SizerooHow wide is a basketball rim?
1.5 ftAbout 45.7 cm · Handheld
18 inches (46 cm) across, almost twice as wide as the ball.
That's about 1/3.3 of a red kangaroo (about 5 ft, or 1.5 m, tall).
🏀1.5 ft
🔋a AAA battery
To scale: a basketball rim is about 10× bigger than a AAA battery.
Things about the same size
- How long is a giraffe's tongue?1.48 ft
- How long is the human spinal cord?1.48 ft
- How wide is a regulation dartboard?1.48 ft
- How wide is a base in Major League Baseball?1.5 ft
- How long is a house cat, not counting the tail?1.51 ft
- How long is the human thigh bone?1.57 ft
- How long is a newborn baby?1.64 ft
- How tall is the shortest man ever measured?1.79 ft
Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].