NBA league average height, weight, age and playing experience

This page details information on the average height, weight, age and playing experience of players in the National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

since the season.

The NBA peaked in height during the season, when the average height was 6 foot. The second and third tallest seasons are the and seasons. In fact, four of the seven tallest seasons occurred in the latter half of the 1980s.

Meanwhile, the NBA's shortest seasons in recent history have been and .

	Among the three seasons with the highest number
	Among the three seasons with the lowest number

Height (feet, inches)	Weight (pounds)	Age (years)	Experience (seasons)
6' 7.36"	214.40	26.72	3.85
6' 7.62"	215.46	26.53	3.83
6' 7.38"	215.61	27.01	4.10
6' 7.31"	215.58	26.92	4.01
6' 7.09"	214.82	26.79	3.95
6' 7.16"	216.16	27.01	4.08
6' 7.04"	216.47	27.09	4.20
6' 7.06"	219.86	27.19	4.15
6' 7.34"	221.68	27.26	4.28
6' 7.19"	221.50	27.43	4.56
6' 7.27"	223.66	27.56	4.42
6' 7.20"	223.67	27.74	4.63
6' 7.11"	222.95	27.82	4.82
6' 7.10"	222.85	27.82	4.81
6' 7.26"	224.68	27.95	5.20
6' 7.03"	223.47	27.75	5.01
6' 7.26"	224.05	27.47	4.82
6' 7.40"	225.40	27.34	4.73
6' 7.31"	225.45	27.22	4.76
6' 7.26"	224.29	27.03	4.61
6' 7.18"	223.08	26.70	4.38
6' 6.93"	221.55	26.67	4.42
6' 6.98"	221.00	26.89	4.71

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