Date of birth: February 20, 1963 (Age: 63 as of September 2026)
Height: 6’6” (198 cm)
Weight: 252 pounds (114 kg)
Hair color: Black/Bald
Eye color: Dark brown
Charles Wade Barkley was born on February 20, 1963, in Leeds, Alabama. After playing at Auburn University, he spent 16 NBA seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets.
Barkley was the 1993 NBA Most Valuable Player, an 11-time All-Star and a member of the gold-medal-winning 1992 and 1996 United States Olympic teams. He entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 and became a prominent television analyst on Inside the NBA, which continued on ESPN and ABC beginning with the 2025–26 season.
The old article used insulting descriptions of his body and presented an unverified diabetes claim and restrictive diet as fact. Those passages were removed; historical playing measurements are retained only as sports-profile information.
Updated details
Biographical and career details were reviewed and the article text was updated on September 7, 2026. Historical measurements and past routine descriptions are identified as such.
