7 ft 6 in (228.6 cm)
Yao Ming is listed by the NBA at 7 ft 6 in (228.6 cm). NBA listed height.
How tall is Yao Ming?
Yao Ming is listed by the NBA at 7 ft 6 in (228.6 cm).
Yao Ming’s 7 ft 6 in (228.6 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
Yao Ming and Tacko Fall have the same height. Yao Ming and Tacko Fall side by side.
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Yao Ming beside others
Yao Ming is one of the taller basketball players we have heights for: Suleiman Ali Nashnush (8 ft 0.5 in) stands 6.5 in (16.4 cm) taller and Muggsy Bogues (5 ft 3 in) is 2 ft 3 in (68.6 cm) shorter.
- Ralph Sampson: 7 ft 4 in (224 cm), 2 in (4.6 cm) shorter than Yao Ming.
- Dikembe Mutombo: 7 ft 2 in (218.4 cm), 4 in (10.2 cm) shorter than Yao Ming.
- Hakeem Olajuwon: 7 ft 0 in (213.4 cm), 6 in (15.2 cm) shorter than Yao Ming.
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Where this height comes from
The chart converts the NBA feet-and-inches listing. A rounded metric label can differ slightly from that exact conversion.
Photo: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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