List of tallest living people, a article about tallest verified living giants according to authenticities such as, Tallest People Wiki, TheTallestMan, Guinness World Record's. The current tallest verified living person is Sultan Kosen, from Turkey who stands at 8 ft 2.8 in (2.51cm).
Note: This list don't include any unverified claim, higher than 7 ft 6.5 in (230cm), because those are consider to be extreme.
- See also: List of Tallest People and List of Tallest Living Women
Bold Names marks, inviduals, which are believed, to be tallest living person, in country they resident.
List of Tallest Living Men (7 ft 4.55 in, 225cm+)[]
Verified Disputed Pending Cases Unvalidated
| Rank | Name | Sex | Metric | Imperial | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sultan Kosen | M | 251cm | 8 ft 2.8 in | Turkey |
| 2 | Naseer Soomro | M | 249cm | 8 ft 2 in | Pakistan |
| - | Zia Rasheed | M | 246.3cm+ | 8 ft 1 in+ | Pakistan |
| 3 | Brahim Takioullah | M | 246.3cm | 8 ft 1 in | Morocco/France |
| 4 | Morteza Mechrzad | M | 246cm | 8 ft 0.75 in | Iran |
| 5 | Zhang Juncai | M | 242cm | 7 ft 11.35 in | China |
| 6 | Charles Sogli | M | 238.8cm | 7 ft 10 in | Ghana |
| 6 | Abiodun Adegoke | M | 236.2cm | 7 ft 9 in | Nigeria |
| 7 | Joelison Fernandes da Silva | M | 236.2cm | 7 ft 9 in | Brazil |
| 8 | Sun Mingming | M | 236.2cm | 7 ft 9 in | China |
| 9 | Bao Xishun | M | 236cm | 7 ft 8.96 in | China |
| 10 | Radhouane Charbib | M | 236cm | 7 ft 8.95 in | Tunisia |
| 11 | Muddasar Gujjar | M | 236cm+ | 7 ft 9.7 in+ | Pakistan |
| 12 | Ri Myoung-Hun | M | 235cm | 7 ft 8.5 in | North Korea |
| 13 | Nikolai Pankratov | M | 235cm | 7 ft 8.5 in | Russia |
| 14 | Rafael Franca do Nascimento | M | 235cm | 7 ft 8.5 in | Brazil |
| 15 | Wang Xin-Feng | M | 235cm | 7 ft 8.5 in | China |
| 16 | Javier Castellanos | M | 235cm | 7 ft 8.5 in | Guatemala |
| 17 | George Bell | M | 234cm | 7 ft 8.1 in | United States |
| 18 | Broc Brown | M | 233.7cm | 7 ft 8 in | United States |
| 19 | Abdramane Dembele | M | 233.7cm | 7 ft 8 in | Ivory Coast/France |
| 20 | Kaliova Seleivau | M | 233.7cm? | 7 ft 8 in? | Fiji |
| 21 | Brenden Adams | M | 233.7cm | 7 ft 8 in | United States |
| 22 | Yasutaka Okayama | M | 233.7cm | 7 ft 8 in | Japan |
| 23 | Bob Wegner | M | 233.7cm | 7 ft 8 in | United States |
| 24 | Hussain Bisad | M | 233cm | 7 ft 7.8 in | Somalia |
| 25 | Ramazan Karageyik | M | 233cm | 7 ft 7.75 in | Turkey |
| 24 | Paul Sturgess | M | 232cm | 7 ft 7.5 in | United Kingdom |
| 25 | Kenny George | M | 231.1cm | 7 ft 7 in | United States |
| 26 | Robert Bobroczkyi | M | 231.1cm | 7 ft 7 in | Romania |
| 27 | Arshavir Grigoryan | M | 231.1cm | 7 ft 7 in | Armenia |
| 28 | Gheorghe Muresan | M | 231.1cm | 7 ft 7 in | Romania |
| 29 | Huang Chang-Chiu | M | 231.1cm | 7 ft 7 in | China |
| - | Sasha Dergunov | M | 230cm | 7 ft 6.5 in | Russia |
| 31 | Liu Fu-Ying | M | 230cm | 7 ft 6.5 in | China |
| 32 | Liu Jun | M | 230cm | 7 ft 6.5 in | China |
| 33 | Zhang Huan | M | 230cm | 7 ft 6.5 in | China |
| 34 | Alain Delaunois | M | 230cm | 7 ft 6.5 in | Belgium |
| 35 | Frantisek Novotny | M | 230cm | 7 ft 6.5 in | ? |
| 36 | Sa'd Abdul | M | 230cm | 7 ft 6.5 in | Egypt |
| 37 | Malik Sidibe | M | 228.8cm | 7 ft 6.25 in | Senegal |
| 38 | Slavko Vranes | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | Montenegro |
| 39 | Jim Lanier | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | United States |
| - | Richmond Edwards | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | United States |
| 40 | Yao Ming | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | China |
| - | Charles Rene | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | France |
| 41 | Saad Kaiche | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | Algeria |
| - | Subel Ali | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | Bangladesh |
| 42 | Dharmendra Pratap Singh | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | India |
| 43 | Shawn Bradley | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | United States/Germany |
| 44 | Jonty Butterfield | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | New Zealand |
| 45 | Mamadou N'Diaye | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | Senegal |
| - | Wang Wei | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | China |
| - | Puntland Giant | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | Somalia |
| 46 | Moussa Seck | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | Senegal |
| - | Sunil Chaudhary | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | India |
| 47 | Jagdeep Singh | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | India |
| 48 | Mudassar Gujjar | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | Pakistan |
| 49 | Aleksandar Rindin | M | 228cm | 7 ft 5.75 in | Azerbaijan |
| 50 | Sergey Ilin | M | 228.6cm | 7 ft 6 in | Russia |
| 51 | Zhao Liang | M | 228cm | 7 ft 5.75 in | China |
| 52 | Asdrubal Herrea Mora | M | 228cm | 7 ft 5.65 in | Colombia |
| 53 | Daniel Gilchrist | M | 227.3cm | 7 ft 5.5 in | United States |
| 54 | Martin Miklosik | M | 227cm | 7 ft 5.65 in | Colombia |
| 55 | Zhang Ziyu | F | 227cm | 7 ft 6.4 in | China |
| 56 | Olivier Rioux | M | 227cm+ | 7 ft 5.33 in+ | Canada |
| 57 | Denis Albino | M | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | Brazil |
| 58 | Tacko Fall | M | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | Senegal |
| 59 | Samuel Deguara | M | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | Malta |
| 60 | Sim Bhullar | M | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | Canada |
| 61 | Will Foster | M | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | United States |
| 62 | Calvin Lane | M | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | United States |
| 63 | Chuck Nevitt | M | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | United States |
| 64 | Ivo Homer | M | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | Czech Republic |
| 65 | Andy Van Volkenbrugh | M | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | United States |
| - | Anonymous | F | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | China |
| 66 | Stefan Priez | M | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | Germany |
| 67 | Matt van Komer | M | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | United States |
| 68 | Pavel Podklozin | M | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | Russia |
| 69 | Hamad Fathy | M | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | Egypt |
| 70 | Zhang Mengyong | M | 226cm | 7 ft 5 in | China |
| 71 | Afeez Agoro | M | 225cm | 7 ft 4.5 in | Nigeria |
| 72 | Jerry Sokoloski | M | 225cm | 7 ft 4.5 in | Canada |