Vince Carter In 1995 McDonalds All-American Slam Dunk Contest

Luckily for Pierce, Carter did not pull anything out too impressive to win the contest in front of Pierce’s future Celtic teammate, Kevin Garnett.

However, in the mid-’90s, when a simple between-the-legs dunk was enough to earn an automatic score of 50, those Carter dunks were probably still good enough to beat a few champs like baby Jordan, JR Rider, and Kobe Bryant in a dunk contest.

If you ever have any doubts about whether Carter was the best high school dunker ever, keep in mind that in a 1999 interview with Kenny Smith, Carter was asked if his dunks were better now or better then, to which he replied: “better then!”