Dunkalytics!

Here are statistics on dunks coming out of the data from the SportVU NBA player tracking cameras (data
as of 1/13/2014):

PLAYER METRICS:
Percentage of Field Goal Attempts (FGA) that are Dunks
(min. 30 FGA, min 1 dunk attempt)

Nearly 60% of DeAndre Jordans field goal attempts are dunks

Player
Dunk Attempts
Total FGA
Percentage of FGA that are Dunks
Top 10
1) DeAndre Jordan
131
220
59.5%
2) Tyson Chandler
108
233
46.4%
3) Rudy Gobert
54
149
36.2%
4) Brandan Wright
53
162
32.7%
5) Hassan Whiteside
19
61
31.1%
6) Dewayne Dedmon
23
74
31.1%
7) Thomas Robinson
19
62
30.6%
8) Mason Plumlee
76
259
29.3%
9) Joey Dorsey
13
45
28.9%
10) Chris Andersen
20
70
28.6%
Bottom 10
299) Manu Ginobili
1
326
0.31%
300) Mario Chalmers
1
332
0.30%
301) Rajon Rondo
1
356
0.28%
302) Derrick Rose
1
440
0.23%
303) Jamal Crawofrd
1
449
0.22%
304) Ty Lawson
1
479
0.21%
T-305) Goran Dragic
1
511
0.20%
T-305) Joe Johnson
1
511
0.20%
307) Dirk Nowitzki
1
539
0.19%
308) Stephen Curry
1
578
0.17%

Dunk Conversion Rate

(min. 20 dunk attempt, ties broken by dunk attempts)

LeBron James has converted all 33 of his dunk attempts this season
Missed Dunks
Dunk Attempts Dunk Conversion Rate (mean = 90.8%)
Top 10
1) LeBron James
0
33
100.0%
2) James Johnson
0
30
100.0%
3) Jordan Hill
0
25
100.0%
4) Gordon Hayward
0
25
100.0%
5) John Wall
0
22
100.0%
6) Kris Humphries
0
22
100.0%
7) Chris Andersen
0
20
100.0%
8) Derrick Favors
1
56
98.2%
9) Amare Stoudemire
1
37
97.3%
10) Tobias Harris
1
35
97.1%
Bottom 10
66) Josh Smith
3
20
85.0%
67) Markieff Morris
4
26
84.6%
68) Timofey Mozgov
8
48
83.3%
69) Brandon Bass
5
29
82.8%
70) Andre Drummond
16
92
82.6%
71) Larry Sanders
7
35
80.0%
72) Jonas Valanciunas
9
43
79.1%
73) Enes Kanter
5
20
75.0%
74) Solomon Hill
6
23
73.9%
75) DeWayne Dedmon
8
23
65.2%
Player

Most Wide-Open Missed Dunks

Player
1) Monta Ellis
2) Shabazz Muhammad
3) Draymond Green
T-4) Corey Brewer
T-4) Kent Bazemore
6) Trevor Booker
7) Andre Drummond
8) Mike Muscala
9) Kawhi Leonard
10) Serge Ibaka

Player
1) LeBron James
2) Andre Drummond
3) Eric Bledsoe
4) Nik Vucevic
5) Tim Hardaway Jr.
6) Brandon Knight
7) Jared Dudley
8) Draymond Green
9) Jeff Teague
10) Tristan Thompson

Distance of Closest Defender

16.6 feet
10.3 feet
8.4 feet
7.5 feet
7.5 feet
7.4 feet
7.0 feet
6.8 feet
6.8 feet
6.4 feet

Opponent, Date
Hawks, 12/22/2014
Suns, 1/7/2015
Thunder, 11/23/2014
Clippers, 12/1/2014
Clippers, 1/5/2015
Nuggets, 12/1/2014
Nets, 12/21/2014
Nets, 12/5/2014
Timberwolves, 12/6/2014
Jazz, 1/9/2014

Most Wide-Open Made Dunks

Distance of Closest Defender
Opponent, Date
53.2 feet
Knicks, 12/4/2014
52.6 feet
Clippers, 11/26/2014
44.4 feet
Kings, 11/7/2014
43.3 feet
Lakers, 1/9/2015
36.1 feet
Thunder, 11/28/2014
35.9 feet
Timberwolves, 11/26/2014
33.5 feet
Knicks, 1/4/2015
32.5 feet
Timberwolves, 12/27/2014
32.3 feet
Jazz, 1/2/2015
31.8 feet
Magic, 12/26/2014

TEAM METRICS:
Team

1) Jazz
2) Clippers
3) Warriors
4) Mavericks
5) Bucks
6) Nuggets
7) Kings
8) Timberwolves
9) Magic
10) Thunder
11) Rockets
12) Pelicans
13) Wizards
14) Cavaliers
15) 76ers
16) Raptors
17) Knicks
18) Pistons
19) Suns
20) Nets
21) Celtics
22) Trail Blazers
23) Heat
24) Hawks
25) Clippers
26) Bulls
27) Hornets
28) Grizzlies
29) Spurs
30) Pacers

Percentage of Field Goal Attempts that are Dunks:

Dunks Attempts
Field Goal Attempts
Percentage of Dunk Attempts
(mean = 4.61%)
Top 10
207
3069
6.74%
198
3102
6.38%
187
2989
6.26%
210
3378
6.22%
191
3175
6.02%
191
3196
5.98%
175
3046
5.75%
179
3164
5.66%
182
3323
5.48%
166
3110
5.34%
Middle 10
166
3156
5.26%
161
3126
5.15%
156
3122
5.00%
158
3182
4.97%
145
2996
4.84%
143
3159
4.53%
143
3270
4.37%
143
3276
4.37%
150
3526
4.25%
131
3087
4.24%
Bottom 10
126
3185
3.96%
125
3291
3.80%
104
2827
3.68%
111
3074
3.61%
114
3374
3.38%
103
3220
3.20%
94
3300
2.85%
85
3105
2.74%
83
3230
2.57%
76
3361
2.26%

Team

1) Timberwolves
2) Clippers
3) 76ers
4) Heat
5) Magic
6) Jazz
7) Cavaliers
8) Lakers
9) Raptors
10) Knicks
11) Thunder
12) Pelicans
13) Nets
14) Bucks
15) Kings
16) Rockets
17) Suns
18) Nuggets
19) Mavericks
20) Warriors
21) Hawks
22) Grizzlies
23) Pistons
24) Pacers
25) Bulls
26) Celtics
27) Wizards
28) Spurs
29) Hornets
30) Trail Blazers

Percentage of Dunks Attempts Allowed

Dunks Attempts
Field Goal Attempts
Percentage of Dunk Attempts
Against
Against
Allowed (mean = 4.61%)
Top 10
191
3085
6.19%
174
3073
5.66%
168
3061
5.49%
157
2948
5.33%
178
3343
5.32%
167
3187
5.24%
167
3231
5.17%
166
3258
5.10%
156
3062
5.09%
160
3170
5.05%
Middle 10
155
3103
5.00%
153
3067
4.99%
156
3147
4.96%
158
3199
4.94%
160
3276
4.88%
147
3125
4.70%
162
3472
4.67%
144
3136
4.59%
149
3293
4.52%
134
3059
4.38%
Bottom 10
132
3161
4.18%
127
3049
4.17%
126
3168
3.98%
127
3294
3.86%
130
3403
3.82%
119
3130
3.80%
111
3097
3.58%
117
3281
3.57%
107
3246
3.30%
105
3295
3.19%

Dunk Differential (Dunks Attempted minus Opponent Dunk Attempts)

Dunks Attempted
Opponent Dunk
Dunk Differential
Attempts
Top 10
1) Mavericks
210
149
61
2) Warriors
187
134
53
3) Nuggets
191
144
47
4) Wizards
156
111
45
5) Jazz
207
167
40
6) Bucks
191
158
33
7) Clippers
198
174
24
8) Blazers
125
105
20
9) Rockets
166
147
19
10) Pistons
143
126
17
Middle 10
11) Kings
175
160
15
12) Thunder
166
155
11
13) Pelicans
161
153
8
14) Celtics
126
119
7
15) Magic
182
178
4
16) Cavaliers
158
167
-9
17) Timberwolves 179
191
-12
18) Suns
150
162
-12
19) Raptors
143
156
-13
20) Hornets
94
107
-13
Bottom 10
21) Knicks
143
160
-17
22) Hawks
111
132
-21
23) 76ers
145
168
-23
24) Nets
131
156
-25
25) Bulls
103
130
-27
26) Spurs
83
117
-34
27) Grizzlies
85
127
-42
28) Pacers
76
127
-51
29) Lakers
114
166
-52
30) Heat
104
157
-53
Team

GAME METRICS:
Most Dunks in a Game (Both Teams Combined)
Matchup
Date
Number of Dunks (n = 573, mean =
7.68 dunks per game)
Top 10
Timberwolves vs. Kings
1/1/2015
21
Knicks vs. Thunder
11/28/2014
19
Timberwolves vs. Kings
11/15/2014
19
Clippers vs. Bucks
12/13/2014
18
Timberwolves vs. Bucks
11/26/2014
18
Clippers vs. Lakers
1/7/2015
17
Nuggets vs. Timberwolves
12/26/2014
17
Lakers vs. Pelicans
12/7/2014
16
Warriors vs. Jazz
1/13/2015
16
Bucks vs. Thunder
12/9/2014
16
Bottom 10
Pelicans vs. Spurs
11/8/2014
2
Pistons vs. Jazz
11/9/2014
2
Rockets vs. Thunder
11/16/2014
2
Celtics vs. Hornets
1/5/2015
1
Nets vs. Hornets
12/13/2014
1
Hornets vs. Heat
11/23/2014
1
Pistons vs. Timberwolves
10/30/2014
1
Celtics vs. Hornets
12/10/2014
0
Grizzlies vs. Spurs
12/30/2014
0
Most Dunks in a Game (Individual Teams)
Opponent
Date
Number of Dunks (n=1146,
mean = 3.96
Top 10
1) Thunder
Bucks
12/9/2014
13
T-2) Mavericks
Timberwolves
11/15/2014
12
T-2) Clippers
Timberwolves
12/1/2014
12
T-2) Kings
Timberwolves
1/1/2015
12
T-2) Knicks
Cavaliers
12/4/2014
12
T-6) Bucks
Bulls
11/5/2014
11
T-6) Nets
76ers
12/12/2014
11
Multiple games with 10 dunks by a single team
Team

Most Games with 0 Dunks (Individual Teams)

Team
Number of Games with 0 Dunks
Spurs
8
Bulls
5
Nets
4
Pacers
4
Celtics
3
Heat
3
Hornets
3
Grizzlies
3
Lakers
2
Hawks
2
Knicks
1
Pistons
1
Cavaliers
1
Timberwolves
1
Magic
1
Warriors
1
Bucks
1
Mavericks
1
Blazers
1
All Other Teams
0