Peter Crouch might immediately spring to mind when asked to name the tallest footballer in Premier League history – but the 6ft 7in cult icon, famed for his legendary robot dance moves, is nowhere near being the first name on the team-sheet.
That accolade actually goes to former Manchester City goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon.
MailOnline has today assembled the league's tallest ever XI, consisting of both current and former stars. Crafted into a 4-4-2 set-up using statistics from worldfootball.net, the team averages 6ft 6in and counts in its line-up a World Cup winner and a one-and-done player nicknamed 'Big Tree'.
Staring down attackers from between the sticks is Romanian goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon – the tallest to ever play in the Premier League at a shade under 6ft 8in.
The giant goalie, who left home at the age of 14 to play for his first club side, Romania's Aerostar Bacau, joined the Premier League as a back-up to Joe Hart in Manchester City's title-winning 2011 side.
In total, Pantilimon made 467 Premier league appearances between 2011 and 2019, with stints at Sunderland, Watford and Nottingham Forest.
He saw out his playing days with Turkish side Denizlispor and retired in 2021.
The young Norse isn't strictly-speaking a full-blooded right back like Manchester United legend Gary Neville.
But Brentford manager Thomas Frank has deployed the 6ft 5.9in 26-year-old as both right centre-back and right-back since he broke the club's then-signing record in 2021.
And Ajer has come on leaps and bounds during his stint at the GTech Community Stadium, averaging the team's third-highest tackle rate through last season.
Norway star Kristoffer Ajer played in four Euro 2024 games and is a key player for Brentford
Centre back - Per Mertesacker
Second to Crouch, Per Mertesacker has an argument to being the most famous player included in the tallest ever Premier League XI.
The 6ft 6in German centre-back formed a formidable defensive duo with France's Laurent Koscielny under legendary coach Arsene Wenger, playing a key role in ending the side's nine-year silverware drought by clinching the FA Cup in 2014.
He went on to captain the club in 2017 and 2018 before retiring due to a persistent injury.
His stellar career totals 156 Arsenal caps with six goals as well as 104 caps and four goals for Germany.
Per Mertesacker applauds the Arsenal supporters after a game against West Brom in 2015
Centre back - Jannik Vestergaard
Also standing at 6ft 6in at the back is Danish defender Jannik Vestergaard, a name well-known to Leicester City fans.
The 31-year old, who first graced the Premier League with Southampton in 2018, has been at the King Power Stadium just over three years, two of which have been spent in the Premier League.
Vestergaard courted controversy in March 2023 and was banned from then-manager Brendan Rodgers' squad after giving an unsolicited press interview to Danish outlet EkstraBladet in which he criticised Rodgers.
Under the eye of former Leicester-now-Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca, Vestergaard flourished, averaging a 91% start rate for the club last season.
The Dane will be back in the Premier League for the 2024-25 campaign.
Jannik Vestergaard (right) will be a formidable presence in the Foxes' back-line this season
Left back - Dan Burn
Dan Burn is the final player in the line-up to still be on a Premier League team's books.
The 31-year-old who has never been called up to the England side despite a catalogue of impressive performances for Newcastle, has earned notoriety as one of the competition's most formidable defenders.
The league's current tallest player at almost 6ft 6in, he established himself as a regular with Brighton before signing for boyhood club Newcastle in January 2022.
Burn's footballing abilities haven't been impeded by the loss of his ring finger on the right hand, which was torn off after getting caught on a fence when he was a teenager.
Newcastle's Dan Burn (right) stands as the tallest player currently playing in the top flight
Central midfielder - Steven Nzonzi
Like Crouch, 2018 World Cup winner Steven Nzonzi holds a special place in the hearts of Stoke City fans.
The 6ft 5in French midfielder, along with Crouch, netted the fifth of the six goals the Potters smashed past Liverpool in their historic matchup in 2015 — which also happened to be Anfield legend Steven Gerrard's final game for the club.
Nzonzi racked up 194 appearances and 11 goals between 2009 and 2015, first with Blackburn Rovers and latterly Stoke.
Nzonzi also played five times during France's 2018 World Cup victory and came on as a sub in the final, when Les Bleus beat Croatia 4-2.
He bagged silverware as a part of Sevilla's 2018 Europa Cup-winning side, before appearing for Turkish clubs Galatasaray and Koyaspor until the end of last year.
The club confirmed his contract ended on 9th July this year.
Steven N'Zonzi (centre) puts in a tough tackle on Thomas Hitzlsperger in the Premier League
Central midfielder - Sander Berge
Through his £12m signing with Sheffield United in 2020 from Belgian side Genk, 6ft 4in-Berge became The Blades' record signing.
The 26-year-old Norwegian's two seasons with Sheffield saw the side relegated and then promoted back to the Premier League in 2023.
At the outset of last season, he joined Burnley but will once again play his football in the championship next year after the club's 19th-placed finish cemented relegation.
Right winger - Franco Di Santo
Joining Avram Grant's Chelsea side in 2007, then-18-year-old Franco Di Santo was billed for big things.
The Argentinian forward had courted comparisons to legendary players from his country's past such as 'The Great One' Diego Maradona and Hernan Crespo.
But his time with Chelsea, who would go on to finish second that year behind Manchester United, lasted eight goalless games.
Sander Berge will hope he can help take Burnley to a Premier-League play-off berth come May
Chelsea's Argentine star Franco Di Santo failed to reach his potential in the Premier League
Di Santo was shipped out to Blackburn Rovers and then Wigan before moving to Germany and representing Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen.
Now 35, Di Santo signed for Argentinian Primera Division side Independiente Rivadavia at the outset of 2024.
Left winger - Georgios Samaras
Samaras is best known for helping Celtic win four Scottish League Championships between 2008 and 2014, scoring 48 goals in the process.
But on either side of this success, he enjoyed Premier League spells.
First at Manchester City where the then-21-year-old Samaras appeared 54 times for the Sky Blues between 2006-08.
Manchester City's Georgios Samaras celebrates an FA Cup goal against Aston Villa in 2006
Then after his Celtic stint, Samaras joined West Bromwich Albion, clocking just five appearances in the 2014-15 season.
He later moved to the US to join Oklahoma City's first team, Rayo OKC, before seeing out his career with Spanish outfit Zaragoza and finally Turkish club Samsunspor where he retired in 2018.
Striker - Lacina Traore
Known as the 'Big Tree' for his 6ft 7.7in frame, Ivorian striker Lacina Traore is the second tallest player – behind Pantilimon – to ever play in the Premier League.
Yet he managed only 61 minutes to be exact. All of which came against Swansea City for Everton while on loan from Monaco in 2014.
Traore celebrates scoring his one and only goal for Everton with teammate Ross Barkley
Traore even managed to score the opening goal of the game after just four minutes.
A training injury sustained weeks later cut his season short and he left the Premier League behind for good shortly afterwards.
Striker - Peter Crouch
The Macclesfield-born striker, married to model and television host Abbey Clancy, typically stands head and shoulders above other footballers.
Peter Crouch starred for Stoke, Liverpool, Spurs, Portsmouth, Villa and Burnley in his career
So much so that he is generally considered the yardstick in terms of player height, despite not being the Premier League's tallest ever player.
Crouch scored 108 Premier League goals across stints at Stoke, Liverpool, Tottenham, Portsmouth, Aston Villa and Burnley.
Perhaps his most notable mark left on English football, however, was his robot celebration which he first performed after scoring for England against Hungary in a 2006 World Cup warm-up.