How tall is Wilt Chamberlain?
American basketball player (1936–1999)
Recorded height
216 cm 7′1″ · 2.16 m · 85.0 inches
216 cm 7′1″ · 2.16 m · 85.0 inches
- Wilt Chamberlain is 216 cm tall (7′1″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved .
- 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)).
Compared with people of similar fame
Felipe Massa (166 cm) · Henry IV (180 cm) · Melissa McCarthy (157 cm) · James Blunt (173 cm) · Anushka Sharma (173 cm) · Cobie Smulders (173 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.