List of tallest players in National Basketball Association history

This is a list of the tallest players in National Basketball Association history. It is currently topped by the Romanian Gheorghe Mureșan, taken by the Washington Bullets as the number 30 overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft.
Through 2019, twenty-six players have been listed at or taller. Three are active as of the season; Kristaps Porziņģis and Boban Marjanović, both of the Dallas Mavericks, and Tacko Fall of the Boston Celtics. The tallest player inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is Yao Ming. In addition to Yao, Ralph Sampson and Arvydas Sabonis were the only other players 7'3" or taller selected to the Hall of Fame.
Yasutaka Okayama, a Japanese basketball player picked 171st overall in the seventh round of the 1981 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors, is the tallest player to ever be drafted for the NBA. However, he never played in the NBA.