6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm)
LeBron James is listed by the NBA at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm). Listed height.
How tall is LeBron James?
LeBron James is listed by the NBA at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).
LeBron James’s 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
Where your height fallsEveryone about 6 ft 9 in
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LeBron James beside others
LeBron James is in the middle of the 158 basketball players we have heights for: Suleiman Ali Nashnush (8 ft 0.5 in) stands 1 ft 3.5 in (39.3 cm) taller and Muggsy Bogues (5 ft 3 in) is 1 ft 6 in (45.7 cm) shorter.
Also listed at 6 ft 9 in: Magic Johnson, Ben Wallace and Karl Malone.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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Wingspan and standing reach
Measured without shoes at the 2003 NBA Draft Combine.
| Height without shoes | 6 ft 7¼ in (201.3 cm) |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 7 ft ¼ in (214.0 cm) |
| Standing reach | 8 ft 10¼ in (269.9 cm) |
The wingspan is 5 in (12.7 cm) longer than the height without shoes. Standing flat-footed, the reach ends 1 ft 1¾ in (34.9 cm) below a 10 ft basketball rim.
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