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Where the heights come from

A listed height needs a little context: who published it, what they measured, and whether another listing says something different.

Published heights, with their context

Heights are compiled from official profiles, published records and encyclopedias. One reasonable reference is enough for a listed height. Every figure says what kind of evidence supports it: measured, officially listed, billed, self-reported, or commonly listed. Measurements lead over roster listings. Promoter billing is not a measurement; a person’s own statement comes next; encyclopedia and reference listings are described as commonly listed. Repeated listings are not separate measurements. When reports differ, we show the selected listing and the reported range. A sports roster may differ from a barefoot measurement. A self-reported height in boots describes something different again. When we have more than one supported listing, you can choose between them in the chart.

These are published heights, not live measurements, and an older listing does not establish someone’s current height. We change a value when a published source supports the change.

Find a height and its source

Browse by the first letter of a name, or search below. Each listing links to its chart, with a publication link when a suitable public citation is available. When a source gives the date of the measurement itself, the height’s own page shows it.

Conversions, character questions and surveys

Adult height percentiles, daily height changes and measuring at home

CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Fryar et al. (2025), Table 7 · CDC NHANES August 2021–August 2023. The CDC report is in the public domain. Our percentile estimates interpolate between its published points.

What the drawing shows

Every figure uses the same vertical scale and starts on the same baseline. A person beside a tower stays tiny. Use zoom to inspect a small figure without changing its height.

The outlines are symbols, not portraits. Their width and body shape are not measurements. The round photographs beside a person’s name are not part of the drawing: they come from Wikimedia Commons, under licences that allow reuse with credit, and each page names the photographer and the licence. Buildings include the parts named in the listing, such as a spire or antenna. Mountain drawings show summit elevation above sea level. Their bases and widths are illustrative.

Units, rounding and the gap

One inch is exactly 2.54 centimeters, and one foot is exactly 12 inches. Those conversions follow NIST’s conversion factors. The chart subtracts the shorter height from the taller one before rounding the display.

For example, 5 ft 2 in is about 157.5 cm, and 6 ft 1 in is about 185.4 cm. The difference is about 27.9 cm, or 11 in. Try your own values in the height difference calculator.

Custom heights keep your entered decimals. Published heights follow the precision of the listing; inch gaps can show a decimal so a half-inch difference stays visible. Converted values are rounded for display. Extra decimal places do not make a listing more certain. A gap too small to round normally says “less than,” rather than zero.

Wingspan and standing reach

Basketball players who attended the NBA Draft Combine show its wingspan, standing reach and height without shoes on their page, as the NBA publishes them. Nothing is estimated from height.

Your characters and pictures

In “Art and details,” choose whether your character’s height is stated, canon, model or sprite. Add a note for the version, pose, shoes or accessories. Those are your annotations, not a published height confirmed by Heightvs.

Crop your artwork to the head and soles of the feet. Your notes stay in a shared link, while the artwork stays in your browser and the saved PNG.

Credits and reuse

Wikidata’s structured facts use CC0, which permits reuse without an attribution requirement. We link official publications and Wikipedia where they support the figure. When there is no suitable public citation, the page carries the kind of reading. Private cross-check references are not included in this source directory. Wikipedia text is licensed under CC BY-SA; Wikidata uses CC0. Heights are facts: we copy no Wikipedia prose or publisher photographs.

The illustrations and chart outlines were made for Heightvs, except the aurochs outline, by Ivan Iofrida via PhyloPic, under CC BY 4.0 (turned to face right, scaled and recoloured). Barlow and Barlow Condensed are by Jeremy Tribby and are distributed under the SIL Open Font License.

If a listing looks wrong

Compare its measurement context and date first. A height in shoes and a barefoot height can both accurately describe their own measurement. Every correction we make is listed on the changes page. To send a better listing, use the form on the contact page with a source that states the height.

Familiar comparison references

These are specific reference values, not a claim that every door, giraffe or bus has one height. Only facts are used; publisher photographs and text are not reproduced.

  • Door (6 ft 8 in / 203.2 cm): 6 ft 8 in (203.2 cm)

    Nominal JELD-WEN 6 ft 8 in door size; panel clearances and frame height vary. JELD-WEN.

  • Basketball rim: 10 ft 0 in (304.8 cm)

    NBA ring upper edge above the floor; backboard excluded. NBA official rules.

  • Giraffe: about 18 ft 0.5 in (550 cm)

    Upper giraffe height reference; individual animals vary. Smithsonian Movement of Life.

  • Average 7-year-old: 4 ft 0 in (122 cm)

    Median height of US children aged 7, boys and girls alike, from the CDC growth charts (stature-for-age, ages 2 to 20). CDC National Center for Health Statistics.

  • Double-decker bus: about 14 ft 1.5 in (430 cm)

    Enviro400 4.3 m configuration; a 4.2 m configuration is also offered. Alexander Dennis.

  • Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm)

    Mean measured height of US men aged 20 and older, CDC NHANES August 2021–August 2023. CDC National Center for Health Statistics.

  • Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm)

    Mean measured height of US women aged 20 and older, CDC NHANES August 2021–August 2023. CDC National Center for Health Statistics.