Dominique Wilkins

Dominique Wilkins
	Wilkins in 2022
Atlanta Hawks
Title	Vice president of basketball operations
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	January 12, 1960; Paris, France
Nationality	American
Listed height	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Washington (Washington, North Carolina)
College	Georgia (1979–1982)
NBA draft	1982: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
Drafted by	Utah Jazz
Playing career	1982–1999
Position	Small forward
Number	21, 12
Career history
1982–1994	Atlanta Hawks
1994	Los Angeles Clippers
1994–1995	Boston Celtics
1995–1996	Panathinaikos
1996–1997	San Antonio Spurs
1997–1998	Fortitudo Bologna
1999	Orlando Magic
Career highlights
	9× NBA All Star (1986–1994); All-NBA First Team (1986); 4× All-NBA Second Team (1987, 1988, 1991, 1993); 2× All-NBA Third Team (1989, 1994); NBA All-Rookie First Team (1983); NBA scoring champion (1986); 2× NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1985, 1990); NBA 75th Anniversary Team; No. 21 retired by Atlanta Hawks; EuroLeague champion (1996); EuroLeague Final Four MVP (1996); Greek League All-Star (1996 I); Greek All-Star Game MVP (1996 I); Greek Cup winner (1996); Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer (1996); Greek Cup Finals MVP (1996); Greek League Hall of Fame (2022); Italian League All-Star (1997); Italian Cup winner (1998); Second-team All-American – NABC, UPI (1982); Third-team All-American – AP (1982); 2× First-team All-SEC (1981, 1982); SEC tournament MVP (1981); McDonald's All-American (1979); First-team Parade All-American (1979);
Career NBA statistics
Points	26,668 (24.8 ppg)
Rebounds	7,167 (6.7 rpg)
Assists	2,677 (2.5 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
	Basketball Hall of Fame
	Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
FIBA World Cup

Jacques Dominique Wilkins (born January 12, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player who primarily played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Wilkins is a nine-time NBA All-Star, a seven-time All-NBA Team member and is widely viewed as one of the most acrobatic slam dunkers in NBA history, earning the nickname "the Human Highlight Film". In October 2021, he was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Wilkins is the leader in most years with the Hawks, 12 seasons, the most games played in Hawks franchise history, with 882, the most minutes played with 32,545, the most career points with 23,292, and the most points per game, with 26.4 points per game.

Wilkins led the NBA in scoring in the 1985–86 season. In 2006, Wilkins was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

In addition to his 11 seasons with the Hawks, Wilkins had short stints with the Los Angeles Clippers, the Boston Celtics, Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League, with whom he won his first titles (the FIBA European League and the Greek Cup), Fortitudo Bologna of Lega Basket Serie A, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Orlando Magic before he retired in 1999. As a member of the U.S. men's national team, Wilkins won gold at the 1994 FIBA World Championship.

Wilkins was born in Paris while his father was stationed in France as an officer in the U.S. Army. He has a younger brother, Gerald Wilkins, who also played in the NBA, mainly for the New York Knicks. His family moved to Dallas and Baltimore before settling in Washington, North Carolina, where he attended Washington High School. He was the back-to-back MVP for the team's consecutive Class 3-A State Championships (1978–1979). Wilkins was in the "Faces in the Crowd" section of Sports Illustrated while in high school for a performance in a game vs. a higher classification school in which he scored 48 points, had 27 rebounds, 9 dunks, and 8 blocks. Wilkins then starred in the McDonald's All-American Game, the Capital Classic, the Kentucky Derby Festival Classic, and the Dapper Dan Classic all-star games. He had 16 points and 12 rebounds in the McDonald's game, 26 points in the Capital Classic, and 22 points in the Derby Classic.