Mitch Richmond stands at a height of 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall.
The American retired professional basketball player Mitchell James Richmond III popularly known as Mitch Richmond spent his collegiate basketball career with Moberly Area CC from 1984 to 1986 and Kansas State from 1986 to 1988.
Richmond was drafted 5th overall in the 1988 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors. During his rookie year with Golden State, Richmond averaged 22 points per game and was named the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in the 1988–89 season.
After three years with Golden State, Richmond was traded to Sacramento Kings on November 1, 1991, where he stayed for seven seasons before being traded again to Washington Wizards in May 1998.
In 2001, Richmond signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers, where he played the final year of his career.
Richmond was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame in San Francisco, California in 2016.