<P> This is a list of the tallest players in National Basketball Association history . Twenty five of them have been listed at 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m) or taller . Two are active as of the 2017--18 season; Kristaps Porziņģis of the New York Knicks and Boban Marjanović of the Los Angeles Clippers . The tallest player inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is 7 - foot - 6 - inch (2.29 m) 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 . </P> <P> In the seventh round of the 1981 NBA Draft, the Golden State Warriors used the 171st pick to select Yasutaka Okayama, a Japanese basketball player who was measured at 7 feet 8 inches (2.34 m) and 330 pounds (150 kg). Okayama, who attended and played junior varsity basketball at the University of Portland for one and a half years in 1976 as an exchange student, declined to try out for the Warriors and never played in the NBA . He is the tallest person ever drafted and would have been the tallest player in the NBA had he played in the league . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="6"> Active NBA player </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> * </Td> <Td_colspan="6"> Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> GP </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Games played </Td> <Td> Pts </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Points </Td> <Td> PPG </Td> <Td> Points per game </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> FG% </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Field goal percentage </Td> <Td> FT% </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Free throw percentage </Td> <Td> Reb </Td> <Td> Rebounds </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> RPG </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Rebounds per game </Td> <Td> Blk </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Blocks </Td> <Td> BPG </Td> <Td> Blocks per game </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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