Top 10 Tallest Basketball Players of All Time

10. BOBAN MARJANOVIC

BOBAN  MARJANOVIC

-Height: 7 feet 4 inches -Playing Years: 2016-present - The Serbian after his rookie seasons managed to  average 22.8 PTS, 15.1 REB, 2.0 AST, and 1.3 STL per 36-minutes.Now a member of the Dallas Mavericks, Marjanovic’s career continues to go swimmingly.

9. TACKO FALL

TACKO  FALL

-Height: 7 feet 5 inches -Playing Years: 2020-present - The tallest active NBA player takes responsibility for the center with an 8,17-foot wingspan along with a 10,17-foot standing height.Particularly,  Fall averages just 3.1 PTS and 2.4 REB per NBA game during the two seasons in Boston.

8. PAVEL PODKOLZIN

PAVEL PODKOLZIN

-Height: 7 feet 5 inches -Playing Years: 2005-2006 - The Russian athlete manned the center and played for 6 games during two seasons. Later Pavel Podklzin had played for some other European basketball teams.

7. SIM BHULLAR

 SIM  BHULLAR

-Height: 7 feet 5 inches -Playing Years: 2015 - The towering Canadian player scored only two points in triple games for the Sacramento Kings.  “Sim City” was also a superstar in Super Basketball League.

6. CHUCK NEVITT

 CHUCK NEVITT

-Height: 7 feet 5 inches -Playing Years: 1983-1994 - This towering pro, Nevitt was one of the tallest players in NBA history playing at the center of NBA teams during nine years in his NBA career.

5. YAO MING

YAO  MING

-Height: 7 feet 6 inches -Playing Years: 2003-2011 - The Shanghai NBA player  became one eight-time All-Star as well as five-time All-NBA pick. He had an average of 19.0 PTS, 9.2 REB, and 1.9 BLK per game over 8 seasons.

4. SHAWN BRADLEY

 SHAWN BRADLEY

-Height: 7 feet 6 inches -Playing Years: 1994-2005 -“The Stormin’ Mormon” was the highest-ranked NBA player in blocks for a single season for the Dallas Mavericks. He was also the leading tallest NBA player in swats up to 7 times. 

3. SLAVKO VRANES

SLAVKO VRANES

-Height: 7 feet 6 inches -Playing Years: 2004 - The name may be strange to many fans of basketball NBA teams but Slavko Vranes gained a long-lasting and successful career. He was a Euro Cup champion and three Serbian Cup winners.

2. MANUTE BOL

MANUTE  BOL

-Height: 7 feet 7 inches -Playing Years: 1986-1995 - The Sudanese , “Dinka Dunker ” was the tallest player of a shot blocker.   Bol ranked first standing in swats in both 1986 and 1989. He was in the top 10 in blocked shots 7 times throughout his NBA career.

1. GHEORGHE MURESAN

 GHEORGHE MURESAN

-Height: 7 feet 7 inches -Playing Years: 1994-2000 - The Romanian NBA player ranked the first NBA standing with the highest field goal percentage (FG%) as well as 2-point FG% in back-to-back seasons. As a result, Gheorghe Muresan won The Most Improved Player Award of the league in 1996.