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Keith Richards

How tall is Keith Richards?

Keith Richards is commonly listed at 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm).

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Keith Richards’s 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 63 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 10 in

Keith Richards is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.6 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Keith Richards: 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Keith Richards is taller than the average US man by 1 in (2.7 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Keith Richards is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.6 cm).Keith Richards is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.6 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Keith Richards: 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Keith Richards is taller than the average US man by 1 in (2.7 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Keith Richards is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.6 cm).

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Keith Richards beside others

Keith Richards is in the middle of the 13 guitarists we have heights for: Jim Root (6 ft 6 in) stands 8 in (20.2 cm) taller and Angus Young (5 ft 2 in) is 8 in (20.3 cm) shorter.

  • Randy Rhoads: 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm), 3 in (7.6 cm) shorter than Keith Richards.
  • Brian May: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 4 in (10.2 cm) taller than Keith Richards.
  • Jim Root: 6 ft 6 in (198 cm), 8 in (20.2 cm) taller than Keith Richards.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 10 in (177.8 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: Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Keith Richards, 5 ft 10 in (178 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)