Tallest Bodybuilders
The tallest pro bodybuilders on record, ranked by recorded height. Limited to athletes with a recorded height in our database. View methodology.
200.5 cm
Height
Ranked from 732 verified heights
The tallest pro bodybuilder on record is Aaron Reed at 200.5 cm.
- 2 Ralf Moeller 198.1 cm Germany
- 1 Aaron Reed 200.5 cm United States
- 3 Lou Ferrigno 196.0 cm United States
Germany Every athlete in our database carrying a recorded height is ranked from the tallest down, 732 of them, and the table lists the top 100. It ranks the records we can verify, not every bodybuilder who has competed.
Height
100 ranked athletes
| Rank | Athlete | Division | Country | Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Reed | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 2 | Ralf Moeller | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Germany | |
| 3 | Lou Ferrigno | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 4 | Tony Thompson | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 5 | Travis Walker | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 6 | Sean Allan | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 7 | Kevin Johnson | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 8 | Paul Dillett | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Canada | |
| 9 | Craig Golias | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 10 | Dusty Caldwell | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 11 | Feras Saied | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Syria | |
| 12 | Jerry Rodgers | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 13 | Keith Stephan | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 14 | Morgan Aste | Men's Open Bodybuilding | France | |
| 15 | Robin Balogh | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 16 | Wesley Vissers | Men's Classic Physique | Netherlands | |
| 17 | Michael Nunn | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 18 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Austria | |
| 19 | Arthur Williams | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 20 | Brandon Carter | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 21 | Bruce Randall | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 22 | Charles Estes | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 23 | Daniele Seccarecci | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Italy | |
| 24 | Edgard John Augustin | Men's Classic Physique | Canada | |
| 25 | Gary Strydom | Men's Open Bodybuilding | South Africa | |
| 26 | Henry Cooper | Other Divisions | United Kingdom | |
| 27 | Jason Lucchesi | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 28 | Jeremy Scott | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 29 | Keith Holmes | Men's Classic Physique | United States | |
| 30 | Manuel Perry | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 31 | Michael Anderson | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 32 | Nicole Bass | Women's Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 33 | Onome Egger | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United Kingdom | |
| 34 | Pierre Van Der Westhuizen | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 35 | Satish Kumar | Men's Open Bodybuilding | India | |
| 36 | Toney Freeman | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 37 | Varinder Singh Ghuman | Men's Open Bodybuilding | San Marino | |
| 38 | Chinedu Obiekea (Andrew Jacked) | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United Arab Emirates | |
| 39 | Danny Williams | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 40 | Khodadad Shafiepour | Men's Physique | Brazil | |
| 41 | Peter Jackson | Other Divisions | United Kingdom | |
| 42 | Sergei Ogorodnikov | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Russia | |
| 43 | Joe Ward | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 44 | Cedric McMillan | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 45 | David Hoffmann | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Germany | |
| 46 | Denis Gusev | Men's Physique | Russia | |
| 47 | Jeff Beckham | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 48 | Jonny Bernstein | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 49 | Mike Katz | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 50 | Reg Park | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United Kingdom | |
| 51 | Romane Lanceford | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 52 | Ron Partlow | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Canada | |
| 53 | Ryan Hughes | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 54 | Sergi Constance | Men's Classic Physique | United States | |
| 55 | Simeon Panda | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United Kingdom | |
| 56 | Steve Reeves | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 57 | Tyler Garceau | Men's Classic Physique | United States | |
| 58 | Xavisus Gayden | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 59 | Bill Stevens | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United Kingdom | |
| 60 | Dan Tobol | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 61 | Dick DuBois | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 62 | Doug Strohl | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 63 | Eddie Ellwood | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United Kingdom | |
| 64 | Eugene Dickerson | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 65 | Frank Sepe | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 66 | Gary Guinn | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 67 | Jim Quinn | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 68 | Jimmy Mentis | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 69 | Lynn Lyman | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 70 | Mike Christian | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 71 | Chris Bumstead | Men's Classic Physique | Canada | |
| 72 | Günter Schlierkamp | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Germany | |
| 73 | James Scott | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United Kingdom | |
| 74 | Jeremy Williams | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 75 | John Brown | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 76 | Khabibulla Nizamov | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Uzbekistan | |
| 77 | Paul Williams | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 78 | Russell Waheed | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 79 | Ab Wolders | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Netherlands | |
| 80 | Ade Rai | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Indonesia | |
| 81 | Anthony Perez | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Antoine Vaillant | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Canada | |
| 83 | Berry DeMey | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Netherlands | |
| 84 | Brandon Gerdes | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 85 | Coty Hart | Men's Classic Physique | United States | |
| 86 | Dallas McCarver | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 87 | Dave Draper | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 88 | Emile Walker | Men's Physique | United Kingdom | |
| 89 | Harold Poole | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 90 | James Alexander Ellis | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 91 | Jeff Seid | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 92 | Julian Smith | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 93 | Jusup Wilkosz | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Germany | |
| 94 | Ken Waller | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 95 | Lee Haney | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 96 | Nasser El Sonbaty | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Germany | |
| 97 | Radek Lonc | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Czech Republic | |
| 98 | Rich Piana | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 99 | Ryan John-Baptiste | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 100 | Samuel Dixon | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States |
About This List
The tallest pro bodybuilders on record, ranked by recorded height. Limited to athletes with a recorded height in our database. The ranking is built from the bio data recorded against each athlete in our database, not from contest placings, so an athlete appears on this list only once we hold the measurement.
Heights are sourced from athlete bio data and shown in centimetres. This ranking covers the 732 competitors with a verified height in our database, not every bodybuilder, so it reflects the best data we can confirm rather than a complete all-time list. Implausible values are excluded.
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