Most of us are but tiny, moral humanoids, trying each day to avoid being squashed by falling objects and projectiles. NBA players are behemoths whom roam the earth with size 15 shoes and custom-made shirts that are necessary for their alien arms. But even among the monsters, there are the tallest and shortest.
There are 30 teams in the NBA, and that means 30 tallest and 30 shortest players in total. Like we did last year, we’ve combed through the rosters and put together a full list of each NBA team’s tallest and shortest players (as of Oct. 12, 2021).
NBA Eastern Conference Tallest and Shortest Players
Atlanta Hawks
Tallest: Johnny Hamilton (7 feet, 0 inches – up 2 inches from 2020)
Shortest: Sharife Cooper, Lou Williams, Trae Young (6 feet, 1 inch – up 1 inch from 2020)
Boston Celtics
Tallest: Enes Kanter (6 feet, 10 inches – down 7 inches from 2020)
Shortest: Payton Pritchard (6 feet, 1 inch – up 3 inches from 2020)
Brooklyn Nets
Tallest: LaMarcus Aldridge, Nicolas Claxton, Day’Ron Sharpe (6 feet, 11 inches – no change)
Shortest: Jevon Carter, Patty Mills (6 feet, 1 inch – down 1 inch from 2020)
Charlotte Hornets
Tallest: Nick Richards (7 feet, 0 inches – no change)
Shortest: Terry Rozier (6 feet, 1 inch – no change)
Chicago Bulls
Tallest: Marko Simonovic, Nikola Vucevic (6 feet, 11 inches – down 3 inches from 2020)
Shortest: Devon Dotson (6 feet, 2 inches – no change)
Cleveland Cavaliers
Tallest: Tacko Fall (7 feet, 5 inches – up 5 inches from 2020)
Shortest: Darius Garland, Kyle Guy, Collin Sexton (6 feet, 1 inch – no change)
Detroit Pistons
Tallest: Luka Garza, Kelly Olynyk (6 feet, 11 inches – no change)
Shortest: Derrick Walton (6 feet, 0 inches – down 2 inches from 2020)
Indiana Pacers
Tallest: Goga Bitadze, Domantas Sabonis, Myles Turner (6 feet, 11 inches – no change)
Shortest: Keifer Sykes (6 feet, 0 inches – no change)
Miami Heat
Tallest: Dewayne Dedmon, Omer Yurtseven (7 feet, 0 inches – no change)
Shortest: Kyle Lowry (6 feet, 0 inches – down 2 inches from 2020)
Milwaukee Bucks
Tallest: Brook Lopez (7 feet, 0 inches – no change)
Shortest: Justin Robinson (6 feet, 1 inch – up 2 inches from 2020)
New York Knicks
Tallest: Mitchell Robinson (7 feet, 0 inches – no change)
Shortest: Kemba Walker (6 feet, 0 inches – up 2 inches from 2020)
Orlando Magic
Tallest: Mo Bamba, Robin Lopez (7 feet, 0 inches – no change)
Shortest: Cole Anthony, Massani Gravett (6 feet, 2 inches – down 1 inch from 2020)
Philadelphia 76ers
Tallest: Joel Embiid (7 feet, 0 inches – no change)
Shortest: Seth Curry, Tyrese Maxey, Grant Riller (6 feet, 2 inches – no change)
Toronto Raptors
Tallest: Dalano Banton, Scottie Barnes, Khem Birch, Chris Boucher, Sam Dekker, Freddie Gillespie, Pascal Siakam, Yuta Watanabe (6 feet, 9 inches – down 3 inches from 2020)
Shortest: Malachi Flynn, Fred VanVleet (6 feet, 1 inch – up 1 inch from 2020)
Washington Wizards
Tallest: Jay Huff (7 feet, 1 inch – down 1 inch from 2020)
Shortest: Aaron Holiday (6 feet, 0 inches – no change)
NBA Western Conference
Dallas Mavericks
Tallest: Boban Marjanovic (7 feet, 4 inches – no change)
Shortest: Trey Burke (6 feet, 0 inches – no change)
Denver Nuggets
Tallest: Bol Bol (7 feet, 2 inches – no change)
Shortest: Facundo Campazzo, Markus Howard (5 feet, 10 inches – down 1 inch from 2020)
Golden State Warriors
Tallest: James Wiseman (7 feet, 0 inches – no change)
Shortest: Chris Chiozza (5 feet, 11 inches – down 3 inches from 2020)
Houston Rockets
Tallest: Alperen Sengun, Christian Wood (6 feet, 10 inches – no change)
Shortest: D.J. Augustin (5 feet, 11 inches – up 2 inches from 2020)
Los Angeles Clippers
Tallest: Isaiah Hartenstein, Ivica Zubac (7 feet, 0 inches – no change)
Shortest: Eric Bledsoe (6 feet, 1 inch – no change)
Los Angeles Lakers
Tallest: DeAndre Jordan (6 feet, 11 inches – no change)
Shortest: Rajon Rondo (6 feet, 1 inch – no change)
Memphis Grizzlies
Tallest: Steven Adams, Santi Aldama, Jaren Jackson Jr. (6 feet, 11 inches – no change)
Shortest: Tyus Jones (6 feet, 0 inches – no change)
Minnesota Timberwolves
Tallest: Karl-Anthony Towns (6 feet, 11 inches – no change)
Shortest: Isaiah Miller, McKinley Wright IV (6 feet, 0 inches – up 1 inch from 2020)
New Orleans Pelicans
Tallest: Jaxson Hayes, Willy Hernangomez (6 feet, 11 inches – down 1 inch from 2020)
Shortest: Jose Alvarado (6 feet, 0 inches – down 1 inch from 2020)
Oklahoma City Thunder
Tallest: Aleksej Pokusevski (7 feet, 0 inches – down 2 inches from 2020)
Shortest: Lugentz Dort (6 feet, 3 inches – no change)
Phoenix Suns
Tallest: Frank Kaminsky, JaVale McGee (7 feet, 0 inches – no change)
Shortest: Chris Paul (6 feet, 0 inches – down 1 inch from 2020)
Portland Trail Blazers
Tallest: Jusuf Nurkic, Cody Zeller (6 feet, 11 inches – down 1 inch from 2020)
Shortest: Quinn Cook (6 feet, 1 inch – down 1 inch from 2020)
Sacramento Kings
Tallest: Alex Len, Neemias Queta (7 feet, 0 inches – no change)
Shortest: Davion Mitchell (6 feet, 0 inches – down 1 inch from 2020)
San Antonio Spurs
Tallest: Jakob Poeltl (7 feet, 1 inches – up 1 inches from 2020)
Shortest: Tre Jones (6 feet, 1 inch – up 1 inch from 2020)
Utah Jazz
Tallest: Rudy Gobert, Hassan Whiteside (7 feet, 0 inches – down 1 inch from 2020)
Shortest: Donovan Mitchell (6 feet, 0 inches – down 1 inch from 2020)
