Margo Dydek, at 7'2" — 3 inches clear of anyone else. Every player listed 6'8" or taller, and every player listed 5'3" or under, from the league’s own roster record.
Read the full story ↓Margo Dydek was listed at 7'2" for every season from 1998 to 2008, and the gap beneath her is the story of this table. Han Xu, at 6'11", is the closest anyone has come — 3 inches short — and she is one of only 2 players on the list still listed for the 2026 season, with Brittney Griner at 6'9" the other. Bernadett Hatar sits between them in the record at 6'10".
| Player | Listed height | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Margo Dydek | 7'2" | 1998–2008 |
| Han Xu | 6'11" | 2019–2026 |
| Bernadett Hatar | 6'10" | 2021–2023 |
| Brittney Griner | 6'9" | 2013–2026 |
| Haixia Zheng | 6'8" | 1997–1998 |
| Maria Stepanova | 6'8" | 1998–2005 |
| Razija Brcaninovic | 6'8" | 1998–1998 |
| Olga Firsova | 6'8" | 2000–2000 |
| Katie Mattera | 6'8" | 2005–2009 |
| Liz Cambage | 6'8" | 2011–2022 |
The line is drawn at 6'8" because a threshold cannot quietly drop a player the way a top-ten cut can. 6 players have been listed at exactly that height, and they span the league’s whole life: Haixia Zheng in 1997, the first season, through Liz Cambage’s 2011–2022. Above the band stand just 4 players.
The floor is 5'2", shared by Shannon Bobbitt and Tina Nicholson, and the whole 5'3"-and-under list runs to 7 players. Temeka Johnson carried the smallest listing on a roster for the longest, 2005–2015. From the top of the first table to the bottom of this one is 2 feet exactly.
| Player | Listed height | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Shannon Bobbitt | 5'2" | 2008–2012 |
| Tina Nicholson | 5'2" | 1997–1997 |
| Nicole Levesque | 5'3" | 1997–1997 |
| Debbie Black | 5'3" | 1999–2004 |
| Brandi McCain | 5'3" | 2002–2003 |
| Temeka Johnson | 5'3" | 2005–2015 |
| Erica White | 5'3" | 2008–2009 |
One league roster record: 1,220 players listed since 1997, of whom 1,044 carry a height the record states in feet and inches; the 176 it does not are excluded and counted, never guessed at. Each player appears once at her listed height. A player still listed for the 2026 season carries that year as the end of her span. What the whole league averages, by position and by era: average WNBA height, same record, same rules.
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Margo Dydek, listed at 7'2" across 1998–2008. Nobody else has been listed within 3 inches: Han Xu is next at 6'11", then Bernadett Hatar at 6'10".
Han Xu at 6'11" and Brittney Griner at 6'9" — the only players on the 6'8"-or-taller list still listed for the 2026 season.
10, in the league's whole history: 4 above the line and 6 listed at exactly 6'8", from Haixia Zheng in the league's first seasons to Liz Cambage (2011–2022).
Two players share it at 5'2": Shannon Bobbitt (2008–2012) and Tina Nicholson (1997–1997). 5 more were listed an inch taller, including Temeka Johnson, whose career ran 2005–2015.
6'0.7" across the current era, measured from the same roster record. The position and era tables live on the average WNBA height page.
That is the game this record book scores: spin real franchise eras, draft an all-time WNBA five with these listings on the cards, and chase the perfect season on the 53-0 board.
