Every player who has appeared in an NBA regular-season game while officially listed at 295 lb or more, ranked heaviest to lightest by listed playing weight (Basketball-Reference, which follows the NBA’s own roster listings). Sim Bhullar tops the scale at 360 lb. A listing is a single number for a whole career, so many of these players weighed more or less at other times.
Pictured: Sim Bhullar during his first days with the Sacramento Kings, #1 at 360 lb.
| Rank | Player | Listed weight (lb) | Weight (kg) | Height | NBA years | Status | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sim Bhullar | 360 | 163 | 7′5″ | 2015 | Retired | Sacramento Kings |
| 2 | Thomas Hamilton | 330 | 149 | 7′2″ | 1995–2000 | Retired | Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets |
| 3= | Priest Lauderdale | 325 | 147 | 7′4″ | 1996–1998 | Retired | Atlanta Hawks, Denver Nuggets |
| 3= | Shaquille O’Neal | 325 | 147 | 7′1″ | 1992–2011 | Retired | Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics |
| 5 | Garth Joseph | 315 | 142 | 7′2″ | 2000–2001 | Retired | Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors |
| 6 | Tacko Fall | 311 | 141 | 7′6″ | 2019–2022 | Active | Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 7 | Yao Ming | 310 | 140 | 7′6″ | 2002–2011 | Retired | Houston Rockets |
| 8 | Dexter Pittman | 308 | 139 | 6′11″ | 2011–2014 | Retired | Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies, Atlanta Hawks |
| 9 | Nikola Peković | 307 | 139 | 6′11″ | 2010–2016 | Retired | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 10= | Zach Edey | 305 | 138 | 7′3″ | 2024–present | Active | Memphis Grizzlies |
| 10= | Ha Seung-Jin | 305 | 138 | 7′3″ | 2004–2006 | Retired | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 12 | Gheorghe Mureșan | 303 | 137 | 7′7″ | 1993–2000 | Retired | Washington Bullets, New Jersey Nets |
| 13= | DeSagana Diop | 300 | 136 | 7′0″ | 2001–2013 | Retired | Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets, Charlotte Bobcats |
| 13= | Jerome James | 300 | 136 | 7′1″ | 1999–2009 | Retired | Sacramento Kings, Seattle SuperSonics, New York Knicks |
| 15 | Eddy Curry | 295 | 133 | 7′0″ | 2001–2013 | Retired | Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks |
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As of October 8, 2026. Weights are each player’s officially listed playing weight on Basketball-Reference, which reflects NBA roster listings; kilograms are Basketball-Reference’s own conversions.[1] A listing is one figure for a whole career and can differ from what a player weighed in a given season: Shaquille O’Neal is listed at 325 lb but was listed at 300 in his 2000 MVP season, and has said he was 415 lb at his last championship.[5] Oliver Miller, often called the heaviest player ever and reportedly 375 lb or more at times, is officially listed at 280; Zion Williamson is listed at 284 despite a 2021 report putting him at 330.[16] Only players who appeared in at least one NBA regular-season game are included, so draftees and camp invitees who never played (for example Roberto Dueñas, listed at 310) are left out. Tied players share a rank and are listed alphabetically. Just below the cut, Boban Marjanović, Jusuf Nurkić, Mengke Bateer and Jahidi White are all listed at 290 lb.[15] Every player here is listed at center (Diop and Curry at center and power forward).
At 7′5″ and 360 lb (163 kg), Bhullar has the heaviest listed weight of anyone to play in the NBA.[2] The Toronto-born center out of New Mexico State made his debut for the Sacramento Kings on April 7, 2015, and is remembered as the first player of Indian descent to play in the league.[2][16] His NBA career lasted three games, with 0.7 points per game.[2]
Hamilton, a 7′2″ center from Chicago, went undrafted in 1994 and worked out with the Toronto Raptors before reaching the NBA with the Boston Celtics in 1995–96.[3] He resurfaced with the Houston Rockets in 1999–2000, finishing with 33 games at 3.2 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.[3]
The Atlanta Hawks took Lauderdale 28th overall in the 1996 draft. He played 1996–97 in Atlanta and 1997–98 in Denver, 74 games in all at 3.4 points per game.[4] He is listed at 7′4″ on his NBA page but 7′3″ on his international page; in Europe he averaged 19.3 points and 11.3 rebounds in the 2003–04 ULEB Cup.[4]
The only star in the top five, O’Neal averaged 23.7 points and 10.9 rebounds across 1,207 games and won three straight Finals MVP awards with the Lakers from 2000 to 2002.[5] Basketball-Reference notes he was the heaviest MVP ever, at a listed 300 lb in 1999–2000.[5] His official 325 lb may not tell the whole story either: in 2023 he said, “Last championship, I was 415.”[6]
Joseph’s NBA career was four games long, all in 2000–01, split between the Denver Nuggets and the Toronto Raptors, at 0.5 points and 0.5 rebounds per game.[7] The 7′2″ center later played in France with Élan in 2004–05.[7]
Fall, 7′6″ on his NBA page and 7′7″ on his G League page, became a fan favorite in Boston on a two-way contract, playing 26 games for the Celtics over two seasons before 11 more with Cleveland in 2021–22.[8] After seasons abroad in China and New Zealand, most recently with Ningbo in the CBA in 2025–26, he signed an Exhibit 10 deal with the Philadelphia 76ers in September 2026, so he is listed here as active.[8]
The No. 1 overall pick in 2002, Yao spent his entire career with the Houston Rockets and finished second in Rookie of the Year voting.[9] At 7′6″ and 310 lb he averaged 19.0 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, including 19.7 points and 9.9 rebounds over 77 games in 2008–09.[9]
Miami drafted Pittman 32nd overall in 2010, and he won a championship with the Heat in 2012.[10] He played 50 regular-season games, 41 for Miami, 7 for Memphis after a February 2013 trade and 2 for Atlanta on a 10-day contract in 2014, averaging 2.3 points.[10]
The Montenegrin center came to Minnesota after Euroleague spells with Partizan and Panathinaikos, two years after the Timberwolves drafted him 31st overall in 2008.[11] In 271 games he averaged 12.6 points and 6.7 rebounds, with career highs of 34 points and 18 rebounds.[11] His international page lists him lighter, at 290 lb.[11]
Edey, the ninth pick in 2024 out of Purdue, is one of only two active players in the table, alongside Tacko Fall.[12] He made the 2024–25 All-Rookie team with the Memphis Grizzlies after averaging 9.2 points and 8.3 rebounds, and his career highs are 32 points and 21 rebounds.[12]
Born in Seoul in 1985, Ha was drafted 46th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in 2004.[13] He played 46 games across two seasons for Portland, averaging 1.5 points and 1.5 rebounds, with career highs of 13 points and 6 rebounds.[13]