6 ft 2.5 in (189 cm)
A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Rio Ferdinand is commonly listed at 6 ft 2.5 in (189 cm).
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Rio Ferdinand’s 6 ft 2.5 in (189 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
Rio Ferdinand is one of the taller association football players we have heights for: Jan Koller (6 ft 7.5 in) stands 5 in (13 cm) taller and Chanathip Songkrasin (5 ft 2 in) is 1 ft 0 in (31 cm) shorter. All 207 ranked, tallest first.
A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
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| APA | Heightvs. (2026, November 3). Rio Ferdinand height: 6 ft 2.5 in (189 cm), drawn beside you. https://heightvs.com/how-tall/rio-ferdinand |
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