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16 tallest players in NBA history: How Victor Wembanyama ranks compared to Yao Ming and other giants

Basketball is a sport full of players taller than the average person, which means that some of the tallest players in history have played in the NBA.

Few players in the league have surpassed 7-feet tall, but even those at 7-foot-1 and 7-foot-2 aren't among the tallest of the tall. That's because there are 16 players in NBA history who played in an NBA game while standing at 7-foot-4 or taller.

Here's a look at the 16 tallest players in NBA history.

Gheorghe Muresan, 7-foot-7 (1993-2000)

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Washington Bullets, 1993-1998

New Jersey Nets, 1998-2000

21.9 MPG, 57.3 FG%, 6.4 RPG

At 7-foot-7, Gheorghe Muresan was one of the two tallest play

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