Shark size lineup

Every shark on the site, from the longest to the shortest, with you in your place. The bars show the longest a shark is known to grow.

Compare two sharks side by side

1. 

   Whale shark12 m

2. 

   Basking shark10 m

3. 

   Great hammerhead6.1 m

4. 

   Great white shark6 m

5. 

   Common thresher shark5.7 m

6. 

   Bluntnose sixgill shark5.5 m

7. 

   Greenland shark5.5 m

8. 

   Tiger shark5.5 m

9. 

   Megamouth shark5.5 m

10. 

    Smooth hammerhead5 m

11. 

    Bigeye thresher4.9 m

12. 

    Shortfin mako4.5 m

13. 

    Scalloped hammerhead4.3 m

14. 

    Bull shark4 m

15. 

    Goblin shark4 m

16. 

    Oceanic whitetip shark4 m

17. 

    Blue shark3.8 m

18. 

    Silky shark3.5 m

19. 

    Lemon shark3.4 m

20. 

    Galapagos shark3.3 m

21. 

    Sand tiger shark3.3 m

22. 

    Spotted wobbegong3.2 m

23. 

    Nurse shark3.1 m

24. 

    Salmon shark3.0 m

25. 

    Broadnose sevengill shark3 m

26. 

    Caribbean reef shark3 m

27. 

    Porbeagle3 m

28. 

    Blacktip shark2.8 m

29. 

    Grey reef shark2.5 m

30. 

    Sandbar shark2.5 m

31. 

    Zebra shark2.5 m

32. 

    Angelshark2.4 m

33. 

    Frilled shark2 m

34. 

    Spiny dogfish2 m

35. 

    Leopard shark2.0 m

36. 

    Blacktip reef shark1.8 m

37. 

    Tasselled wobbegong1.8 m
38. You
    You (an adult)1.7 m

39. 

    Port Jackson shark1.6 m

40. 

    Kitefin shark1.6 m

41. 

    Whitetip reef shark1.6 m

42. 

    Bonnethead1.5 m

43. 

    Horn shark1.2 m

44. 

    Crocodile shark1.1 m

45. 

    Swell shark1.1 m

46. 

    Epaulette shark1.1 m

47. 

    Pyjama shark1.0 m

48. 

    Small-spotted catshark1 m

49. 

    Cookiecutter shark56 cm

50. 

    Spined pygmy shark25 cm

51. 

    Dwarf lanternshark21 cm