The 15 Best NBA Dunkers of the 1990s

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

1

Michael Jordan

Bulls icon whose gravity-defying dunks defined the era and the game itself.

1000pts

2

Shawn Kemp

Seattle SuperSonics power forward nicknamed The Reign Man for his ferocious in-game slams.

933pts

3

Dominique Wilkins

The Human Highlight Film whose windmill power dunks carried into the early 1990s.

400pts

4

Cedric Ceballos

Suns and Lakers forward famous for his blindfolded 1992 Slam Dunk Contest winner.

400pts

5

Jerry Stackhouse

Sixers and Pistons swingman whose powerful tomahawk dunks lit up the late 1990s.

400pts

6

Clyde Drexler

Portland and Houston guard whose gliding finishes earned him the nickname Clyde the Glide.

240pts

7

Harold Miner

Heat guard dubbed Baby Jordan who won two Slam Dunk Contests in the mid-1990s.

240pts

8

Isaiah Rider

Timberwolves guard whose East Bay Funk dunk won the 1994 Slam Dunk Contest.

240pts

9

Kobe Bryant

Lakers rookie who won the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest at just 18 years old.

240pts

10

Brent Barry

Clippers guard who won the 1996 Slam Dunk Contest with a free-throw-line jam.

240pts

11

Chris Webber

Warriors and Kings big man whose powerful putback dunks anchored highlight reels.

240pts

12

Antonio McDyess

Nuggets power forward whose elite leaping made him one of the decade's top finishers.

240pts

13

Scottie Pippen

Bulls swingman whose long-striding fast-break dunks complemented Jordan's aerial game.

1pts

14

Stacey Augmon

Hawks wing nicknamed Plastic Man for his elastic, acrobatic finishes at the rim.

1pts

15

Larry Johnson

Hornets and Knicks forward whose explosive Grandmama dunks made him a 90s icon.

1pts