He stood 6 ft 9 in ( 2.06 m ) when contemporaries such as Wilt Chamberlain stood 7 ft 1 in ( 2.16 m ) .
Kareem Abdul - Jabbar was 7 ft 2 in ( 2.18 m ) .
He stood 6 ft 9 in ( 2.06 m ) when contemporaries such as Wilt Chamberlain stood 7 ft 1 in ( 2.16 m ) and Kareem Abdul - Jabbar was 7 ft 2 in ( 2.18 m ) .