Though the NBA All-Star Sport is commonly an thrilling contest that includes the very best basketball gamers on the planet, essentially the most anticipated and mentioned portion of All-Star weekend itself is normally the Slam Dunk Contest, the place the league’s high-flyers take middle stage and placed on a present for us.
Sarcastically sufficient, Aaron Gordon has essentially the most perfect-score dunks in Slam Dunk Contest historical past with eight, another than second-place finisher Zach LaVine, his rival on the occasion, and two greater than third-place finisher, His Airness, Michael Jordan.
And but Gordon has by no means received the Slam Dunk Contest for himself, which is loopy.
In the meantime, Nate Robinson, the winningest participant on the dunk contest with 4 titles, solely had one good rating dunk, which tells you one thing concerning the high quality of the contests he received.
However we digress. Listed below are the gamers with essentially the most good scores on the occasion.
1. Aaron Gordon: 8
Slam Dunk Contest runner-up in 2016 and 2020
2. Zach LaVine: 7
Slam Dunk Contest champion in 2015 and 2016
3. Michael Jordan: 6
Slam Dunk Contest champion in 1987 and 1988
4. Jason Richardson: 5
Slam Dunk Contest champion in 2002 and 2003
4. Dominique Wilkins: 5
Slam Dunk Contest champion in 1985 and 1990
6. Dwight Howard: 4
Slam Dunk Contest champion in 2008
6. Derrick Jones Jr: 4
Slam Dunk Contest champion in 2020
6. Mac McClung: 4
Slam Dunk Contest champion in 2023 and 2024
9. Vince Carter: 3
Slam Dunk Contest champion in 2000
9. Josh Smith: 3
Slam Dunk Contest champion in 2005
9. Terence Stansbury: 3
Third-place place in 1985, 1986 and 1987
9. Spud Webb: 3
Slam Dunk Contest champion in 1986
