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Gary Lineker

How tall is Gary Lineker?

Gary Lineker is commonly listed at 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm).

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Gary Lineker’s 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm) is about average for a US man: about 59 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 10 in

Gary Lineker is taller than the average US woman by 6 in (15.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Gary Lineker: 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Gary Lineker is taller than the average US man by 0.5 in (1.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Gary Lineker is taller than the average US woman by 6 in (15.8 cm).Gary Lineker is taller than the average US woman by 6 in (15.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Gary Lineker: 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Gary Lineker is taller than the average US man by 0.5 in (1.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Gary Lineker is taller than the average US woman by 6 in (15.8 cm).

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Gary Lineker beside others

Gary Lineker is in the middle of the 207 association football players we have heights for: Jan Koller (6 ft 7.5 in) stands 10 in (25 cm) taller and Chanathip Songkrasin (5 ft 2 in) is 7.5 in (19 cm) shorter. All 207 ranked, tallest first.

  • Gary Neville: 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm), 0.3 in (0.8 cm) taller than Gary Lineker.
  • Antoine Griezmann: 5 ft 9.5 in (176 cm), 0.4 in (1 cm) shorter than Gary Lineker.
  • Bukayo Saka: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), 0.4 in (1 cm) taller than Gary Lineker.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 9.5 in (177 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: Liton Ali, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Gary Lineker, 5 ft 9.5 in (177 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)