Stat of the Day: Average height at each weight division

Sep 11, 2012
Jason

A simple, yet interesting statistic for the readers today.

We’ve started compiling “listed heights” from Sherdog.  Below, is a table which contains the average LISTED height per division for ranked male fighters and also the average listed height for the Top 50 in each division, as well as the difference.  We don’t have every height just yet, but do have a fairly large data set to go on.  Also, just added, the tallest ranked fighter in each division.

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Division Height Top 50 Diff Tallest/Shortest
Heavyweight+ 6’1.9″ 6’2.8″ +0.9″ 6’11.5″ – [#12] Stefan Struve
5’9″ – 6 Tied (Monson, Komkin, Brents, Inoue, Leniu, O. Sanchez)
Light Heavyweight 6’1.0″ 6’1.5″ +0.5″ 6’7″ – [#220] Malik Merad
5’11” – [#72] John Howard
Middleweight 6’0.0″ 6’0.6″ +0.6″ 6’6″ – [#35] Kendall Grove, [#248] Luke Barnatt
5’7″ – [#206] Terry Martin, [#353] Antonio Graceffo
Welterweight 5’10.7″ 5’10.9″ +0.2″ 6’4″ – 4 Tied (Beecroft, T. Dixon, C. Hill, B. Scott)
5’5″ – 3 Tied (Saadulaev, Crane, Chlewicki)
Lightweight 5’9.4″ 5’9.3″ -0.1″ 6’3″ – [#197] Jose Figueora
5’5″ – [#110] Jared Downing
Featherweight 5’8.2″ 5’7.8″ -0.4″ 6’4″ – [#210] Will Chope
5’3″ – 3 Tied (Quach, Reis, Y. Nakamura)
Bantamweight 5’6.73″ 5’6.66″ -0.06″ 6’1″ – [#231] Daniel Aguirre
5’1″ – [#133] Nate Williams
Flyweight 5’5.1″ 5’5.0″ -0.1″ 5’9″ – 4 Tied (Calatayud, Campuzano, Sato, C. Wright)
5’2″ – [#13] Kiyotaka Shimizu, [#18] Rambaa Somdet

 

It’s interesting that top fighters have, on average, a height advantage in the heavier divisions, but a disadvantage in the lower divisions.  Is this due to the increased east Asian influence on the lower divisions and/or that overall size can be a disadvantage in the lower divisions?

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