Who has the longest arms relative to height?

[Samurai Swoosh]

I know Dwayne Wade has freak arms. It's sorta funny how a lot of players are assumed to be great leapers by casual fans when in reality they are often times average to good leapers with exceptional arm length.

It's like that for most NBA players. Also their height. But in reality they have huge wing spans.

[Ancient Legend]

Also read somewhere that Josh Howard has a 7'2" wingspan.

Yeah Josh has tube like arms a-la Manute Bol. I guess skinny people look like they have the longest arms.

[chips93]

Jason Maxiell.

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he is 6'5 without shoes, with 7'3.5 wingspan

[theaussieguy]

WTF you guys call yourselves NBA fans?

I have only followed the game for a year and i can say with certainty than Rondo has the biggest height to wingspan ratio. a 6 foot guard (6'1" in shoes) with a 6 foot 10 wingspan!!!!!!!!!!

have you guys got ANY idea how frikkin crazy that is. This is why i know Rondo is a special player and will be in the league for many years. His hands and arms allow him to play like a 6 foot 5 guy yet he still has the pace and the handles of a little fella.

My other honourable mention goes to Nate who is only 5 foot 7 and has a wingspan of 6 foot 1 which i thought was very impressive.

The taller you get generally the longer the wingpsan so it doesn't really impress me much above the 6 foot mark

[weavaliciousnes]

Rodrigue Beaubois. 6'0 with 6'10 wingspan. thats insane.

[canefandynasty]

Retired, but Alonzo Mourning is 6' 9 w/ a 7' 6 wingspan

[OldSchoolBBall]

Rodrigue Beaubois. 6'0 with 6'10 wingspan. thats insane.

Whaaaaat? is that true about this guy and Rondo mentioned above? They're 6' with 6'10" wingspans? That's INSANE if true. Even 6'8" would be nuts, but 6'10"?

EDIT: Rondo is listed at 6'1", but still.

[chips93]

WTF you guys call yourselves NBA fans?

I have only followed the game for a year and i can say with certainty than Rondo has the biggest height to wingspan ratio. a 6 foot guard (6'1" in shoes) with a 6 foot 10 wingspan!!!!!!!!!!

have you guys got ANY idea how frikkin crazy that is. This is why i know Rondo is a special player and will be in the league for many years. His hands and arms allow him to play like a 6 foot 5 guy yet he still has the pace and the handles of a little fella.

My other honourable mention goes to Nate who is only 5 foot 7 and has a wingspan of 6 foot 1 which i thought was very impressive.

The taller you get generally the longer the wingpsan so it doesn't really impress me much above the 6 foot mark

. . . thats not very impressive at all

only 5 inches longer than his height

[1987_Lakers]

Michael Cooper had some pretty long arms.

[ukplayer4]

wade has to be up there- along with his huge mits, hes part crab surely, a.i was the same way.

[blondie]

Roddy Beaubois

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[theaussieguy]

. . . thats not very impressive at all

only 5 inches longer than his height

i think its mighty impressive. Think how many guys that height would have a wingspan even close to that. Not many at all.

Also rondo is listed at 6 foot1 but in reality hes only 6 foot

[chips93]

i think its mighty impressive. Think how many guys that height would have a wingspan even close to that. Not many at all.

Also rondo is listed at 6 foot1 but in reality hes only 6 foot

well true considering there are about 5 guys shorter to him to play since wingspan began getting measured

but relative to height robinson wingspan isnt that great

his wingspan is about 5% more than his height

jason maxiell's wingspan is 12% more than his height

[thejumpa]

well true considering there are about 5 guys shorter to him to play since wingspan began getting measured

but relative to height robinson wingspan isnt that great

his wingspan is about 5% more than his height

jason maxiell's wingspan is 12% more than his height

This. Rondos wingspan is supposedly 11% of his height. That's pretty crazy. People don't understand how much an advantage long arms/big hands are in basketball.

[LaysUpBricks]

Hassan Whiteside is 6'11" with a 7'7" wingspan. Hopefully he develops.