Is 6'9" tall?
6 ft 9 in is very tall for a US man or woman: 1 ft 0 in (30.6 cm) taller than the average US man and 1 ft 5.5 in (44.5 cm) taller than the average US woman.
For a man, 6 ft 9 in is very tall: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter. For a woman, 6 ft 9 in is very tall: more than 95 in 100 US women are shorter.
6 ft 9 in is 205.7 cm, or 81 inches.
Listed at about 6 ft 9 in: LeBron James, Tyson Fury and Cooper Flagg.
Famous people at about 6 ft 9 in
Women
- Liz Cambage · 6 ft 9 in · Draw beside 6 ft 9 in
- Brittney Griner · 6 ft 9 in · Draw beside 6 ft 9 in
- Anna Smrek · 6 ft 8.5 in · Draw beside 6 ft 9 in
- Yekaterina Lisina · 6 ft 8.5 in · Draw beside 6 ft 9 in
Men
- LeBron James · 6 ft 9 in · Draw beside 6 ft 9 in
- Tyson Fury · 6 ft 9 in · Draw beside 6 ft 9 in
- Cooper Flagg · 6 ft 9 in · Draw beside 6 ft 9 in
- Blake Griffin · 6 ft 9 in · Draw beside 6 ft 9 in
- Karl Malone · 6 ft 9 in · Draw beside 6 ft 9 in
- Carlos Boozer · 6 ft 9 in · Draw beside 6 ft 9 in
People listed at about 6 ft 9 in
22 people in our list have a published height within half an inch of 6 ft 9 in.
All 22 people listed at about 6 ft 9 in
- Carlos Boozer: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (206 cm).
- Cooper Flagg: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (206 cm).
- Karl Malone: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (206 cm).
- Sid Eudy: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (206 cm).
- Viscera: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (206 cm).
- Ben Wallace: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
- Blake Griffin: listed by the NBA at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
- Bob Pettit: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
- Brittney Griner: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
- Dave Cowens: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
- Ed "Too Tall" Jones: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
- Larry Bird: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
- LeBron James: listed by the NBA at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
- Liz Cambage: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
- Magic Johnson: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
- Richard Moll: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
- Ted Cassidy: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
- Tyson Fury: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
- Zdeno Chára: commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
- Anna Smrek: commonly listed at 6 ft 8.5 in (205 cm).
- Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson: commonly listed at 6 ft 8.5 in (205 cm).
- Yekaterina Lisina: listed by FIBA archive at 6 ft 8.5 in (205 cm).
Draw 6 ft 9 in beside the five most looked-up
Just outside that half inch: Amazon Eve at 6 ft 8 in (203.2 cm) and Anthony Davis at 6 ft 9.9 in (208 cm).
Our list covers people with a public role and a published height. It is not a count of everyone who is 6 ft 9 in.
How common is 6 ft 9 in?
Fewer than 1 man in 20 in this survey is this tall or taller. Fewer than 1 woman in 20 in this survey is this tall or taller.
In every age group, 6 ft 9 in is taller than the highest percentile the CDC published for men and for women (the 95th, or the 90th for age 80 and older). The survey supports no closer estimate.
Estimates interpolate between the percentiles the CDC published for US adults measured in August 2021–August 2023. Check another height or age group.
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For the US percentiles, cite the original publisher as well: CDC National Center for Health Statistics.