list of tallest people

| Unknown

| Italy

| 1005 cm

| 33 ft 0 in

| Several skeletons, some reportedly {{cvt|30|and|33|ft|m}} tall, found in Sicily. In the Middle Ages, they were mistaken for the bones of cyclops or giants who settled in caves after the Flood. Later studies have shown that these bones belong to Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus, Elephas mnaidriensis, and Elephas falconeri, so-called dwarf elephants from the Middle and Late Pleistocene.{{cite journal|author=Valerio Agnesi, Di Patti C., B. Truden|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249551895|title=Giants and elephants of Sicily|date=January 2007|journal=Geological Society London Special Publications|volume=273|issue=1|pages=263–270|doi=10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.20|bibcode=2007GSLSP.273..263A |s2cid=129843177 }}{{cite journal|author=Marco Romano, Marco Avanzini|url=https://www.academia.edu/35517066|title=The skeletons of Cyclops and Lestrigons: misinterpretation of Quaternary vertebrates as remains of the mythological giants|journal=Historical Biology|date=26 June 2017|volume=31|issue=2|pages=117–139 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1342640|s2cid=89912123 }}

| Middle to Late Pleistocene. Originally thought to be from the Classical Antiquity.

| Unknown

| India

| 960 cm

| 31 ft 6 in

| A skeleton {{cvt|31.5|ft|m}} long, found in the river bank in the Jabalpur district on August 8, 1934.{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/85472000|title=31 ft. giant found in India. Native discover skeleton in river bank|date=9 August 1934|work=The Daily News (Perth, WA)|page=1}} Initially believed to be a giant human, it was identified as a giant non-human ape soon after unearthing.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19340813.2.40?query=human+giant|title=Skeleton now believed to be that of ape|date=13 August 1934|work=Manawatu Times|volume=59|issue=192|page=5}}

| Unknown

| Teutobochus (Theutobochus)

| France

| 760 cm

| 24 ft 11 in

| A left part of a huge skeleton was discovered in a sand quarry in Dauphiné in 1613.{{cite book|author=Claudine Cohen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Il2rrmAySq0C&dq=Teutobochus&pg=PA30|title=The Fate of the Mammoth. Fossils, Myth, and History|date=April 2, 2002|publisher=University of Chicago Press|pages=29–31|isbn=9780226112923}} These bones were thought to belong to an ancient giant king {{cvt|24

| Unknown

| United States

| 610 cm

| 20 ft 0 in

| A giant human skeleton from Tennessee, found in 1845. It was estimated at {{cvt|18|ft|m}} but the living man was believed to be "at least" {{cvt|20|ft|m}} tall. However, even in 1845 it was reported that the discovery was not confirmed.{{cite web|url=https://www.readex.com/sites/default/files/TribbleEveningTranscrip10.10.1845.pdf|title=A giant at last|work=Boston Evening Transcript|date=10 October 1845|page=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616142506/https://www.readex.com/sites/default/files/TribbleEveningTranscrip10.10.1845.pdf|archive-date=16 June 2022}} This skeleton as well as an {{height|ft=8|in=9}} tall specimen found in the Rocky Mountains in 1838, is very likely the remains of an extinct animal.{{cite web|author=Scott Tribble|url=https://www.readex.com/readex-report/issues/volume-8-issue-3/tallest-tall-tales-using-historical-newspapers-unearth|title=The Tallest of the Tall Tales: Using Historical Newspapers to Unearth the Secrets of the Cardiff Giant's Success (from Tribble, 2009)|website=readex.com|date=September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726052232/https://www.readex.com/readex-report/issues/volume-8-issue-3/tallest-tall-tales-using-historical-newspapers-unearth|archive-date=26 July 2022}}

| Unknown

| Giant of Utica

| Tunisia

| 590 cm

| 19 ft 4 in

| A gigantic remains including teeth discovered near Utica by Saint Augustine in 412 AD and later by {{ill|Thomas d'Arcos|ca|Thomas d'Arcos|vertical-align=sup}} in 1630. The bones crumbled to dust during the extraction, but two enormous teeth were saved. It was assumed that this skeleton and similar specimens from the nearby localities are the remains of the giants, Hercules or Adam.{{cite journal|author=Godard Gaston|date=March 2009|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249552341|title=The fossil proboscideans of Utica (Tunisia), a key to the 'giant' controversy, from Saint Augustine (424) to Peiresc (1632)|journal=Geological Society London Special Publications|volume=310|issue=1|pages=67–76|doi=10.1144/SP310.8|bibcode=2009GSLSP.310...67G |s2cid=130560933 }} However, already in 1631, Peiresc suggested that these remains belong to a marine animal or an elephant. More recent research indicates that this giant's preserved upper molar is most likely belongs to a Pleistocene relative of the modern African elephant.

| Pleistocene. Originally thought to be a 600-year-old giant who died 4000 years before his remains were found.

| Unknown

| Switzerland

| 580 cm

| 19 ft 0 in

| A giant skeleton found near Lucerne in 1577.{{cite book|date=1880|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-DMVAAAAYAAJ&dq=Lucerne+1577&pg=PA64|title=Library of Universal Knowledge|publisher=American book exchange|volume=7|page=64}} In 1786, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach concluded that these remains actually belong to a mammoth.{{cite book|author=Jan Bondeson|url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7591/9781501733451-005/pdf|title=Giants in the Earth (from the book A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities)|chapter=Giants in the Earth |publisher=Cornell University Press|date=1997|pages=72–95 |doi=10.7591/9781501733451-005|isbn=9781501733451 |s2cid=194301745 }}

| Pleistocene. Originally thought to be from the antediluvian times.

|Unknown

|Iran

|500 cm

|16 ft 5 in

|In an interview he said, “This means that Goliath and his fellow warriors from the mythical city of Gath could really have been more than 3 meters tall.” “This also means that many different people over a long period of time could have encountered real existing giants and passed down stories about them to their descendants. We’ll definitely have to review of conception of history as it is and accept that many legends just might be real!”

|Unknown

| Patagon

| Argentina

| 450 cm

| 14 ft 9 in

| From the time of Magellan's expeditions until the end of the 18th century, European explorers reported about the Patagonians {{cvt|9|and|10|ft|m|order=flip}} tall, and even an individual about {{cvt|4|or|4.5|m|ft}} tall captured by Magellan's crewmen near the Santa Cruz River (Argentina).{{cite book

|isbn = 9781845640613

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nDDJAwAAQBAJ&dq=patagonians+15+feet&pg=PA14

| title = Patagonia, a Forgotten Land: From Magellan to Perón

| publisher = WIT Press

| date = 2007

| access-date = 2 October 2022

| pages = 13–14

| author = C. A. Brebbia

}} In reality, Patagonians usually did not exceed {{cvt|6|ft|m|order=flip}} in height. A 1615 report about a grave with bones of the giants in Puerto Deseado could have been initiated by fossil finds.

| {{c.}} 1520{{cite journal|author=William C. Sturtevant|date=1980|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/481730|title=Patagonian Giants and Baroness Hyde de Neuville's Iroquois Drawings|journal=Ethnohistory|volume=27|issue=4|pages=331–348|doi=10.2307/481730|jstor=481730 }}

| Syria (Bashan)

| 412 cm

| 13 ft 6 in

| As it is claimed in Bible, Og's sarcophagus (bed{{cite book|author=Peter W. Flint, Emanuel Tov, James C. WonderKam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ku15DwAAQBAJ&dq=og+size+bible&pg=PA71|title=Studies in the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, and the Septuagint: Presented to Eugene Ulrich|date=2006|pages=71–74|publisher=Koninklijke Brill NV|isbn=9004137386}} or probably couch{{cite book|author=John H. Walton, Victor H. Matthews|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p986lIcjo64C&q=couches&pg=PA223|title=Bible Background Commentary: Genesis-Deuteronomy|date=1997|publisher=Inter-Varsity Press|page=223|isbn=0830814566}}) was nine cubits long and four cubits wide which is approximately {{cvt|13.5|x|6|ft|m|order=flip}}.{{cite book|author=Peter C. Craigie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PAslX-YsNagC&q=feet|title=The Book of Deuteronomy|date=1976|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.|page=120|isbn=0802825249}} Historicity of Og is disputed, his sarcophagus could be a dolmen. In Europe, such tombs have been called "beds of the giants".

| Unknown – Iron Age

| Irish giant

| Ireland

| 371 cm

| 12 ft 2 in

| Also known as The Giant of Antrim or the Irish Giant, this alleged creature was said to have be excavated by a Mr Dyer while he was prospecting for iron ore in County Antrim, Ireland.{{Cite web |url=https://www.6000years.org/giants.html |title=Giants |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=www.6000years.org}}

| Unknown

| United States

| 366 cm

| 12 ft 0 in

| A human skeleton {{height|ft=12}} tall with ribs nearly {{cvt|4|ft|m}} long found near Barnard, Missouri, on September 13, 1883. Unverified.

| Claims of being from the prehistoric times.

| Iran

| 364 cm

| 11 ft 11 in

| It was claimed that at the age of 18 Kashmir Khan was almost 12 feet (365.8 cm) tall but when he was admitted to hospital in 1933 he was found to be only 7 ft 2.6 in (220 cm) tall.{{Cite web |date=2012-03-18 |title=Siah Khan - Kashmir Khan The tallest man Iran Persia |url=http://www.thetallestman.com/siahkhan.htm |access-date=2022-10-02 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318101344/http://www.thetallestman.com/siahkhan.htm |archive-date=18 March 2012 |url-status=usurped}}

|1913–1938 (aged 24–25)

|Giant of Castelnau

| United States

| 343 cm

| 11 ft 3 in

| As quoted in The New York Times in 1880, two giant skeletons, both at {{height|ft=11|in=3}}, were found in Pennsylvania in 1798. After being taken up, the bones crumbled to pieces.{{cite web|author=Jim Vieira, Micah Ewers|url=http://www.sydhav.no/giants/newspapers.htm|title=Old newspaper articles are serious about giant skeletons|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831025623/http://www.sydhav.no/giants/newspapers.htm|archive-date=31 August 2022}}

| Unknown

| United States

| 328 cm

| 10 ft 9 in

| A skeleton with teeth and jaws nearly as large as those of a horse, found in 1856 in the vineyard of East Wheeling, Virginia. Unverified.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1856/11/21/archives/article-34-no-title.html|title=Article 34|work=The New York Times|date=November 21, 1856|page=6}}

| Unknown

| Andorra

| 320 cm

| 10 ft 6 in

| Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web |date=2017-09-02 |title=Jose Punlos The tallest man Andorra |url=http://www.thetallestman.com/josepunlos.htm |access-date=2022-05-01 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902101931/http://www.thetallestman.com/josepunlos.htm |archive-date=2 September 2017 |url-status=usurped}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1MZkAAAAIBAJ&dq=Jose+Punlos&pg=PA2&article_id=1770,4288398 |title=The Telegraph-Herald |publisher=The Telegraph-Herald |language=en}}

| Unknown

| Scotland

| 315 cm

| 10 ft 4 in

|Sam McDonald (1762 – 6 May 1802), called "Big Sam", was a Scotsman of unusual height for his day who had a distinguished military career and was a noted "strongman". Most sources state his height as 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m),{{Cite book |last=Brewer |first=Ebenezer Cobham |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107239401 |title=Dictionary of Phrase and Fable |date=2014-03-20 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/cbo9781107239401 |isbn=978-1-107-23940-1}} with a burly build, although one 1822 source claims 10 feet 4 inches (3.15 m).{{Citation |title=CONCLUSION |date=2013-10-31 |work=A Tour in Switzerland |pages=272–278 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107324947.020 |access-date=2024-07-27 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.1017/cbo9781107324947.020 |isbn=978-1-108-06544-3 }}

| 1762–1802 (40?)

| Zimbabwe

| 315 cm

| 10 ft 4 in

| Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web |title=The giant of the world ランキング (female)|url=http://inoswim.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tallestwomen.worldranking.htm |access-date=3 October 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217203716/http://inoswim.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tallestwomen.worldranking.htm |archive-date=17 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}

| born 1977?

| Orestes

| Greece

| 312 cm

| 10 ft 3 in

| According to Herodotus, a coffin 7 cubits (311.5 cm if 1 cubit is 44.5 cm) long with the skeleton of exactly the same size{{cite journal|author=Marina Milićević Bradać, Ivor Karavanić|date=December 2015|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297055855|title=Phlegon of Tralles and fossils from Dalmatia|journal=Vjesnik Za Arheologiju I Povijest Dalmatinsku|volume=108|issue=1|pages=109–118|issn=1845-7789}} was found in Tegea. In fact, bones of Orestes could have belonged to a large Pleistocene animal.{{cite web|author=George Huxley|url= https://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/viewFile/7181/4957|title=Bones for Orestes|date=1979|publisher=Duke University Libraries|issn=2159-3159|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802151239/https://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/viewFile/7181/4957|archive-date=2 August 2020}}{{cite web|author=Mary Fragkaki|url=https://www.ucm.es/data/cont/docs/106-2017-05-02-19.%20Mary%20FRAGKAKI.pdf|title=The "repatriation" of Orestes and Theseus|date=2016|work=Antesteria|pages=285–302|issn=2254-1683|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127115004/https://www.ucm.es/data/cont/docs/106-2017-05-02-19.%20Mary%20FRAGKAKI.pdf|archive-date=27 January 2022}}

| Pleistocene. Originally thought to be from the Classical antiquity

| Egypt

| 310 cm

| 10 ft 2 in

| Lived in Desouk and worked there as a waiter until he became too tall and could not continue to serve customers. It is stated that he was {{convert|10|ft|2|in|cm}} tall and was still growing at the age of 14.{{cite journal|date=6 March 1938|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/madison-wisconsin-state-journal-mar-06-1938-p-6/|title=Giraffe and mouse among the humans|journal=Wisconsin State Journal|page=6}}{{cite journal|date=6 March 1938|url=http://www.thetallestman.com/images/saidmuhammadghazi/saidmuhammadghazi%20(7).jpg |title=Giraffe and mouse among the humans (scan)|journal=Wisconsin State Journal|page=6|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820061208/http://www.thetallestman.com/images/saidmuhammadghazi/saidmuhammadghazi%20(7).jpg|archive-date=20 August 2014}}

| born 1924? (aged 14 as of March 1938)

| Emperor Keikō

| Japan

| 310 cm

| 10 ft 2 in

| Claims of being {{convert|10|ft|2|in|cm}}, not confirmed.{{Cite book |last1=Brinkley |first1=F. (Frank) |url=http://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NnsEAAAAMAAJ |title=A history of the Japanese people from the earliest times to the end of the Meiji era |last2=Kikuchi |first2=Dairoku |date=1915 |publisher=New York [etc.] : The Encyclopædia Britannica Co. | others=University of Michigan}}

| 13 BC – 130 AD (143)

| United States

| 305 cm

| 10 ft 0 in

| Multiple human skeletons discovered by Dr. J. F. Everhart and the Historical Society of Brush Creek Township, Ohio in 1880.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ok9AQAAIAAJ&q=106|title=Scientific American, "Ancient American Giants"|date=1880-08-14|publisher=Munn & Company|page=106|language=en}} Unverified, controversial and disputed.{{cite news|author=Bradley Lepper|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/technology/2019/01/27/archaeology-were-ancient-writings-giants/6185559007/|title=Archaeology: Were ancient writings, giants pulled from Ohio burial mounds? Ummm, no|date=27 January 2019|work=The Columbus Dispatch}}

| Unknown

| Cardiff Giant

| United States

| 305 cm

| 10 ft in

| The Cardiff Giant was one of the most famous archaeological hoaxes in American history. It was a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m), roughly 3,000 pound{{Cite web |date=2014-10-16 |title=This Month in History: The Cardiff Giant |url=https://www.cnyhistory.org/2014/10/cardiff-giant/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Onondaga Historical Association |language=en-US}} purported "petrified man", uncovered on October 16 1869 by workers digging a well behind the barn of William C.

| Unknown

|Emperor Chūai

|Japan

|300 cm

|9 ft 10 in

|Achievements: He was handsome and 3 meters tall . According to the "Nihon Shoki," his uncle Emperor Wakatarihiko (Emperor Seimu) had no heir, so he became the crown prince at the age of 31 on March 1, 48th year of Emperor Seimu's reign.{{Cite web |title=仲哀天皇 身長 - Google Search |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=%E4%BB%B2%E5%93%80%E5%A4%A9%E7%9A%87+%E8%BA%AB%E9%95%B7 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.google.com}}

|149–200 (aged 50–51)

|Ruan Wengzhong

|China

|300 cm

|9 ft 10 in

|Ruan Wengzhong was a historical person during the Qin dynasty, who was recorded to have fought against the Xiongnu on the Great Wall at the border city of Lintao. He was allegedly a 3 meters tall giant. His story was first mentioned by the 3rd century CE writer Gao You in his commentary of the Huainanzi, and later developed in the 6th century Commentary on the Water Classic:{{cite book |last1=Li |first1=Xifan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SoSIEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA73 |title=A General History of Chinese Art: From the Qin Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties |date=3 October 2022 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-079088-7 |pages=73–74 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=James A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YV1hBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA93 |title=China's Encounters on the South and Southwest: Reforging the Fiery Frontier Over Two Millennia |last2=Whitmore |first2=John K. |date=6 November 2014 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-28248-3 |language=en}}

|fl. 3st century

| Israel

| 297 cm

| 9 ft 9 in

| Champion soldier of the Philistine army from Gath. Recorded by the prophet Samuel as being 6 cubits 1 span tall in 1st Samuel 17:4.

| {{c.}} 1000 BC

|United States

|292 cm

|9 ft 7 in

|Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biowBiVyeJk |title=Giant Man 9 Feet 7 Inches & Normal Wife Aka Tall Man 9'7" Chicago (1914-1918) |date=2014-04-13 |last=British Pathé |access-date=2025-02-24 |via=YouTube}}

|{{fl.|1914 - 1918}}

| Arabia

| 290 cm

| 9 ft 6 in

| Mentioned by Pliny the Elder as living in his own time.{{cite book|author=Christian Laes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0FPDwAAQBAJ&dq=Disabled+Roman+Gabara&pg=PA18|title=Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World. A Social and Cultural History|date=April 12, 2018|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=18|isbn=9781107162907}} Also mentioned as Gabbara (probably from Arabic جَبَّار jabbār, “mighty, powerful”) by Robert Plot in his Natural history of Oxfordshire, 1677.{{cite journal |last=Plot |first=R. |year=1677 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUqd_M1x40QC&q=Gabbara |title=The Natural History of Oxford-shire, Being an Essay Toward the Natural History of England |journal=Mr. S. Miller's |page=137}}

| {{fl.}} 1st century

| United Kingdom

| 290 cm

| 9 ft 6 in

| Was supposedly the tallest living man in 1892 at a staggering 9 ft 6 in (289.6 cm). Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web |date=2017-08-29 |title=John Hale The tallest man Lancashire England |url=http://www.thetallestman.com/johnhale.htm |access-date=2022-10-02 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829193739/http://www.thetallestman.com/johnhale.htm |archive-date=29 August 2017 |url-status=usurped}}

| {{fl.}} ? – December 1892

| Russian Empire

| 282 cm

| 9 ft 3 in

| Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web |date=2017-08-19 |title=Kazanloff - The tallest man Siberia |url=http://www.thetallestman.com/kazanloff.htm |access-date=2022-05-01 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819045020/http://www.thetallestman.com/kazanloff.htm |archive-date=19 August 2017 |url-status=usurped}}

| 1888–?

| England

| 282 cm

| 9 ft 3 in

| Claimed of being 9 ft 3 (282 cm). Guinness stated he was actually about 7 ft 8 (234 cm) from modern evidence.

| 1578–1623 (45)

|Bulgaria

|280 cm

|9 ft 2 in

|Assen Ivanov Giorgiev (Bulgaria) was supposedly 9'2.2" (280 cm) tall, but 2 feet less than that would be more accurate.{{Cite web |date=2011-02-25 |title=Assen Ivanov Giorgiev The tallest man Bulgaria |url=http://www.thetallestman.com/assenivanovgiorgiev.htm |access-date=2024-07-27 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225174709/http://www.thetallestman.com/assenivanovgiorgiev.htm |archive-date=2011-02-25 }}

|Unknown

| Mozambique

| 279 cm

| 9 ft 2 in

|Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web |last=Man |first=The Tallest |date=2009-06-17 |title=The Tallest Man |url=https://thetallestman.wiki/harrylawson.htm |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=thetallestman.wiki |language=en}}

|fl. 1970

|United States

|275 cm

|9 ft 0 in

|Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web |date=2010-04-20 |title=George Kennedy - The tallest man |url=http://www.thetallestman.com/georgekennedy.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420203643/http://www.thetallestman.com/georgekennedy.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2010-04-20 |access-date=2024-07-29 }}

|?-? (39)

|Vietnam

|275 cm

|9 ft 0 in

|After he died he was measured post mortem to be 9 ft 0.25 in (275 cm),{{Citation |title=The story of a Vietnamese with a height of 2m 75cm/The tallest | date=15 November 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N3kKFCSy9U |language=en |access-date=2022-02-12}} but when alive he measured at 8 ft 5.25 in (257 cm).{{Cite web |date=2018-10-17 |title=Người đàn ông cao 2,5m thách thức kỷ lục "cao nhất Việt Nam" |url=https://m.conglyxahoi.net.vn/phong-su/nguoi-dan-ong-cao-2-5m-thach-thuc-ky-luc-cao-nhat-viet-nam-16540.html |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=conglyxahoi.net.vn}}

|1984–2019 (34)

| Italy

| 274 cm

| 9 ft 0 in

| Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web |date=29 August 2017 |title=Almiro Crema - 9 feet 0 inches (274.3 cm)|url=http://www.thetallestman.com/almirocrema.htm |access-date=3 October 2022 |website=thetallestman.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829193205/http://www.thetallestman.com/almirocrema.htm |archive-date=29 August 2017 |url-status=usurped}}

| 1900–?

| Great Britain

| 274 cm

| 9 ft 0 in

| A giantess named Ann Dunn died in London recently, aged 39. She weighed nearly 500 pounds, was nearly nine feet high, and measured round the shoulders over three feet.

| ?-? (39)

|United States

|274 cm

|9 ft 0 in

|Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web |title=The Tallest Man |url=https://thetallestman.wiki/colpickettnelson.htm |website=thetallestman.wiki |date=2009-06-17 |access-date=2024-07-27 |language=en |first=The Tallest |last=Man}}

|1861–?

| United States

| 274 cm

| 9 ft 0 in

| Reported on August 29, 1883, as a skeleton of at least {{height|ft=9}} high but found to be only at {{height|ft=5|in=8}} after measurements.{{cite news|author=Brad Lepper|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/columns/2020/12/27/column-newspapers-have-been-debunking-giant-hoaxes-long-time/3989156001/|title=Archaeology: Newspapers have been debunking giant hoaxes for a long time|date=27 December 2020|work=The Columbus Dispatch}}

| Unknown

| Priests of Apollo

| Hyperborea (by North of Greece)

| 274 cm

| 9 ft 0 in

| According to Claudius Aelianus, three sons of Boreas, each 6 cubits ({{cvt|9|ft|m|order=flip}} if 1 cubit is 45 cm) tall, were priests of Apollo.{{cite web|author=Aaron J. Atsma|url=https://www.theoi.com/Gigante/GigantesHyperboreades.html|title=Hyperboreades|website=theoi.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916115823/https://www.theoi.com/Gigante/GigantesHyperboreades.html|archive-date=16 September 2022|url-status=live}} Hyperborea itself is a legendary country and the subject of symbolic interpretations.{{cite journal|author=Lewis Webb|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325126471|title=Inter imperium sine fine: Thule and Hyperborea in Roman Literature|journal=In Book: Visions of North in Premodern Europe|series=Cursor Mundi |pages=35–58|date=May 2018|volume=31 |doi=10.1484/M.CURSOR-EB.5.112872|isbn=978-2-503-57475-2 }}

| {{c.}} 2nd century AD

| United States

| 274 cm

| 9 ft 0 in

| American silent movie actor, height is not confirmed officially. His skeleton was measured at 7 ft 2.4 in.

| 1890–1938 (48)

| Indonesia

| 269 cm

| 8 ft 10 in

| Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiPlks0bb0A |title=Manusia tertinggi di indonesia |date=2017-07-31 |last=Si jay chenel |access-date=2024-07-28 |via=YouTube}}

| Unknown

|Thailand

|269 cm

|8 ft 10 in

|Was not measured officially by Guinness.{{Cite web |last=O'Neill |first=Kara |date=2015-11-10 |title='World's tallest man' who measured a massive 8ft 8ins dies aged 26 |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/worlds-tallest-man-who-measured-6803973 |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=mirror |language=en}}

|1989–2015 (26)

| Netherlands

| 269 cm

| 8 ft 10 in

| Klaas van Kitten was considered the tallest man in the 13th century, when he lived in Spaarnewoude, the Netherlands. Not much is known about the life of Klaas van Kieten.{{Cite web |date=2018-08-06 |title=Klaas van Kieten The tallest man Spaarnewoude |url=http://www.thetallestman.com/klaasvankieten.htm |access-date=2024-07-28 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806163215/http://www.thetallestman.com/klaasvankieten.htm |archive-date=2018-08-06 }}

|?–1319

| Israel

| 267 cm

| 8 ft 9 in

| Unconfirmed height; claimed to be 9 ft 0.6 in (275 cm), billed at 8 ft 9.1 in (267 cm).{{Cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Alan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6913u_Yy_wsC&q=%22eddie+carmel%22 |title=The Guinness book of records 1988 |last2=McWhirter |first2=Norris D. |date=1987 |publisher=Guinness Book |isbn=978-0-85112-868-9 |language=en}}

| 1936–1972 (36)

|United States

|265 cm

|8 ft 8 in

|Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web |last=Man |first=The Tallest |date=2009-06-17 |title=The Tallest Man |url=https://thetallestman.wiki/gradypatterson.htm |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=thetallestman.wiki |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2009-08-27 |title=Grady Patterson - The tallest man |url=http://www.thetallestman.com/gradypatterson.htm |access-date=2024-07-28 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827145209/http://www.thetallestman.com/gradypatterson.htm |archive-date=2009-08-27 }}

|1943–1968 (25)

| China

| 265 cm

| 8 ft 8 in

| Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web|url=https://kknews.cc/sports/ljnnne.html|title=Source}}

| 1921–1984 (63)

| Prince-Bishopric of Trent

| 260 cm

| 8 ft 6 in

| Italian giant. He was claimed to be {{cvt|244|cm|ftin}}{{cite book|author=Walter Bodin, Burnet Hershey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQ2BAAAAMAAJ&q=Bernardo+Gigli+tall|title=It's a Small World. All about Midgets|date=1934|publisher=Coward-McCann|page=69}}{{cite book|author=David A. Boehm, Moira Stowe, Norris McWhriter, Peter Matthews, Stan Greenberg, Stephen Topping|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UDVINdQu3p4C&q=Bernardo%20Gigli|title=Guinness Book of World Records|date=1982|publisher=Bantam Books|page=14|isbn=9780553203561}} or even {{cvt|260|cm|ftin}} but his actual height was {{cvt|229.8|cm|ftin}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.thetallestman.com/bernardogilli.htm|title=Bernardo Gilli - 7 feet 6.5 inches (229.8 cm)

|publisher=Thetallestman.com|access-date=29 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514112926/http://www.thetallestman.com/bernardogilli.htm|archive-date=14 May 2018|url-status=usurped}}

| 1726–1774/91 (48–65)

|Soviet Union and Ukraine

|258 cm

|8 ft 6 in

|Refused to be measured by Guinness according to their new guidelines. Photographic evidence suggests that he was not taller than 7 ft 7 in (231 cm).{{Cite web |title=AP |url=https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=596673efbf5f43329f7bb9981c634d44&mediatype=video&query=tallest%20man¤t=3&orderBy=Relevance&hits=93&referrer=search&search=/search?query=tallest%2520man&allFilters=Health:Subject&allFilters=Health:Subject&productType=IncludedProducts&page=1&b=634d44 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=newsroom.ap.org}}

|1970—2014

(44)

|India

|257 cm

|8 ft 5 in

|Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web |title=TALLEST MAN OF INDIA Is from Our BIDAR |url=https://www.facebook.com/BidarDeccanDigest/posts/tallest-man-of-india-is-from-our-bidar-as-per-google-tallest-man-of-india-is-mr-/1780403242051289/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=Facebook |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=July 23, 2018 |first=Mouneshwar |last=Sonnad |title=Poor health dogs giant of Kalaburagi village |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubballi/poor-health-dogs-giant-of-kalaburagi-village/articleshow/65097522.cms |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}

|born 1981

|Russian Empire

|257 cm

|8 ft 5 in

|Claims of being {{convert|8|ft|5|in|cm}}, height not confirmed officially.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2JGfY_LaWn8C&dq=Loushkin+8+feet&pg=PA24|title=Curiosities of Natural History, In: Fourth Series|author=Francis Trevelyan Buckland, Loren Coleman|date=2008|publisher=Cosino, Inc.|page=24|isbn=9781605205557}}

|1811–1844 (33)

| Pakistan

| 254 cm

| 8 ft 4 in

| Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web |title=Ajaz Ahmed Pakistani farmer |url=https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ajaz-ahmed-pakistani-farmer-88591025.html |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Alamy |language=en}}

| born 1976

|United States

|254 cm

|8 ft 4 in

|He was probably born around 1890 and died at 19.{{Cite web |last=Man |first=The Tallest |date=2009-06-17 |title=The Tallest Man |url=https://thetallestman.wiki/emmettroberts.htm |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=thetallestman.wiki |language=en}}

|born around 1890 (19)

|Madagascar

|254 cm

|8 ft 4 in

|was born around 1835 and was said to be both a giant and an albino.{{Cite web |last=Man |first=The Tallest |date=2009-06-17 |title=The Tallest Man |url=https://thetallestman.wiki/charlesprice.htm |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=thetallestman.wiki |language=en}}

|born around 1835

| Germany

| 253 cm

| 8 ft 4 in

| He is the tallest German giant in the history of professional wrestling.{{Cite web |title=『動くアルプス⑱』 |url=https://ameblo.jp/akashikatsura1/entry-12487890564.html |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=るんぺんさんの一撃 |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=世界の巨人ランキング (男性) |url=http://inoswim.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tallestmen.worldranking.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201205417/http://inoswim.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tallestmen.worldranking.htm |archive-date=2009-02-01 |access-date=2022-05-17}}

| fl. 1940

|Germany

|251 cm

|8 ft 3 in

|According to old newspaper articles, both of J.H. Reichart's parents were giants.{{Cite web |last=Man |first=The Tallest |date=2009-06-17 |title=The Tallest Man |url=https://thetallestman.wiki/jhreichart.htm |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=thetallestman.wiki |language=en}}

|？

|United States

|251 cm

|8 ft 3 in

|Annie Irwin was born in Chicago.{{Cite web |last=Man |first=The Tallest |date=2009-06-17 |title=The Tallest Man |url=https://thetallestman.wiki/annieirwin.htm |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=thetallestman.wiki |language=en}}

|fl1919

|United States

|251 cm

|8 ft 3 in

|Born in Chicago. Claimed to be {{convert|8|ft|3|in|cm}}, not confirmed.{{cite web|url=http://www.thetallestman.com/annieirwin.htm|title=Annie Irwin - 8 feet 3 inches (251.5 cm)|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103194434/http://www.thetallestman.com/annieirwin.htm|archive-date=3 November 2017}}

|{{c.}} 1919

| Sweden

| 250 cm

| 8 ft 2 in

| Donald McGregor was touring with the Foley and Burk shows in 1916. He was billed at 8'2.5" in height and the best proportioned and tallest man born in the last 200 years.{{Cite web |date=2012-03-01 |title=Donald McGregor The tallest man Scottish Giant |url=http://www.thetallestman.com/donaldmcgregor.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301065639/http://www.thetallestman.com/donaldmcgregor.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2012-03-01 |access-date=2024-07-30 }}

| 1874-?

| South Sudan

| 250 cm

| 8 ft 2 in

| Was not measured by Guinness. Tallest recorded Sudanese person.{{Cite web |date=2006-05-23 |title=WCPRC - Ring Kuot |url=http://www.childrensworld.org/page.html?pid=394 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060523040144/http://www.childrensworld.org/page.html?pid=394 |archive-date=23 May 2006 |url-status=dead}}

| 1986–2007 (21)

| United Kingdom

| 249 cm

| 8 ft 2 in

| Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite news |date=1887-08-06 |title=THE GIANT COOPER.; SKETCH OF THE TALLEST MAN IN THE UNITED STATES. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1887/08/06/archives/the-giant-cooper-sketch-of-the-tallest-man-in-the-united-states.html |access-date=2022-04-28 |issn=0362-4331}}

| 1853–1899 (46)

| Uzbekistan

| 244 cm

| 8 ft 0 in

| Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web |date=2017-09-11 |title=Isroil Hushbokov The tallest man Uzbekistan |url=http://www.thetallestman.com/isroilhushbokov.htm |access-date=2022-03-19 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911181608/http://www.thetallestman.com/isroilhushbokov.htm |archive-date=11 September 2017 |url-status=usurped}}

| born 1980 (aged 27 as of November 2007){{cite web|author=Rashid|date=11 November 2007|url=http://www.neweurasia.net/politics-and-society/uzbek-goliath/|title=Uzbek Goliath|website=neweurasia.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815073933/https://www.neweurasia.net/politics-and-society/uzbek-goliath/|archive-date=15 August 2016}}

| Iraq

| 243 cm

| 8 ft 0 in

| Height not confirmed officially.{{cite web|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180925-iraqs-tallest-man-dies-in-india/|title=Iraq's tallest man dies in India|date=September 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228210138/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180925-iraqs-tallest-man-dies-in-india/|archive-date=28 February 2022}}

| 1985–2018 (33)

| India

| 242 cm

| 7 ft 11 in

| Claims to be 7 ft 11 (242 cm), aged 13. Son of Indian basketball player Shweatlana Singh

| born 2007

| Isle of Man

| 241 cm

| 7 ft 11 in

| Known as the Arabian Giant or the Palestine Giant.

| 1824–1889 (64)

| Brazil

| 240 cm

| 7 ft 10 in

| Height not confirmed officially. Experts Suggest She Was Closer To 7 ft 6.6 in (230 cm) from photographic evidence.{{Cite web |title=Mulher de quase 2,4 metros de altura pede ajuda no RS |url=https://www.olhardireto.com.br/noticias/exibir.asp?id=194245¬icia=mulher-de-quase-24-metros-de-altura-pede-ajuda-no-rs |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Olhar Direto |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |date=2012-05-23 |title=Kátia D'Ávilla Rodrigues The tallest woman Brazil |url=http://www.thetallestman.com/katiadavillarodrigues.htm |access-date=2022-03-14 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523194943/http://www.thetallestman.com/katiadavillarodrigues.htm |archive-date=23 May 2012 |url-status=usurped}}

| 1963–2011 (48)

| Austria-Hungary

| 237 cm

| 7 ft 9 in

| Possible tallest Croat recorded as well as possible tallest person of Austria-Hungary of his time. Some sources states his height as 219 cm (7 ft 2), others at 237 cm (7 ft 9.6); his exact height is disputed.{{Cite web |title=Le saviez-vous? |url=http://www.afrv.ch/Page_18_infosaviez.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427151034/http://www.afrv.ch/Page_18_infosaviez.htm |archive-date=27 April 2009 |access-date=19 April 2010}}{{Cite web |title=LET ME GET THERE: Two extremes [1905-1906] |url=https://scalar.usc.edu/works/let-me-get-there/two-extremes |website=LET ME GET THERE}}

| 1892–1918 (26)

| United States

| 236 cm

| 7 ft 9 in

| Inga Norgestrum was another 'giantess' | made up by Weekly World News.{{Cite web |date=2018-07-07 |title=Inga Norgestrum The tallest woman Norway |url=http://www.thetallestman.com/inganorgestrum.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707114200/http://www.thetallestman.com/inganorgestrum.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2018-07-07 |access-date=2024-08-08 }}

| ?

| Saint Christopher

| Roman Empire

| 231 cm

| 7 ft 7 in

| Saint venerated by the Roman Catholic Church. According to legend, he was 5 cubits ({{cvt|2.3|m|ftin}}) tall, a claimed "gigantic tooth" of St. Christopher turned out to be a tooth of hippopotamus.{{cite journal|author=E. Molteni, M. Vergani, M. A. Riva|date=22 February 2019|title=The gigantic tooth of St. Christopher|journal=British Dental Journal|volume=226|issue=240|page=240 |doi=10.1038/s41415-019-0034-z |pmid=30796375 |s2cid=71148662 |doi-access=free|hdl=10281/220741|hdl-access=free}}

| 3rd or 4th century AD

| 231 cm

|Japan

|227 cm

|7 ft 5 in

|Height not confirmed officially.

|19th century

| United States

| 226 cm

| 7 ft 5 in

| Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web |date=2018-06-22 |title=George Washout The tallest man North Dakota Polytechnic |url=http://www.thetallestman.com/georgewashout.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622081333/http://www.thetallestman.com/georgewashout.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2018-06-22 |access-date=2024-08-06 }}

| Unknown

|United States

|226 cm

|7 ft 5 in

|Height not confirmed officially.

|1967–?

|Norway

|226 cm

|7 ft 5 in

|Height not confirmed officially.

|1844–1899 (55)

|United Kingdom

|225 cm

|7 ft 5 in

|Height not confirmed officially.

|1944–?

|Japan

|221 cm

|7 ft 3 in

|Height not confirmed officially.

|19century

|Japan

|221 cm

|7 ft 3 in

|Height not confirmed officially.

|1832 alive

|Kingdom of Ireland

|215 cm

|7 ft 1 in

|Height not confirmed officially.{{Cite web |last=Man |first=The Tallest |date=2009-06-17 |title=The Tallest Man |url=https://thetallestman.wiki/marymurphy.htm |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=thetallestman.wiki |language=en}}

|Unknown

|Brazil

|213 cm

|7 ft 0 in

|Maria Feliciana dos Santos grew normally until the age of 10, when her growth skyrocketed. She was a basketball player, singer and circus attraction. Her first public performances were in 1962 at the age of 16. At 18 she received the title of Queen of Height in a contest in Chacrinha. Although her height was often claimed to be 7 feet 4.4 inches (224.8 cm), her real height was probably no more than 7 feet 0 inches.{{Cite web |last=Man |first=The Tallest |date=2009-06-17 |title=The Tallest Man |url=https://thetallestman.wiki/mariafelicianadossantos.htm |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=thetallestman.wiki |language=en}}

|1947–?

| United States

| 210 cm

| 6 ft 11 in

| A real man that became a regional legend in Nebraska. Possibly was {{cvt|7|ft|m|order=flip}} tall and could lift a stone {{cvt|1700|lb|kg|order=flip}} in weight.{{cite book|author=Josepha Sherman|date=December 18, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4S3fBQAAQBAJ&dq=Antonine+Barada+giant&pg=PT354|title=World Folklore for Storytellers. Tales of Wonder, Wisdom, Fools, and Heroes|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781317451631}}

| August 22, 1807 – March 30, 1885/87 (77–79)

|United States

|204 cm

|6 ft 8 in

|Claimed to be tallest soldier in the American Civil War{{Cite news |last=Tucker |first=Neely |author-link=Neely Tucker |date=February 18, 2025 |title=Big Pat Bane, Tallest Soldier in the Civil War? |work=Library of Congress |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/02/big-pat-bane-the-tallest-soldier-in-the-civil-war/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250310065206/https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/02/big-pat-bane-the-tallest-soldier-in-the-civil-war/ |archive-date=March 10, 2025}}

|August 14, 1843 – March 16, 1912

|Germany

|204 cm

|6 ft 8 in

|Maria Scheller was also known as the Nuremberg Giantess (Nürnberg Giantess or Nürnberg Riesin). She was said to be 7 feet 2 inches tall, although postcards below (marked on the back as 'Maria Scheller' state her height was only 204 cm.{{Cite web |last=Man |first=The Tallest |date=2009-06-17 |title=The Tallest Man |url=https://thetallestman.wiki/mariascheller.htm |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=thetallestman.wiki |language=en}}

|Unknown

|Olivier Rioux

|Angus MacAskill

|Bob Wegner

|Neil Fingleton

|Robert Bobroczkyi

|Manute Bol

|Yao Ming

| Shawn Bradley

|Sergey Ilin

|Martin Miklosik

| Chuck Nevitt

|Sim Bhullar

| Will Jacobsen

| Jamarion Sharp

|Nagawoo Jimaan

|Ivo Höger

|Jannik Könecke

| Mark Eaton

| United States

| 224 cm

| 7 ft 4 in

| Former player in the NBA, he played for the Utah Jazz from 1982–1993.

| 1957–2021 (64)

| Rik Smits

| Netherlands

| 224 cm

| 7 ft 4 in

| Former player in the NBA, he played for the Indiana Pacers from 1988–2000 making him the tallest Dutch NBA player ever.

| born 1966

| Priest Lauderdale

| Bulgaria and United States

| 224 cm

| 7 ft 4 in

| Former player in the NBA, 1996–1998.

| born 1973

| Victor Wembanyama

| France

| 224 cm

| 7 ft 4 in

| Currently tied as the tallest active NBA player since being drafted first overall in the 2023 NBA draft. Currently plays for the San Antonio Spurs.

| born 2004

| Michael Fusek

| Slovakia

|Zach Edey

|Michael Hayn

|Kewal Shiels

|{{ill|Rolf Mayr|de|vertical-align=sup}}

| Peter John Ramos

| Puerto Rico

| 222 cm

| 7 ft 3 in

| Former player in the NBA, he played for the Washington Wizards from 2004–2005.

| born 1985

|Ring Ayuel

|South Sudan

|222 cm

|7 ft 3 in

|Height disputed between sources, either 7 ft 3.5 in, or 7 ft 4 in.

|born 1988

|Gino Cuccarolo

|Janar Purason

|Ren Keyu

| Žydrūnas Ilgauskas

| Lithuania

| 221 cm

| 7 ft 3 in

| Former player in the NBA, 1996–2011.

| born 1975

| Randy Breuer

| United States

| 221 cm

| 7 ft 3 in

| Former player in the NBA, 1983–1994.

| born 1960

| Arvydas Sabonis

| Lithuania

| 221 cm

| 7 ft 3 in

| Former player in the NBA, he played for the Portland Trail Blazers from 1995–2001 and in the 2002–2003 season.

| born 1964

| Hasheem Thabeet

| Tanzania

| 221 cm

| 7 ft 3 in

| Former player in the NBA, 2009–2014. He is the only Tanzanian player to play in the NBA. Currently plays for Pazi in the Tanzania Basketball League

| born 1987

| Swede Halbrook

| United States

| 221 cm

| 7 ft 3 in

| Former player in the NBA, he played for the Syracuse Nationals from 1961–1962.

| 1933–1988 (55)

| Keith Closs

| United States

| 221 cm

| 7 ft 3 in

| Former player in the NBA, he played for the Los Angeles Clippers from 1997–2000.

| born 1976

| Walter Tavares

| Cape Verde

| 221 cm

| 7 ft 3 in

| Former player in the NBA, 2015–2016, 2017. He is the only Cape Verdean player to play in the NBA. Currently plays for Real Madrid in the Liga ACB.

| born 1992

| Tibor Pleiß

| Germany

| 221 cm

| 7 ft 3 in

| Former player in the NBA, he played for the Utah Jazz from 2015–2016. Currently plays for Anadolu Efes S.K. in the Turkish Super League.

| born 1989

| Aleksandar Radojević

| Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro

| 221 cm

| 7 ft 3 in

| Former player in the NBA, 1999–2000, 2004–2005.

| born 1976

| Kristaps Porziņģis

| Latvia

| 221 cm

| 7 ft 3 in

| Currently the third tallest active NBA player. Currently plays for the Boston Celtics.

| born 1995

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! Metric

! Imperial

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! Note

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|{{convert|246|cm|ftin|abbr=on|disp=table}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thetallestman.com/mortezamehrzad.htm|title=Morteza Mehrzad - 8 feet 1 inch (246.4 cm)|publisher=thetallestman.com|access-date=18 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304125201/http://www.thetallestman.com/mortezamehrzad.htm|archive-date=4 March 2012|url-status=usurped}}

| Morteza Mehrzad

| Tallest paralympian and tallest sitting volleyball player.{{cite news |last=Eastaugh |first=Sophie |date=15 September 2016 |title=Meet Iran's sitting volleyball ace, the tallest Paralympian in history |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/15/sport/morteza-mehrzadselakjani-sitting-volleyball-iran/ |publisher=cnn.com |access-date=18 September 2016}}

| born 1987

| File:Morteza Mehrzad Selakjani.jpg

| {{convert|218|cm|ftin|abbr=on|disp=table}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2009/Team_Roster.asp?Tourn=wl2009&Team=RUS|title=FIVB|publisher=Federation Internationale De Volleyball|access-date=24 August 2010}}

| Dmitriy Muserskiy

| Tallest volleyball player. Member of Russia's national team.

| born 1988

| File:Dmitriy-muserskiy-best-volleyball-player.jpg

| {{convert|213|cm|ftin|abbr=on|disp=table}}

| Ted van der Parre

| Tallest World's Strongest Man champion.

| born 1955

| 110px

| {{convert|213|cm|ftin|abbr=on|disp=table}}

| Richard Metcalfe

| Tallest rugby union player.

| born 1973

| 110px

| {{convert|212|cm|ftin|abbr=on|disp=table}}

| Semmy Schilt

| Tallest kickboxing world champion.

| born 1973

| 110px

| {{convert|211|cm|ftin|abbr=on|disp=table}}

| Jon Rauch

| Tied as tallest baseball player in Major League Baseball history.

| born 1978

| 110px

| {{convert|211|cm|ftin|abbr=on|disp=table}}

| Will Carrick-Smith

| Tallest active professional rugby union player.

| born 1992

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| Aaron Sandilands

| Tied as tallest player in Australian Football League history.

| born 1982

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| {{convert|211|cm|ftin|abbr=on|disp=table}}

| Mason Cox

| Tied as tallest player in Australian Football League history.

|born 1991

| 110px

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| Sean Hjelle

| Tied as tallest baseball player in Major League Baseball history.

| born 1997

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| Reilly Opelka

| Tied as tallest tennis player on the ATP Tour.

| born 1997

| 110px

| {{convert|209|cm|ftin|abbr=on|disp=table}}

| Rolandas Gimbutis

| Tallest Olympic swimmer.

| born 1981

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| {{convert|208|cm|ftin|abbr=on|disp=table}}

| Kristof Van Hout

| Tallest association football player.

| born 1987

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| {{convert|206|cm|ftin|abbr=on|disp=table}}

| Zdeno Chara

| Tallest National Hockey League player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/tallest-player-in-nhl-ice-hockey/|title=Tallest player in NHL ice hockey|website=Guinness World Records|access-date=24 March 2025}}

| born 1977

| 110px

| {{convert|201|cm|ftin|abbr=on|disp=table}}

| Phil Blackmar

| Tallest golfer on the PGA Tour.

| born 1957

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