This is a complete listing of the shortest players in National Basketball Association history at a listed height of 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm) or shorter. Only 25 players in NBA history have been at or below this height. The shortest NBA player to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is Calvin Murphy at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m). All of the players listed here have played or play the position of point guard. When 5-foot-9-inch (175 cm) Isaiah Thomas tipped off against 5-foot-6-inch (168 cm) Tyler Ulis, it was speculated to be the shortest combined jump ball ever. The most seasons played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by a player listed at 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) or shorter was 14 seasons by Muggsy Bogues who played from 1987 to 2001.
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