List of shortest players in National Basketball Association history

This is a complete listing of the shortest players in National Basketball Association history at a listed height of or shorter. Only 25 players in NBA history have been at or below this height. The shortest NBA player to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is Calvin Murphy at . All of the players listed here have played or play the position of point guard. When Isaiah Thomas tipped off against Tyler Ulis, it was speculated to be the shortest combined jump ball ever. The most seasons played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by a player listed at or shorter was 14 seasons by Muggsy Bogues who played from 1987 to 2001.
The shortest player ever in the old American Basketball Association (1967–76) was Penny Ann Early, a jockey who took part in one play in one game for the Kentucky Colonels as a publicity stunt in 1969. (The shortest real ABA players were Jerry Dover and Monte Towe, both .)