6 ft 6 in (198 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
How tall is Michael Jordan?
Michael Jordan is commonly listed at 6 ft 6 in (198 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Michael Jordan’s 6 ft 6 in (198 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
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Michael Jordan beside others
Michael Jordan 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 (47 cm) taller and Muggsy Bogues (5 ft 3 in) is 1 ft 3 in (38 cm) shorter.
Also listed at 6 ft 6 in: Vince Carter, Ron Harper and Billy Cunningham.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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