Dispatch — day one of the dunkers list (2026-04-22)

Posted the dunkers page to r/nba, r/wnba, and r/IndianaFever this afternoon. r/nba probably got nuked. r/IndianaFever stayed live.

r/wnba stayed live for about six hours, drew 4.4K views and 17 comments, and then the sub removed it. No surprise for a reference post on a strict subreddit — that's why we built this BBS.

Stats before removal: 4.4K views · 17 comments · 0 net upvotes · 38% upvote ratio.

The community didn't hand out upvotes — they showed up to correct the record. That's the more useful outcome, and it's what got preserved here.

What the r/wnba community caught (before the thread went down)

The top-voted correction (18 upvotes): Juju has not dunked in a game at USC. Juju has not dunked at Sierra Canyon either. Kamilla Cardoso has never dunked at the NCAA or WNBA level. All three claims pulled from the confirmed list and moved to watchlist.

Li Yueru questioned: A Sparks / Li Yueru fan asked for a dunk clip. Couldn't source one. Moved to watchlist. Also flagged that Li has had 2–3 full WNBA seasons, not "brief spells" as originally written.

Natalie Williams → ABL, not WNBA: A Liberty fan pointed out her dunks were likely in the ABL (1996–98, Portland Power), not the WNBA. Entry flagged with that caveat. Also surfaced that Michele Van Gorp dunked in Liberty practice in 1999, possibly Dydek too.

New name added — Alicia Tournebize: 6'3", now at South Carolina under Dawn Staley. First French woman to dunk in a game, predating Malonga. Her mom is former WNBA player Isabelle Fijalkowski (Cleveland Rockers). Added to the confirmed list with credit.

New additions from a top-1% commenter (Mercury / Dream fan):
- Mo Billings — attempted Unrivaled dunk, didn't land → watchlist
- Kiki Iriafen — practice-dunk video → watchlist
- Brittney Griner hit the first Unrivaled dunk — her entry now notes that
- Angel Reese removed from watchlist (no practice video she's seen)
- Tina Charles removed from watchlist (not at this point in her career)

The hardest question of the day: "What's the sourcing? Did you use AI?" Fair catch. Answered honestly — compiled from Wikipedia, old Bleacher Report list, news archives, community memory, plus AI cross-checking. When claims couldn't be sourced they went to watchlist.

What changed on girlhoop.com/dunkers

• Confirmed active dunkers dropped from 10 to 8 (Malonga, Griner, Han Xu, Belibi, Brink, Elizabeth Williams, Isabelle Harrison, Tournebize)
• Watchlist expanded with 4 new names, 2 removals
• 31 source links added inline — Wikipedia, WNBA.com, FIBA, YouTube clips, Naismith HOF, NCAA.com, school rosters
• New "sources and how this list was built" section at the bottom
• Corrections banner at the top crediting the community

Why this BBS now matters more

The r/wnba removal is the exact argument for owning the venue. A reference site that depends on Reddit for its discussion layer is one mod decision away from losing it. This BBS isn't. Every correction the community just surfaced is preserved here, and every future one will be too.

If you're on this BBS and want to keep contributing: drop names, drop clips, call out claims you don't buy. That's how this list stays honest.

— paul / ~terry

Dispatch 2 — the dunkers list became a database (2026-04-22)

Short version: the r/wnba launch thread got removed by the sub a few hours in, which is the exact argument for owning the venue. Meanwhile the page itself grew up — static blurbs replaced with a proper queryable database of every woman who has dunked (or plausibly could).

What changed on girlhoop.com/dunkers

• One table, not three. The old "Top 10 / Watchlist / Pioneers" structure is gone. Every player sits in a single sortable table.
• 58 players total. Up from 15. Added every historical pioneer, international pro, current WNBA candidate, and NCAA prospect worth tracking.
• Every player gets a universal rank (1–58). Click the Rank column to sort. Curated Top 10 (by impact + athleticism) seeds ranks 1–10; the rest sort by status (confirmed → pending → practice → disputed), then dunk count, then name.
• Dunk Total column. A numeric count for every player. Griner leads at 24 (career WNBA leader). Malonga at 10 (Paris Olympics + LFB/EuroLeague). Parker at 5. Belibi 5. Cambage 4. Snow 4. Dydek 3. Fowles 3. Everyone else 0, 1, or 2 depending on documentation.
• 12 sortable columns. Rank, Player, Dunks, Ht, Team, League, Div, Status, Game Dunks descriptor, First year, Active, Sources.
• Sticky header. Stays pinned at the top while you scroll all 58 rows.
• Filters. Search box + dropdowns for Status / League / Division, plus an Active-only checkbox.
• Per-player source links. Every confirmed claim cites at least one of: Wikipedia, WNBA.com, FIBA.basketball, NCAA.com, Naismith HOF, team athletics page, or a YouTube clip search.

The curated Top 10 (ranks 1–10)

1. Brittney Griner · WNBA · 24 career dunks, confirmed
2. Alicia Tournebize · South Carolina · first French woman to dunk (community-sourced)
3. Dominique Malonga · Seattle Storm · Paris 2024 Olympics + LFB/EL dunks
4. Toby Fournier · Duke · pending
5. Awak Kuier · Dallas Wings · pending
6. Jonquel Jones · NY Liberty · pending
7. Laeticia Amihere · Atlanta Dream · pending
8. Fran Belibi · free agent · 5 documented NCAA + McDonald's '19 dunk contest winner
9. Kamilla Cardoso · Chicago Sky · pending
10. Juju Watkins · USC · pending

Half of the Top 10 sits in "pending verification" — athletic enough that clips could surface, but no broadcast footage yet. That honesty is visible in every row via the Status column so nobody mistakes the ranking for a confirmed list.

Why the methodology holds

The r/wnba thread went down but the corrections it surfaced didn't. The watchlist names (Juju, Cardoso, Timpson, Li Yueru, Natalie Williams' ABL caveat) stayed watchlisted. The Tournebize addition stayed added. The page is a better reference now than it was at noon.

Sort tests worth clicking:
- Sort by Dunks desc → Griner (24), Malonga (10), Parker (5), Belibi (5), Cambage (4), Snow (4)…
- Sort by First asc → Paula McGee (1983 disputed), Georgeann Wells (1984 verified), Charlotte Smith (1994)…
- Filter Status = confirmed → only the 15 players with documented in-game dunks
- Filter Active only → drops out the retirees, shows who can still add to their total this season

Check the page: girlhoop.com/dunkers. If you've got a clip for anyone flagged pending, drop it here — that's how this list ships.

— paul / ~terry

Here's the current reddit rejected list in r/wnba

● #1 Brittney Griner — Atlanta Dream — confirmed
#3 Dominique Malonga — Seattle Storm — confirmed
#17 Cameron Brink — LA Sparks — confirmed
#18 Elizabeth Williams — Chicago Sky — confirmed
#5 Awak Kuier — Dallas Wings / overseas — pending
#6 Jonquel Jones — NY Liberty — pending
#7 Laeticia Amihere — Atlanta Dream — pending
#9 Kamilla Cardoso — Chicago Sky — pending
#24 Azurá Stevens — LA Sparks — pending
#30 Makayla Timpson — Indiana Fever — pending
#33 A'ja Wilson — Las Vegas Aces — practice
#34 Alanna Smith — Minnesota Lynx — practice
#35 Aliyah Boston — Indiana Fever — practice
#36 Angel Reese — Chicago Sky — practice
#38 Breanna Stewart — NY Liberty — practice
#39 Brionna Jones — Atlanta Dream — practice
#41 Dearica Hamby — LA Sparks — practice
#42 Ezi Magbegor — Seattle Storm — practice
#44 Kiki Iriafen — Washington Mystics — practice
#47 Nneka Ogwumike — Seattle Storm — practice
#48 Saniya Rivers — Connecticut Sun — practice
#49 Satou Sabally — Phoenix Mercury — practice
#51 Stefanie Dolson — free agent — practice
#52 Teaira McCowan — Dallas Wings — practice
#53 Tina Charles — free agent — practice

The https://girlhoop.com/dunkers/ list is now sortable and makes a lot more sense. The reddit exercise was helpful.