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3rd behind Kareem and Bill Russell

The 2nd greatest center behind Hakeem Olajuwon

4th behind kareem shaq and bill russel

somewhere in my top 5

But extremely inefficient

@@taiwoadebola5617inefficient? Explain

@@Hereforthelols his field goal in some of the games. Scoring close to 50pts on 36 percent from the field

@@taiwoadebola5617 He held the record for highest fg% in a season with 70 something

@@taiwoadebola5617 no one is perfect.

That's an exaggeration, especially in the last few years, now that more and more people are learning about Wilt thanks to channels like this one on KZfaq. Many prominent figures within the NBA always have been, and still are, well aware of Chamberlain's accomplishments. Kobe, for example, suggested that Wilt was, perhaps, the greatest player, above Jordan and himself. I've seen various talking heads on big sports channels who seem to think that Chamberlain is a top 5 player, and they often get really upset with anybody who tries to downplay Chamberlain's accomplishments. In that famous All-time fantasy draft done on, i think, ESPN, Chamberlain was drafted fourth overall, ahead of all other centres who ever played.

Yeah, that would be tough. Based on the fact that he kept adding stats for his own personal stat keeping, dude really had a passion for it

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The rules made him wait until 22 before entering the league, Wilt was ready way before then but had to play for the Globetrotters until he was eligible

Perfectly said.

And also there being 8-14 teams when Bill Russel won championships helped him too.

Yep what u said 💯

Really interesting stuff. Is there anywhere I can research this stuff more? Like the changing of the rim style?? That's could provide some much needed context for a channel like mine

Wilt Chamberlain was REAL.

So true. They punish the man for the time he was born in. Watch some Wilt clips and tell me he couldn't play in today's game with today's training, easier rules, and techniques. In addition, even IF NBA players back in the day were plumbers and garbage men (not my personal belief or opinion but just for arguments' sake), then that was the skill level it took to be the highest level of pro basketball player for the time. Wilt FAR exceeded the skill level it took to become a professional basketball player in the 50s and 60s and THAT seems to never get mentioned.

Don’t forget assist only big man to lead in that cat I’m pretty sure

@@ye87 he also lead the league N gettin' 🐈 2.

WC had more blocks in one quarter than some entire team totals in a game.

I would have expected it to have been by a smaller point guard

Right???! A Center got 12 steals in a game??? Just stupid, I can’t wrap my head around these stats.

Apparently he had another game with 15 steals in a regular season game

I was thinking the same thing. My excuse is I just woke up, what's yours 😂

@@Sf75178 A long day of taking care of my three months ols kid. I think we are both good. :D

There are people that don't have Wilt in the top 10?

These people haven’t learned enough about the lengthy history…yet?

@@CarlyDayDay Let's look at playoff series records (advance-elimination) of the all-time greats. Lebron 41-11, +30 (up to 5/14/2023, after the Lakers eliminated the Warriors). Although Derek Fisher has a similar record (40-11), Fisher is not in the scope of this discussion. Russell 27-2, +25 Kareem 37-12, +25 Magic 32-8, +24 Jordan 30-7, +23 Kobe 32-9, +23 Duncan 35-13, +22 Shaq 32-13, +19 Curry 23-5, +18 Bird 24-9, +15 Mikan 16-2, +14 Wilt 18-11, +7 Game 7 record? Russell 10-0 Lebron 6-2 Bird 6-2 Kobe 5-1 Kareem 4-2 Shaq 3-1 Magic 3-1 Mikan 2-0 Jordan 2-1 Curry 3-2 Duncan 3-3 Wilt 4-5 Rings? Russell 11 Kareem, Jordan 6 Magic, Mikan, Kobe, Duncan 5 Lebron, Shaq, Curry 4 Bird 3 Wilt 2 Should someone get into the top 10 because of some crazy regular season stats? To many people, the regular season is just a giant exhibition. It's like some people are making a big deal out of the stats of pre-season games. The "load management" of this generation really tells how important the regular season is. Yes, I use the team achievement to measure the all-time greats. It's not about stats. It's about the playoffs. And Wilt's team is not without talent. When you get to a game 7 with the Celtics 4 times (1962, 1965, 1968, 1969), using a "weak team" as the excuse to go 0-4 is lame. Look at the scores of those four games 7: 1962 Warriors @ Celtics 107-109 1965 76ers @ Celtics 109-110 ("Havlicek stole the ball") 1968 Celtics @ 76ers 100-96 (76ers, with HCA and games 5 & 7 at home, blew a 3-1 series lead) 1969 Celtics @ Lakers 108-106 (the balloon game, the Lakers blew 2-0 and 3-2 leads) As a diehard Lakers fan, I really have very low regard of Wilt. He's the major reason that the Lakers are "only" tied with the Celtics, 17-17. Top 10? No chance!

@kel I'm not even going to read all that. It's a team sport. Period.

@@CarlyDayDay All-time greats are judged by team achievements. Otherwise why do people keep mentioning Jordan 6 rings, Lebron 4 rings, Russell 11 rings? Montana 4-0 and Brady 7-3 in Super Bowls? Team sports, huh? Thinking team success has no bearing to individual's greatness/legacy is just simplistic.

There’s a lot of people better than him 1v1

@@Tajonxv Who? Cause he was an athletic and physical specimen who played in a time where you couldnt run the defender over like lets say a shaq could in the 00s. Put a modern player back then they useless, put Wilt in modern game he's free. Don't even say Jordan cause Jordan aint guarding a damn 7 footer who was an olympic track and field athlete with a 40+ vert who happened to weigh close to 300 pounds

@@andrewcook1246 Jordan , Shaq, Steph, Kobe , Bron

@@Tajonxv no one is beating Wilt in a oneVone. Wilt>Jordan

@@Tajonxv All of 'em except Shaq are giving up at least 4 inches and 40 pounds to Wilt, minimum. You can't beat soneone you cannot stop from bumping you twice and simply laying it over you. Now for Shaq, Wilt benched 500 pounds, ran a 4.4 dash, was an olympic level shot put, triple jump, high jump with a 40+ vertical. Shaq may have been 25 pounds heavier in his prime but a lot slower, weaker and less athletic.

Dang, you know your stuff! I appreciate the watch :)

Once again good research. I really appreciate anyone that does research or post saved stats.

nope... you still need the leaping and timing abilities regardless of era.

@@MovieGuy666 are you saying Wilt doesn’t have leaping and timing abilities?

You make NO sense. Wilt was probably the highest jumper of any athlete past and present! There is testimony from NBA players of the past saying that he could touch the top of the backboard. Also, Manute Bol was a shot blocker only because of his height. He couldn't jump, he couldn't time you, he was slow and immobile, he was just a 7'6 player with long arms! Mark Eaton was the same way! Wilt and Bill EASILY averaged more than both of them. The difference in spacing, possessions and all of the other nonsense that you try to bring up shows your lack of knowledge! You don't know much about BBall. I played in basketball leagues in the Army and in Philadelphia and at only 6'3 I had TEAMS terrified of my ability to block shots! Unlike Bol and Eaton, I could jump and I could time the block so I know from first hand knowledge what I'm talking about. When a player sees his shot go into the stands because you sent it there, that player, no matter how good they are, keeps that in the back of their minds and it affects them for the ENTIRE game as well as their team mates and EVERY time they face you they try to come up with gimmicks to get you in foul trouble to get you out of the games. That worked on both Eaton and Bol because they didn't have the athleticism of a Wilt. It NEVER worked on Wilt because he was a SUPERIOR ATHLETE who could jump and time the shot. Also, the stat sheet just shows a certain amount of games not ALL of Wilt's games because the person keeping these stats couldn't just cover Wilt's stats. "Common Sense" Wilt most likely posted up even better numbers for his career than what we're seeing on this one stat sheet!

@@markuswilkerson4601 he had the highest max reach but idk about highest vertical

Not over Wilt Chamberlain.

Random question, which sounds more plausible, Bill Russell the GREATEST nba PLAYER ever or Jokic/Embiid the BEST nba CENTER ever (Reminder: greatest & best aren't the same)

@@MackMainSupreme who said anything about being over chamberlain? It wasn’t a competition.

@@accountant3847 neither.

@@TheIcemanthomas how's it not competition if they literally COMPETED against each other.

He'd do what today's players do. But even if you Star Trek the identical Wilt of 1959 to today's NBA, he'd be among the tallest but also the fastest, highest leaper, most stamina, and strongest player in the league.

@@choward5430 he is really crazy. He is like a mythical Person.

Keep looking into his Wilt’s feats and it’s impossible to not have him ranked in your top 2.

​@@skolcole It's perfectly possible. The game has never been about stats. In the end all that matters is impact. Some players can impact the game without taking many shots. I'd go with 76ers Wilt over the Warriors one 24/7. When I look at Wilt's career as a whole and look at his playoff runs,I just can't have him in my top3.

@@davidschmidt1793 suit yourself, but nobody beats a super team by themselves, that’s been a proven fact for decades. Wilt was going up against the 60’s version of the KD Warriors for his entire prime while always only having 1 good teammate. Took until he was out of his prime on the Lakers before he got more than 1 guy to help.

@@skolcole Sorry,but that's bogus. He was certainly the underdog for several years. He had 3 Hofers next to him in the Warriors,although they were not on the same level as the Celtics. Look at 1962. Celtics were the best team,but the Warriors took them to 7 games. Game 7 was won by 2 points,Wilt had 22 points on 46% shooting while his team mate,Tom Meschery had 32 on 52% shooting. This is one example when he was the underdog. On the 76ers however,the squad was great and they won 55+ games every season. From 1968 an on,the Celtics were no longer the same team. In 1967 they had one of the greatest seasons ever and won the ring. In 1968 they had the best record in the league,Wilt was the Mvp and they blew a 3-1 lead against an ageing Celtics with Wilt playing very badly in those games and not attempting a shot in the second half of game 7. Then he went to the Lakers. They were the best team in the league in 1969 with the Wilt-West-Baylor trio and lost in game 7 by 2 points in the finals to,guess who? The old Celtics team with Russell as a player-coach,Jerry famously won the finals Mvp in a losing record. Wilt could have retired with 4-5 titles easily if you could have counted on him in clutch situations.

@@davidschmidt1793 dude you’re saying a 22-22 game with A+ level defense/rim protection is bad. Wilts average stats for Game 7’s across his career was 27.8 points, 27 rebounds, & 4.7 assists with god knows how many blocks. That’s by far the best stat line you’ll ever come across for game 7 averages. Nobody else comes close to that. Pretending like Wilt was a playoff bum is such an uneducated & lazy sportswriter take.

Wow just wow him and Bill have the some crazy unofficial stat lines that just make you go 🎉

Wilt is the G.O.A.T.

People really have to take the era into consideration. He played in an era that favoured tall and athletic players more than technical ones (wrt crazy stat lines) and he was one of the absolute tallest players and the most athletic. His dominance is as much a sign of the times as it is his own individual brilliance. Which is why I don’t think he can be the goat based off of the stat lines alone

wilt is the goat..look at what he went up against it was more than any other candidate and wilt was able to accomplish much success he carried all of his team to the top

Random question, which sounds more plausible, Bill Russell the GREATEST nba PLAYER ever or Jokic/Embiid the BEST nba CENTER ever (Reminder: greatest & best aren't the same)

Maybe if he played against actual talent

@@Imrightyourwrong Maybe if you learned ball

@@Imrightyourwrong he played against bill,Elgin,and jerry but obviously we don’t know to much about how good or bad that era was 0:21

@@BrianSclebrinie He played against his Teammates?

@@Imrightyourwrong Lebron played against twitch streamers and safe space kids we don’t want to hear it 😭

Offensive rebounds, when and how he got the ball, and his own holding back... Wilt was sensitive about appearing to be a skillless brute who merely dominated with size and power, so he deliberately played a more finesse based shooting game, and it brought down his efficiency from what was possible unless he felt motivated to go to the basket.

lmao

I think shot pace had a big effect too, especially for rebounding numbers

Even then Bill and Wilt would average 18-20 boards in the modern era

the competition isn't better today, only difference is people are better at hitting 3's