Okay, so I was watching NBA games, and I started wondering, who’s the shortest dude to ever play in the NBA? I mean, these guys are all giants, right? So, I grabbed my phone and started digging.
First, I hit up Google. You know, just a simple search, “shortest NBA player.”
The results were kind of all over the place. Some sites were saying one guy, some were saying another. It was a mess. So, I decided to check out a few different sources to get a better picture. I went to some sports news sites, you know, the big-name ones, and then I also looked at some basketball forums where fans were talking about this stuff.
- I went to some sports websites.
- Then I checked some forums for NBA fans.
- Lastly, I found a few articles specifically about the history of NBA players’ heights.
After looking around for a while, I started to see a name pop up more often: Muggsy Bogues. Turns out, this guy was only 5’3″ and played in the NBA for 14 seasons! I was like “Seriously?”. I checked out his profile, and it was legit.
But then, I also saw a couple of other names mentioned a few times: Earl Boykins and Spud Webb. Boykins was 5’5″, and Webb was 5’7″. Still really short for the NBA, but not as short as Muggsy.
So, I did what any normal person would do – I cross-referenced everything. I looked at multiple sources for each player, checked their official stats, and even watched some old game footage. Yeah, I went full detective mode on this.
Conclusion
After all that digging, it became pretty clear that Muggsy Bogues really was the shortest player in NBA history at 5’3″. It’s wild to think about a guy that small playing against people who are, like, 7 feet tall! He must have been lightning-fast and had some serious skills to make it in the league. What a legend.
