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List of career achievements by Wilt Chamberlain

This article concerns the career achievements of Wilt Chamberlain, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer who holds numerous NBA records in scoring, rebounding and durability. Among others, he is the only player in NBA history to average 40 and 50 points in a season, score 100 points in a single game, and grab over 2,000 rebounds in a single season. He also won seven scoring, nine field goal percentage, and 11 rebounding titles, in addition to an assist title.[1] With an assortment of fadeaway and jump shots, his favorite one-hand finger-roll and powerful dunks in the low post,[2][3] he scored 31,419 points, grabbed 23,924 rebounds, averaging 30.07 points (second-best all time behind Michael Jordan) and 22.9 rebounds (all-time leader) and was also very durable, standing on the hardwood an average 45.8 minutes.[4]

For his feats, Chamberlain was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, elected into the NBA 35th Anniversary Team in 1980, chosen as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996, and named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. He was ranked No. 13 in ESPN's list "Top North American Athletes of the Century" in 1999,[5] and No. 2 in Slam's top 500 NBA players of all time in 2011,[6] In honor of Chamberlain, his jerseys have been retired six times, by Overbrook High School, the University of Kansas, the Harlem Globetrotters, and the Warriors, 76ers, and Lakers franchises.[7]

  1. ^ "Chamberlain towered over NBA". ESPN.com. October 14, 1999. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  2. ^ Deford, Frank (October 12, 1999). "Just doing fine, my man". CNN. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  3. ^ Lazenby, Roland (February 14, 2007). "Big Norman". Archived from the original on January 3, 2008.
  4. ^ "Wilt Chamberlain Statistics". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. February 14, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  5. ^ "ESPN: Top North American athletes of the century". ESPN.com. October 29, 1999. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  6. ^ "SLAM 500 Greatest NBA Players of All Time". Slam. June 19, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  7. ^ "Wilt Chamberlain Biography". Hoophall.com. February 10, 2007. Archived from the original on April 4, 2004. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

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