Who is the tallest player in the NBA, both current and all-time?
Basketball is a game that typically favors height. An advantage of a few inches over your defender can get you an easier two points, and if you’re on the defensive, you can make things a lot harder for your opponent all while expending less effort if you have a height advantage.
Of course, height isn’t everything, and smaller players often bring finesse and smoothness to the game that taller players simply can’t, but it typically makes things easier.
So, that begs the question: Who is the tallest in the NBA?
Who is the tallest active player in the NBA?
Houston Rockets center Boban Marjanovic is the tallest active player. He stands seven feet, four inches tall and is listed as 290 pounds.
Marjanovic is Serbian and went undrafted originally, signing with the Spurs after a successful career in Europe that put him on the map. He has gone on to play for the Pistons, Clippers, Sixers, Mavericks, and now Rockets.
Before coming to the NBA, Marjanovic won Gold Medals for U-20 and U-19 teams he was on representing Serbia. He won a Silver Medal in the EuroBasket tournament in 2017.
Tallest active players in the NBA
Here are the active players 7-2 or taller:
- Boban Marjanovic: 7-4
- Kristaps Porzingis: 7-3
- Alex Len: 7-2
- Bol Bol: 7-2
- Luke Kornet: 7-2
- Moses Brown: 7-2
Who is the tallest player of all time in the NBA?
The tallest two players to ever play in the NBA measured at seven feet, seven inches: Gheorghe Muresan and Manute Bol (father of the aforementioned Bol Bol). While players like Yao Ming or Shawn Bradley are often guessed, those two were measured at 6-foot-6.
Muresan played for the Washington Bullets and New Jersey Nets, while Bol played for the Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors, and Miami Heat.
Muresan had a relatively short six-year career. He wore 77 as a reference to his height.
Outside of his career, Muresan is an activist that has attempted to raise awareness for teen suicide. Both of his children played as walk-ons at Georgetown.
Bol sadly died in 2010. He had a 10-year career and scored 1,599 points and grabbed 2,647 rebounds.