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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.
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]
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) [1] or 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) [2] tall, Bol was one of the tallest players in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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 ...
Former player in the NBA, he played for the Indiana Pacers from 1988–2000 making him the tallest Dutch NBA player ever. born 1966 Priest Lauderdale: Bulgaria United States: 224 cm 7 ft 4 in Former player in the NBA, 1996–1998. born 1973 Boban Marjanović: Serbia: 224 cm 7 ft 4 in Was tied as the tallest active NBA player in 2024. born 1988
Suleiman Ali Nashnush (1943 – February 25, 1991) was a Libyan basketball player [where?] and actor and one of the 28 individuals in medical history to reach or surpass eight feet (244 cm) in height. He was the tallest basketball player ever at 244.9 cm (8 ft 2 ⁄ 5 in) although he was only 239 cm (7 ft 10 in) when he played professional ...
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 ...
And now, as an incoming freshman at the University of Florida, he’s poised to be the tallest college basketball player ever. ... By sixth grade, he was almost 7 feet tall. And now, as an ...