The tallest PBA player is Edward Joseph Feihl of TJ Hotdogs. Feihl who stands seven feet tall is half German. With his height, Feihl could bang bodies with the centers in the NBA. Feihl was part of the Philippine Centennial Team, which won third place in the 1998 Asian Games.

Meanwhile, the tallest basketball player who has played in the NBA is Gheorghe Muresan (7′7 or 2.31 m). But the tallest basketball player in the world was Suleiman Ali Nashnush (8′1/2″ or 2.45 m) of the Libyan team. The tallest man in history was Robert Wadlow (8′11 or 2.72 m).