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Jim Root

How tall is Jim Root?

Jim Root is commonly listed at 6 ft 6 in (198 cm).

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Jim Root’s 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 6 ft 6 in

Jim Root is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 2.5 in (36.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Jim Root: 6 ft 6 in (198 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Jim Root is taller than the average US man by 9 in (22.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Jim Root is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 2.5 in (36.8 cm).Jim Root is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 2.5 in (36.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Jim Root: 6 ft 6 in (198 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Jim Root is taller than the average US man by 9 in (22.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Jim Root is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 2.5 in (36.8 cm).

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Jim Root beside others

Jim Root is the tallest of the 13 guitarists we have heights for: Allen Collins (6 ft 3 in) is next, 3 in (7 cm) shorter.

  • Brian May: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 4 in (10 cm) shorter than Jim Root.
  • Keith Richards: 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm), 8 in (20.2 cm) shorter than Jim Root.
  • Randy Rhoads: 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm), 11 in (27.8 cm) shorter than Jim Root.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 6 in (198 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: Llann Wé², CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Jim Root, 6 ft 6 in (198 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)