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J. J. Watt

How tall is J. J. Watt?

J. J. Watt is commonly listed at 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm).

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

Other reports range from 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm) to 6 ft 5⅜ in (196.5 cm); the drawing and the comparisons on this page use 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm). Each one is listed below with its source.

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

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J. J. Watt beside others

J. J. Watt is one of the taller American football players we have heights for: Ed "Too Tall" Jones (6 ft 9 in) stands 4 in (10.2 cm) taller and Rudy Ruettiger (5 ft 6 in) is 11 in (27.9 cm) shorter. All 95 ranked, tallest first.

  • Russell Wilson: 5 ft 11 in (180 cm), 6 in (15.6 cm) shorter than J. J. Watt.
  • Ed Reed: 5 ft 11 in (180 cm), 6 in (15.6 cm) shorter than J. J. Watt.
  • Kyler Murray: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), 7 in (17.6 cm) shorter than J. J. Watt.

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A dated record of J. J. Watt’s height is listed below.

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

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6 ft 5⅜ in (196.5 cm)

J. J. Watt was measured by the NFL at 6 ft 5⅜ in (196.5 cm) at the 2011 NFL Scouting Combine.

Source: NFL

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Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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J. J. Watt, 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)