RisingForce says on 27/Jul/10
Yao was 7'5" when he was drafted and his trainer said he grew to 7'5 3/4" barefoot and 7'7 1/4" in shoes. I see no reason to doubt that.

John says on 19/Jul/10
he was vertified to be 7ft6 they measured him

Manfred says on 6/Jul/10
Yao Ming is a huge man with a giant wingspan, huge hands and massive head. He weighs 300 pounds, he is the worlds biggest b-ball player, mass-wize. Nobody can say asians are small: I mean look at sumo's! And there also is this mongolian player who is a giant, he is not as tall as Yao but he is real buff.

Mamun says on 6/Jul/10
Muhammad Ali & Yao

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jtm says on 13/Jun/10
lol why would he round his height up to 7'6?

Shaun says on 2/Jun/10
NO his mother was 6'3" and his father was 6'7" NOT 6'11". At the age of 10 the Chinese doctors predicted he would grow to be 7'3". Min was measured at 7'6" in basketball shoes so barefoot he is 7'4.5"-7'5". So short LOL...

davidoff says on 30/May/10
Mongolian talles't basketball player is 2 inch taller than yao ming he's name is Ragchaa and he is 2m 33 cm #8 talest man on earth man Yao ming's not a world 's talest basketball player

KennyI says on 15/May/10
Chinese people are tall, taller than most other Asians, I think is Yao is more like 7'5", next to Shaq he looked about 4 inches taller than Shaq's 7'1".

TallAsianMan says on 7/May/10
found this photo of sun ming ming standing next to 7-7 gheorge muresan, looks at least 2 inches taller. photo is on Click Here under sun ming ming.

Hmmm says on 19/Apr/10
There are actually many young people in Hong Kong who are taller than 5'10. When you look at people, you tend to think they are shorter than you.

Try looking eye balls to eye balls. Well, don't do that too often, that creeps people out.

John says on 24/Mar/10
He is usually listed at 7'6. China has a decent amount of tall people, including the former tallest person in the world. I was recently in Hong Kong and Shanghai. I'm 5'10 and almost nobody was taller than me in Hong Kong, but 5'10 was nearly the average in Shanghai.

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Anonymous says on 15/Mar/10
this guy is humongous, even shown in video games! as mentioned in these comments he makes 7-1 Shaq look short (which very diffciult). I also read that Yao's parents are 6-3 (Mom Ming) and 6-11 (Dad Ming) so I think his incredible size is strictly genetic. the Chinese don't usually don't grow that much, granted, but still.

Ron Delaware (6ft3") says on 10/Mar/10
funny debate over Yao's head size, I mean how do you judge that? Noticed that the "skinner" look of a Dwight Howard comes from his tiny head size, normal size of an african american head, which is already smaller than otehr people's. That might be a disadvantage in real life, but for athletics it's good, becuase a big head weighs you down, and more mass is attributed to shoulders. look at dwights shoulders, he looks like askinny swimmer pulling up his shoulders to make them larger - but somehow , add a few pounds to this formerly skeleton frame, and it looks more athletic than Yao. Yao looks very healthy for his height , and the head seems normal. i was surprised when shaq went tOe to toe with WWE Big show, at identical height (shaq actually had 1/2 inch) , shaqs head looked tiny, and his upper body was half the length of the wrestler - was funny to see the biggest guy (and he is) in teh NBA, looking like a skinny fragile guy against big show in suit and tie (who tried to look non fat lol)...

Missy says on 20/Feb/10
I think he's an awesome basketball player, how ever tall he is

josh says on 26/Jan/10
7'5 seems right for him he makes shaq look short.

shortguy91 says on 26/Dec/09
would be nice a picture of Rob with Yao ming

SkyScrape says on 16/Dec/09
Saw a pic of Bradley and Ming and Ming looked taller look it up!!

SkyScrape says on 16/Dec/09
7'6 Rob I'm a big basketball fan, watched him play against Shaq 7'1 and he made him look short! Until I stood up, lol

aramx says on 18/Nov/09
Yao Ming doesn't have that big of a head for his height. Nor does he have a tiny head.

westcos10 says on 4/Nov/09
In Re: to ming yao's head only being slightly larger than a basketball.
If you have actually stood next to the beast then one would change their mindset about questioning the mass of his nogin. Imagin getting head butt by that mallet.

aramx says on 18/Oct/09
Well, Bao Xishun also claims to have grown to his present size of 7,9" without any diagnosis of gigantism. I think 7,9" or 7,10" is the upper boundaries of human growth without gigantism or any hormonal dysfunction. Honestly, it is sometimes very hard to tell which giants grew tall because of gigantism or genetics because many pituitary giants don't have the diagnostic symptoms (like a very deep, brassy voice and course acromegalic features).

Vegas says on 13/Oct/09
no, neil fingleton at 7'7.5 inches barefoot has no gigantism or acromegaly, he even went on a quest to see if he was the tallest natural giant in the world (not sure how that turned out) but there cannot be many others naturally taller than him

Sheldon says on 12/Oct/09
Is Yao Ming the tallest man in the earth?, i mean, he is hasnt had any hormonal problems or giantism or acromegaly, every man in the world guinnes record named the tallest in the world have giantism, but could he be named the talles "normal" man in hte world??

aram x says on 30/Aug/09
actually, basketball balls, I don't think Yao's head is very big compared to his height (it's actually pretty small) but his arms and legs are relatively short compared to his torso (you are right on that).

basket balls says on 22/Aug/09
Shawn Bradley may be slightly taller, but who cares? Yao is still massive. And he is massively built - he is 50 pounds heavier then Shawn Bradley in his prime. He still has the Chinese built however: relatively short arms and legs compared to his height and a huge torso and big head.

aram x says on 31/Jul/09
I know I've mentioned this numerous times, but Yao's built (low, sloping shoulders and long neck) make him appear shorter than he actually is. Yao shoulders probably isn't any higher than 7,4" Mark Eaton's or 7,4" Shagari Alleyne because those ppl have high,square shoulders and a short neck. Their standing reach is unquestionably higher than Yao's because of both of those players have wingspans of around 8 feet.

kyle says on 29/Jul/09
Yao Ming is 7'6, shawn bradley is 7'6, both listed at that if anything I would say shawn has an inch on yao, I met shawn bradley he is a top guy, I am 6'7 and he towered over me, he is 7'6 at least.

Tom says on 26/Jul/09
I also though this guy was 7 ft 6 in. He towers over Shaq and he is 7 ft 1 in.

Mikey says on 25/Jun/09
"Dutchguy" = the average man in China is around 5'9" and getting taller. It's about the average or slightly above average in terms of average human male height.

Why are you making up this crap about being from 5 to 5'7" tall???

Yao is tall everywhere.

aram x says on 23/Jun/09
Yao would still very tall compared to a 6,2" person. 6,2" would probably be at his shoulder height (if that).

aram x says on 30/May/09
The only person that would find Yao a midget would be Robert Wadlow (8,11").

Francisca says on 25/May/09
Is true that yao ming is very tall

aram x says on 18/May/09
tony, what you just mentioned is 100 % truth. Those tall stiffs wouldn't have ever had the shot at the nba if it wasn't for their freakish height.

tony says on 6/May/09
most people in the nba are in the nba because of their height NOT because of their talent. look at yao's free throw percentage, and you will know that Yao has talent and height which makes him a great player. look at all the other tall guys, they can't make free throws, because they are not really coordinated, but tall enough to be in the nba. Joe Cool you are clearly an uneducated and i have no doubt i could win against you in any sport and i'm 5'9 but an all american athlete.

The Dutchguy says on 1/May/09
Haha, the average chinese guy: between 5 feet tall and 5'7, and then this man: 7'5, Amazing

giant says on 26/Apr/09
i heard yao was 5-7 tall when he was in 3rd grade

aram x says on 26/Apr/09
7,5" I would stick to since 7,6" sounds more like his height with shoes on.

anon says on 17/Apr/09
does it really matter if he's 7'5" or 7'6"? the man is a giant. period.

Max says on 16/Apr/09
My dad, Mark was in this hotel in Indiapolis, IN and he walked into the elevator, and I am not kidding you, HE SAW YAO MING! My dad was 5'9" and he could only see his waist!

aram x says on 21/Mar/09
He's listed as 7,6" so I am guessing that's with shoes on?

Jordan says on 20/Mar/09
Bradley has more than a 1/4 inch on Yao. Bradley is a good 3/4 to an inch taller than Yao in that pic. Look at it. Yao has also been listed at 7'4 in the 08 games like Max said so i really doubt yao is aynting over 7'5.