Jason Richardson - 2003 NBA Slam Dunk Contest (Champion) 

The last BACKWARDS between the legs dunk has never been seen before or since. Surely the best ever seen.

If Jordan was impressed then you know it was sick.

"I don't think throwing in the air gonna do it." This shit is some proof that you should always believe in yourself.

Greatest dunker ever, period. He was in three dunk contests and was entertaining in all of them!

J Rich needs to be mentioned as one of the best dunkers to get in the contest, Boi had them bunny's.

That last dunk was BUTTA.

That last dunk is UNREAL ! No disrespect to Vince Carter, Jordan or Dominic, but that's the best dunk ever made. Period.

"That's a 49 in my book only cause he didn't kick the leg" if Kenny don't get his technical sounding ass lmao

my fav thing about these old dunk contest is seeing the players in all these old nostalgic outfits and clothes

I love it when they say " I don't think throwing it in the air gonna work, we seen it already". Then he throws it in the air " I seen something I've never seen before!"

Shawn Marion really had a problem finding his 10...

Oh my goodness, that just gave me goosebumps

Every year after the Dunk Contest I like to come back and watch Richardson put on some magic.

That outro music was on point, I can only imagine All-Star weekend in Atlanta "03" when Big Meech was still out. Legendary

best dunk of all time !!!!!!!

Jason Richardson dunks are Top 3 All Time and maybe the best individual dunk of All Time!!!😎🤣😃

The last dunk is the reason I'm a Warriors fan.

That's how you finish a dunk contest! 🏀 💯 🔥

Best slam dunk contest

It's Crazy... 2️⃣0️⃣ Years Ago. Jason Richardson Very Underated Dunker ! All Time Great Dunker 🏀💥

His last one is my all-time slam dunk contest favorite

One of the best dunk contest competitor of all time His performance in both years are very convincing

Jordan immediately put up a 10 on some of those. That’s all you need to know.

Kenny Smith didn’t realize the backwards between the legs til after magic brought it up. He was already going crazy after the dunk.

This is amazing

I love Magic's enthusiasm during this contest! He was so hyped to see Jason's dunks! =)

Jordan like damn! I wish

Jason Richardson is underrated, he should get talked in the same tier as Vince IMO.

Fantastic dunks

Crazy how DJJ did a dunk like this in 2020 but with not much variation to J-Rich’s final dunk. Man is a dunnker.

the dunk contest is BACK!!

Players on the bench lookin so hood! Miss those days

This is "The Dunk" of all Dunking Contests!

I like how they're talking shit about how the bounce isn't going to work and then seconds later they're like... oh shit.

Why Dominique look like a young Rosa Parks? 😂😂

I remember this one... the last great dunk contest. JRich is the most underrated dunker of all time...

if he went a safe dunk in the final of '04 contest, he'd have gotten the title 3 times back to back.

Jason R made me a fan of Warriors back then. Its really a good thing GSW has gotten way better now as a team. If only Jason played alongside Curry they we could have seen a lot of awesome ring rockers!

mi dunker favorito Jason Richardson

Has anyone ever tried to duplicate that last dunk? I think Lavines was kinda similar from 2016 but this one has way more pop to it

Jordan lookin like Martin Luther

Quite simply, the best dunk ever.

Nice!!!

There are a lot of elements in the art of dunking that JRich lacks like his vertical jump, hangtime, power, and can't jump with one leg(do free throw dunks/long jumps). Although you'll notice his excellent timing that's why he made that last dunk, no hangtime or vertical height in it, just pure timing and really JRich dunks, VC could do or already did in-game and in warmups/practice, if you really know how VC dunks and leaps. I would like to see Slam Dunk Contest if possible: 1. Vince Carter (6'6) - Complete Dunker Advantage 2. Jason Richardson (6'6) - Creativity Advantage 3. Zach Lavine (6'5) - One Leg Vertical Leap Advantage 4. Gerald Green (6'8) - Vertical Reach Advantage 5. Aaron Gordon (6'9) - Athletic Bigman / Power Advantage =Think VC would win this but has a close battle with Zach Lavine. JRich would come third cause he can't really match the vertical height of the two then comes Green and Gordon. Green has hops but lacks creativity. Gordon would win 5th based on his slam dunk performances, he's inconsistent. Other choices? *Michael Jordan - based on his dunks, they are not really slam dunk material but an excellent breakaway fastbreak dunks *Julius Erving - really can't match these guys. *Dominique Wilkins - predictable dunks, only does windmills and power throw downs in slam dunk contest *Nate, Spud Webb, Steve Francis - Small dunkers with impressive hops but really can't do much in the air. *Blake Griffin (6'10) & Dwight Howard (6'11) - Aaron Gordon's beats them with creativity and athleticism

GREATEST DUNKER OF ALL TIME !!!!!!!!!!!!

After watching the the recent dunk contests it's sad to see that we will never see this kind of hype again. The aaron Gordon vs z Lavine was nice but I don't see another contest like that happening very soon

das it mane.

1:26 Shawn Marion face 🤣

Damn!

I got you Kenny..... LET'S GO HOME, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, LET'S GO HOME!!!

Best dunk ever

BEST. DUNK. EVER!!!

You see Jordan look up and pick his nose? That’s the kind of dunk Jordan could NOT do. He knew it too. Look at how he picked his nose right after it happened. He was like “I can fly, but man I wish I could fly like that!”

Even Mike was in shock 😳

It's a shame he never was an all-star. He is the only one player that won 2 times dunk contest and never play an all-star game.

Hellyeah

Heaven Yeah. Ps Peace to Desmond Mason.

I wanna see Ag lavine Vince and j rich in a dunk contest

Dunk 3 is still the greatest dunk I’ve ever seen. Reverse and thru the legs? And with your opposite hand?

the dunk contest is back almost every year nowadays -__-

The NBA was all about that bling bling back in the day

That second dunk was very similar to Tracy Mcgrady's 3rd dunk in 2000

Vince Carter vs Jason Richardson 👀

8, 9, 7, 11.

This how long Bron been in the leauge 😂

did this dude do a backwards under the leg dunk??? that's amazing as fuck

Goddam

"It's OVER ladies and gentleman!"

no disrespect to desmond mason but jrich killed it this contest!

Ricky Davis did this dunk without the lob

Regarding the dunk contest, the top-3 are him, Dominique and Lavine. Sorry Jordan fans 🤷‍♂️

RIP Craig Sager

I starting to see a pattern people don’t respect double pump dunks . This is proof AG is proof and Dennis Smith jr is proof

3:52

4:02 what did charles say? lol

Last dunk was the best dunk i have ever seen nd im only 17

0:23 kid gave him a 1

Real dunk contest shit

This guy is a slam dunk god vince and mj and zach lavine pray to j rich lol

Warriors fans be like "who Jason Richardson?? Where's Steph Curry at?? The Warriors were not existing in 2003!" LOL

this da shit

all you guys saying that last dunk was the best dunk ever, fast forward to 2016.. aaron gordon.. nvm zach lavine.. gordon was sitting in the air literally..

i thought richardson did a dunk off the shot clock, or tried, or somebody did something like that. dont know where it is though

Who's that speaking in 1:06????????

J nasty

BEST DUNK EVER = LAST ONE

everybody seen it...commentators dead wrong

Justin Timberlake in the crowd lol

2:50 - Compare this to Aaron Gordon!!! Aaron got robbed, clearly!

I came from 2022 Slam Dunk Contest. I missed the old time's. Because 2022 Slam Dunk Contest is sucks.

Vince Carter - G.O.A.T NBA Dunker Dominique Wilkins - Best Power NBA Dunker Michael Jordan - Most Graceful NBA Dunker Zach Lavine - Best One Legged NBA Dunker Jason Richardson - Best Technical NBA Dunker Dr. J - Best to ever start Dunk creativity in the NBA Spudd Webb - Best Shortest NBA Dunker Aaron Gordon - Best bigman dunker to ever do one of the best dunks in a contest

warriors fans be like why draymond look like that

Best dunk 720 or Double windmill? Both never duplicated

I like Kenny in the studio his dunk contest commentary is cringey

4:09 peep mj face he's such a hater 😂

Go Golden State Warriors and Go Go Michigan State University Men’s Division College Basketball Team. Go Green! Go White!

98'/, warriors fans Dont have idea who's this guy.

Backwards instead of forward lmao

2017 dunk contest was better smh

Im sorry guys.. But now AG And ZL Are the best dunkers (Slam dunk contst) :) Let's face the truth