Yao Ming vs. the World's Giants

Of the NBA's giants, who stands tallest when it comes to free throw accuracy?

This question recently came to the fore during a Phoenix-Houston telecast. ESPN color commentator Hubie Brown said that 7-footer Dirk Nowitzki is the best 7-0+ player in NBA history.
Close behind him is Yao Ming, who hit his first 17 free throws this season. Here's the breakdown:

Highest Free Throw % for 7-footers in NBA History

Dirk Nowitzki 87%
Yao Ming 82.6%
Brad Miller 79.9%
Steve Stipanovich 79.6%
Joe Kleine 79.4% (n.b. Kleine played for the University of Arkansas)

I wondered, however, how Yao Ming compares to the tallest of the tall? Arbitrarily, I defined the "tallest of the tall" as 7-2 and above. I wondered how Yao Ming's accuracy compared to 7-2+ giants in NBA history and those now playing abroad. I researched keyhoops.com, eurobasket.com and basketball-reference.com. I will publish my NBA findings at the comprehensive interbasket.net site.

Below, I present my findings in leagues in Europe and Asia. I found that many leagues do not have 7-2+ players, but that many have 7-footers. I have ordered the leagues by the number of 7 footers they have.

1. China's CBA has 16 7-0+ players, including Shandong's 7-4 Priest Lauderdale, Dongguan's 7-3 Sun Zhe, Zhejiang's Jindi Zhang and Quingdao's 7-2 Frans Steyn.

2. Greece's Heba 1 has 6 7-0+ players

Russia's Superleague has 6 7-0+ players, including ex-NBA player Lokomotiv Novosibirsk's Pavel Podkolzine

7-3 Pavel Podkolzine
Career FT % .709
Best Season FT %: 2007-08, .822

4. Turkey's BL - 6 players 7-0+

P.S. Robert "Tractor" Traylor now plays for Kepez Beledeyesi Antalya. He averages 11 points, 8 rebounds, 5 fouls a game while shooting 62.5% from the field and 28.6% on free throws. At 6-8, he's no 7-footer, but his weight doesn't know the difference. Big man used to tip the scales at 285 pounds.

5. Spain's ACB has 5 7-0+ players, including ex-NBA player Fuenlabrada's Peter John Ramos

7-2 Peter John Ramos
Career %: .623
Best Season %: 2008-09, .833

6. Italian Lega A1 has three 7-0+ players, including Lottomatica Roma's NBA-to-Europe returnee Primoz Brezec.

7. France's NM1 has 2 7-0+ players

8. Iran's Superleague has 2 7-0+ players, including Zob Ahan's 7-4 Jaber Rouzbahani, who attempted to enter the 2004 NBA draft but wasn't selected.

9. France Pro A has 1 7-0+ player - Nancy's Zaki Aboubakar

10. German BBL has 1 7-0+ player - Alba Berlin's Patrick Femerling

11. South Korea's KBL league has 1 7-0+ player - 2004 NBA draftee Ha Seung-Jin, who shot 59% in free throws last year in the NBDL.

Belgium's LB - no 7-0 + players

France's Pro B - no 7-0 + players

Israel's Safsal - no 7-0+ players

Unfortunately, statistics concerning Asian players are difficult to obtain. If you know where to find them, please let me know. It would be especially interesting to discover if China's plethora of big men tend to shoot as well as Yao.