List of tallest players in National Basketball Association history

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This is a list of the tallest players in National Basketball Association history. Twenty five of them have been listed at 7 feet, 3 inches or taller. Four are active as of the 2015–16 season; Tibor Pleiß of the Utah Jazz, Kristaps Porziņģis of the New York Knicks, Walter Tavares of the Atlanta Hawks, and Boban Marjanović of the San Antonio Spurs.

The tallest to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is 7 feet, 6 inch Yao Ming. In addition to Yao, both Ralph Sampson and Arvydas Sabonis were the only other players to join him in the Hall of Fame.

In the seventh round of the 1981 NBA Draft, the Golden State Warriors used the 171st pick to select Yasutaka Okayama, a Japanese basketball player who was measured at 7 feet 8 inches (2.34 m) and 330 pounds (150 kg).[1][2] Okayama, who attended and played junior varsity basketball at the University of Portland for one and a half years in 1976 as an exchange student, declined to try out for the Warriors and never played in the NBA.[3] He is the tallest person ever drafted and would have been the tallest player in the NBA had he played in the league.[4]

^ Active NBA player
* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
GP Games played Pts Points PPG Points per game
FG% Field goal percentage FT% Free throw percentage Reb Rebounds
RPG Rebounds per game Blk Blocks BPG Blocks per game
Height Weight Player Nationality Teams GP Pts PPG FG% FT% Reb RPG Blk BPG Notes
7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) 315 lb (143 kg) Gheorghe Mureșan  ROU Washington Bullets (1993–1997)
New Jersey Nets (1998–2000)		 307 3,020 9.8 .573 .644 1,957 6.4 455 1.5 Generally considered slightly taller than Manute Bol. Bol was officially measured at 7 feet, 6 3/4 inches tall by the Guinness Book of World Records.
7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Manute Bol  SUD Washington Bullets (1985–1988, 1994)
Golden State Warriors (1988–1990, 1994)
Philadelphia 76ers (1990–1993, 1994)
Miami Heat (1994)		 624 1,599 2.6 .407 .561 2,647 4.2 2,086 3.3 Played alongside the shortest player in NBA history, Muggsy Bogues, during the 1987–88 season for the Washington Bullets; their difference in height was 28 inches. Only player in NBA history to have more blocked shots than points scored in his career. Weighed just 195 pounds (89 kg)[citation needed] when he entered the league in 1985.
7 ft 6.5 in (2.30 m) 294 lb (133 kg) Slavko Vraneš  MNE Portland Trail Blazers (2004) 1 0 0.0 .000 — 0 0.0 0 0.0 Played in one game, on January 8, 2004 against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Played 3 minutes, with one shot attempt from the field (missed) and one personal foul. Vraneš was officially listed as 7'5" while playing in the NBA, and has since grown taller (7'6" or 2.30 m), according to most sources.
7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 275 lb (125 kg) Shawn Bradley  USA
 GER		 Philadelphia 76ers (1993–1995)
New Jersey Nets (1995–1997)
Dallas Mavericks (1997–2005)		 832 6,752 8.1 .457 .716 5,268 6.3 2,119 2.5 Born to American parents in the former West Germany.
7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 310 lb (141 kg) Yao Ming  CHN Houston Rockets (2002–2011) 481 9,196 19.1 .525 .832 4,467 9.3 912 1.9 Tallest player to play in at least one All-Star Game. Also tallest player inducted into the Hall of Fame.
7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) 359 lb (163 kg) Sim Bhullar  CAN Sacramento Kings (2015) 3 2 0.7 .500 — 1 0.3 1 0.3 First NBA player of Indian descent. Played 16 seconds in his debut on April 7, 2015.
7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Chuck Nevitt  USA Houston Rockets (1982–1983, 1988–1990)
Los Angeles Lakers (1984–1985)
Detroit Pistons (1985–1988)
Chicago Bulls (1991)
San Antonio Spurs (1993)		 155 251 1.6 .438 .589 239 1.5 111 0.7 Tallest player to win an NBA Championship.
7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) 305 lb (138 kg) Pavel Podkolzin  RUS Dallas Mavericks (2004–2006) 6 4 0.7 .000 .500 9 1.5 1 0.1
7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 290 lb (132 kg) Mark Eaton  USA Utah Jazz (1982–1993) 875 5,216 6.0 .458 .649 6,939 7.9 3,064 3.5 He set records for most blocked shots per game in a single season (5.56 bpg in 1984–85) and for an entire career (3.50 bpg) - both marks still stand today.
7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Rik Smits  NED Indiana Pacers (1988–2000) 867 12,871 14.8 .507 .773 5,277 6.1 1,111 1.3
7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Ralph Sampson*  USA Houston Rockets (1983–1987)
Golden State Warriors (1987–1989)
Sacramento Kings (1989–1991)
Washington Bullets (1991–1992)		 456 7,039 15.4 .486 .661 4,011 8.8 752 1.6
7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 325 lb (147 kg) Priest Lauderdale  USA Atlanta Hawks (1996–1997)
Denver Nuggets (1997–1998)		 74 255 3.4 .472 .554 143 1.9 26 0.4
7 ft 3.5 in (2.22 m) 293 lb (133 kg) Boban Marjanović^  SER San Antonio Spurs (2015–Present) 54 297 5.5 .603 .763 194 3.6 23 0.4
7 ft 3.5 in (2.22 m) 290 lb (132 kg) Peter John Ramos  PUR Washington Wizards (2004–2005) 6 11 1.8 .500 .500 4 0.7 1 0.2
7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 263 lb (119 kg) Randy Breuer  USA Milwaukee Bucks (1983–1990)
Minnesota Timberwolves (1990–1992)
Atlanta Hawks (1992–1993)
Sacramento Kings (1993)		 681 4,599 6.8 .467 .628 2,986 4.4 750 1.1
7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Keith Closs  USA Los Angeles Clippers (1997–2000) 130 502 3.9 .471 .606 372 2.9 163 1.3 During his collegiate career, Closs averaged 5.9 blocks per game, which is the NCAA Division I record.
7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Swede Halbrook  USA Syracuse Nationals (1960–1962) 143 786 5.5 .347 .591 949 6.6 — —
7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Žydrūnas Ilgauskas  LTU Cleveland Cavaliers (1997–2010)
Miami Heat (2010–2011)		 771 10,616 13.8 .475 .780 5,904 7.7 1,269 1.6
7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Aleksandar Radojević  BIH
 MNE		 Toronto Raptors (1999–2000)
Utah Jazz (2004–2005)		 15 26 1.7 .308 .625 36 2.4 3 0.2
7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 292 lb (132 kg) Arvydas Sabonis*  LTU Portland Trail Blazers (1995–2001, 2002–2003) 470 5,629 12.0 .500 .786 3,436 7.3 494 1.1 Sabonis was originally drafted into the NBA in 1986 (Rd. 1, #24 overall), but he was not allowed to play in the NBA for most of his career due to restrictions by the former Soviet Union.
7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 305 lb (138 kg) Ha Seung-Jin  KOR Portland Trail Blazers (2005–2006) 46 70 1.5 .519 .500 67 1.5 13 0.3 Only Korean player to play in the NBA.
7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 290 lb (132 kg) Hasheem Thabeet^  TZA Memphis Grizzlies (2009–2011)
Houston Rockets (2011–2012)
Portland Trail Blazers (2012)
Oklahoma City Thunder (2012–2014)		 224 483 2.2 .567 .578 595 2.7 184 0.8 Only Tanzanian player to play in the NBA.
7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 256 lb (116 kg) Tibor Pleiß^  GER Utah Jazz (2015–Present) 12 24 2.0 .440 1.000 15 1.3 2 0.2
7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Walter Tavares^  CPV Atlanta Hawks (2015–Present) 11 25 2.3 .579 .375 21 1.9 6 0.5 Only Cape Verdean player to play in the NBA.
7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Kristaps Porziņģis^  LAT New York Knicks (2015–Present) 72 1,028 14.3 .421 .838 526 7.3 134 1.9 Was measured at 7'1" during the NBA Draft Combine, but grew two inches before officially playing for the New York Knicks.

See also

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