Vince Carter

How tall is Vince Carter?

Vince Carter is commonly listed at 6 ft 6 in (198 cm).

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Vince Carter’s 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

Vince Carter is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 2.5 in (36.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Vince Carter: 6 ft 6 in (198 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Vince Carter is taller than the average US man by 9 in (22.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Vince Carter is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 2.5 in (36.8 cm).Vince Carter is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 2.5 in (36.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Vince Carter: 6 ft 6 in (198 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Vince Carter is taller than the average US man by 9 in (22.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Vince Carter is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 2.5 in (36.8 cm).

Vince Carter beside others

Vince Carter 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: Michael Jordan, Billy Cunningham and DeMar DeRozan.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 6 in (198 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.

Photo: Danny Bollinger, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Vince Carter, 6 ft 6 in (198 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)