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This is a list of the tallest players in National Basketball Association history. It is currently topped by the 7-foot-7-inch (2.31 m) Romanian Gheorghe Mureșan, taken by the Washington Bullets as the number 30 overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft. [1] As of 2024, twenty-eight players have been listed at 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m) or taller.
Shawn Paul Bradley (born March 22, 1972) is a German-American former professional basketball player who played center for the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, and Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is one of the tallest players in NBA history at 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m).
Ri played the center position for the national basketball team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.Once proclaimed to be the tallest living human being in the world, [2] he stands 236 cm (7 ft 9 in) tall and once planned to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the 1990s. [1]
Mamadou Ndiaye, UC Irvine's 7-foot-6 center, will not withdraw from the upcoming NBA draft, which means he could become the tallest player selected since Yao Ming in 2002. Repeat after us: Seven ...
Manute Bol (/ m ə ˈ n uː t ˈ b oʊ l / mə-NOOT BOWL; d. June 19, 2010) was a Sudanese-American professional basketball player and political activist.Listed at 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) [2] or 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) [3] tall, Bol was one of the tallest players in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Though Wegner's height is indisputable, the Guinness Book of World Records has yet to verify if he is indeed the tallest pro basketball player. As of 2012, Paul Sturgess of the Harlem ...
He normally wore number 77, in reference to his height. On 11 March 2007, Mureșan played a game for the Maryland Nighthawks as part of the tallest lineup in the history of basketball. [10] This was the only basketball game Mureșan played where he was not the tallest person on the court, as Sun Mingming is 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m).
While the average American man stands at a respectable 5 foot 9, that barely holds a candle to the average NBA player, who comes in at a whopping 6 foot 7.