What is the Black Band?

The Dunk Camp — founded with several of the best dunkers in the world — created a ranking system for dunkers called Dunk Levels, modeled directly on the colored belts of martial arts and worn as colored bands on the wrist. The system exists to grow dunking as a real, rankable sport and to give athletes a ladder to climb.

There are 12 bands across four levels, measured on three rim heights (8′, 9′, and 10′):

The Black Band sits at the very top: the final band of the Elite level, earned on a regulation 10-foot rim. To earn any band you must land all of that band’s dunks in a single session — you can’t bank two dunks this week and the rest next month. On top of that, the 10-foot Elite band carries a verified maximum vertical-jump requirement. It is, in every meaningful way, the black belt of dunking.

The 13 Black Band dunkers in the world

As published by The Dunk Camp, these are the only athletes to have ever earned it:

To put that in perspective: thousands of people can dunk. A few hundred can do elite-level dunks. Thirteen have a Black Band. Piotr is the only one on the list representing Poland.

Why it matters for sponsors and events

In a sport that’s still being discovered by the mainstream, a verifiable, top-of-the-pyramid credential is rare and valuable. The Black Band is exactly that — an objective marker that an athlete is genuinely one of the best in the world, not just one of the most-followed. For a brand, that’s authenticity you can stand behind. For an event, it’s a headliner-grade performer.