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

This could be the greatest jumper to ever live
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[wreckim]

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

[labynoe]

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,

[mirza_saabb]

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

[joshm]

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

[swaderable]

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

[protozoanpro]

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

[wellnesspathforme]

A standing 47" vertical is unreal.

[laurenmp]

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.

[gfotinakes]

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.

[cordos]

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.

[paddywiggle]

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!

[darriuschung]

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

[XavierDeBascho]

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.

[charlesthorndike]

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.

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

[jakew]

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+

[sergioornelas]

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

[TheGhostOfFredZeppelin]

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.

[TD]

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

[yvt]

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

[trevormay]

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