| Flag | Height | Name | Note | Lifespan |
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 | 247 cm (8 ft 1 in) | Sultan Kösen | Tallest living person since September 17, 2009, as determined by Guinness World Records, former basketball player. | 1982– |
 | 245 cm (8 ft 0 in) | Suleiman Ali Nashnush | Libyan who was the tallest basketball player.[citation needed] | 1943–1991 |
 | 239 cm (7 ft 10 in) | Alexander Sizonenko | Tallest Soviet basketball player and tallest living Russian. Said to have grown since this measurement was taken.[35] | 1959– |
 | 236 cm (7 ft 9 in) | Sun Ming Ming | One of the tallest basketball players alive. | 1983– |
 | 234 cm (7 ft 8 in) | Kenny George | Believed to be tallest American basketball player. | 1987– |
 | 231 cm (7 ft 7 in) | Manute Bol | Sudanese professional basketball player. Tied as tallest player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. | 1962–2010 |
 | 231 cm (7 ft 7 in) | Gheorghe Mureşan | Retired Romanian professional basketball player. Tied as tallest player in NBA history. | 1971– |
 | 229 cm (7 ft 6 in) | Shawn Bradley | Tallest German-born basketball player at professional level. Played in the NBA. | 1972– |
| 229 cm (7 ft 6 in)[36] | Yao Ming | Tallest NBA player since 2002. | 1980– |
 | 229 cm (7 ft 6 in) | Jorge Gonzales | Tallest professional WWE wrestler. | 1966–2010 |
 | 226 cm (7 ft 5 in) | Slavko Vraneš | Tallest Montenegrin basketball player at professional level. Played one game in the NBA for the Portland Trail Blazers. | 1983– |
 | 225 cm (7 ft 5 in) | Maria Feliciana dos Santos | Tallest female basketball player ever.[37] | 1946– |
 | 224 cm (7 ft 4 in) | Rik Smits | Tallest Dutch basketball player. Played in the NBA. | 1966– |
 | 223 cm (7 ft 4 in) | Jaber Rouzbahani | Tallest Iranian professional basketball player. | 1986– |
 | 222 cm (7 ft 3 in) | Boban Marjanović | Tallest Serbian professional basketball player. | 1988– |
 | 221 cm (7 ft 3 in) | Hasheem Thabeet | Tallest Tanzanian professional basketball player. Plays in the NBA. | 1987– |
 | 221 cm (7 ft 3 in) | Peter John Ramos | Tallest Professional Puerto Rican basketball player. | 1985– |
 | 221 cm (7 ft 3 in) | Arvydas Sabonis | Lithuanian professional basketball player (retired). | 1964– |
| 221 cm (7 ft 3 in) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas | Lithuanian professional basketball player. | 1975– |
| 218 cm (7 ft 2 in) | Hamed Haddadi | First Iranian NBA player. | 1985– |
 | 218 cm (7 ft 2 in) | Choi Hong-man | Tallest Kickboxer and Mixed Martial Artist. | 1980– |
| 218 cm (7 ft 2 in) | Giant Silva | Tallest Brazilian Kickboxer. | 1963- |
| 218 cm (7 ft 2 in) | Loek van Mil | Tallest baseball player. | 1984– |
 | 218 cm (7 ft 2 in) | Małgorzata "Margo" Dydek | Tallest female basketball player in the world. | 1974– |
| 216 cm (7 ft 1 in)[38] | Aleksey Kazakov | Russian volleyball player. | 1976– |
 | 216 cm (7 ft 1 in) | Dalip Singh Rana | Tallest current professional WWE wrestler. | 1972– |
 | 216 cm (7 ft 1 in) | Mohammad Irfan | Tallest international cricketer in the world. | 1982– |
 | 216 cm (7 ft 1 in) | Marc Gasol | Tallest Spanish basketball player. | 1985- |
 | 216 cm (7 ft 1 in) | E.J. Feihl | Tallest Filipino basketball player. | 1970– |
 | 216 cm (7 ft 1 in) | Predrag Samardžiski | Tallest Macedonian basketball player. | 1986– |
 | 215 cm (7 ft 1 in) | Viljar Veski | Tallest Estonian basketball player. | 1986- |
 | 213 cm (7 ft 0 in) | Richard Metcalfe | Tallest Rugby union player in history. | 1973– |
| 213 cm (7 ft 0 in) | Ted van der Parre | Tallest Strongman in history. | 1955– |
| 213 cm (7 ft 0 in) | Richard Sligh | Tallest American Football player in NFL history. | 1944–2008 |
| 213 cm (7 ft 0 in) | Nikolai Valuev | Tallest title holder in Heavyweight Boxing. | 1973– |
| 212 cm (6 ft 11 in) | Semmy Schilt | Tallest Dutch Kickboxer and Mixed Martial Artist. | 1973– |
| 212 cm (6 ft 11 in) | Stefan Struve | Tallest UFC Fighter Ultimate Fighting Championship. | 1988- |
| 211 cm (6 ft 11 in) | Jon Rauch | Tallest Baseball player in Major League Baseball. | 1978– |
 | 211 cm (6 ft 11 in) | Aaron Sandilands | The tallest player in the history of Australian Football League. | 1982– |
| 211 cm (6 ft 11 in) | Peter Street | Same as Aaron Sandilands, the tallest player in the history of Australian Football League. | 1980– |
 | 209 cm (6 ft 10 in) | Will Jefferson | Tallest First Class Cricket player. | 1979– |
| 209 cm (6 ft 10 in) | Rolandas Gimbutis | Tallest Olympic Swimmer | 1981– |
 | 208 cm (6 ft 10 in) | Ivo Karlović | Tallest Tennis player on the ATP Tour. | 1979– |
 | 208 cm (6 ft 10 in) | Kristof Van Hout | Tallest Association Football player | 1987– |
 | 206 cm (6 ft 9 in) | Zdeno Chára | Tallest player in National Hockey League history. | 1977– |
| 206 cm (6 ft 9 in) | Nelly Alisheva | Tallest female Volleyball Player. | 1983– |
| 206 cm (6 ft 9 in) | John Isner | Tallest American Tennis player on ATP Tour. | 1985– |
 | 204 cm (6 ft 8 in) | Tor Hogne Aarøy | Tallest current Norwegian football player. | 1977- |
| 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) | Dick Norman | Tallest Belgium tennis player on ATP Tour. | 1971- |
 | 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) | Kotooshu Katsunori | Currently tallest sumo wrestler. | 1983- |
| 202 cm (6 ft 8 in) | Željko Kalac | Tallest footballer in World Cup history. | 1972- |
 | 202 cm (6 ft 8 in) | Stefan Maierhofer | Tallest Austrian footballer. | 1982- |
 | 202 cm (6 ft 8 in) | Jan Koller | Tallest Czech footballer. | 1973- |
| 202 cm (6 ft 8 in) | Nikola Zigic | Tallest Serbian footballer. | 1980- |
| 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) | Ingo Schultz | Tallest sprinter. | 1975– |
| 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) | Velichko Cholakov | Tallest Olympic weightlifter. | 1982– |
| 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) | Peter Crouch | Tallest English footballer | 1981- |
| 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) | George Archer | Tallest golfer on the PGA Tour. | 1939–2005 |
 | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | Usain Bolt | Tallest sprinter in athletics . | 1986- |
| 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | Blanka Vlašić | Tallest Croatian female high jumper. | 1983- |
| 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | Eva Hrdinová | Tallest Tennis player on WTA Tour. | 1984–
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