I'm putting up this list, which compares the height of humanoids across several games. I mainly created this for use in fanfic, which is why the original thread is over here.

This version has Shadowrun, Earthdawn, Dungeons & Dragons, and World of WarCraft. None of which I'm affiliated with.

I really would like to add the races of Middle Earth, because they're a very obvious gap in the table. Though I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the dwarves are about 4 feet tall.

These heights may change depending on what version/site you look at. These are averages or values selected from the given range of heights, which can vary by a lot.

Feet to Meter Conversions provided by an awesome calculator here


Your Basic Cross-Species Height List: Version 1.01


1'6 0.46m

Windlings/Pixies (ED)

3' 0.91m

Gnomes (D&D), Gnomes (WoW), Goblins (WoW), Halflings (D&D)

4' 1.22m

Dwarves (D&D), Dwarves (SR), Dwarves (WoW)

5' 1.52m

Elves (D&D),

5'7 1.70m

Humans ("Average height" for SR)

5'9 1.75m

T'skrang/Lizardfolk (ED)

6'3 1.91m

Elves (SR), Orks (SR)

6'6 1.98m

Half-Orcs (D&D), High/Blood Elves (WoW), Orcs (WoW),

7' 2.13m

Gnolls (WoW)

7'3 2.21m

Obsidimen/Rockmen (ED)

7'6 2.28m

Draenei (WoW), Night Elves (WoW), Trolls (WoW). Tauren (WoW) have been reported as either being about this height, or 12' 3.66m, which is odd...

8'3 2.51m

Half-Giant (D&D), Wendigo (SR)

8'6 2.59m

Trolls (ED)

9'3 2.82m

Trolls (SR)

9'6 2.90m

Sasquatch (SR)

10'6 3.20m

Formorian/Vampiric Troll (SR)

11'6 3.50m

Giants (SR)