Pelé is 173 cm tall, which is 5′8″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved August 27, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

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How tall is Pelé?

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

Recorded height
173 cm 5′8″ · 1.73 m · 68.1 inches

Pelé is 173 cm tall (5′8″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved August 27, 2026.
That is 2 cm shorter 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

John Adams (170 cm) · Alfred Hitchcock (170 cm) · Muammar Gaddafi (185 cm) · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (185 cm) · Leon Trotsky (176 cm) · Muhammad Ali (191 cm)

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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.