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Lionel Messi

How tall is Lionel Messi?

Lionel Messi is listed by Inter Miami CF at 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm).

Lionel Messi’s 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm) is a little below average for a US man: about 26 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Side by side with Erling Haaland, Cristiano Ronaldo and Diego Maradona

The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Lionel Messi: 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm). The average US man is taller than Lionel Messi by 2 in (4.9 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Lionel Messi: 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm). The average US man is taller than Lionel Messi by 2 in (4.9 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).

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Lionel Messi beside others

Lionel Messi is one of the shorter association football players we have heights for: Jan Koller (6 ft 7.5 in) stands 1 ft 0.5 in (31.8 cm) taller and Chanathip Songkrasin (5 ft 2 in) is 5 in (12.2 cm) shorter. All 207 ranked, tallest first.

Also listed at 5 ft 7 in: Julián Alvarez, Bojan Krkić and Daniel Passarella.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm)

Lionel Messi is listed by Inter Miami CF at 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm). Listed height.

Source: Inter Miami CF, Wikipedia

Photo: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Lionel Messi, 5 ft 7 in (170 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)