Tallest College Basketball Players by Conference (2026-27)
The Big Ten has more 7-footers than any other conference in college basketball in 2026-27: 25 players listed at 7 feet or taller. The ACC has 21, the SEC 19, the Big 12 17 and the Big East 16. This page names the tallest player in every Division I conference and lists every 7-footer in the five biggest leagues, using the 212 Division I players in our database.
College 7-footers by conference at a glance
| Conference with the most 7-footers | Big Ten (25) |
|---|---|
| Tallest in the Big Ten | Daniel Jacobsen, 7’4″, Purdue |
| Tallest in the ACC | Gabe Dynes, 7’5″, Louisville |
| Tallest in the SEC | Trent Burns, 7’5″, Missouri |
| Tallest in the Big 12 | Filip Malesevic, 7’3″, Arizona State |
| Tallest in the Big East | Luigi Suigo, 7’3″, Villanova |
| Tallest anywhere | Olivier Rioux, 7’9″, UC Irvine (Big West) |
| Conferences with a 7-footer | 32 |
| Last checked | 9 October 2026 |
Tallest player in every conference
32 Division I conferences have at least one player listed at 7 feet or taller in 2026-27. Where several players share the top height, all are named.
| Conference | 7-footers | Tallest player | Height | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten Conference | 25 | Daniel Jacobsen | 7’4″ | Purdue |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 21 | Gabe Dynes | 7’5″ | Louisville |
| Southeastern Conference | 19 | Trent Burns | 7’5″ | Missouri |
| Big 12 Conference | 17 | Filip Malesevic | 7’3″ | Arizona State |
| Big East Conference | 16 | Luigi Suigo | 7’3″ | Villanova |
| American Conference | 11 | Maxim Klitschko | 7’3″ | East Carolina |
| Coastal Athletic Association | 10 | Hunter Harding, Leonardo Van Elswyk, Martin de Laporterie and 1 more | 7’1″ | Elon, Stony Brook, Drexel |
| Pac-12 Conference | 9 | Peteris Pinnis | 7’2″ | Oregon State |
| Southwestern Athletic Conference | 8 | Assane Mbaye | 7’3″ | Florida A&M |
| Sun Belt Conference | 7 | Rrezon Elezaj | 7’2″ | Appalachian State |
| West Coast Conference | 6 | Alex Ensor | 7’1″ | Santa Clara |
| Big West Conference | 5 | Olivier Rioux | 7’9″ | UC Irvine |
| Big South Conference | 5 | Mathok Majok | 7’4″ | Charleston Southern |
| Atlantic 10 Conference | 5 | Amael Letang | 7’1″ | Dayton |
| Conference USA | 5 | Matt Dann | 7’1″ | Sam Houston State |
| Mid-American Conference | 4 | Conrad Luczynski | 7’2″ | Central Michigan |
| Missouri Valley Conference | 4 | Vincent Neugebauer | 7’1″ | Belmont |
| Mountain West Conference | 4 | Efe Demirel, Simon Majok | 7’1″ | Grand Canyon, Nevada |
| Southern Conference | 4 | Evan Ramsey, John Fleeman, Jordan Butler and 1 more | 7’0″ | Wofford, Chattanooga, Furman |
| Big Sky Conference | 3 | Zachariah Trezvant | 7’2″ | Eastern Washington |
| Ohio Valley Conference | 3 | Aaron Bradshaw | 7’1″ | Tennessee State |
| United Athletic Conference | 3 | Teodor Simic | 7’1″ | Texas-Arlington |
| Atlantic Sun Conference | 3 | Arden Begaj, Hendrix Loughridge, Justin Houser | 7’0″ | North Florida, Lipscomb, Florida Gulf Coast |
| Horizon League | 2 | Xavier Istomin-Monroe | 7’1″ | Detroit-Mercy |
| Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | 2 | Andres Amon | 7’1″ | Siena |
| Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | 2 | Elson Berhanu | 7’1″ | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| Ivy League | 2 | Julian Adigun, Kenan Parrish | 7’0″ | Harvard |
| Patriot League | 2 | Cameron Brennan, Parker Henderson | 7’0″ | Colgate, Army West Point |
| The Summit League | 2 | Atuka Bakhtadze, Colin Stack | 7’0″ | UMKC, North Dakota State |
| Northeast Conference | 1 | William Patterson Jr. | 7’1″ | Wagner |
| America East Conference | 1 | Steven Huan | 7’0″ | UMBC |
| Southland Conference | 1 | Chris Pare | 7’0″ | Incarnate Word |
Conference membership is for the 2026-27 season. Heights are listed heights from school rosters and RealGM.
Tallest players in the Big Ten
The Big Ten has 25 players at 7 feet or taller, led by Daniel Jacobsen of Purdue at 7’4″.
| Player | Height | School | Country | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Jacobsen | 7’4″ | Purdue | United States | 2006 |
| Andrew McKeever | 7’3″ | Iowa | United States | 2005 (est.) |
| Marcus Møller | 7’3″ | Michigan | Denmark | 2006 |
| Symon Ghai | 7’3″ | Northwestern | South Sudan | 2007 (est.) |
| Anton Bonke | 7’2″ | Michigan State | Vanuatu | 2004 |
| Dorin Buca | 7’2″ | Rutgers | Italy | 2002 |
| Ethan Taylor | 7’2″ | Michigan State | United States | 2008 |
| Ivan Njegovan | 7’2″ | Ohio State | Croatia | 2004 |
| Leo Curtis | 7’2″ | Nebraska | Iceland | 2005 |
| Malick Kordel | 7’2″ | Minnesota | Germany | 2004 |
| Moustapha Thiam | 7’2″ | Michigan | Senegal | 2006 |
| Samet Yigitoglu | 7’2″ | Indiana | Turkey | 2004 |
| Zvonimir Ivisic | 7’2″ | Illinois | Croatia | 2003 |
| Eric Reibe | 7’1″ | USC | Germany | 2006 |
| Sinan Huan | 7’1″ | Purdue | China | 2007 |
| Tomislav Ivisic | 7’1″ | Illinois | Croatia | 2003 |
| Vuk Lazarevic | 7’1″ | Ohio State | Serbia | 2007 |
| Aiden Sherrell | 7’0″ | Indiana | United States | 2004 |
| Alex K’Medehouto | 7’0″ | Maryland | Togo | 2005 (est.) |
| Boden Kapke | 7’0″ | Nebraska | United States | 2005 |
| Clemens Sokolov | 7’0″ | Indiana | Germany | 2007 |
| Darius Ratliff | 7’0″ | USC | United States | 2007 |
| Ivan Juric | 7’0″ | Penn State | Croatia | 2006 |
| Nolan Winter | 7’0″ | Wisconsin | United States | 2005 |
| Will Garlock | 7’0″ | Wisconsin | United States | 2007 |
Tallest players in the ACC
The ACC has 21 players at 7 feet or taller, led by Gabe Dynes of Louisville at 7’5″.
| Player | Height | School | Country | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabe Dynes | 7’5″ | Louisville | United States | 2004 |
| Joaquim Boumtje-Boumtje | 7’2″ | Duke | United States | 2009 |
| Obinna Ekezie, Jr. | 7’2″ | Louisville | Nigeria | 2007 (est.) |
| Favour Ibe | 7’1″ | Virginia | Nigeria | 2006 |
| Jackson McVey | 7’1″ | Georgia Tech | United States | 2006 |
| Maxime Meyer | 7’1″ | Duke | Canada | 2008 |
| Sayon Keita | 7’1″ | North Carolina | Mali | 2008 |
| Abdramane Siby | 7’0″ | Syracuse | Mali | 2006 |
| Aly Tounkara | 7’0″ | Boston College | Guinea | 2005 |
| Antonio Dorn | 7’0″ | Wake Forest | Germany | 2003 |
| Austin Maurer | 7’0″ | Stanford | United States | 2005 (est.) |
| Cade Bennerman | 7’0″ | North Carolina | United States | 2006 (est.) |
| Cameron Fens | 7’0″ | North Carolina | United States | 2003 (est.) |
| Cameron Williams | 7’0″ | Duke | United States | 2007 |
| Cole Kirouac | 7’0″ | Georgia Tech | United States | 2006 (est.) |
| D.K. Manyiel | 7’0″ | California | United States | 2005 (est.) |
| Gan’Erdene Solongo | 7’0″ | Notre Dame | Mongolia | 2007 (est.) |
| Iker Martinez | 7’0″ | Syracuse | Mexico | 2006 |
| Johann Gruenloh | 7’0″ | Virginia | Germany | 2005 |
| Marcis Ponder | 7’0″ | Florida State | United States | 2007 |
| Nicolas Mitrovic | 7’0″ | California | United States | 2007 (est.) |
Tallest players in the SEC
The SEC has 19 players at 7 feet or taller, led by Trent Burns of Missouri at 7’5″.
| Player | Height | School | Country | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Burns | 7’5″ | Missouri | United States | 2005 |
| Bukky Oboye | 7’1″ | Auburn | United States | 2005 (est.) |
| Lewis Obiorah | 7’1″ | Texas | England | 2005 |
| Micah Handlogten | 7’1″ | Ole Miss | United States | 2003 |
| Paulo Semedo | 7’1″ | Arkansas | Angola | 2007 (est.) |
| Reece Potter | 7’1″ | Kentucky | United States | 2005 (est.) |
| David Ike | 7’0″ | Georgia | Nigeria | 2007 |
| Franck Kepnang | 7’0″ | Kentucky | Cameroon | 2001 |
| Gai Chol | 7’0″ | Mississippi State | United States | 2003 |
| Ilia Frolov | 7’0″ | Arkansas | Russia | 2008 |
| Malachi Moreno | 7’0″ | Kentucky | United States | 2006 |
| Mapur Maker | 7’0″ | Arkansas | Australia | 2007 (est.) |
| Matas Vokietaitis | 7’0″ | Texas | Lithuania | 2004 |
| Miikka Muurinen | 7’0″ | Arkansas | Finland | 2007 |
| Narcisse Ngoy | 7’0″ | Auburn | France | 2004 |
| Ousmane N’Diaye | 7’0″ | Kentucky | Senegal | 2004 |
| Stefan Cicic | 7’0″ | Ole Miss | United States | 2006 (est.) |
| TJ St. Louis | 7’0″ | Alabama | Canada | 2007 |
| Yaak Yaak | 7’0″ | Oklahoma | Australia | 2004 |
Tallest players in the Big 12
The Big 12 has 17 players at 7 feet or taller, led by Filip Malesevic of Arizona State at 7’3″.
| Player | Height | School | Country | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Malesevic | 7’3″ | Arizona State | Serbia | 2005 |
| Christian Reeves | 7’2″ | Kansas | United States | 2003 |
| John Bol | 7’2″ | UCF | South Sudan | 2004 |
| Motiejus Krivas | 7’2″ | Arizona | Lithuania | 2004 |
| Amadou Seini | 7’1″ | West Virginia | Cameroon | 2007 |
| Ben Defty | 7’1″ | Arizona State | Germany | 2005 |
| Iaroslav Niagu | 7’1″ | Colorado | Russia | 2003 |
| J.T. Rock | 7’1″ | Kansas State | United States | 2006 |
| Petar Ostojic | 7’1″ | Brigham Young | Serbia | 2007 |
| Arafan Diane | 7’0″ | Houston | Guinea | 2007 |
| Elijah Hulsewe | 7’0″ | UCF | United States | 2004 (est.) |
| Grant Mordini | 7’0″ | Kansas | United States | 2007 (est.) |
| Julius Halaifonua | 7’0″ | Oklahoma State | New Zealand | 2006 |
| Nate Garcia | 7’0″ | Arizona State | United States | 2006 (est.) |
| Pape N’Diaye | 7’0″ | Kansas State | Ivory Coast | 2005 (est.) |
| Paul Mbiya | 7’0″ | Kansas | DR Congo | 2005 |
| Ryan Hunt | 7’0″ | TCU | Australia | 2005 (est.) |
Tallest players in the Big East
The Big East has 16 players at 7 feet or taller, led by Luigi Suigo of Villanova at 7’3″.
| Player | Height | School | Country | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luigi Suigo | 7’3″ | Villanova | Italy | 2007 |
| Fabian Flores | 7’2″ | DePaul | Spain | 2005 |
| Wesly Rosa | 7’2″ | Creighton | Cape Verde | 2005 (est.) |
| Joshua Clark | 7’1″ | Marquette | United States | 2006 (est.) |
| Kevin Ndzie | 7’1″ | Butler | Cameroon | 2003 |
| Lazar Stojkovic | 7’1″ | St. John’s | Serbia | 2007 |
| Nico Onyekwere | 7’1″ | Villanova | Nigeria | 2006 |
| Vince Iwuchukwu | 7’1″ | Georgetown | United States | 2003 |
| Adbulai Fanta Kabba | 7’0″ | Seton Hall | Sierra Leone | 2005 (est.) |
| Chol Machot | 7’0″ | Georgetown | Australia | 2005 (est.) |
| Elmir Dzafic | 7’0″ | UConn | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2005 |
| Kason Westphal | 7’0″ | Xavier | United States | 2007 (est.) |
| Magoon Gwath | 7’0″ | DePaul | South Sudan | 2005 |
| Marko Maric | 7’0″ | Butler | Croatia | 2007 |
| Theo Edema | 7’0″ | St. John’s | United States | 2007 |
| Wilson Jacques | 7’0″ | DePaul | France | 2005 |
Giants outside the big five
The tallest player in the country is not in a power conference. Olivier Rioux, at 7’9″, plays for UC Irvine in the Big West. Mathok Majok of Charleston Southern (Big South) is listed at 7’4″, and Assane Mbaye of Florida A&M (SWAC) and Maxim Klitschko of East Carolina (American) are both 7’3″. In total, 114 of the 212 Division I 7-footers play outside the Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Big East.
How to read these numbers
Three cautions. Listed heights are generous and are rarely re-measured. Our database only includes players born in 2001 or later, so an older graduate student may be missing. And a roster spot is not a role: many of these players will redshirt or play a few minutes a game. For the ones with NBA potential, see our 2027 NBA draft center rankings and the full list of the tallest players in college basketball.
Related lists: tallest NBA players in 2026-27 and tallest high school players in America.
Frequently asked questions
Which college basketball conference has the most 7-footers?
The Big Ten, with 25 players listed at 7 feet or taller in 2026-27. The ACC has 21 and the SEC has 19.
Who is the tallest player in the SEC?
Trent Burns of Missouri, listed at 7’5″.
Who is the tallest player in the Big Ten?
Daniel Jacobsen of Purdue, listed at 7’4″.
Who is the tallest player in the ACC?
Gabe Dynes of Louisville, listed at 7’5″.
Who is the tallest player in the Big 12 and the Big East?
In the Big 12, Filip Malesevic of Arizona State (7’3″). In the Big East, Luigi Suigo of Villanova (7’3″).
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Sources: school rosters and RealGM, compiled in the Low Key NBA 7-Foot Prospect Database. The video above is our breakdown of Miikka Muurinen, the 7-foot Arkansas freshman who is one of the SEC players on this page. Last checked 9 October 2026.