Ri Myung-hun

How tall is Ri Myung-hun?

Ri Myung-hun is commonly listed at 7 ft 8.5 in (235 cm).

A former player for the North Korean national basketball team.

Ri Myung-hun’s 7 ft 8.5 in (235 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

Ri Myung-hun is taller than the average US woman by 2 ft 5 in (73.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Ri Myung-hun: 7 ft 8.5 in (235 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Ri Myung-hun is taller than the average US man by 1 ft 11.5 in (59.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Ri Myung-hun is taller than the average US woman by 2 ft 5 in (73.8 cm).Ri Myung-hun is taller than the average US woman by 2 ft 5 in (73.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Ri Myung-hun: 7 ft 8.5 in (235 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Ri Myung-hun is taller than the average US man by 1 ft 11.5 in (59.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Ri Myung-hun is taller than the average US woman by 2 ft 5 in (73.8 cm).

Ri Myung-hun beside others

Ri Myung-hun is one of the taller basketball players we have heights for: Suleiman Ali Nashnush (8 ft 0.5 in) stands 4 in (10 cm) taller and Muggsy Bogues (5 ft 3 in) is 2 ft 5.5 in (75 cm) shorter.

  • Sun Mingming: 7 ft 9 in (236 cm), 0.4 in (1 cm) taller than Ri Myung-hun.
  • Abiodun Adegoke: 7 ft 9 in (236 cm), 0.4 in (1 cm) taller than Ri Myung-hun.
  • George Bell: 7 ft 8 in (234 cm), 0.4 in (1 cm) shorter than Ri Myung-hun.

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Where this height comes from

7 ft 8.5 in (235 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: Voice of America, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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MLA“Ri Myung-hun Height: 7 ft 8.5 in (235 cm), Drawn Beside You.” Heightvs, 3 Nov. 2026, heightvs.com/how-tall/ri-myung-hun.
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Ri Myung-hun, 7 ft 8.5 in (235 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)