A role player, Green carved himself out a nice, long career as a solid scorer off the bench and as one of the best dunkers we’ve seen in the modern era.

Edwards has played just four full NBA seasons and already has a cornucopia of all-time highlight dunks. To be quite honest, he’s only this low for his relatively short body of work. Our Mike Sykes appropriately tried to put the below dunk over John Collins into a more … proper context.

In a game of giants, NBA players quickly learned that it was a huge mistake to overlook Robinson’s shorter 5-foot-9 stature. A three-time Slam Dunk Contest champion (2006, 2009-2010), Robinson’s hops and flair with the ball in his hands always made him a must-watch near the rim.

The 2021 NBA Finals MVP, two-time MVP, and former Defensive Player of the Year does a lot of things well. His best skill is probably sprinting through the paint with a full head of steam before dropping the hammer on an unsuspecting soul.

Morant has a similarly short profile of work like Edwards, but his resume is a little more plentiful. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that Morant’s missed dunk attempts are just as entertaining as many actual completed dunks for many players.

A silky smooth scorer at his best, I’d be remiss if I didn’t highlight LaVine’s propensity to rock the rim. The two-time Slam Dunk Contest champion (2015-2016) knows a good tomahawk jam when he sees one.

In his prime, especially, there was nothing quite like seeing Westbrook mean mug after jamming the ball through the hoop with no regard for human life. Those Westbrook Thunder days were always appointment viewing if only to see who he was putting on a poster on any given night.

As a member of the league’s reigning champion, Gordon’s national profile has skyrocketed in recent years. But at his core, he remains what he was with the Magic: a “bully ball” forward who lives and breathes dunks, most often fed with beautiful passes from Nikola Jokic. And yes, he was robbed of not one but two Slam Dunk contest wins.

Griffin got most of the headlines during the heyday of the “Lob City” Los Angeles Clippers, but Jordan was no less nasty. He might have a case as the best rolling big man this century — for a few years, a general lob in his direction/vicinity was automatic, utterly unstoppable. Shoot, Brandon Knight probably still has nightmares.

One day, when you get about six hours (rough estimate) of uninterrupted free time, I highly urge you to watch the best dunks of Griffin’s Clippers career. You will likely still jump out of your seat at plays that happened around a decade ago. What a showman.

Yes, Carter is kind of getting grandfathered in. Yes, some of his best dunks technically occurred in the late 20th century. But I don’t care. This man is flat-out the finest dunker I’ve seen in the last 25 years. In-game, out-of-game, it doesn’t matter. “Vinsanity” had the capacity to put on a dunking spectacle like no one else on this list.