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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.
Ri Myung-hun (Korean: 리명훈; born 14 September 1967), also known as Michael Ri after his favorite basketball player Michael Jordan, [1] is a North Korean former basketball player. At a height of 235 cm (7 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) and a weight of 128 kg (282 lb), he is believed to be the tallest person in North Korea [broken anchor].
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]
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.
Tallest recorded Chinese person and world's tallest person shortly before her death. She is the only woman verified to have reached 8 feet (244 cm) tall. [148] 1964–1982 (17) Anna Haining Bates: Canada: 242 cm: 7 ft 11.5 in: She and Martin Van Buren Bates were the tallest married couple. [149] [150] [151] 1846–1888 (41) Jane Bunford: United ...
By the time he turned 8 years old, Olivier Rioux was already towering over his classmates. Then, in sixth grade, he was 6 feet, 11 inches. When he reached a height of 7 feet, 5 inches at the age ...
[2] [3] At 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m), he is the tallest player to be drafted in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. Okayama was the only player from Japan drafted in the NBA until Rui Hachimura was selected in the 2019 NBA draft. Okayama practiced judo at junior high school and high school, and obtained a second degree black belt.
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)