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How tall is Shaquille O'Neal?

Q: How tall is Shaquille O'Neal?

Shaquille O'Neal is 216 cm tall, which is 7′1″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

American basketball player (born 1972)

Recorded height
216 cm 7′1″ · 2.16 m · 85.0 inches

Shaquille O'Neal is 216 cm tall (7′1″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 41 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)).

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