Chinese Basketball legend, Yao Ming is an international celebrity.
About Yao Ming's real height
Yao Ming is among the few people who can humble someone like Shaquille O'Neal when it comes to height. Yao Ming is an absolute giant of a person, you have to only look at his pictures and videos to know how big he really is. What is more, he seems to be a perfectly proportioned person - just like an average-sized person. Yao himself has claimed to be 7'6", which he looks like - just a little bit shorter than Shawn Bradley.
The real height of Yao Ming is 7'5.5" (227 cm)
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| Yao Ming height comparison with other greats, Charles Barkley (6'5"), Kobe Bryant (6'5"), Michael Jordan (6'7.5"), LeBron James (6'5") and Shaquille O'Neal (7'1") |
Yao Ming is absolutely huge and would be considered a giant in any part of the world. For reference, here is the average human height around the world.
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| Average human height around the world |