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Elgin Baylor

How tall was Elgin Baylor?

Elgin Baylor is commonly listed at 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm).

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Elgin Baylor’s 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 6 ft 5 in

Elgin Baylor is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 1.5 in (34.4 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Elgin Baylor: 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Elgin Baylor is taller than the average US man by 8 in (20.5 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Elgin Baylor is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 1.5 in (34.4 cm).Elgin Baylor is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 1.5 in (34.4 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Elgin Baylor: 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Elgin Baylor is taller than the average US man by 8 in (20.5 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Elgin Baylor is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 1.5 in (34.4 cm).

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Elgin Baylor beside others

Elgin Baylor is in the middle of the 158 basketball players we have heights for: Suleiman Ali Nashnush (8 ft 0.5 in) stands 1 ft 7.5 in (49.4 cm) taller and Muggsy Bogues (5 ft 3 in) is 1 ft 2 in (35.6 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 6 ft 5 in: Pete Maravich.

  • Ron Harper: 6 ft 6 in (198 cm), 1 in (2.4 cm) taller than Elgin Baylor.
  • Kobe Bryant: 6 ft 6 in (198.1 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) taller than Elgin Baylor.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm)

A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Source: Wikipedia

Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Elgin Baylor, 6 ft 5 in (196 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)