50 Tallest Ball Players Ever

[yodaman]

No. Height Name/Team/Country

1 245 Suleiman Ali Nashnush LBA LBA NT (LBA)
2 242 Kosen Sultan TUR Galatasaray (TUR)
3 241 Sizonenko Aleksandr RUS Ural Great (RUS)
4 236 Okayama Yasutaka JPN Sumitomo Metal Spark (JPN)
5 235 Ri Myong Hun PRK Pyöngyang City (PRK)
6 234 Bell George USA Biola (CA) (USA)
7 233 Harris Jon ITA P.Empedocle (ITA)
8 233 Sun Ming Ming CHN Dodge City L. (USA)
9 231 Bol Manute SUD Washington W. (USA)
10 230 Muresan Gheorghe ROM Maryland N. (USA)
11 230 Mu Tie-Zhu CHN Bayi AR (CHN)
12 229 Sidibe Malik SEN Kapfenberg (AUT)
13 229 Vranes Slavko MNT Buducnost (MNT)
14 229 Fingleton Neil USA-ENG Illescas (ESP)
15 229 George Kenny USA NC-Asheville (USA)
16 228 Bradley Shawn GER-USA Dallas M. (USA)
17 228 Miklosik Martin SVK Worthersee (AUT)
18 227 Sokoloski Jerry CAN-POL CAN NT (CAN)
19 227 Lanier Michael USA UCLA (USA)
20 227 Lanier James USA Denver (USA)
21 227 Van Volkenburgh Andy USA Las Vegas W. (USA)
22 226 Yao Ming CHN Houston R. (USA)
23 226 Podkolzin Pavel RUS Khimky (RUS)
24 225 Hoger Ivan CZE Akademik P. (BUL)
25 225 Rindin Alexandr AZE Ural Great (RUS)
26 225 Eaton Mark USA Utah J. (USA)
27 225 Nevitt Chuck USA Houston R. (USA)
28 225 Ayuel Ring SUD High School USA (USA)
29 224 Bannister Alan ENG Chester Jets (ENG)
30 223 Rouzbahani Jaber IRI Zob Ahan (IRI)
31 223 Slaninka Matt USA NEPA B. (USA)
32 223 Warlika Ujang IDN ASPAC (IDN)
33 223 Kruminsh Jan LAT Retired Stars (USA)
34 223 Smits Rik NED Retired Stars (USA)
35 222 Lefebvre Jean Claude USA Gonzaga (USA)
36 222 Ramos Peter John PUR-USA Washington W. (USA)
37 222 Metheney Chase USA Virginia (USA)
38 222 Ha Seung Jin KOR Milwaukee B. (USA)
39 222 Zabolotny Viktor UKR Vozko (UKR)
40 222 Popa Constantin ROM-ISR Hap.L.Hashar. (ISR)
41 222 Mayr Rolf GER Sechtem SG (GER)
42 222 Atuashvili Sergo GEO Barreirense (POR)
43 222 Sabonis Arvydas LTU Zalgiris (LTU)
44 221 Schoenmakers Hanno NED Verviers-Pep. (BEL)
45 221 Sinanovic Nedzad BIH Real (ESP)
46 221 Minor Luke USA CSM Iasi (ROM)
47 221 Purasson Janar EST Dalkia/Nybit (EST)
48 221 Sun Heo Hua CHN Zhejiang C. (CHN)
49 221 Dodik Bojan MNT Buducnost (MNT)
50 221 Behnke Gunther GER Bonn (GER)

[RayV]

Damn..... and i thought Manute Bol is already very tall!!!

[BBallfanJ]

Yao doesn't even crack the top 20 all-time. Now that's scary.

[rikhardur]

A guy is missing there, former Argentinian player Jorge González who stands 229 cm tall.
"González was originally a basketball player from Argentina. He played in Argentina's first division league for Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, and also for the Argentina national basketball team. He was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA, but apparently he couldn't handle the pace of the game, and had trouble maintaining a proper weight."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Gonzales

[Nemesis 11 (aka Sabas 11)]

The reported height for Viktor Zabolotny is absolutely wrong! It was reported on CNN and other prestigious newsites a few years ago that he is actually 239cm tall! The reason they listed him as 222cm is because that's as far as measurements went up where he played in Ukraine. He later went to Ecuador and joined a circus!!! Speaking of Ukraine, where is Vladimir Tkachenko who is so popular on this forum?

[rikhardur]

Originally Posted by Nemesis 11 (aka Sabas 11)

The reported height for Viktor Zabolotny is absolutely wrong! It was reported on CNN and other prestigious newsites a few years ago that he is actually 239cm tall! The reason they listed him as 222cm is because that's as far as measurements went up where he played in Ukraine. He later went to Ecuador and joined a circus!!! Speaking of Ukraine, where is Vladimir Tkachenko who is so popular on this forum?

Here's a photo of him (Zabolotny) in a circus:



Yeah, Tkachenko is also missing...
Btw I ask, was that list made by you yodaman? Or did you find it in the Internet?

[Jokinen]

Originally Posted by rikhardur

A guy is missing there, former Argentinian player Jorge González who stands 229 cm tall.
"González was originally a basketball player from Argentina. He played in Argentina's first division league for Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, and also for the Argentina national basketball team. He was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA, but apparently he couldn't handle the pace of the game, and had trouble maintaining a proper weight."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Gonzales

Yeap Gonzalez was a professional bball player, although he was supossed to be 233 cm not 229 cm.

[rikhardur]

Originally Posted by Jokinen

Yeap Gonzalez was a professional bball player, although he was supossed to be 233 cm not 229 cm.

I said 229 cm because I saw that on Wikipedia and in a couple of websites. Thanks for the correction though.

[Nemesis 11 (aka Sabas 11)]

Originally Posted by Jokinen

Yeap Gonzalez was a professional bball player, although he was supossed to be 233 cm not 229 cm.

He he...yes this guy was also a "professional" wrestler under the alias "Giant Gonzalez" in the WWF in early nineties. He beat up on my favourite The Undertaker and feuded with him for about six months to a year. They exaggerated his height to "nearly 8 feet tall" but he was maybe 7' 7" at most. I wonder if Argentina will have some guy like this on their NT ever. He could be useful to help out Oberto and Scola.

[rikhardur]

The Undertaker was also my favorite wrestler I remember seeing a very tall guy once with a suit that made him look like King Kong or whatever, it really impressed me. Then many years after that I discovered that that giant was González, I was suprised to know that he had been a basketball player.

[bobo81]

There was a talllll chinese dude in the like 79 or 80's NBA draft but never played...No one ever mentions him. Anyone remember his name? He was like almost 8 feet or something.

[Nikoo]

Originally Posted by bobo81

There was a talllll chinese dude in the like 79 or 80's NBA draft but never played...No one ever mentions him. Anyone remember his name? He was like almost 8 feet or something.

He was from Japan and his first name started with O

[sinobball]

There is an Indian wrestler (Great Khan??) who's pretty tall, but probably not more than 7 feet.

I personally stood pretty close to Neil Fingleton in Chapel Hill. I don't think he's taller than Yao Ming though, otherwise why can't he get PT even in NCAA?

#48's name is Sun Houhua, he played like 1 game in CBA and then disappeared.

[Jokinen]

Originally Posted by Nemesis 11 (aka Sabas 11)

I wonder if Argentina will have some guy like this on their NT ever. He could be useful to help out Oberto and Scola.

Hmm... doesn't look like, at least in the short term. We have lots of 6' 9" and some 6' 10" with potential to play in the NT, even a couple of 6'11" but I think not even one 7'0" with chances to make the NT. The best young prospect would be Pablo Orlietti who is 16 years and around 205 cm, hopefully he grows a couple of inches, this kid already plays for the U-18 NT and is followed closely by the Real Madrid.

[ffalkec]

Originally Posted by sinobball

There is an Indian wrestler (Great Khan??) who's pretty tall, but probably not more than 7 feet.

I personally stood pretty close to Neil Fingleton in Chapel Hill. I don't think he's taller than Yao Ming though, otherwise why can't he get PT even in NCAA?

#48's name is Sun Houhua, he played like 1 game in CBA and then disappeared.

The wrestler is Great Khali, and I think they really exagerate his height.

Anybody heard of a chinese guy named Ming Ming - I heard rumors that he is over 240cm.

[rikhardur]

Originally Posted by ffalkec

Anybody heard of a chinese guy named Ming Ming - I heard rumors that he is over 240cm.

Yes I already heard about him. According to Wikipedia he's 236 cm. He had serious health problems related with a tumor and his pituitary gland, so I don't know if he actually will become a good player or even actually one. Here's a website devoted to him and the problems he had: http://www.savesunmingming.com/

EDIT: He's on the list too btw.

[rikhardur]

Originally Posted by rikhardur

Yeah, Tkachenko is also missing...

Well I just checked his height and a good number of websites state he's 220 cm, thus he's out of the top 50.

[BBallfanJ]

Originally Posted by ffalkec

The wrestler is Great Khali, and I think they really exagerate his height.

Well, I know he's at least as tall as the Big Show, who's supposed to be 7 feet tall. At one time they said he was 7'4", then 7'2" and now 7 feet. Anyways, Khali hasn't been heard from since the Undertaker took care of him in a last man standing match.

[GR8BBALL]

poor ming ming guy he had to deal with far more serious matters than bball...
wish him the best in life from now and on...

[ffalkec]

Originally Posted by BBallfanJ

Well, I know he's at least as tall as the Big Show, who's supposed to be 7 feet tall. At one time they said he was 7'4", then 7'2" and now 7 feet. Anyways, Khali hasn't been heard from since the Undertaker took care of him in a last man standing match.

Well I dont know how tall Big Show is, but I'm pretty sure that Khali is a bit taller. But it's really hard to imagine Khali playing basketball, running from one basket to the other, or jumping after the ball....