The NBA Dunk-O-Meter

thanks in part to last week's anthony johnson dunk-fest, i've been i've had dunking on my mind. as such i've spent a considerable amount of time looking over cbs sportsline's dunk-o-meter which has kept track of the number of dunks by each player over the course of this season. here's a brief look at the current top 50.

anyways, as far as i know this is the only resource that provides information about dunks. but since i don't know very far at all, it's very possible there are multiple other sites that offer meters of dunks or similar lists. regardless, here are a few of the most fascinating things that i observed.

- 296 different players have combined for 3,915 dunks so far this year. of these 3,915 dunks, only one was a rudy gay dunk on luis scola that was so vicious i couldn't eat solid food for a week.

- among the top five most frequent dunkers, shawn marion is the only player who went to college. the other four likely had a lot of ap credit coming out of high school.

- it's no surprise that dwight howard leads the league in dunks. he averages 3.5 dunks per game. he's dunked 50 times more than the next closest player and almost 100 times more than his teammates. in fact, the magic currently employ eight players who have not dunked.

- david lee leads white people in nba dunks with 50. tied for last with zero is kyle korver of the utah jazz and mark of the accounting department at your job. among others.

- among the top 30 most frequent dunkers, andre iguodala has the lowest shooting percentage at 43.9 percent. either iguodala is just a bad shooter or perhaps worse, a bad dunker.

- jason maxiell and kenyon martin have dunked 46 and 45 times respectively but neither have made enough other shots to qualify for the league leader in field goal percentage.

- the nine former dunk contest winners still in the league have combined for 111 dunks. josh smith is first followed by kobe and vince. nate robinson and fred jones are tied for last with only one dunk so far this year. but i'm sure after another 15 attempts nate will have finally gotten his second dunk of the year.

- the five former three point contest winners still in the league have combined for 18 dunks. dirk nowitzki is first and has more dunks than the other four combined. and though jason kapono is last with zero dunks, he's made the most three pointers this year. other than ray allen. and peja.

- zach randolph has zero dunks on the year. even though he's a prototypical below the basket player, you would think that at 6-9 he'd have accidentally got one by now. even antoine walker and antawn jamison have both dunked once this season.

- royal ivey, casey jacobsen, luke jackson, eddie jones, roger mason jr, richie frahm, and yakhouba diawara have each dunked more times than shane battier, allen iverson, steve francis, luis scola, keith bogans, and nenad krstic have combined.

- unless all 21 of trevor arizas dunks came before he was traded to the los angeles, the lakers lead the league in dunks by a very healthy margin. interestingly, they also lead the league in sasha vujacic dunks with one while i lead the league in most times hating sasha vujacic with 170.

- the collins brothers and the graham brothers each have five dunks. though they are tied for first in dunks among brothers in the league, both pairs of brothers trail the hardy boys in mysteries solved and general usefulness.

- the spurs are by far the least prolific dunking team. so far, they have dunked only 49 times, which is almost 30 fewer times than the second to last team. ronnie brewer has 50 dunks alone and he's only 6-7. the spurs are like 90 feet tall.

- monta ellis is 34th in the league with 32 dunks. he and louis williams are the only two players 6-3 or shorter that have dunked at least 10 times.

- the kings have had a league-high 13 different players dunk while the bobcats have had a league-low six different players dunk. interestingly, both teams are extremely injured.

- of the sonics' three 7-foot centers, johan petro is the only one who has dunked this year, mouhamed sene is the only one who hasn't gotten a steal this year, while robert swift is the only one who looks like he hasn't taken a bath this year.

- stoudemires have dunked 76 times, compared to zero times for stoudamires. but, stoudamires have made more threes, which damon and salim will be the first to tell you are worth more than twos.

- to this point, the average asian nba player has recorded 46 dunks. no other ethnicity is even close.

- the only two countries with players currently on nba teams that have not dunked at least once are poland and puerto rico. poland, because marcin gortat has not yet played in an nba game this season, and puerto rico, because carlos arroyo and jose juan barea are the only puerto ricans who have played in nba games this season.

- if you want to dunk in the nba, don't be white. but if you are white, make sure you're not a point guard. according to my unofficial list of white point guards, which includes steve nash, travis diener, chris quinn, luke ridnour, dan dickau, steve blake, and kirk hinrich, none have dunked.

- likewise, if you want to dunk in the nba, don't be the worst player in the league. according to my very official list of worst player in the league, which inlcudes damon jones, none have dunked.