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How tall is Yao Ming?

Q: How tall is Yao Ming?

Yao Ming is 229 cm tall, which is 7′6″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

Chinese basketball player (born 1980)

Recorded height
229 cm 7′6″ · 2.29 m · 90.2 inches

Yao Ming is 229 cm tall (7′6″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 54 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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Height as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved September 21, 2026. Recorded heights of real people are approximate. Silhouettes are stylized pictograms, not likenesses.