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Emmitt Smith

How tall is Emmitt Smith?

Emmitt Smith is commonly listed at 5 ft 9 in (175 cm).

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Emmitt Smith’s 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) is about average for a US man: about 49 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 9 in

The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Emmitt Smith: 5 ft 9 in (175 cm). Emmitt Smith and the average US man are listed at almost exactly the same height. Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Emmitt Smith: 5 ft 9 in (175 cm). Emmitt Smith and the average US man are listed at almost exactly the same height. Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).

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Emmitt Smith beside others

Emmitt Smith is one of the shorter American football players we have heights for: Ed "Too Tall" Jones (6 ft 9 in) stands 1 ft 0 in (30.7 cm) taller and Rudy Ruettiger (5 ft 6 in) is 3 in (7.4 cm) shorter. All 95 ranked, tallest first.

  • Kyler Murray: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), 1 in (3 cm) taller than Emmitt Smith.
  • Tony Dorsett: 5 ft 11 in (180 cm), 2 in (5 cm) taller than Emmitt Smith.
  • Deion Sanders: 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm), 4 in (10.4 cm) taller than Emmitt Smith.

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5 ft 9 in (175 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Photo: John Trainor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Emmitt Smith, 5 ft 9 in (175 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)