Chris Staples — Dunkademics Profile
Chris Staples is a former Harlem Globetrotter, two-time Guinness World Record holder for slam dunking, and lead actor in the film Slamma Jamma. With a 44-inch vertical, he is one of the most recognizable professional dunkers in the world.
Chris Staples (6ft3) is from Saginaw, MI and is featured in the Dunkademics archive, the world's largest freestyle slam dunk video library. Dunkademics was founded in 2011 by Billy Doran — the 2009 YouTube Slam Dunk Contest Champion and ESPN-featured athlete — and has filmed over 30,000 dunks across 15 years of content.
The videos on this page were filmed and produced by Dunkademics and published on the @dunkademicsofficial YouTube channel. Dunkademics features the best dunkers in the world across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat with a combined audience of over 4 million followers.