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Kobe Bryant

How tall was Kobe Bryant?

Kobe Bryant is commonly listed at 6 ft 6 in (198.1 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Kobe Bryant’s 6 ft 6 in (198.1 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

Side by side with LeBron James

Kobe Bryant is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 2.5 in (36.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Kobe Bryant: 6 ft 6 in (198.1 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Kobe Bryant is taller than the average US man by 9 in (23 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Kobe Bryant is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 2.5 in (36.9 cm).Kobe Bryant is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 2.5 in (36.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Kobe Bryant: 6 ft 6 in (198.1 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Kobe Bryant is taller than the average US man by 9 in (23 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Kobe Bryant is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 2.5 in (36.9 cm).

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Kobe Bryant beside others

Kobe Bryant is in the middle of the 158 basketball players we have heights for: Suleiman Ali Nashnush (8 ft 0.5 in) stands 1 ft 6.5 in (46.9 cm) taller and Muggsy Bogues (5 ft 3 in) is 1 ft 3 in (38.1 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 6 ft 6 in: Ron Harper.

  • Carmelo Anthony: 6 ft 7 in (200.7 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) taller than Kobe Bryant.
  • Dennis Rodman: 6 ft 7 in (200.7 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) taller than Kobe Bryant.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 6 in (198.1 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

Photo: Sgt. Joseph A. Lee, derivative work by JoeJohnson2, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Kobe Bryant, 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)