It's difficult to estimate how many people are 7 feet tall or taller. Some believe that there are just 2,800 7-footers on the earth. A 2011 Sports Illustrated story said that every American guy standing at least 7 feet tall had a 17% chance of playing in the NBA. While Mongolians are significantly taller and larger than Asians in general, we are not the giants or housebricks shown in films and documentaries. There are obviously tall and powerful Mongolian men and women, but they are generally sprung from a lineage of physically gifted wrestlers.