What is Cristiano Ronaldo's Highest Vertical Jump? - Sportsmanor
Cristiano Ronaldo is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time, not only because of his physicality but also his athleticism. his most effective and distinguishing skill is his heading. Ronaldo's aerial ability is unrivaled. He has an incredible leap and great hang time in the air.
Cristiano Ronaldo's aerial ability was average at best during his developmental years with Sporting Lisbon and his first few years at Manchester United.
However, after hours of practice every day, Cristiano started getting better and the fruits of his bearing started to appear at the latter stages of his first stint at Old Trafford but truly shone through after his move to Real Madrid in 2009.
🛫 @Cristiano TAKEOFF! 🇵🇹
Mark #LeapDay2020 with every angle of Ronaldo's huge leap against Wales at EURO 2016 🙌#LeapYear. #EURO2020 is coming… pic.twitter.com/fJuKUlF7mi
— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) February 29, 2020
Ronaldo's career has been littered with thunderous headers. In the Euro 2016 semi-final against Wales, he rose 2.42 meters in the air to score for Portugal.
He leaped 2.56 meters into the air and meet Alex Sandro's cross in a Serie A match against Sampdoria in the 2019-20 season. He jumped over 28 inches and remained suspended in the air for almost 1.5 seconds before heading the ball in to secure the win.
But his highest jump came in the UEFA Champions League in 2013 for Real Madrid against Manchester United.
1⃣0⃣ 2013: When Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo hung in the air to meet Ángel Di María's cross and direct a header past his former club 💪@Cristiano | @realmadriden | #UCL pic.twitter.com/MpVQcTX3Uc
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 24, 2021
In the 30th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo jumped and headed the cross in making it 1-1 while his head was 2.93m above the ground, making it his highest jump.
Does Cristiano Ronaldo jump higher than Lebron James?
An NBA player's average vertical leap is 28 inches. As you can see, most NBA players do not have a massive vertical leap, as many people believe.
Keon Johnson has the highest standing vertical jump ever recorded at the 2021 NBA combine, measuring 41.5 inches, breaking D.J. Stevens' 2013 record of 40 inches.
The vertical leap of the average soccer player ranges between 20 and 24 inches. When compared to his competitors, Ronaldo has an above-average vertical leap.
LeBron James is nothing short of extraordinary, he's well-known for his amazing vertical jump as evidenced by his 48-inch vertical leap that trumps Ronaldo's vertical leap of 41.7 inches.
What is Ronaldo's height?
Cristiano Ronaldo stands 1.87 meters tall, or 6 feet 1 inch. That means he is taller than the average male not only in his native Portugal, where the average height is 1.71 meters 5 feet 7 inches but also in the UK and the US, where the average male height is 1.75 meters, or 5 feet 9 inches.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the best ever player with the ball in the air.
Discuss.pic.twitter.com/YY8eG3HiwU
— GOAL (@goal) March 11, 2020
Without a question, his height has been a benefit and has provided him an edge over his opponents in the air. To summarise Cristiano's dominance in the air, 112 of the Portuguese superstar's 700 club goals have come via headers.
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