How tall is a Mastiff?

What a Mastiff’s height measures

Height is measured at the withers, the top of the shoulders. The head and ears extend above that line. The American Kennel Club breed profile gives 30 inches & up (male), 27.5 inches & up (female). Choose the sex or size variety above where the source separates them. A range describes the published listing, not the height of every individual dog.

Ranked by the tallest height its standard names (30 in), the Mastiff is the 9th tallest of the 297 dog breeds on this site. See the tallest dog breeds ranked.

Drawn at the same 30 in: Greyhound, Cougar and White-tailed deer. Same drawing, different listings: a Mastiff’s figure is a minimum, a Greyhound’s the top of its male range, a cougar’s a maximum, a white-tailed deer’s the lower end of its male range.

This is a published species or breed reference, not a prediction for an individual animal. Where a range is supplied, both ends appear with the reading. Shoulder height and head height are kept apart when comparing animals.

Other working dogs near its height

• Pyrenean Mastiff 30 in
• Spanish Mastiff 30.5 in
• Anatolian Shepherd Dog 29 in
• Caucasian Shepherd Dog 28.5 in
• Dobermann 28 in
• Great Dane 32 in
• Kuvasz 28 in
• Leonberger 28 in

All 50 working dogs by height, tallest first, or every dog breed. To compare your own dog, measure it at the withers.

Published heights