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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 record 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

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Wilt Chamberlain

American basketball player (1936–1999)

Chamberlain with the Harlem Globetrotters in 1959

Born(1936-08-21)August 21, 1936
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedOctober 12, 1999(1999-10-12) (aged 63)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
Listed weight275 lb (125 kg)
High schoolOverbrook(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
CollegeKansas (1956–1958)
NBA draft1959: territorial pick
Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors
Playing career1958–1973
PositionCenter
Number13
Coaching career1973–1974
1958–1959Harlem Globetrotters
1959–1965Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors
1965–1968Philadelphia 76ers
1968–1973Los Angeles Lakers
1973–1974San Diego Conquistadors
  • 2× NBA champion (1967, 1972)
  • NBA Finals MVP (1972)
  • 4× NBA Most Valuable Player (1960, 1966–1968)
  • 13× NBA All-Star (1960–1969, 1971–1973)
  • NBA All-Star Game MVP (1960)
  • 7× All-NBA First Team (1960–1962, 1964, 1966–1968)
  • 3× All-NBA Second Team (1963, 1965, 1972)
  • 2× NBA All-De
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    Legends profile: Wilt Chamberlain

    Go back in time and learn about Wilt Chamberlain's early years growing up, and early years in the NBA.

    Chamberlain was one of the few players of his day who had the sheer strength to block a dunk. In a game against New York in 1968, Walt Bellamy, the Knicks’ 6-11, 245-pound center, attempted to dunk on Chamberlain. “Bellamy reared back,” one spectator who was there later recalled to the Philadelphia Daily News, “and was slamming the ball down when Wilt put his hand above the top of the rim and knocked the ball off the court. He almost knocked Bellamy off the court, too.”

    Strength was something Chamberlain developed as a college and professional player. Photographs of him in high school show a slender, agile boy who, at 6-11, towered above the other players. In three varsity seasons at Philadelphia’s Overbrook High, starting in 1952-53, Chamberlain led the team to records of 19-2, 19-0, and 18-1. His coaches there took full advantage of his gifts. The team would practice missing free throws so that Chamberlain could grab them and score

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