How tall is Joel Embiid?

Joel Embiid's listed height is 213 cm (7'0"). He is taller than about 99% of men in Cameroon.

Where 213 cm sits among men in Cameroon

Taller than about 99% of men in Cameroon born in 1994 (average 168.3 cm).

About Joel Embiid

Joel Embiid is a Cameroonian American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), born on 16 March 1994 in Yaoundé. After one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks, he was drafted third overall by the 76ers in the 2014 NBA draft.

Foot and knee injuries delayed Embiid's debut for two seasons, until 2016 to 2017, when he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team despite playing only 31 games. He nicknamed himself the Process to embrace the era in 76ers history in which he began his career. He is a seven-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA Team member and a two-time NBA scoring champion, and he was named NBA Most Valuable Player in 2023. He also won a gold medal on the 2024 U.S. Olympic team.

At a listed 213 cm (7'0"), Embiid plays center. He led the NBA in scoring in 2021 to 2022 and 2022 to 2023, becoming the first center to do so since Shaquille O'Neal in 2000 and the first foreign player to lead the league in scoring.

Frequently asked

How tall is Joel Embiid in feet and inches? Joel Embiid is 7'0" tall, which is 213 cm, 83.9 inches or 2.13 m.

Is Joel Embiid tall for men in Cameroon? At 213 cm he is taller than about 99% of men in Cameroon born in 1994, whose average height is 168.3 cm.

Sources

• Joel Embiid on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Joel Embiid on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 213 cm.
• Joel Embiid on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

More celebrity heights

• Big Show — 213 cm · 7'0"
• Dirk Nowitzki — 213 cm · 7'0"
• Hakeem Olajuwon — 213 cm · 7'0"
• Patrick Ewing — 213 cm · 7'0"
• Pau Gasol — 215 cm · 7'1"
• Bill Walton — 211 cm · 6'11"

Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.