Last Updated on July 6, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake

How Big Is Shaq Compared to an Average Person

The average height of a man in the United States is 5 feet 9 inches (5 feet 7.5 inches worldwide). Shaquille O’Neal is 7 foot 1 inch without shoes.

Note: Usually when you see an American athlete’s height, it is listed as them in shoes. For instance, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant were 6 foot 4 inches, not the 6 foot 6 inches they were listed as. It is common for an American athlete to list themselves as tall as possible to seem grander than reality. Shaq was listed as 7 foot 1 in his playing days, but as far as we know, it wasn’t an exaggeration.

How Big Is the Mountain Compared to Shaq

Height:

Hafþór Björnsson (The Mountain) is 6 feet 9 inches.

Shaquille O’Neal is 7 foot 1 inches.

Weight:

Hafþór Björnsson weighs 425 pounds.

Shaquille O’Neal weighs 325 pounds.

Note: Shaq’s weight fluctuated a lot during his NBA career. He is quoted as having played in the NBA weighing as much as 440 pounds. At 7’1″, it’s not hard to fluctuate as much as 100 pounds. And it would be common to go up and down 10-20 pounds every year depending on diet and exercise.

How Tall Is Shaq Compared to Dwayne the Rock

Dwayne Johnson is listed as 6 foot 4 inches; however, there are pictures on the internet that dispute that. Charles Barkley is 6 foot 4, and there is a photo of him and Dwayne Johnson standing next to each other where Barkley is a lot taller. I estimate Dwayne Johnson to be 6 foot 2 and possibly 6 foot 4 in shoes.

How Tall Is Shaq Compared to His Wife

Shaquille O’Neal was married to Shaunie O’Neal between 2009 and 2011. Together they had five children (Shareef, Me’arah, Shaqir, Myles, and Amirah). Shaq blames himself for his marriage breakup and suggests she was not loyal enough or mature enough at the time. There are pictures online of Shaquille O’Neal and Shaunie O’Neal standing together with a large height gap, as you would expect. But Shaunie O’Neal was quite tall, standing at nearly 5 foot 6 inches.

After that marriage, Shaq dated Nikki “Hoopz” Alexander who was 5 foot 3 inches when they dated. This is the woman Shaq is known to have dated who looked on the shorter side when standing next to him and created the large height discrepancy in the photos.

How Tall Is Shaq Compared to Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart is reportedly between 5 foot 5 and 5 foot 2 inches, depending on the source. Kevin himself lists himself as 5 foot 5. However, he may be shorter than that because he has done interviews with basketballer Chris Paul who we know is roughly 6 foot tall and not likely much taller than that and Chris Paul makes Kevin Hart look quite short.

Yao Ming Compared to Shaq

Yao Ming was 7 foot 6 inches and 310 pounds.

Shaquille O’Neal is 7 foot 1 inches and 325 pounds.

Andre the Giant Compared to Shaq

Andre the Giant was 7 foot 4 inches and 520 pounds.

Shaquille O’Neal was 7 foot 1 inches and 325 pounds.

Robert Wadlow Compared to Shaq

Robert Wadlow was 8 foot 11 inches and 439 pounds.

Shaquille O’Neal was 7 foot 1 inches and 325 pounds.

  Shaquille O’Neal Hafþór Björnsson Dwayne Johnson Kevin Hart Yao Ming Andre the Giant Robert Wadlow
DOB March 6, 1972 26 November 1988 2 May 1972 6 July 1979 12 September 1980 19 May 1946 22 February 1918
Height 2.16 m/7 ft 1-in 2.06 m/6 ft 9 in 1.88 m/6 ft 2 in 1.62m/5 ft 4 in 2.29 m/7 ft 4 in 2.24 m/7 ft 4 in 2.72 m/8 ft 11 in
Weight 325 lb./147 kg 430 lb./195 kg 270 lb./122 kg 141 lb./64 kg 311 lb./141 kg 520 lb./236 kg 439 lb./199 kg