The tallest basketball player in the world is Abiodun Adegoke, who stands at 7-foot-11 and has played basketball in Nigeria and Dubai. Adegoke garnered interest when he met up with Shaquille O'Neal.

Per an ESPN story from November, Rioux is the tallest player in men's college basketball history. As noted on his Florida profile page, Rioux holds a Guinness World Record for the tallest teenager.

Here, we look at some unique physical specimens who are part of the event, ranging from the tallest to the shortest basketball players set to take part in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ad.

At eight years old, Olivier Rioux was 6’ 1”. By sixth grade, he was 6’11”. And now, as an incoming freshman at the University of Florida, he’s poised to be the tallest college basketball ...

A veteran Tall Blacks guard closing in on 100 games is joined by two potential debutants in new head coach Judd Flavell's first roster for the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers. The 13-strong roster is led ...

The Chiba Jets Funabashi player is 1.67m tall - just under the second on this list, fellow teammate, Kuri Kawamura who is at 1.78m tall. Two other players are also 1.78m - Brazil’s Yago Santos ...