Top 5 tallest people in the Philippines

Tallest Pure Filipino People

5.Japeth Aguilar

Height: 6'9

is a Filipino professional basketball player. He is currently playing for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He also played for GlobalPort Batang Pierand the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He first played collegiately for the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), but after two seasons, he moved to the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers in the Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States.

4.Marlou Aquino

Height: 6'9

        The #2 could be debatable because JunMar has MVP while Marlou has nothing but this rank can be changed if  only JunMar can reach what's Marlou has achieved over the years. Marlou has been in the PBA for over 14yrs  with 2 champs and winning some awards. He almost wins the Rookie+MVP in 1996 and MVP in 1997 but the prior of the winner is quite controversial nonetheless he deserves his excellency during those years . Marlou dominates his amateur league days in PBL, he has the record of the most number of MVP in that league.

3. Bonel Balingit

Height: 6'9

Bonel is as huge as a Mountain when he started in PBA that's how he got his monicker Mount Balingit. Together with other elite players like Vergel Menesis, Boybits and Duremdes they won multiple championships. Bonel was considered to be a Giant not until the appearance of Marlou Aquino , Seigle, Taulava and the other league big guys because of the emergence of talented big guys, Balingit lost his spot in the PBA .

2.JunMar Fajardo

Height: 6'10

  The only Biggest player that ever won the MVP , this guy is no doubt will be in the #1 over the years. JunMar has been an unstoppable force in PBA that even the Ginebra's Twin Tower can't stop his dominations. JunMar is gifted with huge body and height, he's considered to be the most athletic PURE Pinoy Giant after Marlou Aquino. Thanks to his great mentor, Lakay Danny Ildefonso because of him, JunMar has developed a lot of offensive post and tactics. JunMar monicker is 'The Kraken' because of his long arms and Gigantic impact on the court.

1.Raul Dillo

Height: 7'3

Raul Dillo is currently the tallest recorded Filipino. He stands 7’3″ and was a former basketball player and actor.

Dillo played for the San Juan Knights during his MBA stint but was not able to have good quality minutes. Instead of playing for the PBA, he chose to be an actor.He was in famous Filipino movies such as Super Inday and the Golden Bible, Banyo Queen and Spirit Warriors. Raul Dillo plays as frankenstein or kapre in movies or tv shows. He was a basketball player of University of the East Red Warriors during his college years but was only a member of the training team. He was discovered in the 1994 Palarong Pambansa. His current whereabouts are unknown.