Basketball court (FIBA)
28 m (91.86 ft)
Court length
An international basketball court seen from above. 28 m long, 15 m wide.
Published
How big is that?
28 m is 16 times an adult man and 56% of an Olympic pool.
Basketball court is the 13th largest of the 39 Classic objects, and the 47th largest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Blue whale (Large adult) (Prehistoric Giants), 27.1 m long and Space Shuttle orbiter (Without the fuel tank) (Cosmic Scale), 37.2 m long.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Basketball court in orange beside the Classic objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Basketball court |
|---|---|---|
| Cricket pitchThe strip between the wickets, seen from above. | 20.12 m long | 72% of the size |
| Tennis courtA doubles tennis court seen from above, measured baseline to baseline. | 23.77 m long | 85% of the size |
| Basketball court (FIBA) | 28 m long | – |
| Christ the Redeemer (Statue only)The statue above Rio de Janeiro, not counting its 8 m pedestal. | 30 m tall | 1.1× bigger |
| Statue of Liberty (Statue only)The copper statue in New York Harbor, from the top of its base to the torch. | 46.05 m tall | 1.6× bigger |
In other units
| Centimetres | 2,800 |
|---|---|
| Metres | 28 |
| Inches | 1,102 |
| Feet | 91.86 |
| Yards | 30.62 |
How it's measured
Court length. FIBA Official Basketball Rules 2026, Article 2.1.
Sources
- assets.fiba.basketball: FIBA Official Basketball Rules 2026, Art. 2.1: dimensions of 28 m in length by 15 m in width.
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Could you have guessed it by eye?
Basketball court is one of the objects in Classic, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.