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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.
Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:53 PM Meet 7'6 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 ...
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).
Former player in the NBA, he played for the Dallas Mavericks from 2004–2006 making him the tallest Russian NBA player ever. born 1985 Sim Bhullar: Canada: 226 cm: 7 ft 5 in: Former player in the NBA, he played for the Sacramento Kings [132] in 2014–2015 making him the tallest Canadian NBA player ever. born 1992 Will Jacobsen: United States ...
Gheorghe Dumitru Mureșan (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe mureˈʃan] ⓘ; born 14 February 1971), known as The Giant (Romanian: [ˈɡit͡sə]) is a Romanian-American former professional basketball player. At 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m), he is one of the two tallest players to have played in the NBA. [2] [3]
Olivier Rioux is listed at 7-foot-9 on Florida's website, which would make him the tallest college basketball player ever. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) (Andy Lyons via Getty Images)
Sun Mingming (Chinese: 孙明明; pinyin: Sūn Míngmíng, born August 23, 1983) is a Chinese former professional basketball player. He was the tallest professional basketball player in the world and was measured by the Guinness World Records as 2.36 m (7 ft 9 in) tall and weighing 168 kg (370 lb). [1]
The question is though: who is the shortest NBA player ever? Bogues has held the title ever since. In a hilarious coincidence, the point guard famously played along side the tallest player in NBA ...