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

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  • @swaderable
    @swaderable 2 года назад +6113

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

    • @nomcred
      @nomcred 2 года назад +473

      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
      @ExplorersXRotmg 2 года назад +244

      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
      @nonyabusiness1126 2 года назад +35

      That's not a vertical however.

    • @shrek2770
      @shrek2770 2 года назад +13

      Nah its major cap

    • @poooo0000oooop
      @poooo0000oooop 2 года назад +99

      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
    @wreckim 2 года назад +5319

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

    • @michaelbettisworth8938
      @michaelbettisworth8938 2 года назад +131

      It still blows me away watching Spud highlights

    • @nickvoulgaris
      @nickvoulgaris 2 года назад +73

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

    • @pokor5791
      @pokor5791 2 года назад +12

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

    • @jefffawcett
      @jefffawcett 2 года назад +38

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

    • @michaelbettisworth8938
      @michaelbettisworth8938 2 года назад +6

      @@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
    @mirza_saabb193 Год назад +246

    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
      @ihavefleas196 11 месяцев назад +24

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

    • @D9Wx
      @D9Wx 11 месяцев назад

      LoL

    • @D9Wx
      @D9Wx 11 месяцев назад

      Ain't got Sjit on Stefan

    • @kevinsho2601
      @kevinsho2601 9 месяцев назад +1

      Agreed. From standing its so much harder

    • @FinSynthMusic
      @FinSynthMusic 8 месяцев назад +7

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

  • @gfotinakes316
    @gfotinakes316 Год назад +295

    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
      @joemarshall4226 Год назад +32

      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
      @homotopf9461 Год назад +23

      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
      @gracepardede6573 Год назад +2

      @@homotopf9461 its real i searched it up

    • @gracepardede6573
      @gracepardede6573 Год назад

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

    • @gracepardede6573
      @gracepardede6573 Год назад

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

  • @labynoe
    @labynoe 2 года назад +2915

    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
      @barath4545 2 года назад +129

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

    • @faubourglincoln
      @faubourglincoln 2 года назад +13

      Fake news.

    • @ukomboziipascf1541
      @ukomboziipascf1541 2 года назад +37

      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
      @mnassif3809 2 года назад +10

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    • @jonstrahan410
      @jonstrahan410 2 года назад +46

      @@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.

  • @wellnesspathforme6236
    @wellnesspathforme6236 2 года назад +1816

    A standing 47" vertical is unreal.

    • @RagingRugbyst
      @RagingRugbyst 2 года назад +282

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

    • @derekstark8447
      @derekstark8447 2 года назад +137

      That to me was the wildest thing in the video.

    • @peteralexanderolsen8761
      @peteralexanderolsen8761 2 года назад +82

      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
      @wellnesspathforme6236 2 года назад +31

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

    • @ytsux9259
      @ytsux9259 2 года назад +42

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

  • @darriuschung114
    @darriuschung114 Год назад +332

    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
      @pureXLNC 10 месяцев назад +42

      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
      @varcoliciulalex 9 месяцев назад +8

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

    • @ADollarMight
      @ADollarMight 7 месяцев назад +4

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

    • @dirk143
      @dirk143 7 месяцев назад +10

      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
      @kenmasters2025 7 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @protozoanpro
    @protozoanpro Год назад +77

    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
      @user-li4ju9qk5w Год назад

      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
      @protozoanpro Год назад +3

      @@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
      @brodiestephens419 10 месяцев назад

      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
      @AllUpOns 8 месяцев назад

      @@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
      @kbjovihch87yc8yf 8 месяцев назад

      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

  • @joshm4782
    @joshm4782 2 года назад +1126

    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

    • @avocado5387
      @avocado5387 2 года назад +18

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    • @7xyn
      @7xyn 2 года назад +25

      @@avocado5387 Not all people are christians ok

    • @zacjohnson452
      @zacjohnson452 Год назад +5

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    • @mcraffz5378
      @mcraffz5378 Год назад +6

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

    • @7xyn
      @7xyn Год назад +4

      @@mcraffz5378 same I'm also muslim

  • @laurenmp7486
    @laurenmp7486 2 года назад +955

    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
      @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin 2 года назад +72

      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
      @Matuterocks 2 года назад +25

      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
      @dhong168 2 года назад +6

      @@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
      @michaelmarshall4654 2 года назад

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

    • @DanielWinterAt
      @DanielWinterAt 2 года назад +7

      @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.

  • @503TD
    @503TD Год назад +20

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

    • @bwp2010
      @bwp2010 11 месяцев назад

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

    • @503TD
      @503TD 11 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @chriswells506
      @chriswells506 2 месяца назад

      Lol. It's fake. ​@@503TD

    • @christophermorales1509
      @christophermorales1509 Месяц назад +1

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

  • @jakew1362
    @jakew1362 Год назад +11

    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+

  • @paddywiggle
    @paddywiggle 2 года назад +436

    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
      @mexicorolls 2 года назад +9

      Yep I was waiting to see him here

    • @hawaiian-cerveza
      @hawaiian-cerveza 2 года назад +2

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

    • @Outliner12
      @Outliner12 2 года назад +3

      ruclips.net/video/n8Q0KiwNYN8/видео.html

    • @bartoszprominski8395
      @bartoszprominski8395 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/EorTad4RFNg/видео.html 😮

    • @avocado5387
      @avocado5387 2 года назад +4

      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,

  • @cordos2362
    @cordos2362 2 года назад +542

    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.
      @Chicken. Год назад +16

      Probably out of prime

    • @TheChzoronzon
      @TheChzoronzon Год назад

      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
      @Boskianal Год назад +27

      56 inches are fake none athlete ever reached it

    • @r.a.7898
      @r.a.7898 Год назад +11

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

    • @Boskianal
      @Boskianal Год назад +8

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

  • @david.tousignant20
    @david.tousignant20 Год назад +12

    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
      @BGerdes Год назад +2

      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
      @xor_notscore8310 Год назад

      gloryhound

  • @generalkunta396
    @generalkunta396 Год назад +11

    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 😅

  • @sergioornelas4700
    @sergioornelas4700 2 года назад +486

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

    • @MrMiibez
      @MrMiibez 2 года назад +29

      Me too, now i'm sad

    • @joc9554
      @joc9554 2 года назад +28

      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
      @timmytheinventor4746 2 года назад +16

      That's called click bait.

    • @squazer
      @squazer 2 года назад +35

      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
      @MrMiibez 2 года назад

      @@squazer Yes. That too.

  • @XavierDeBascho
    @XavierDeBascho 2 года назад +480

    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
      @calumsutherland4927 2 года назад +130

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

    • @faubourglincoln
      @faubourglincoln 2 года назад +111

      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
      @XavierDeBascho 2 года назад +6

      @@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
      @XavierDeBascho 2 года назад +8

      @@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
      @scrivener68 2 года назад +61

      @@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.

  • @mrb.4477
    @mrb.4477 Год назад +30

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

    • @drakest-5293
      @drakest-5293 Год назад

      tg toi on sait qu, il est meme pas fr

    • @gaster3975
      @gaster3975 Год назад +8

      @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
      @seekingforredemption4244 4 месяца назад

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

  • @habowtat3576
    @habowtat3576 7 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @yvt4
    @yvt4 2 года назад +36

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

  • @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin
    @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin 2 года назад +23

    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
      @thomaswinzy 2 года назад

      haha same

    • @avocado5387
      @avocado5387 2 года назад +1

      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,

    • @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin
      @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin 2 года назад +2

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

    • @homotopf9461
      @homotopf9461 Год назад

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

  • @smokey1234
    @smokey1234 Год назад +5

    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.

  • @Simple_Worship_Guitar
    @Simple_Worship_Guitar Год назад +13

    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
      @msl5253 Год назад +1

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

  • @oHInsane
    @oHInsane 2 года назад +231

    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
      @Battttt 2 года назад +4

      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
      @williamherd7251 2 года назад +4

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

    • @brennankaplan8225
      @brennankaplan8225 2 года назад +3

      @@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
      @jumpinjohnnyruss 2 года назад +2

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

    • @divideandmultiply
      @divideandmultiply 2 года назад +3

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

  • @musician129
    @musician129 2 года назад +43

    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
      @02hreblue30 2 года назад +3

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

    • @joebauers3746
      @joebauers3746 4 месяца назад

      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.

  • @MrHuff05
    @MrHuff05 10 дней назад

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

  • @abetterlife3088
    @abetterlife3088 Год назад +1

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

  • @jeffersoncristobal6386
    @jeffersoncristobal6386 2 года назад +14

    Seeing a guy like Wilt sprinting, is ghastly terrifying

  • @charlesthorndike2702
    @charlesthorndike2702 2 года назад +72

    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: ruclips.net/video/-qTAeVGl_e8/видео.html&ab_channel=MichaelStewart
    and THIS: ruclips.net/video/WVZ3ZcorTF0/видео.html&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
      @ukomboziipascf1541 2 года назад +3

      Thanks for this.

    • @charlesthorndike2702
      @charlesthorndike2702 2 года назад +1

      @@ukomboziipascf1541 No problem

    • @shiva9575
      @shiva9575 2 года назад +2

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

    • @jheigl1980
      @jheigl1980 2 года назад +2

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

    • @JasonRobinsonArtDesign
      @JasonRobinsonArtDesign 2 года назад +1

      That Beamon stat is AMAZING! Thanks for sharing.

  • @luhndy8016
    @luhndy8016 Год назад +4

    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.

  • @Wonderpalm1979
    @Wonderpalm1979 Год назад

    Ziani's dunks are a thing of graceful beauty

  • @bofi1280
    @bofi1280 2 года назад +8

    3:42 Bro was literally floating, holy shit.

  • @garyrichardbastian8937
    @garyrichardbastian8937 2 года назад +67

    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
      @markvincentvillanueva1320 2 года назад

      00

    • @afuzzycreature8387
      @afuzzycreature8387 Год назад +2

      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
      @gon9684 Год назад

      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
      @zlonewolf Год назад

      @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
      @Juanhop Год назад

      Absolutely agree. Apples and Oranges.

  • @CptAeRoTR
    @CptAeRoTR 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @ufcker915
    @ufcker915 Месяц назад +1

    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..😎

  • @pippoplutopaperino
    @pippoplutopaperino 2 года назад +14

    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.

    • @avocado5387
      @avocado5387 2 года назад

      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,

  • @trevormay101
    @trevormay101 2 года назад +29

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

    • @kimmern999
      @kimmern999 2 года назад +1

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

    • @timmytheinventor4746
      @timmytheinventor4746 2 года назад

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

  • @satanspit4101
    @satanspit4101 Год назад

    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.

  • @jamiechase7758
    @jamiechase7758 Год назад

    Amazing documentary

  • @noirmanoir1061
    @noirmanoir1061 2 года назад +5

    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
      @avocado5387 2 года назад

      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
      @homotopf9461 Год назад

      @@avocado5387 get a life

  • @vdv1385
    @vdv1385 2 года назад +15

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

    • @freemind..
      @freemind.. 2 года назад

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

  • @joemarshall4226
    @joemarshall4226 Год назад +1

    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.

  • @smokeyjo7420
    @smokeyjo7420 Год назад

    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

  • @tesla-v2681
    @tesla-v2681 2 года назад +26

    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
      @nomadbrad6391 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/uQPVKQIFxVk/видео.html here Michael Jordan admits David Thompson has a higher vertical leap than Michael himself.

    • @MDLOP8
      @MDLOP8 Год назад +2

      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
      @msl5253 Год назад +7

      @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
      @complexity5545 Год назад +3

      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
      @AutPen38 Год назад

      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.

  • @adamjanek3511
    @adamjanek3511 2 года назад +133

    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.
      @geezer.d.luffy. 2 года назад +2

      So did MJ and Wilt

    • @adamjanek3511
      @adamjanek3511 2 года назад +6

      @@geezer.d.luffy. MJ measured 46

    • @strojzabelu
      @strojzabelu 2 года назад +6

      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
      @conversekid1217 2 года назад +2

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

    • @crispypickles8466
      @crispypickles8466 2 года назад

      @@adamjanek3511 Jordan's was 48 inches too.

  • @tunanorth
    @tunanorth Год назад

    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.

  • @complexity5545
    @complexity5545 Год назад +1

    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).

  • @Desi365
    @Desi365 2 года назад +5

    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.

  • @thecheesymango413
    @thecheesymango413 2 года назад +32

    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
      @scarred10 2 года назад

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

    • @avocado5387
      @avocado5387 2 года назад

      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
      @logicaldude3611 Год назад

      @@scarred10 You’re joking, right?

    • @scarred10
      @scarred10 Год назад

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

    • @afuzzycreature8387
      @afuzzycreature8387 Год назад

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

  • @russs3001
    @russs3001 Год назад

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

  • @Azan-rb6gk
    @Azan-rb6gk Год назад +1

    An excellent performances

  • @ppsuk099
    @ppsuk099 2 года назад +201

    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
      @SanskarTOP_G 2 года назад +3

      Yeah

    • @lahdankhalfan6729
      @lahdankhalfan6729 2 года назад +21

      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
      @ppsuk099 2 года назад +18

      @@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

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      @mnassif3809 2 года назад +4

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  • @OfentseMwaseFilms
    @OfentseMwaseFilms 2 года назад +103

    Always love your videos man, Jordan was always a Beast

    • @adamjanek3511
      @adamjanek3511 2 года назад +1

      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
      @abone2pick 2 года назад +5

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

    • @kovy689
      @kovy689 2 года назад

      @@singamanah7003 Yuck

    • @FilipCordas
      @FilipCordas 2 года назад +2

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

    • @ayushagarwal10
      @ayushagarwal10 10 месяцев назад

      Sharon Sharpe 49 gg

  • @Sevenigma777
    @Sevenigma777 Год назад +14

    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.

  • @viewfromthehighchair9391
    @viewfromthehighchair9391 11 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @RavishingSailor
    @RavishingSailor 2 года назад +12

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

  • @gofanman8455
    @gofanman8455 2 года назад +10

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

  • @ethanbradberry5050
    @ethanbradberry5050 Год назад +14

    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
      @luisgalvan740 Год назад

      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
      @homotopf9461 Год назад +4

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

    • @crabb9966
      @crabb9966 Год назад +1

      He is one of the best

  • @craighenry2351
    @craighenry2351 Год назад

    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.

  • @BnaBreaker
    @BnaBreaker 2 года назад +20

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

    • @saturatedtwo3458
      @saturatedtwo3458 Год назад +2

      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
      @AAGEnzee Год назад

      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
      @ayanokoji2355 Год назад

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

  • @Heraclitean
    @Heraclitean 2 года назад +4

    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.

  • @MrVvulf
    @MrVvulf Год назад +1

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

  • @Wfghcff
    @Wfghcff Год назад +2

    3:48 he was literally floating

  • @newbiessss
    @newbiessss 2 года назад +6

    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.

  • @tradford
    @tradford 2 года назад +12

    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
      @MrFuchew Год назад +2

      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
      @ice-coldspear9193 Год назад

      @@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
      @SMURKCARTERYM 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@ice-coldspear9193wasn't a dunk

    • @ice-coldspear9193
      @ice-coldspear9193 5 месяцев назад

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

    • @safromnc8616
      @safromnc8616 4 месяца назад

      I think his Vert was 44"

  • @nozome-jin
    @nozome-jin 7 месяцев назад

    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....

  • @EMILIOYERO
    @EMILIOYERO 8 месяцев назад

    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
      @iagree4686 8 месяцев назад

      vertical jump bro not high jump

    • @TheyCallMeTouchpad
      @TheyCallMeTouchpad 8 месяцев назад

      @@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.

  • @RadRobolution
    @RadRobolution 2 года назад +38

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

    • @desiolle2874
      @desiolle2874 2 года назад +1

      a phenom above the rim

    • @shermn8
      @shermn8 2 года назад +2

      Dr Dunkenstein!

    • @avocado5387
      @avocado5387 2 года назад +1

      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
      @omahabigbill2789 2 года назад

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

    • @nomadbrad6391
      @nomadbrad6391 2 года назад +4

      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.

  • @jewooldridge2007
    @jewooldridge2007 2 года назад +135

    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
      @lildave8355 2 года назад +8

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

    • @d-rose27
      @d-rose27 2 года назад +6

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

    • @nathanclearyschin7100
      @nathanclearyschin7100 2 года назад +2

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

    • @jewooldridge2007
      @jewooldridge2007 2 года назад +8

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

    • @nathanclearyschin7100
      @nathanclearyschin7100 2 года назад

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

  • @finn54123
    @finn54123 Год назад

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

  • @bobbq8380
    @bobbq8380 Год назад +1

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

  • @iess2006
    @iess2006 2 года назад +53

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

    • @kylecallis77
      @kylecallis77 2 года назад +8

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

    • @msytuser
      @msytuser 2 года назад +1

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

    • @MarMaxGaming
      @MarMaxGaming 2 года назад +1

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

    • @mzh99
      @mzh99 Год назад

      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
      @MarMaxGaming Год назад +1

      @@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.

  • @davus2368
    @davus2368 2 года назад +6

    me waiting for a volleyball player:🤨

  • @brianlew86
    @brianlew86 Месяц назад

    He jumped over my ceiling.😂❤

  • @Lola23339
    @Lola23339 6 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @porkwop9171
    @porkwop9171 2 года назад +9

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

    • @dup313hustledifferent6
      @dup313hustledifferent6 2 года назад

      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
      @porkwop9171 2 года назад +3

      @@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
      @dup313hustledifferent6 2 года назад +1

      @@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
      @porkwop9171 2 года назад +1

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

  • @benjaminatkinson5328
    @benjaminatkinson5328 2 года назад +5

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

    • @CaesarNati
      @CaesarNati 2 года назад

      Factz tho like he aint take the quarter off the backboard

  • @richardsmith1161
    @richardsmith1161 3 месяца назад

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

  • @ItamarMedeiros
    @ItamarMedeiros Год назад +2

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

  • @HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy
    @HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy 2 года назад +4

    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.

  • @cadecannon6819
    @cadecannon6819 2 года назад +19

    For clarification, Wilt did not have a 48 inch vert and Kadour Ziani did not have a 56 inch vert. Still a great story for him and well put together video but there's videos analyzing Wilt's vert that clearly show that at very most it could 40 inches, probably in 30's tho which is still mind blowing for his height. The highest true tested vert that's out there for everyone to know about so far is Daniel Kabeya at about 52'. If you look at his vert test video and videos analyzing that video it's pretty obvious that the sheer explosive power needed for anything above 50 is insane and only in a select few people ever. Even Jordan Kilganon who many consider to be the greatest pro dunker ever measured his vert at 49.5' and his vert puts nearly all pro dunkers and every NBA player to shame
    Edit: speaking in terms of running vert, not standing vert*

    • @LateNightLaughs_
      @LateNightLaughs_ 2 года назад +3

      Antony height is a 5'7 dunker with around a 50 inch vert

    • @laurenmp7486
      @laurenmp7486 2 года назад +1

      Look up the stories of what Wilt would do in practice touching the top of the backboard. He had no need to ever jump flat out in a game. Same with Jordan.

    • @comicbookguy2326
      @comicbookguy2326 2 года назад +2

      @@laurenmp7486 he had a 10 foot standing reach so a 40 inch vertical could get him to the top of the backboard

    • @d3vastat0r89
      @d3vastat0r89 2 года назад +1

      I'm surprised the video ended without an official number. I think this was my first time seeing that here.

    • @MrJokster666
      @MrJokster666 2 года назад

      Jordan has a video on his channel his standing vertical was about 40 inches….impressive but not 49

  • @brinellekaduda
    @brinellekaduda Год назад

    That was so graceful

  • @rki3316
    @rki3316 Год назад

    Legend.

  • @djp3525
    @djp3525 2 года назад +9

    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
      @Robert_McGarry_Poems 2 года назад +1

      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
      @Robert_McGarry_Poems 2 года назад +2

      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
      @inkjazz 2 года назад

      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
      @418cjpaul 2 года назад

      @@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

  • @fiona2206
    @fiona2206 2 года назад +9

    I love your videos. It’d be great if you could always mention all measures in both feet and metres though. I’m not used to feet and inches and sometimes don’t understand the dimensions. It can also just be on the screen, doesn’t need to be said out loud! Thanks!

    • @anyexpat
      @anyexpat 2 года назад

      Learn them then.

    • @avocado5387
      @avocado5387 2 года назад

      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,

    • @anyexpat
      @anyexpat 2 года назад

      @@avocado5387 Sounds like jesus is bi sexual then. If we are all gods children why is jesus so special?

  • @nateballou3321
    @nateballou3321 8 месяцев назад

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

  • @MiitzyYT
    @MiitzyYT Год назад +1

    3:36 homie literally levitated

  • @ddh2222
    @ddh2222 2 года назад +6

    you should look into Jordan Kilganon verticals too🔥

  • @bryanelam7431
    @bryanelam7431 2 года назад +5

    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
      @nomadbrad6391 2 года назад +1

      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
      @nomadbrad6391 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/uQPVKQIFxVk/видео.html here Michael Jordan admits David Thompson has a higher vertical leap than Michael himself.

    • @BabyThomas
      @BabyThomas 2 года назад

      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
      @bryanelam7431 2 года назад

      @@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!

  • @haze7654
    @haze7654 Год назад

    Respect 🥇🥇🥇

  • @operasinger2126
    @operasinger2126 8 месяцев назад

    Amazing!

  • @feelixvang115
    @feelixvang115 2 года назад +13

    In the early 90s, I was at a Celtics home game with seats behind one of the baskets; a few feet above floor level near the left corner. A missed shot at the other end of the court rebounded left and Dee Brown caught it with one hand a couple feet left of the basket and windmill dunked it ... his head was above the rim [as I recall, by an amount that had his hand at the top of the windmill near the top of the back baord]. Dee Brown is 6'1" tall.

    • @nomadbrad6391
      @nomadbrad6391 2 года назад +1

      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
      @nomadbrad6391 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/uQPVKQIFxVk/видео.html here Michael Jordan admits David Thompson has a higher vertical leap than Michael himself.

  • @dolphinreacts532
    @dolphinreacts532 2 года назад +4

    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.

  • @ncohesive
    @ncohesive 8 месяцев назад

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

  • @donaldlgianino
    @donaldlgianino Год назад

    It's the shorts. Super aerodynamic!

  • @littlebritofmark702
    @littlebritofmark702 2 года назад +81

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

    • @Robert_McGarry_Poems
      @Robert_McGarry_Poems 2 года назад +10

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

    • @moesawad
      @moesawad 2 года назад +13

      Actually mid 30s at best.

    • @mahzzial
      @mahzzial 2 года назад +14

      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
      @moesawad 2 года назад +17

      @@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
      @finlayhutchinson7370 2 года назад

      was in the 20s

  • @chrishoward1378
    @chrishoward1378 2 года назад +19

    Most incredible dunk I've ever seen was Aaron Gordon with the Double Under the legs reverse dunk. Insane!! And he's 6'10 with Long legs that's difficult

    • @donghost4758
      @donghost4758 2 года назад +3

      faxts and the still made him loose to zack fuckin lavine ... they robbed gordon

    • @BayAreaHoops415
      @BayAreaHoops415 Год назад

      The highest Ive ever seen an NBA player jump was definitely LeBron in 2010. Shoulders were above the rim, highest I've seen someones head above the rim by a lot

  • @him-wg5pu
    @him-wg5pu 7 месяцев назад

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

  • @Shinobi33
    @Shinobi33 Год назад

    That football looks like he hung in the air snd levitated for a sec. Sick