Top 10 Tallest NBA Players Of All Time

Former NBA basketball player Gheorghe Muresan is from Romania. He holds the record for the tallest player in the history of the sport with Manute Bol at 7 feet 7 inches.

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Manute Bol is perhaps known primarily as the tallest player for the Washington Bullets with the height of 7'7". He is also Sudanese and a centre. Bol had good court vision and was a fantastic passer.

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Shawn Bradley, often known as "the Stormin' Mormon," stands at 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m), making him one of the tallest players in the history of the sport.

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Former NBA player Slavko Vranes is from Montenegro. In international competitions, he also represented the Montenegrin national basketball team. At 7'6", this NBA star is one of the tallest players.

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Yao Ming is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He holds multiple records for being one of their 7'6′′(2.29 m) heaviest players and one of the tallest players ever to play in an NBA game.

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Senegalese basketball player Tacko Fall previously competed for the NBA G League's Cleveland Charge. Tacko stands at 7 feet 6 inches, making him one of the NBA's tallest players.

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Former American professional basketball player Chuck Nevitt is well-known for his extraordinary height. He played centre during his nine-year NBA career at a height of 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m).

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Former professional basketball player Pavel Podkolzin is from Russia. He is a 7-foot 5-inch man who has previously played in the NBA and the NBA Development League.

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Sim Bhullar is a professional basketball player from Canada who plays for the Hsinchu JKO Lioneers in the Taiwanese P. League+. He stands 7'5" tall and weighs 360 pounds.

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Serb basketball player Boban Marjanovic currently plays for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His height and weight are stated as 7 feet 3 inches and 291 pounds, respectively.

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