If you’ve ever watched even a snippet of an NBA game, you’ll quickly notice that it’s a sport dominated by those with exceptional height. While the average American male is 5 ft. 9 in. tall (1.76 m), the average NBA player is a staggering 6 ft. 7 in. (2 m).

Even so, from time to time, you’ll spot a player with average, and even below average height, dribbling between his fellow sky-scraping players. Here are 5 of the shortest basketball players to dribble their way to the NBA, proving that on the court at least, size doesn’t matter.