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Yao, Ralph Sampson and Arvydas Sabonis are the only players 7 feet 3 inches or taller selected to the Hall of Fame. Yasutaka Okayama, a 7-foot-8-inch (2.34 m) Japanese basketball player picked 171st overall in the seventh round of the 1981 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors, is the tallest player to ever be drafted for the NBA. [2]
Tallest basketball player in history. 1943–1991 Argentina: 232 cm 7 ft 7 in Jorge González: Tallest Wrestler in WWE history. 1966–2010 Romania: 231 cm 7 ft 7 in Gheorghe Mureșan: Retired professional basketball player. Tied as tallest player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. born 1971 Sudan: 231 cm 7 ft 7 in Manute Bol
Standing 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) tall, she was famous for being the tallest professional female basketball player in the world. [2] She played center position for multiple teams in the WNBA and was a coach for the Northside Wizards in the Queensland Basketball League. [3] She was awarded the Polish Gold Cross of Merit (1999). [4]
Here's the crazy part -- there have been several players in history who are nearly as tall, just as tall, or even taller! Check out the tallest pro basketball players of all time:
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]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 March 2025. Senegalese basketball player (born 1995) Tacko Fall Fall with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2021 No. 99 – Nanjing Monkey Kings Position Center League CBA Personal information Born (1995-12-10) 10 December 1995 (age 29) Dakar, Senegal Listed height 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) Listed weight 311 lb (141 ...
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 ...
Zachry Cheyne Edey (/ ˈ iː d i / EE-dee; born May 14, 2002) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers, leading the team to the NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game in his final year.