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How Big Is a Basketball Hoop?

A basketball hoop is about 10 ft (3.05 m) tall. That is 4 ft 5 in (134 cm) taller than the average man (5 ft 7 in). A regulation basketball hoop, measured to the rim.

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How big is a basketball hoop compared to the average man?

A basketball hoop is 4 ft 5 in (134 cm) taller than the average man (5 ft 7 in). That makes a basketball hoop 1.8× the size of the average man.

Basketball Hoop height in feet, inches, centimeters and meters

A basketball hoop measures:

Unit	Value
Feet and inches	10 ft 0 in
Inches	120 in
Centimeters	304.8 cm
Meters	3.048 m

Basketball Hoop size facts

A regulation basketball rim is exactly 10 feet (3.05 meters) off the ground, in the NBA, college and high school.
The backboard is 42 inches (1.07 m) tall, so its top edge is about 13 feet (3.95 m) high.
The rim is 18 inches (46 cm) across, almost twice the width of a basketball.

How does a basketball hoop compare to other things?

A basketball hoop next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Basketball hoop
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	457 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	4.18 million× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	2,900× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	108× bigger
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	4× bigger
Tiger shark	12 ft (3.7 m) long	2 ft 1.5 in (65 cm) bigger
Hippopotamus	11 ft (3.5 m) long	1 ft 6 in (45 cm) bigger
African elephant	10 ft (3.2 m)	6 in (15.2 cm) bigger
Woolly mammoth	10 ft (3.2 m)	6 in (15.2 cm) bigger
Tiger	9 ft 10 in (3 m) long	1.9 in (4.8 cm) smaller
Bottlenose dolphin	9 ft 10 in (3 m) long	1.9 in (4.8 cm) smaller
Sunflower	9 ft 10 in (3 m)	1.9 in (4.8 cm) smaller
Goliath	9 ft 6 in (290 cm)	5.8 in (14.8 cm) smaller
Moose	9 ft 6 in (290 cm) long	5.8 in (14.8 cm) smaller
Lion	9 ft 6 in (290 cm) long	5.8 in (14.8 cm) smaller
Robert Wadlow	8 ft 11 in (272 cm)	1 ft 1 in (33 cm) smaller
Komodo dragon	8 ft 6 in (260 cm) long	1 ft 5.5 in (45 cm) smaller
Sultan Kösen	8 ft 3 in (251 cm)	1 ft 9 in (54 cm) smaller
Polar bear	8 ft 2 in (250 cm) long	1 ft 9.5 in (55 cm) smaller
Bigfoot	7 ft 10 in (240 cm)	2 ft 1.5 in (65 cm) smaller
Horse	7 ft 10 in (240 cm) long	2 ft 1.5 in (65 cm) smaller
Bull shark	7 ft 10 in (240 cm) long	2 ft 1.5 in (65 cm) smaller
Ostrich	7 ft 10 in (240 cm)	2 ft 1.5 in (65 cm) smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	4 ft 5 in (134 cm) smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	4 ft 9 in (146 cm) smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

Sizes are typical adult or reported values, rounded for readability. Read how we measure and compare sizes.