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The height of these NBA legends ranges from Russell’s 208 cm to Jabbar’s 218 cm. But who would be the best NBA player of all time with a height of at least 220 cm? We would leave this question unanswered. However, we can say who is the most productive of all time. And how far Kristaps Porzingis is from what he has achieved.
Before we get into the top tall players of all time, it should be explained that the limit between tall and super tall players is unofficially 7 feet 3 inches or 221 cm (a foot is 30.48 cm and an inch is 2.54 cm). And that Kristaps Porzingis’ height in various sources is both 7-2 (218 cm) and 7-3 (221 cm). However, since Kristaps is one of the particularly tall players, we assume his height to be 221 cm.
In order to theoretically claim points and be represented in various charts, you first have to be on the pitch. So you have to be injury-free. For both “small” and large players. However, this is much more difficult for tall basketball players.
It’s not for nothing that no player taller than 220 cm has played even 900 games in the NBA. On the other hand, LeBron James, who scored the most points in league history, will have played 1,460 games.
An exception can be considered the 7-2 (218 cm) tall Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who is on the border of the tall and ultra-tall players. The six-time NBA champion played 1,560 games in his 20-year career.
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No particularly great basketball player comes close to Jabbar, either in games played or points scored. Mark Eaton spent 11 seasons in the NBA, during which the 224 cm tall American played 875 games. Eaton, who missed only 9 games in his first 10 seasons, had to end his career after the 11th season due to knee and back injuries. These or other injuries have also ended the careers of other long-term players.
But enough of talking about the sad, sad and painful – let’s move on to the most prolific, especially great, NBA basketball players of all time.
Rick Smith
The tallest tall player of all time is the Dutchman Rick Smith with a height of 224 cm. Drafted second overall in 1988, Smith played 867 regular season games and scored 12,871 points in 12 seasons with the Indiana Pacers.
Zidrūns Ilgausks
The 221 cm tall Lithuanian played 12 seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers team and spent another year in the Miami Heat unit. He played 843 games and scored 10,976 points.
Jao Mins
The 229 cm tall Chinese Yao Min, who played almost twice as many games as the first two, scored 9247 points in 486 games.
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