Holm 2.40m (at 1.81m (5'11.5) body height) and Franklin Jacobs 2.32m (at 1.73m (5'8) body height) Highest standing high jump: Rune Almén 1.90m (6feet 2&4/5inches) (Almén is 1.88m (6'2) tall) Highest standing jump (from floor up onto a pile of plates) Evan Ungar: 1.616m (5'3) (Ungar is 1.79 (5'10.5) tall Highest vertical leap (NFL scouting): Gerald Sensabaugh 1.17m (46 inches). Edit: Apparently it has been beaten by Josh Imatorbhebhe who jumped 1.196m (47.1 inches) Highest high jump using the scissor technique(?): Mutaz Essa Barshim 2.15m (7 feet 1 inch) Barsim is 1.89 (6'2.5) Also, when Bob Beamon jumped 8.90m his lowest body part at the highest phase of the jump was 1.87m above the ground. And his center of mass was 2.06m above the ground. Also THIS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6K3cpiMfNGSm5o&ab_channel=MichaelStewart and THIS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYe9ZI2ZpNeHfJI&ab_channel=supersiem edit: There's also Vince Carter (1.98/6'6) who leaped over Frederic Weis (2.18/7'2) to dunk and score a two-pointer in the Sydney Olympics

[@ukomboziipascf1541]

Thanks for this.

[@charlesthorndike2702]

@@ukomboziipascf1541 No problem

[@shiva9575]

This is very knowledgeable. You can create your own KZbin video with this!

[@jheigl1980]

Carters jump over Frédéric Weis destroyed his career, i feel sad for him, but Carters dunk was bad ass 😄

[@JasonRobinsonArtDesign]

That Beamon stat is AMAZING! Thanks for sharing.

[@CptAeRoTR]

5:55 it is unreal, is like a video game.

[@Wonderpalm1979]

Ziani's dunks are a thing of graceful beauty

[@musician129]

I was at NCState when Spud Webb played, I saw him in person. He dunked the ball over future NBA centers, he could catch an ally-oop and dunk, spin 360 and dunk, he was extremely exciting and FAST, he's be by you in the blink of your eye and dunking it. His small size made it even more impressive, no one else that height was doing that at the time he played in the mid and late 80s.

[@02hreblue30]

he was awesome. It proved to be hard on his body in the end. Phenom

[@joebauers3746]

Amazing that he was likely one of the best athletes of all time but he could barely dribble with his left hand, devastating for a point guard. Think I am kidding? Go watch tons of footage, he even often moved LEFT while dribbling with his RIGHT, super awkward, especially for a point guard.

[@trevormay101]

I LOVE when TRP does these kinds of videos adding other sports

[@kimmern999]

You mean these videos where he is basically pulling "facts" out of his a$$? Ok...

[@timmytheinventor4746]

@@kimmern999 Ok. Tell me you will know more about vertical jumping than this guy in a week.

[@abetterlife3088]

David Thompson, I saw multiple times as a wolfpack at NCS jump 48” and that was in 75 and 76.

[@MrVvulf]

David "Skywalker" Thompson deserved a mention. Standing vertical of 44", and running of 48".

[@oHInsane]

Love your Video, for me Ziani is a living legend. He had a measured 147 cm (57.8 inches) vertical. He did some high jump once and he jumped a 218cm (85.8 inches) bar (so "only" 20cm under holm) with little to no training in a competition. This guy is a monster. I remember discovering him and the slam nation on a documentary on the french television long time ago (think it was in 1998?) and I was shocked. It was obvious that the nba dunk contest at this time couldn't compete with what those guys did. They were ahead of their time: verticality, creativity, consitency, they got everything. Ziani put so much work into this jump and his dunks, it's unreal. He didn't care about money or anything, he just wanted to jump as high as he can. The guy still dunks at 47 years old.... it says a lot to me. The fact that he's not tall for a dunker emphasize even more how high he can get, it's always mind blowing to me 20 years later to check the slam nation mixtape. Im' not saying he's the best or the highest ever but he rightfully belongs to sky.

[@Battttt]

Je suis content que Ziani ai représenté l'Algérie et la France pendant ses évènements, je ne suis plus du tout le mouvement cependant je tire mon chapeau a cet homme incroyable.

[@williamherd7251]

20 cm is a lot though. It’s like 8 inches

[@brennankaplan8225]

@@williamherd7251 20cm is a lot, but for someone with no training, just pure athletics compared to someone who trains for the event hours each day is insane.

[@jumpinjohnnyruss]

Maybe you mean 107cm vertical. That'd be about the most I'd believe.

[@divideandmultiply]

@@jumpinjohnnyruss doesn't really matter what you believe.

[@pippoplutopaperino]

I loved this video.. I used to watch Stefan Holm jumps and Kadour Ziani's dunks many times, 'cause I was a triple jumper who loved the dunk gesture. I'm 1,75m and I was able to dunk double handed, but only with a sponge ball. Great satisfaction but nothing to compare with those aliens.

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[@joemarshall4226]

If they estimate Stephon's vertical leap to be 51 inches on this jump, you have to realize, he is not jumping straight UP. He leaves the ground a good five feet from the bar, lands five feet from the bar into the pit, jumps off only one foot, instead of two, and STILL has a 5'1" vertical jump...that is just amazing. The guy they say is the champ doesn't seem to have nearly that kind of height.

[@Wfghcff]

3:48 he was literally floating

[@davus2368]

me waiting for a volleyball player:🤨

[@adamjanek3511]

Actually, Dennis Smith Jr. has the highest vertical leap in the NBA measured at 48 inches and he isn't the only one. Keon Johnson literally made headlines when he broke the 2021 NBA Draft combine record for a max vertical leap with 48 inches.

[@geezer.d.luffy.]

So did MJ and Wilt

[@adamjanek3511]

@@geezer.d.luffy. MJ measured 46

[@strojzabelu]

Wonder how much Gerald Green had, in one of his alley-oops he was looking down at the rim. Edit: look at 1.54

[@conversekid1217]

@@geezer.d.luffy. they most certainly did not. This is a myth that needs to stop being spread

[@crispypickles8466]

@@adamjanek3511 Jordan's was 48 inches too.

[@satanspit4101]

Ziani was a insane leaper. That two handed dunk. Where his head is eye level with the rim. Makes me believe he could have a vertical over 50. Not sure how much over. But damn he could leap.

[@complexity5545]

That's about right. The guys with the highest vertz usually around 5-9 to 6'2. I think it might have something to do with weight to explosive muscle ratio or somethings. I have seen track/football players do around (unofficial) 44-50 vertical leaps on their best days (especially during the late 90s and to the 2010s (when everybody in the hood was trying to get out (via sports))). There were so many guys that could jump out of the gym. I remember this one kid was in the 9th grade. He was 5'10 and two hand dunking during summer league games like it was nothing (and the next week in (youth) jail for robbing somebody). I knew this nerd (caucasion guy) that used to ball with us from the farm and he had a like 46 vertical and he was about 6'2. We literally called him the wild card, because nobody ever knew he could ball like that. He played d1 somewhere, but never got a shot to nba (because again, everybody was atheletic back in the day).

[@ppsuk099]

man if that football player had a run up with his jumps when he was tested he probably couldve got over 50 inches

[@SanskarTOP_G]

Yeah

[@lahdankhalfan6729]

football players don’t train for run up jumps,weirdly enough a study was done for football player’s vertical in a standing position vs a run up ,they got lower on the run up

[@ppsuk099]

@@lahdankhalfan6729 yeah but naturally you can jump higher with a run up because of the momentum but if they did train with run up they would be unstoppable in jumping

[@mnassif3809]

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[@mnassif3809]

@@lahdankhalfan6729 ^^

[@noirmanoir1061]

He just enlightened me as to how elegant and beautiful a high jump can be. Just look at how he leads with his hand. He also cleared that bar by about a half foot. Amazing.

[@avocado5387]

Jesus loves all of you repent of your sins which is bad things belive that God raised Jesus from the dead and confess Jesus as lord and you will be saved,

[@homotopf9461]

@@avocado5387 get a life

[@tunanorth]

Holm is pretty amazing. It would be interesting to confirm that when you add vertical leap, plus length [standing reach], he could touch a higher point than any other athlete ever.

[@ufcker915]

I was 5ft 9 when I got my 1st dunk on a regulation rim when I was a sophomore in High school and that was only with my right hand..I loved the look on people's faces when I got airborne and sort of remained up there a bit like the taller guys..I was only able to dunk with both hands if someone gave me a proper alley oop..😎

[@Desi365]

Very glad, very happy you didn't stick with household names and went as far as promoting Kadour Ziani. I knew the story and i even met him once in the early 2000. I don't know if the 56 inches story is true, might not be, but anyways, he was truly incredible. Really good job, than kyou.

[@BnaBreaker]

3:37 Uh... wtf just happened here? Was that a camera trick or did dude literally just float mid-air for a second?

[@saturatedtwo3458]

He swung his arms up with enough momentum or something to pause his fall i think. Looks unreal though, maybe the video slowed a little there.

[@AAGEnzee]

yea i just got to that point and came to comments to see wtf is going on. That looks like a david blaine magic trick, that literally isn't possible. His whole body froze, not just his feet.

[@ayanokoji2355]

@@saturatedtwo3458 naaahhh you stay in a jump for a little bit of time

[@MiitzyYT]

3:36 homie literally levitated

[@him-wg5pu]

the fact the first guy jumped off of one foot is actually insane

[@tesla-v2681]

I've never heard that Jordan or Wilt had a 48' vertical until this video. I know that Darrel Griffith had a true 48' vertical jump. His name was in the Guinness Book of world records for years as having the highest vertical jump. It may still be, but I haven't seen one of those books in years.

[@nomadbrad6391]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4Kzh36HfqurjM0 here Michael Jordan admits David Thompson has a higher vertical leap than Michael himself.

[@MDLOP8]

They used to make Wilt dunk on a 12' hoop at Kansas. Wilt was known in his early NBA days for his ability to jump. Remember too that he set an collegiate record at 6'6" in the high jump--and with no prior practice. He just went out and did it. Videos are available.

[@msl5253]

@Tesla I think it's all BS. Nobody every thought Jordan had the highest vertical. It was always speculated that it was people like David Thompson, Dominique Wilkens; Spud Web; Vince Carter, or bunch of scrubs who could jump out the gym, but couldn't play. The list is endless, and highly speculative. There's nothing I ever seen in Jordans game that made me think he had the highest vertical (nor Wilt Chamberlain, though I didn't watch him play). If Wilt Chamberlain had a 48" vertical at 7'1" his elbow would be over the top of a 12 ft high backboard. Total Running Productions (who's usually very good), is just making this ish up. Trust me!

[@complexity5545]

Yeah jordan's vertical was never 48. I think they counted him running. Jordan was known for that deceptive long arm wingspan and large hand grip over the ball (which gives that optical slow motion illusion).

[@AutPen38]

I don't really follow NBA, but do they not measure the standing vertical leap of college athletes like they apparently do/did at the NFL Combine? I guess that they don't do anything officially because a great vertical leap on its own says almost nothing about the ability to play NBA-level basketball. There is presumably someone that holds the Guinness World Record for the vertical leap, but it's not a household name, an NBA star, or a professional high jumper. It's someone that specializes in vertical leaps, but that also plays other sports, like volleyball, where stationary vertical leaps are actually useful.

[@garyrichardbastian8937]

I was a high jumper in HS also. A 5A school. I'm 6' even. I started jumping in the 6th grade and I fell in love with the event. As I said, I kept at it into High School and made the track team. I did other events too. But the "Fosberry Flop", where one jumps backward over the bar, came very naturally to me. I was able to clear my own height of 6' pretty easily. I think my best was about 6'2" or so. But there were other guys going higher than I could. So I gave it up for the soccer team. My experience was in both Soccer/Football and pure high jumping. I see many comments here about great jumpers in Basketball and Soccer/Football. I'm not commenting in order to take away from their hopping prowess, but to me, getting your entire body over a fixed point, without knocking over the bar, is the truest measure of jumping high! Therefore, Javier Sotomeyor's record makes him the goat, from my point of view. In the other sports, it's jumping very high but, it's not the High Jump.

[@markvincentvillanueva1320]

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[@afuzzycreature8387]

basically this video asks the question indirectly about what it means to jump high. Is it to clear your body over a fixed point (a bar can be seen that way) left to right or right to left by any means necessary without mechanisms? Is it to do without a running start as measured by the highest your hand can reach before and after? Is it some other combination. Yeah, I know its kind of abstract but that's basically what it gets down to because all athletes here are elite. I don't have the answer.

[@gon9684]

That makes no sense, most people want to know who jumps the highest, not who does high jump better. I bet Sotomayor had incredible vertical, but he isn't necessarily the one that jumps the highest in the sense the video is obviously looking for.

[@zlonewolf]

@gon jumping highest vs jumping and clearing a bar. Jumping highest is athlethic but nothing compared to high jumping. Same way as saying basketballers can dunk which is athlethic but they cant dunk as gracefully so didnt win the dunking contest. You get it now? High jump is both a question of who can jump highest and can also do so gracefully. Or in this case can clear the highest bar without knocking it off the stand.

[@Juanhop]

Absolutely agree. Apples and Oranges.

[@ItamarMedeiros]

What about volleyball? The spikers of the Cuban and Brazilian National Teams jumped at amazing heights!

[@jamiechase7758]

Amazing documentary

[@RavishingSailor]

Dude, your channel is spectacular. Your ability to research history and then conveyed in such a fluid manor is bar none.

[@thecheesymango413]

This video lines up with everything that has been inspiring my jumping journey lately. If you want to become the best jumper you possibly can be, flexibility is the missing factor. Research Kadour Ziani and how incredibly flexible he was to get inspired to work on flexibility 💪

[@scarred10]

Flexibility has zero effect on jumping,in fact muscle stiffness would be better if anything

[@avocado5387]

Jesus loves all of you repent of your sins which is bad things belive that God raised Jesus from the dead and confess Jesus as lord and you will be saved,

[@logicaldude3611]

@@scarred10 You’re joking, right?

[@scarred10]

@@logicaldude3611 nope,flexibility is not beneficial at all for power and strength sports.You should mobile enough to perform the technique,thats all.

[@afuzzycreature8387]

flexibility only matters if somehow a lack is blocking your expression of muscle power through quick mechanics.

[@nateballou3321]

Spud Webb jumping 46" at just 5'7" is NUTS!!

[@smokeyjo7420]

2:21 i remember looking up vertical stats all the time when i was younger. Jordan always came up at 36in. And if i remember correctly, Vince Carter was 40in. I wonder what changed

[@RadRobolution]

Darrel Griffith had a 48" vertical. This is well known, and he was shorter than both MJ and Wilt.

[@desiolle2874]

a phenom above the rim

[@shermn8]

Dr Dunkenstein!

[@avocado5387]

Jesus loves all of you repent of your sins which is bad things belive that God raised Jesus from the dead and confess Jesus as lord and you will be saved,

[@omahabigbill2789]

@@avocado5387 Go somewhere else clown; Jesus doesn't love agitators!

[@nomadbrad6391]

Not sure about Michael Jordan's 48 inches the highest. I saw David Thompson of the Denver Nuggets during his rookie year (it was on CBS Sports Spectacular) take a Quarter (25cent piece) that was sitting on the TOP of the backboard! I would guess that would have taken a vertical jump in excess of 48 inches.....just saying.

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

Always love your videos man, Jordan was always a Beast

[@adamjanek3511]

Actually, Dennis Smith Jr. has the highest vertical leap in the NBA measured at 48 inches and he isn't the only one. Keon Johnson literally made headlines when he broke the 2021 NBA Draft combine record for a max vertical leap with 48 inches.

[@abone2pick]

@@adamjanek3511 mjs record was from a game . The combine record is a different thing

[@kovy689]

@@singamanah7003 Yuck

[@FilipCordas]

@@adamjanek3511 Problem with combine score is top guys don't do combine, I would be surprised if Ja couldn't 49-50.

[@ayushagarwal10]

Sharon Sharpe 49 gg

[@Sough]

"He says 56 inches which seems too much to believe, but i believe it". Great analysis

[@russs3001]

His warm-up reminded me of Dangerfield's character Mellon in "Back to School" before he did the Triple Lindy.

[@djp3525]

This is THE most difficult thing to do in ALL of sport-high jumping. I hate when people say it’s to hit a Major League Baseball. No that’s not hard. I just swing and hope i make contact. High jumping 7 feet is impossible.

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Coordination sports: golfing under par with Tiger woods, hitting a 90mph fast ball, and pole vaulting 5.5 meters are kinesthetic challenges. You have to know where your body is in space.

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Pure jumping is a talent that can be nurtured in those who have it. But you aren't going to all of a sudden get a better jump. However, if you practice golf baseball and pole vault, you can improve. I went to school with Matt Slauson, from the colts, he pole vaulted 11'. Whatever I didn't follow his career, I just know he was huge and still got that far off the ground.

[@inkjazz]

Uh no. Hitting a baseball is the hardest. You can't even compare hitting a baseball to jumping 7 feet, not close to the same thing.

[@418cjpaul]

@@inkjazz hitting a 90 mile an hour fastball is not in the same league as a 7 foot 6 inch high jump.want proof? all major league hitters and all triple a hitters can hit a 90 mph fastball. thats several thousand hitters (and probably most double a players.Fewer than 30 men can high jump 7 feet 6 or higher

[@gofanman8455]

Weird ending. I thought you would end with Stefan Holm's jump analysis..as in ratio of body height vs jump

[@viewfromthehighchair9391]

Spud dunked for the first time when he was 4'11". Haven't heard of the last guy but he was impressive. I still gravitate to Jordan Kilganon as the best professional dunker though. Not sure what his vertical is; however, he can do a two-handed behind the back dunk so there's that.

[@ncohesive]

Ok but that 360 windmill he does is wayyy better than what people do today I've never even seen one look like that

[@newbiessss]

After over 20 years of seeing many dunkers, Kadour Ziani and T-dub are the most impressive. Seems they hang in air more than anyone else.

[@porkwop9171]

Wilt chamberlain was built different man...greatest freak athlete of all time

[@dup313hustledifferent6]

Wilt was not built different, nor was he a (circus?) freak. He was a human with a superior work ethic, not one of Marvel's X-Men born with powers.

[@porkwop9171]

@@dup313hustledifferent6 if you believe that we are all equal and work ethic is the only thing seperating us.. then idunno what to tell you. Take all the steroids in the world and work harder than anyone else ever has and i guaruntee you wont be ANYWHERE near as athletic as wilt was. There are freak athletes. And no its not a bad thing to say. Some people just have a different set of abilities. No matter how hard you work you will not be on par with them

[@dup313hustledifferent6]

@@porkwop9171 You have obviously adopted, by influence, by choice, or both, the White Supremacist explanation for "black" success in athletics. You are determined to deny Wilt's work ethic. This all stems from White Supremacy; White Supremacists will deny black athletes' work ethic by any means necessary. Supremacists spare no effort to convince the world that black's lack character. Therefore, "blacks" excelling in athleticism MUST be due to genetic factors, because in their worldview, it is IMPOSSIBLE for ANY "black" man to work harder or smarter than ANY "white" man. Therefore, Wilt must be "built different", and a "freak".

[@porkwop9171]

@@dup313hustledifferent6 there are freak athletes that are white too... brock lesnar is a freak athlete.

[@craighenry2351]

To Danny Gomez. What do you know of Darrell Griffith? He is just a bit older than me, but in the very early 80’s, it was said he had a 54 in h vertical. I know I saw him in an exhibition against the Soviet national team through w one down over a 7’10” center. This was late 1980 or 1981. The Soviets didn’t quite know what to do when they saw that. It was said that he also jumped over a Soviet player in another exhibition.

[@Sevenigma777]

I love the fact his "Airness" still holds the record. He really was something magical to witness. It didnt matter if you liked him or not you respected him and marveled at his abilities. It still saddens me he left to play baseball for awhile because we could of had that many more highlights from him.

[@Heraclitean]

Technique is a huge part of the high jump. It's not just about raw jumping ability. You can have amazing hops and still knock the bar over. You can have amazing technique and subpar hops and still beat the competition.

[@jewooldridge2007]

I respectfully dispute your information. Michael Jordan's highest recorded vertical jump is 45.5 inches. There is one NBA player with a certified, recorded vertical of 48 inches: Darrell Griffith of the Utah Jazz (1980 - 1991).

[@lildave8355]

Keon Johnson also recorded a 48 earlier this this year at the combine

[@d-rose27]

Jordan says himself that his vertical was never measured, it's just rumor.

[@nathanclearyschin7100]

You Americans actually beleieve NBA players have the highest verticals? 🤣🤣

[@jewooldridge2007]

@@nathanclearyschin7100 No. I was only saying Michael Jordan didn’t have the best vertical in the NBA.

[@nathanclearyschin7100]

@@jewooldridge2007 ah I see. My bad I apologize.

[@ethanbradberry5050]

I was an all state jumper in high school who consistently jumped 6’2 in competition (6’3 is my height) I think it’s important to note that even though my vertical wasn’t necessarily impressive the reason I was able to clear these heights was my focus on form, which in terms of high jumpers Stefan holm had impeccable form which in combination with his jumping ability made him insanely good. I genuinely believe if he was more built for the sport (taller) he would of been one of the best of all time.

[@luisgalvan740]

Form is number one. A coach at our school is the school record holder as 6’11 and he most definitely was that height

[@homotopf9461]

he actually is one of the best all time, not sure why as a high jumper you would think otherwise

[@crabb9966]

He is one of the best

[@brianlew86]

He jumped over my ceiling.😂❤

[@tradford]

David Thompson during his yrs at North Carolina State before he ruined his knees in the pros had a fantastic vertical jump. He used to be able to grab stuff off the top of the back board in his heyday. He was the king of leapers in ACC in the yrs before Jordan. James Worthy in his UNC tar heel days was no slouch at jumping and he made the biggest leap I ever saw in real life. He could reach the top of the back board from time to time in his youth.

[@MrFuchew]

Off the top of a 12ft backboard. Today standard backboards are 13ft high, used to be that they were 12ft. That's the piece of information that gets lost when people talk about that.

[@ice-coldspear9193]

@@MrFuchew Dwight Howard dunked on a 12ft basket in the dunk contest. So even though it's hard to believe, touching the top of a 13ft backboard should be possible, regardless.

[@SMURKCARTERYM]

​@@ice-coldspear9193wasn't a dunk

[@ice-coldspear9193]

Not sure we watched the same thing @@SMURKCARTERYM well I am sure, we didn't.

[@safromnc8616]

I think his Vert was 44"

[@iess2006]

Dude.....thanks for including Wilt, perhaps the greatest athlete of the 20th century.

[@kylecallis77]

Let's keep the lie going wilt never had a 48inch vert

[@msytuser]

@@kylecallis77 actually, it's said he had a 51 inch but it was never recorded lol

[@MarMaxGaming]

That guy was insane… he even killed it in the weight room with Arnold!

[@mzh99]

Yea, pretty much BS. His standing reach was near 10ft and he can't even touch the top of the backboard @ 13' which means his vertical was perhaps 36-38" max. Very average for the NBA.

[@MarMaxGaming]

@@mzh99 who in the world said he couldn't? Wilt was insanely athletic. He was strong as crap, and could somehow run a half a mile in under 2 minutes at his size. And reportedly, under 11 sec 100m, at 7 ft. That's absurd. The dude was like a mythical creature.

[@finn54123]

I swear I’ve seen a video exactly like this one before, like word for word

[@brinellekaduda]

That was so graceful

[@saschavandl6693]

No way in hell did Jordan have a 48 inch vertical. His head would be far above the rim if he had it. There is not a single picture where Jordan`s head is even being close to that. Fairy tales.

[@dxfifa]

You falsely assume basketball players can both; jump their max in game, with ball, and also always jump as high as they can when dunking. It is not definitely true, but MJ could have had that vert and never had his head over the rim It's better to do a forward launch than a high launch if you have the vertical to easily dunk, because forward gives you the speed to avoid defenders, and the momentum and control of your angle to finish through defenders. The more air time before you get to the rim, the more risk of being defended or hit Most basketball players who dunk are dropping 7-10 inches off their vertical to do so, more if they need less. MJ was dropping at least 15 and this is from vertical with ball, which shaves a few off The average nba player has an 8'6" standing reach. With the ball being 9 inches and the hoop 10 feet tall, they need to be able to clear 11 feet with ball to easily dunk. This is a 30 inch vertical with ball for a 6'5" average nba player. MJ was 6'5" with 8'10" standing reach. He needed only 26 inches vert to easily dunk. If he had a 48 inch, or even 45 inch vert, why would he jump that high to dunk when forward jumping is far more effective for contested dunking and layups, and uncontested dunking he only needs less than 2/3 of his jumping ability?

[@saschavandl6693]

@@dxfifa Fact is WE have never seen Jordan Jump anywhere Close to 48 Inch. There is zero evidence for this. We have seen Players Jump much Higher than Jordan on the court, though. Google James White, for example. Gerald Green is nentioned in the Video. Jordan's head was never Close to Green's Level.

[@johnbell3921]

I’ve seen him eye level with rim a few times and he’s hardly gonna reach his abs

[@johnbell3921]

I’ve seen him eye level with rim a few times. Bare In mind he’s not gonna get to his absolute highest in games when he’s fatigued and has defenders in his way and he’s gonna have the ball in his hand which also reduces ur leap. In vertical test ur 💯 fresh and not carrying ball with u

[@whenisdinner2137]

@@saschavandl6693 on defense yes we have. I saw the guy jump so high that you missed a block turned around and hit the block on the other side after getting pump faked...

[@littlebritofmark702]

Wilt story was likely made up. His vertical is at best high 30’s to low 40’s

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Long legs made it look like he jumped higher then he did.

[@moesawad]

Actually mid 30s at best.

[@mahzzial]

The guy literally won a high jump competition in college where he jumped 46 inches, go do a bit more research before talking shit

[@moesawad]

@@mahzzial high jump isn’t a vertical. In terms of vertical, he only made the claim that he can do 48 without ever completing the task in front of anyone. You don’t know a damn thing so unless you have proof, get lost.

[@finlayhutchinson7370]

was in the 20s

[@arnavjain.]

your vids are great

[@operasinger2126]

Amazing!

[@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy]

in RPG terms, Kadour Ziani is what you get when youre creating a character and you take all the points from charisma, strength, dex, stamina, and put them all into agility.

[@benjaminatkinson5328]

Earl Manigault !!! The true GOAT of vertical! That is all!

[@CaesarNati]

Factz tho like he aint take the quarter off the backboard

[@EMILIOYERO]

Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the current world record holder with a jump of 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄4 in) set in 1993 - the longest-standing record in the history of the men's high jump.

[@iagree4686]

vertical jump bro not high jump

[@TheyCallMeTouchpad]

@@iagree4686 "The highest jump in sporting history". The title is misleading at best. And to include any high jumpers and not mention Sotomayor is honestly quite silly.

[@Lola23339]

A lot of track guys can fly! I'm 6-8 and I played college bball at a big SEC school with an awesome track team. During the Summers, I played pickup bball with mainly jumpers from our school's track team. Most of them were probably 5-10 to 6-4. All of the track guys could dunk with ease. I haven't seen many sub-6-feet guys dunk so easily. There was one guy, who just barely missed going to the Olympics, that was 5-11 and could do every imaginable dunk. He could dunk from the FT line without being able to palm the pall. I saw him throw the ball off of the backboard in games and dunk. Seeing a 5-11 (he was probably more like 5-10) guy do a "back-scratcher" dunk with no steps is as unusual as seeing a ghost. The only other guy I've seen do dunks like the track guy from our school was Carson Edwards in the Summer on the UCLA campus. He's about 5-11 too but he's also got a freak show wingspan. Dude can soar! He was, and still may be, an NBA player. Sorry for the only semi-related stories...I just wanted to share my experience with the insane athleticism of track athletes.

[@dolphinreacts532]

As someone who has followed the youtube/pro dunking community for the last few years, I'm so glad you mentioned Kadour, he is the guy who started it all, without him there would be no TDub, Kilganon, Jus Fly and countless others. However, I would like to point out that the 60 inch vertical was probably a publicity stunt and it was more like 50 inches seeing that a 60 inch vertical would have put his head almost an entire foot above the rim, which I have never seen him come remotely close to in video. The only person who I can conceivably see having a legit 55+ inch vertical is Anthony Height who touched almost 12 feet while being only 5'6". Someone Else I would like to mention is James Flight White, who may not be the highest jumper, but he was definitely the Juvaughn Harrison of dunking, equally good at height and distance. He was the first person to do the windmill from BEHIND THE FREE THROW LINE (unlike Lavine, Jordan, Pippen who were all either on the line or in front of it) he also did an eastbay with his foot on the line and even met the olympic standard in the long jump despite barely training in track after high school, but his ball skills weren't good enough and when he did enter the NBA dunk contest he was well out of his athletic prime. Another sport that seems to be neglected when it comes to jumping is volleyball, which has produced some of the greatest springs we have ever seen. Right now the two guys that come to mind for me are Victor Poletaev of Russia and Ben Patch of the U.S.A (im just gonna ignore nishida bc everyone talks about him already). Also theres a UT arlington basketball player who can actually touch the top of the backboard :P I know this is an absolute wall of text but watching this video reminded me of so many memories I had watching TFB and Dunkademics and I just wanted others to know about this little corner of the internet.

[@frankpagel39]

4:02 I love how he stands in the air.

[@richardsmith1161]

I'd like to see Mondo do a vertical jump test. I bet it's up there with any NBA player.

[@nozome-jin]

Accordingly, in the medieval of Japan, Ninja is said that they could easily jump over 180cm (5.9ft) and it's the least criteria that they can be Ninja. Though they are much shorter than average Japanese people in present days. Seeing the video that 178cm player jumped easily same height, I wonder if Ninja is still exist in modern times how they could break the record of track and field....

[@SDSOverfiend]

0:16 - pause it…. Look that the hand 😂 Straight styling on em🔥💯

[@felipemasas]

Ofc Ziani's 56 inches is hard to believe, because he didnt have nowhere near that vert. So the only evidence we have is that he said so? Nice. So now we are all gonna believe that Dexton Crutchfield dunked 12 feet cuz he said so? Ziani is legend, there is no arguing that. He is the godfather of dunking. But 20 years ago, ppl had no idea the difference between 45 and 55 inches vert (a lot of regular ppl still dont know it ofc, if they dont follow sports that require jumping). A lot of people nowadays are claiming to have 50+ inches vertical ,but only a very very few of them really have it. And a very few who have it, are like 50-51 inches. Nowhere near 56 inches. People dont understand the difference between 51 and 56 inches .adding 5 inches on a regular guy's vert is a big progress. Adding 5 inches to 51 inches is impossible (or so so close to impossible). If i had to guess, id say Ziani's vert was 45-48 inches,and thats crazy high vert, dont get it twisted.

[@jfpinero]

For a guy under 6 feet having his head over the rim, do the math.

[@muigoku7256]

@@jfpinero never seen him get his head over the rim

[@felipemasas]

@@jfpinero first of all are you sure he had his head above the rim, or is it just camera angles? And are you sure all those rims were 10ft?

[@jfpinero]

@@felipemasas are you sure people 20 years ago didn't know the difference between 45 and 55 inches? LMAO!!!

[@felipemasas]

@@jfpinero dunking wasnt huge as a sport. Even now it isnt. But back than you didnt have a lot of people competing at it, and naturally the talent pool was smaller. So thats why probably to those people 56 inches sounded reasonable.

[@isaacsaney87]

What about Javier Sotomayor who still holds the world record for the high jump? ! In 1993, he jumped 8 ft 1⁄4 in (2.45 m) at Salamanca, Spain.

[@rki3316]

Legend.

[@jr_guess]

Man's 5'11 and he's still dunking at the age of 48 👑

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

With hang time.

[@bryanelam7431]

Jordan was so graceful in the air too! To me he is the most beautiful and graceful dunker ever, and 2nd place is no where near him! Explosive, strong, powerful, quick, fast and graceful at the same time is very rare for a human to have, very rare!!

[@nomadbrad6391]

Not sure about Michael Jordan's 48 inches the highest. I saw David Thompson of the Denver Nuggets during his rookie year (it was on CBS Sports Spectacular) take a Quarter (25cent piece) that was sitting on the TOP of the backboard! I would guess that would have taken a vertical jump in excess of 48 inches.....just saying.

[@nomadbrad6391]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4Kzh36HfqurjM0 here Michael Jordan admits David Thompson has a higher vertical leap than Michael himself.

[@BabyThomas]

MJ had 3-4 dunks and that's it. Vince Carter had at least double that were much more unique and impossible and no one can make them. Half Man Half Amazing. Best dunker ever!

[@bryanelam7431]

@@BabyThomas he had more than 3 or 4, Jordan's game evolved, you know to win!Carter, well like you said he's probably the best dunker & that's about it!

[@Azan-rb6gk]

An excellent performances

[@bobbq8380]

Besides hurting and offending one another, it's amazing what real talents we have 👏 👏 👏 👏 A+ MAZING like Spider-Man 👍