Wilt Chamberlain Nobody has scored or rebounded like Chamberlain did. He even led the NBA in assists once because he was told it was necessary to win a championship. When he retired he held almost all the records for points and rebounds. His total for points has been surpassed only by Abdul-Jabbar, Jordan and Malone. The other numbers remain untouchable. 100 points in a game, or 55 rebounds, 50.4 points per game in a season, or 27.2 rebound average. 118 games with more than 50 points. Everything is big and spectacular when you review his career.

Full Name: Wilton Norman Chamberlain

Nicknames: "The Big Dipper", "Wilt The Stilt", "Goliath", "Mr.100"

Height: 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)

Weight: 275 lb (125 kg)

Birth date: August 8, 1936

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Death date: October 12, 1999 (aged 63) Bel-Air, California

Played: Right-handed

Teams: Philadelphia Warriors (1959-60 / 1961-62), San Francisco Warriors (1962-63 / 1964-65), Philadelphia 76ers (1964-65 / 1967-68), Los Angeles Lakers (1968-69 / 1972-73)

NBA Seasons: 14 (1959-60 / 1972-73)

Team Titles won:

NBA Championships: 2 - 1966-67 with Philadelphia 76ers and 1971-72 with L.A. Lakers

Personal Titles and Awards:

NBA Finals MVP: 1 - 1972
NBA Season MVP: 4 - 1959-60, 1965-66, 1966-67 and 1967-68
NBA All-Star Game MVP: 1 - 1959-60
NBA Rookie of the Year: 1959-60
All NBA First Team: 7 - 1959-60,1960-61, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68
All NBA Defensive First Team: 2 - 1971-72, 1972-73
Selected for NBA All-Star Game: 13 - 1959-60 to 1968-69 and 1970-71 to 1972-73
NBA assists leader: 1 - 1967-68
NBA scoring leader: 7 - 1959-60 to 1965-66
NBA rebounding leader: 11 - 1959-60 to 1962-63, 1965-66 to 1968-69, 1970-71 to 1972-73
One of 35 Greatest Players in NBA History (1980).
One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996).
Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1978

Career highlights:

1961-62 - in his 3rd year in the league he averaged the incredible numbers of 50.4 points and 25.7 rebounds per game, both league best (for the third year in a row)

1966-67 - asked to pass the ball more and to play more aggressive defense, Chamberlain didn't won the scoring title for the first time in his career but led the NBA in shooting percentage (.683), rebounds (24.2 rpg), was third in assists (7.8 apg) and won his 3rd season MVP.

1967-68 - Continuing with his team play style he averaged 24.3 points, and NBA best 23.8 rebounds, .595 field goal percentage and 8.6 assist, becoming the only player in NBA history to have led the league at least once in the categories of points, rebounds and assists.

1971-72 - was a key part of the Lakers team that won 33 games in a row (record still unbroken) and the NBA championship. A 35 year-old Chamberlain was selected Finals MVP.

Career statistics:

Year	Team	Games	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PF	PPG
1959-60	Philadelphia Warriors	72	46.4	.461	.582	27.0	2.3	2.10	37.6
1960-61	Philadelphia Warriors	79	47.8	.509	.504	27.2	1.9	1.60	38.4
1961-62	Philadelphia Warriors	80	48.5	.506	.613	25.7	2.4	1.50	50.4
1962-63	San Francisco Warriors	80	47.6	.528	.593	24.3	3.4	1.70	44.8
1963-64	San Francisco Warriors	80	46.1	.524	.531	22.3	5.0	2.30	36.9
1964-65	S.F. Warriors / Phil. 76ers	73	45.2	.510	.464	22.9	3.4	2.00	34.7
1965-66	Philadelphia 76ers	79	47.3	.540	.513	24.6	5.2	2.20	33.5
1966-67	Philadelphia 76ers	81	45.5	.683	.441	24.2	7.8	1.80	24.1
1967-68	Philadelphia 76ers	82	46.8	.595	.380	23.8	8.6	2.00	24.3
1968-69	Los Angeles Lakers	81	45.3	.583	.446	21.1	4.5	1.80	20.5
1969-70	Los Angeles Lakers	12	42.1	.568	.446	18.4	4.1	2.60	27.3
1970-71	Los Angeles Lakers	82	44.3	.545	.538	18.2	4.3	2.10	20.7
1971-72	Los Angeles Lakers	82	42.3	.649	.422	19.2	4.0	2.40	14.8
1972-73	Los Angeles Lakers	82	43.2	.727	.510	18.6	4.5	2.30	13.2
Career		1045	45.8	.540	.511	22.9	4.4	2.00	30.1
All-Star		13	29.8	.590	.500	15.2	2.8	1.80	14.7

Best Websites: Lakers Universe, LakersWeb.net, Wilt Chamberlain Profile at Land Of Basketball

Other interesting information:

- 100 points - Wilt Chamberlain is the only player in NBA history to have scored 100 points in a game. No one has ever get closer to that. Kobe Bryant is second in the top scoring games 19 points below with 81 points in 2006.

- 55 rebounds - Another amazing stat from the king of the NBA's record book.