Top 10 Tallest Volleyball Players in the World

A player’s height matters a lot in sports like volleyball and basketball. It can help the player in many ways.

Taller volleyball and basketball players can succeed more easily than players with small or short heights.

In our previous articles, we have already discussed the tallest male basketball players and the tallest female basketball players.

In the story below, we have ten of the tallest volleyball players in the world. Let’s dive into the list below.

Top 10 Tallest Volleyball Players in the World

10. Egor Kliuka – 2.09m

Egor Kliuka is a Russian professional volleyball player. He plays an outside hitter position where a tall player can more efficiently.

He is among the best Russian players, winning many iconic volleyball titles, including the Most Valuable Player of the Year in 2015.

The 2.09m tall is the tenth tallest volleyball player on our list.

9. Ilia Vlasov – 2.12m

Another Russian professional player is next on the list of tallest volleyball players in the world. Ilia Vlasov is 2.12m tall and plays in the middle blocker position.

He is a part of the Russian men’s volleyball team. Because of his tall height, his performance as a blocker is impressive.

8. Gustavo Bonatto – 2.15m

In the list of tallest men’s basketball players, we have another middle blocker, Gustavo Bonatto. He is a Brazilian professional volleyball player who is 2.15m tall. The stunning player has a spike of 340cm.

His professional career is not enriched with many successes, but this list of the tallest volleyball players has nothing to do with his professional career.

7. Alexander Kimerov – 2.15m

As volleyball is one of the most popular sports in Russia, we have many of the tallest volleyball players in Russia.

Another reason is that the average height of Russians is higher than that of others.

Alexander Kimerov is the next taller volleyball player on the list. He is 2.15m tall and plays in the opposite position.

6. Aleksey Kazakov – 2.16m

Aleksey Kazakov is another tall volleyball player from Russia. He is 2.16m tall and plays a center-forward position. Kazakov is a part of the Russian national volleyball team.

He was a part of the FIBA World Cup winning team in 1999.

Kazakov was also a team member who won a bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

5. Kay van Dijk – 2.16m

Next on our list of the ten tallest volleyball players in the world is Kay van Dijk, a Duch professional volleyball player.

He has been a part of the Duch national men’s volleyball team. The 2.16m tall plays at the opposite position.

4. Bartlomiej Lemanski – 2.17m

The giant in the above picture is a Polish professional volleyball player, Bartlomiej Lemanski. He is 2.17m tall and plays in the middle blocker position.

He is the fourth tallest volleyball player in the world right now.

As a professional, he didn’t have much material to show his glory, but here we are concerned only with his height, which made him a part of our list.

3. Renan Buiatti – 2.17m

A tall Brazilian volleyball player, Renan Buiatti, occupies the third spot on the list. He is 2.17m tall and plays for Brazil’s men’s national volleyball team.

He was a part of his national team that finished 2nd in the 2014 World Championship.

2. Dmitriy Muserskiy – 2.18m

We have Dmitriy Muserskiy from Russia, who is second on the list of the tallest men’s volleyball players. He is considered the tallest volleyball player in the world and takes advantage of his height to play volleyball.

This is because the sitting volleyball player tops the list of the world’s tallest volleyball players. Dmitriy Muserskiy is currently the world’s tallest volleyball player.

1. Morteza Mehrzad – 2.46m

Morteza Mehrzad, the tallest man in Iran and the tallest volleyball player in the world, is a sitting volleyball player.

He plays as an outside hitter. As of 2022, he is the 2nd tallest man in the world.

Morteza is 2.46m tall, which is unbelievable. He is a part of the Iranian men’s national volleyball team.