Shortest Nba Player 2024 All Time. Enter muggsy bogues, the shortest player ever to have played in the nba, standing at 5 foot 3 in, a whole 5 inches shorter than kawamura. Shorter nba players make up for their lack of height by being smarter, braver, more talented and trickier than their taller peers.

When we think of basketball, images of those towering athletes running the court pop quickly into our minds. The shortest nba player of all time is muggsy bogues, standing at just 5’3” tall.