This is a list of the tallest players in National Basketball Association history. It is currently topped by the Romanian Gheorghe MureÃÂan, taken by the Washington Bullets as the number 30 overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft.
As of the 2025âÂÂ26 NBA season, thirty players have been listed at or taller. Three are active as of the season: Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs, Zach Edey of the Memphis Grizzlies, and Rocco Zikarsky of the Minnesota Timberwolves. The tallest player inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is Yao Ming. Yao, Ralph Sampson and Arvydas Sabonis are the only players or taller elected to the Hall of Fame.
Yasutaka Okayama, a Japanese basketball player picked 171st overall in the seventh round of the 1981 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors, is the tallest player ever to be drafted to the NBA. However, he never played in the NBA.