How tall is Neymar?

5′ 9″175 cm · 1.75 m

Commonly reported · press and agency figures

Neymar is 1.9 cm (0.5″) shorter than the average American man. See what 5'9" looks like →

U.S. percentile: 48th; among men
World percentile: 71st; among men

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Neymar next to the average U.S. man (5′ 9.5″) and woman (5′ 4.5″), drawn to scale.

Neymar’s height around the world

The same height reads differently depending on where you stand. Here is where 175 cm places Neymar against adults in 55 countries, for both sexes.

Estimated percentile for Neymar among adults in each country, for men and women
Country	vs. men	Men’s percentile	vs. women	Women’s percentile
Netherlands	−8.8 cm	11th	+4.6 cm	76th
Montenegro	−8.3 cm	12th	+5 cm	78th
Bosnia & Herzegovina	−7.5 cm	15th	+7.5 cm	88th
Denmark	−6.9 cm	17th	+5.5 cm	80th
Ukraine	−6 cm	20th	+8.4 cm	90th
Croatia	−5.8 cm	21st	+8.2 cm	90th
Serbia	−5.7 cm	21st	+6.7 cm	85th
Poland	−5.7 cm	21st	+9.2 cm	92nd
Finland	−5.6 cm	22nd	+8.5 cm	90th
Norway	−5.5 cm	22nd	+8.6 cm	91st
Sweden	−5.5 cm	22nd	+8.3 cm	90th
Germany	−5.3 cm	23rd	+8.8 cm	91st
Greece	−4.3 cm	27th	+9.2 cm	92nd
Ireland	−4 cm	29th	+10.5 cm	95th
Australia	−3.8 cm	30th	+10.3 cm	94th
Canada	−3.7 cm	30th	+10.3 cm	94th
France	−3.6 cm	31st	+10.5 cm	95th
United Kingdom	−3.2 cm	33rd	+11.1 cm	96th
New Zealand	−2.7 cm	35th	+10.3 cm	94th
Jamaica	−2 cm	39th	+10.7 cm	95th
United States	−1.9 cm	39th	+11.7 cm	96th
Russia	−1.6 cm	41st	+10.5 cm	95th
Turkey	−1.4 cm	42nd	+13.2 cm	98th
Spain	−1.1 cm	44th	+13 cm	98th
Brazil	−0.7 cm	46th	+12.6 cm	97th
China	−0.7 cm	46th	+11.5 cm	96th
Iran	−0.6 cm	47th	+13.8 cm	98th
South Korea	−0.5 cm	47th	+11.8 cm	97th
Argentina	+0.2 cm	51st	+13.8 cm	98th
Egypt	+0.4 cm	52nd	+14.1 cm	98th
Italy	+0.6 cm	53rd	+13.2 cm	98th
Portugal	+0.6 cm	53rd	+13.8 cm	98th
Japan	+2.9 cm	66th	+16.5 cm	99th
Colombia	+3.1 cm	67th	+17 cm	>99th
Thailand	+3.4 cm	68th	+15.6 cm	99th
Nigeria	+3.4 cm	68th	+16.9 cm	>99th
Saudi Arabia	+4.3 cm	73rd	+16.2 cm	99th
Kenya	+4.5 cm	74th	+15.6 cm	99th
Mexico	+4.7 cm	75th	+17.1 cm	>99th
South Africa	+5.4 cm	78th	+16.4 cm	99th
Malaysia	+5.8 cm	79th	+17.9 cm	>99th
Vietnam	+6.1 cm	80th	+16.6 cm	99th
Ethiopia	+6.2 cm	81st	+17.8 cm	>99th
DR Congo	+6.4 cm	82nd	+18.7 cm	>99th
Pakistan	+7.7 cm	86th	+20.2 cm	>99th
Tanzania	+8 cm	87th	+18.1 cm	>99th
Peru	+8.2 cm	88th	+20.6 cm	>99th
Myanmar	+8.3 cm	88th	+20.3 cm	>99th
India	+8.5 cm	88th	+19.8 cm	>99th
Indonesia	+8.7 cm	89th	+20.6 cm	>99th
Philippines	+9.8 cm	92nd	+20.9 cm	>99th
Bangladesh	+9.9 cm	92nd	+22.6 cm	>99th
Nepal	+10.6 cm	93rd	+22.6 cm	>99th
Guatemala	+10.6 cm	93rd	+24.1 cm	>99th
Timor-Leste	+14.9 cm	98th	+22.3 cm	>99th

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

11 of 16

Neymar is the 11th tallest of the 16 athletes in our database, between Kylian Mbappé (178 cm) and Serena Williams (175 cm).

Everyday reference

Refrigerator

At 175 cm, Neymar is within 3 cm of a refrigerator (178 cm).

Neymar head to head

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Commonly reported — A commonly reported figure from press and agency sources, rounded to the nearest centimetre. Published heights for the same person frequently differ.Percentiles are estimates based on NCD-RisC national averages.How we source and calculate this →