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How tall is Muggsy Bogues?

5′ 3″160 cm · 1.6 m

Officially listed · NBA roster height

Muggsy Bogues is 16.9 cm (6.5″) shorter than the average American man. See what 5'3" looks like →

U.S. percentile
2nd
among men
World percentile
6th
among men
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Muggsy Bogues compared with average U.S. adultsMuggsy Bogues5′ 3″160 cmAverage U.S. man5′ 9.5″176.9 cmAverage U.S. woman5′ 4.5″163.3 cm
Muggsy Bogues next to the average U.S. man (5′ 9.5″) and woman (5′ 4.5″), drawn to scale.

Muggsy Bogues’s height around the world

The same height reads differently depending on where you stand. Here is where 160 cm places Muggsy Bogues against adults in 55 countries, for both sexes.

Estimated percentile for Muggsy Bogues among adults in each country, for men and women
Countryvs. menMen’s percentilevs. womenWomen’s percentile
Netherlands−23.8 cm<1st−10.4 cm5th
Montenegro−23.3 cm<1st−10 cm6th
Bosnia & Herzegovina−22.5 cm<1st−7.5 cm12th
Denmark−21.9 cm<1st−9.5 cm7th
Ukraine−21 cm<1st−6.6 cm15th
Croatia−20.8 cm<1st−6.8 cm15th
Serbia−20.7 cm<1st−8.3 cm10th
Poland−20.7 cm<1st−5.8 cm19th
Finland−20.6 cm<1st−6.5 cm16th
Norway−20.5 cm<1st−6.4 cm16th
Sweden−20.5 cm<1st−6.7 cm15th
Germany−20.3 cm<1st−6.2 cm17th
Greece−19.3 cm<1st−5.8 cm19th
Ireland−19 cm<1st−4.5 cm24th
Australia−18.8 cm<1st−4.7 cm23rd
Canada−18.7 cm<1st−4.7 cm23rd
France−18.6 cm<1st−4.5 cm24th
United Kingdom−18.2 cm1st−3.9 cm27th
New Zealand−17.7 cm1st−4.7 cm23rd
Jamaica−17 cm1st−4.3 cm25th
United States−16.9 cm1st−3.3 cm31st
Russia−16.6 cm1st−4.5 cm24th
Turkey−16.4 cm1st−1.8 cm39th
Spain−16.1 cm1st−2 cm38th
Brazil−15.7 cm1st−2.4 cm36th
China−15.7 cm1st−3.5 cm30th
Iran−15.6 cm1st−1.2 cm43rd
South Korea−15.5 cm1st−3.2 cm31st
Argentina−14.8 cm2nd−1.2 cm43rd
Egypt−14.6 cm2nd−0.9 cm44th
Italy−14.4 cm2nd−1.8 cm39th
Portugal−14.4 cm2nd−1.2 cm43rd
Japan−12.1 cm4th+1.5 cm59th
Colombia−11.9 cm5th+2 cm62nd
Thailand−11.6 cm5th+0.6 cm54th
Nigeria−11.6 cm5th+1.9 cm61st
Saudi Arabia−10.7 cm7th+1.2 cm57th
Kenya−10.5 cm7th+0.6 cm54th
Mexico−10.3 cm7th+2.1 cm63rd
South Africa−9.6 cm9th+1.4 cm59th
Malaysia−9.2 cm10th+2.9 cm67th
Vietnam−8.9 cm11th+1.6 cm60th
Ethiopia−8.8 cm11th+2.8 cm67th
DR Congo−8.6 cm11th+3.7 cm72nd
Pakistan−7.3 cm15th+5.2 cm79th
Tanzania−7 cm16th+3.1 cm68th
Peru−6.8 cm17th+5.6 cm81st
Myanmar−6.7 cm17th+5.3 cm79th
India−6.5 cm18th+4.8 cm77th
Indonesia−6.3 cm19th+5.6 cm81st
Philippines−5.2 cm23rd+5.9 cm82nd
Bangladesh−5.1 cm24th+7.6 cm88th
Nepal−4.4 cm27th+7.6 cm88th
Guatemala−4.4 cm27th+9.1 cm92nd
Timor-Leste−0.1 cm49th+7.3 cm87th

Estimated from NCD-RisC national averages for 19-year-olds and an assumed normal distribution. Greyed values sit beyond the 2nd or 98th percentile, where the estimate stops discriminating.How we calculate this →

In context

Among athletes

15 of 16

Muggsy Bogues is the 15th tallest of the 16 athletes in our database, between Lionel Messi (170 cm) and Simone Biles (142 cm).

Everyday reference

1.6 m

Muggsy Bogues is 43 cm shorter than a standard door frame.

Muggsy Bogues head to head

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Officially listed — Listed at 5 ft 3 in across his 14 NBA seasons, the shortest player in league history. Pre-2019 listings were not standardised, though at this end of the range inflation was never the incentive.Percentiles are estimates based on NCD-RisC national averages.How we source and calculate this →