"If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody."
~ Damian Lillard
Famous professional basketball player, Damian Lillard is known as being one of the two players in Trail Blazers franchise history to become a six-time All-Star.
Not every basketball player is super tall -- Damian Lillard can be said to be on the shorter side -- well, at least for a basketball player.
He was measured without shoes at the NBA draft combine at 6-feet-1¾ inches, but with shoes, he is listed at 6-feet-3 inches -- and this is another reason why you just can't trust NBA height listings blindly. Damian Lillard is not even close to 6'3" -- even in cowboy boots.
The history of NBA height listings is scattered with mistakes -- intentional and unintentional, big and small -- Damian Lillard's height is just one of them.
After carefully examining his height and comparing it to that of people like, Derrick Rose (6'1½"), Karlie Kloss (6'1½"), Steph Curry (6'2"), we think that the most likely thing which occurred was that Mr. Lillard was measured 6'1¾" in shoes.
The real height of Damian Lillard is
6'1" or 185 cm
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| Damian Lillard with Nataliya Kuznetsova (5'7"), and LeBron James (6'7¾") |
For reference, here is the average human height around the world.
| Country | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5'4" | 4'11" |
| India | 5'5½" | 5'½" |
| Mexico | 5'6½" | 5'1½" |
| China | 5'6½" | 5'1½" |
| Japan | 5'7½" | 5'2½" |
| Brazil | 5'8" | 5'3" |
| Russia | 5'9" | 5'3¾" |
| France | 5'9" | 5'3¾" |
| United States | 5'9¼" | 5'4" |
| United Kingdom | 5'9½" | 5'4¼" |
| Canada | 5'10" | 5'4½" |
| Australia | 5'10" | 5'4½" |
| Germany | 5'10½" | 5'5" |
| Netherlands | 5'11½" | 5'6" |
| Dinka people of South Sudan | 6" | 5'7" |
Data collected more or less from Wikipedia and some other sources. Expect a slight discrepancy from real life. A more detailed chart can be found here.
"If your dreams don't match your actions, you can either change your dreams or change your actions."
~ Damian Lillard