How tall is Michael Jordan?
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
Recorded height
198 cm 6′6″ · 1.98 m · 78.0 inches
198 cm 6′6″ · 1.98 m · 78.0 inches
- Michael Jordan is 198 cm tall (6′6″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved .
- That is 23 cm taller than the average U.S. man (175.3 cm, 5′9″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).
Compared with people of similar fame
Ariana Grande (153 cm) · Robert Mugabe (170 cm) · Rutherford B. Hayes (174 cm) · Joseph Goebbels (165 cm) · Franklin Pierce (178 cm) · David Beckham (183 cm)
Side-by-side pages
Michael Jordan vs Ariana Grande · Michael Jordan vs Robert Mugabe · Michael Jordan vs Rutherford B. Hayes · Michael Jordan vs Joseph Goebbels
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Height as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved August 27, 2026. Recorded heights of real people are approximate. Silhouettes are stylized pictograms, not likenesses.