Shortest and tallest WNBA players of the 2024 season
NEW YORK (BVM) 鈥� At 6-foot-9, Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner is the tallest WNBA player of the 2024 season. Griner also ranks among the
Griner is five inches shorter than Margo Dydek 鈥� who, at 7-foot-2, holds the record for the tallest player in WNBA history.聽
A couple of the tallest WNBA players from last season did not make the 2024 Opening Day rosters. Han Xu, the of all time at 6-foot-11, is taking time away from the league to focus on the Olympics with the Chinese women鈥檚 national team.聽
Bernadett Hatar, the in history at 6-foot-10, also did not make the Opening Day rosters. In 2023, she two points, 1.5 rebounds, 0.7 steals, 0.3 blocks and 0.2 assists in six games with the Connecticut Sun.聽
Griner 鈥� a nine-time All-Star and eighth-time leader in blocks 鈥� is entering her 10th season in the WNBA. In 2023, she averaged 17.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.6 blocks and 0.5 steals.听听聽
Notably, Griner鈥檚 height is also comparable to Texas Longhorns鈥� Abbie Boutilier — who is 6-foot-9 and is currently the tallest women鈥檚 college basketball player.听听
Top five tallest WNBA players for the 2024 season聽
- (6-foot-9) | Phoenix Mercury聽
- (6-foot-7) | Chicago Sky聽
- (6-foot-7) | Dallas Wings聽
- (6-foot-7) | Dallas Wings聽聽
- (6-foot-7) | Los Angeles Sparks聽
The five tallest WNBA players are taller than the In general, 66% of WNBA players this season are six feet or taller.听听聽
The shortest WNBA players in 2024 are 5-foot-5: (Atlanta Dream), (Las Vegas Aces) and (Minnesota Lynx).
As the season unfolds, the combination of towering figures and dynamic shorter players promises to propel the WNBA to new heights.聽
