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The 15 Best NBA Dunkers of the 1990s

By YPB Team

Backboard-rattling power slams meet the gravity-defying contest showmen of basketball's most electric decade. Who threw it down best?

  1. Michael Jordan — ranked #11
    Michael Jordan
    Bulls icon whose gravity-defying dunks defined the era and the game itself.
    1000pts
  2. Shawn Kemp — ranked #22
    Shawn Kemp
    Seattle SuperSonics power forward nicknamed The Reign Man for his ferocious in-game slams.
    933pts
  3. Dominique Wilkins — ranked #33
    Dominique Wilkins
    The Human Highlight Film whose windmill power dunks carried into the early 1990s.
    400pts
  4. Cedric Ceballos — ranked #44
    Cedric Ceballos
    Suns and Lakers forward famous for his blindfolded 1992 Slam Dunk Contest winner.
    400pts
  5. Jerry Stackhouse — ranked #55
    Jerry Stackhouse
    Sixers and Pistons swingman whose powerful tomahawk dunks lit up the late 1990s.
    400pts
  6. Clyde Drexler — ranked #66
    Clyde Drexler
    Portland and Houston guard whose gliding finishes earned him the nickname Clyde the Glide.
    240pts
  7. Harold Miner — ranked #77
    Harold Miner
    Heat guard dubbed Baby Jordan who won two Slam Dunk Contests in the mid-1990s.
    240pts
  8. Isaiah Rider — ranked #88
    Isaiah Rider
    Timberwolves guard whose East Bay Funk dunk won the 1994 Slam Dunk Contest.
    240pts
  9. Kobe Bryant — ranked #99
    Kobe Bryant
    Lakers rookie who won the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest at just 18 years old.
    240pts
  10. Brent Barry — ranked #1010
    Brent Barry
    Clippers guard who won the 1996 Slam Dunk Contest with a free-throw-line jam.
    240pts
  11. Chris Webber — ranked #1111
    Chris Webber
    Warriors and Kings big man whose powerful putback dunks anchored highlight reels.
    240pts
  12. Antonio McDyess — ranked #1212
    Antonio McDyess
    Nuggets power forward whose elite leaping made him one of the decade's top finishers.
    240pts
  13. Scottie Pippen — ranked #1313
    Scottie Pippen
    Bulls swingman whose long-striding fast-break dunks complemented Jordan's aerial game.
    1pts
  14. Stacey Augmon — ranked #1414
    Stacey Augmon
    Hawks wing nicknamed Plastic Man for his elastic, acrobatic finishes at the rim.
    1pts
  15. Larry Johnson — ranked #1515
    Larry Johnson
    Hornets and Knicks forward whose explosive Grandmama dunks made him a 90s icon.
    1pts

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Cleveland hosted the 1997 dunk contest, won by an 18-year-old rookie whose one night is his whole claim on the decade: https://youpick.best/articles/kobe-bryant-ranked-many-ways

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