Saturday-night contest champions sit beside players whose best slams came on fast breaks in real games, all from a single decade above the rim.
1Vince CarterToronto Raptors star who won the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest and dunked over 7-foot-2 Frédéric Weis at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.1000pts
2Jason RichardsonGolden State Warriors guard who won the Slam Dunk Contest in back-to-back years, 2002 and 2003.882pts
3Andre IguodalaPhiladelphia 76ers wing who lost the 2006 Slam Dunk Contest to Nate Robinson in a dunk-off after a reverse slam off a pass Allen Iverson bounced off the back of the backboard.832pts
4Dwyane WadeMiami Heat guard and 2006 NBA Finals MVP who regularly attacked the rim off the dribble for in-game dunks over taller defenders.680pts
5Gerald GreenBoston Celtics wing who won the 2007 Slam Dunk Contest, then returned in 2008 as a Minnesota Timberwolf and blew out a candle on a cupcake mid-dunk.680pts
6Shaquille O'NealLos Angeles Lakers center who won three straight NBA Finals MVP awards from 2000 to 2002 with a game built on power at the rim.611pts
7Dwight HowardOrlando Magic center who won the 2008 Slam Dunk Contest wearing a Superman cape.529pts
8Amar'e StoudemirePhoenix Suns forward and 2003 Rookie of the Year who finished countless pick-and-rolls from Steve Nash with dunks.529pts
9Desmond MasonSeattle SuperSonics forward who won the 2001 Slam Dunk Contest.433pts
10Tracy McGradyTwo-time NBA scoring champion who threw an alley-oop to himself off the backboard at the 2002 All-Star Game.433pts
11Kobe BryantLos Angeles Lakers guard who won three straight NBA titles from 2000 to 2002 and ranked seventh on Bleacher Report's 2011 list of the decade's top dunkers.317pts
12Nate Robinson5-foot-9 guard who became the first three-time Slam Dunk Contest champion, winning in 2006, 2009 and 2010.0pts
13Josh SmithAtlanta Hawks forward who won the 2005 Slam Dunk Contest as a 19-year-old rookie.0pts
14Shawn MarionPhoenix Suns forward nicknamed The Matrix who made four All-Star teams between 2003 and 2007 as a finisher in the Suns' fast-break offense.0pts
15LeBron JamesCleveland Cavaliers forward who entered the NBA straight from high school in 2003 and won the 2009 MVP, often finishing fast breaks with tomahawk dunks.0pts
16Kenyon MartinFirst overall pick of the 2000 draft whose emphatic dunks helped the New Jersey Nets reach the 2002 and 2003 NBA Finals.0pts
17Baron DavisGolden State Warriors guard whose 2007 playoff dunk over Andrei Kirilenko of the Utah Jazz became one of the decade's best-known slams.0pts
Photo credits
- Vince Carter — Danny Bollinger, CC BY 2.0
- Jason Richardson — Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Andre Iguodala — All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dwyane Wade — Flickr user Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gerald Green — Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Shaquille O'Neal — TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0
- Amar'e Stoudemire — Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Desmond Mason — Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Tracy McGrady — Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kobe Bryant — scott mecum, CC BY 2.0
- Nate Robinson — Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Josh Smith — Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Shawn Marion — Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0
- LeBron James — Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0
- Kenyon Martin — Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Baron Davis — Collision Conf, CC BY 2.0
