that's GOAT. agreed.

well when the competition around you is garbage that's going to happen, dumbass.

+Josh Gets Buckets you know very little about the old school. Wilts competition was great,stop making excuses.

Tunes342 haha right, and you know I have brown hair too? You know nothing about me so save me your lecture. No matter how you look at it, stop living in the past and move on. Athletes will progressively get better and better as years move on due to multiple reasons and advancements in technology, health etc. but of course their are athletes that were so great they can compete in any era. Of course Wilt was great, but even the gaurds that played around him are no where near the level of talent that guards have today. Thats just reality. And that stands for every position.

+Josh Gets Buckets your opinion,whats changed are the rules. Wilt was a track star and high jump champion,benching over 400lbs and 40 time was 4.6 when he was at 290lbs. He would be the fastest and strongest player in any era. The greatest defensive centers and offensive centers come from the 60's and 70's. Lets look at guards. The greatest backcourt was Sam Jones and John Havlicek,some other great guards, Oscar Robertson,Walt Frazier,Earl Monroe,Jerry West,Nate Archibald. The forwards,Elgin Baylor,Connie Hawkins,Rick Barry. Wilt is arguably the GOAT, get over it

rjm22nd they say it wasn't a goaltend

At 3:10 mark really shows Wilts strength. Gus Johnson was not a powder puff. Look how Wilt throw him completely of the screen with one arm. It's a must see for anyone who missed.

The guy was every bit as great as his stats show.

rjm22nd an old wilt block jabber shyhooks

Wilt in his scoring years would do the same to Kareem that he did to everyone else. Wilt was a better athlete and his fadeaway couldn't be stopped either. Wilt would probably block even more of Kareem's shots as well in his younger years.

Isaac D He's definitely the true Goat.

chamberlain is not a human，that's why they say shaq is the strongest man

He most definitely did not break a toe with a dunk. The other things, sure. Reasonable from a monster like Wilt. Physics contradict the toe story though.

@DICK LONG Yeeeeeah, then that had more to do with the dude's toe than the fact that Wilt was the one that dunked the ball. Sorry "Bitch", but physics isn't something that can be argued with.

@slip satch Riddle me this... do you know what "hyperbole" means? How about "gullible"? Surely you're smarter than your comment would suggest... Do you ACTUALLY believe Wilt Chamberlain could've been even remotely capable of dunking a basketball AND a 6'5", 205 lb professional athlete at the same time? You need Jesus.

As a kid when looking at how absurd his numbers look when compared to MJ I just ignored them probably because i didn’t know what to think of it. Completely agree.

Wilt Chamberlain was the real GOAT. The NBA hates Chamberlain. 👎🏼

oh they kno they don't wanna speak on it cause he might appear on the court for some one on one....they don't want that.

@@supersaiyantayt Wilt passed away, in the late 90's 🤨🤨

@@darrenneal7245 99 to be exact.

Also he has a 39.8 inch vertical just round it up to 40 and dude has a 13'0 max reach

The official single game record is 17 blocks by Elmore Smith, but so far the documented unofficial record is WIlt at 26. I wonder how many times he has 20+? Aside from Wilt and Russell there might not be another player who ever had 20 or more in a game.

We all know it now!

Don't forget 229 40/20 games with the next closest Elgin Baylor with 34

by far the most dominant player of all time

When wilt was old and bad knees young wilt would have knock the air out of the skyhook or put a hole in the shyhook

Not the only player brotha, but I'm not gonna spoil the research.

@@shaydesofblue2281 wilt was the only player to block the shyhook at 36

Wilt WAS the only center to block the SKYHOOK at any age.

@@shigsho other nba players have done it, wilt more than once while guarding jabbar

I would love to have time machine and wilt at his peak, with MJ and Stephan Curry, Larry Byrd on my wing, Wilt as my center, and Moses Malone (yes moses malone) at pf; if I could pick 12-I'd add Magic, Kobe, Bill Russell,Kareem, Akeem, Isaiah, Bobby Jones (yes, 76ers super defensive man) and Dale Ellis (led NBA in 3 pt % after being post at 6'4: All-American at Tennessee; I think I could "rotate" and win 7 game series vs any other 12

You, my friend, have no idea what you are talking about.

Ben Pool and how is that??

You got it right man ! People who say MJ or any other never saw Wilt ! The disrespect the man gets is beyond me but i have said it before , it’s useless to say when people are stupid ! I have heard numerous times that this is the next MJ but I never heard this is the next Wilt and that’s the greatest compliment ! People say rings matter well than MJ is nr 12 on the list tied with Kareem ! MJ is not the greatest scorer , nor rebounder , not leader in assists or steals or blks but still they say he’s the goat …I think they are all born with a handicap lmao

enitre farm lmao,love it

its because he didnt win a lot and came up short against the celtics. its unfair criticism but its the same criticism players like lebron and peyton manning have faced

​@RainmakerXBooty true I have lebron as the goat but man I was looking at wilt's records and stats the other day and I'm like this guy has no comparison.

Jordan for me, but after 90records, the highlights, athletic abilities I been saying the same thing

he would be as goated if he was on lebrons team lol. Lebron will never give him the ball. Tho i think he will still average 20 pts 20 reb 5 assits 5 blk easily

Look at Wilts track and field numbers and compare them with Jenner’s, I did. Wilt was the better field athlete and better distance runner. In 1960 he could have made the Olympic team if he could figure out how to pole vault...

Hypothetically speaking...

But he wasn't It takes a lot to win the decathlon...Both deserve Wheaties box pictures. @@charleslu7044

Jenner was GREAT! what noise are you talking? @Making Gainz

So was Bill Russell. Always forgotten. It’s arguable who was the better high jumper. Both great athletes. One was a great winner.

the GOAT

lolll thats great stuff...if only blocked shots were kept during his time!

15 blocked shots and 3 goaltends, leaves the opponents with about a 17% field goal percentage. Sounds pretty effective to me! Lol

shigsho how fucking old are you

Walt Bellamy at 6'11" 225 averaged 31 points and 19 rebounds in 1962. Elgin Baylor at 6'5" averaged 38 points and 18 rebounds the same year. So the stats were inflated for everyone.

+Dom Neither are the greatest at their position. Both Shaq and Wilt were great offensively, but average defensively. The greatest at each position must be both great offensively and defensively. Hakeem Olajuwon is the greatest center of all-time, and it's not even close. The regular season has little to do with how great a player is, you have to do it in the playoffs to be the greatest. Between Hakeem, Shaq and Wilt - Hakeem and Shaq upped their level of play in the playoffs and outplayed their opposition, Wilt did not. But what separates Hakeem and Shaq is that Hakeem dominated on the defensive end as well. Career Playoff Rankings - Hakeem, Shaq and Wilt (Best Years) : 1. Hakeem Olajuwon - 27ppg - 12rpg - 3apg - 3bpg - 57 TS% 2. Shaquille O'Neal - 26ppg - 12 rpg - 3 apg - 2bpg - 57 TS% 3. Wilt Chamberlain - 29ppg - 27rpg - 5apg - N/A - 52 TS% Now take into consideration how much more mpg Wilt played and how much faster paced the game used to be. I'm not a person that hates on Wilt's era, because it was a great era, it's just that it was easier to produce in that era because of pacing. If you adjust ppg, rpg and apg into per 100 possessions, it's clear that Wilt is third behind Hakeem and Shaq. Hakeem, Shaq and Wilt were all dominant in their own rights, but not as dominant on both ends like Hakeem.

+Marcus Murphy I don't get your playoff ranking when Wilts stats are all higher then Shaq and most likely got more blocks . I understand he played more minutes but that's because he could as he was such an insane athlete

+Dom His stats are better because it was easier to get stats in the 50's-70's. The pacing was a lot faster, which means more possessions, which means more points, rebounds and assists. For example, in Wilt's era, on average, there was 15-20 more field goals attempted than in Hakeem's/Shaq's era. Which means there was way more opportunities to get points, rebounds and assists. I can also cancel your point out about him playing more mpg because he was an insane athlete, by saying he played more mpg because he stat padded in blow out situations, which he did countless times.

+Marcus Murphy But in his era there was a lot less rules, overall a harder game and he has the rules changed against him and he had to adjust each time

+SHANE DEMARS Wilt is so far away from Hakeem on the defensive end it's laughable. Hakeem has shut down and outplayed players of the magnitude that Wilt couldn't even dream of doing. 1986 WCF vs Kareem - Hakeem outperformed Kareem in 4/5 categories, as well as leading his team in 4/5 and sent the Lakers home without his starting guard John Lucas, suspended for cocaine. 1993 WCSF vs Shawn Kemp - Hakeem led the team in 5/5 categories and shut down Shawn Kemp in 6/7 games, yet Hakeem's team was so bad that they still couldn't win. Karl Malone, 1994, 1995, 1997, and 1998 - After averaging between 50% to 54% shooting in the 4 regular seasons before meeting Hakeem in the playoffs, Malone shot lower than 50% on 14 different occasions in 21 playoff meetings - or in 2/3 of his meetings with Hakeem. Hakeem also sent Malone packing in the 1994 and 1995 Playoffs. In 1997, Hakeem became the oldest person to lead a team in 4/5 categories for a playoff series, but his team couldn't get the job done against the Jazz. in 1998, Hakeem had a knee injury that made him a shell of himself and he had no hope of getting out the first round following that injury. Charles Barkley, 1994, 1995 - After averaging 49% to 50% in both regular seasons before running into Olajuwon in the playoffs, Barkley shot lower than 49% on 9 different occasions in 14 playoff meetings against Hakeem. And Hakeem sent the Suns home both times with amazing Game 7 performances both years. 1994 Finals vs Ewing - Hakeem shut down Ewing in 6 out of 7 games, 36% for the series, and carried the Rockets to the title as they became the only team since the 1961 Celtics to win with the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th scoring options all shooting under 43%. 1995 WCF vs Robinson and Rodman - Hakeem destroyed two top 10 defenders of all-time at the same time in this series, and shut down Robinson, who only had 2 good games in the whole series. 1995 Finals vs Shaq - Shaq averaged 1 more rebound, and less than 1 more block and less than 1 more assist. Hakeem scored 5 more ppg than Shaq (outscored him every game - even though Shaq was the regular season scoring champ) and in the entire Finals had 8 steals to Shaq's 1 steal. Shaq also had twice as many turnovers as Hakeem. Shaq barely squeezed by Hakeem in those categories but Hakeem destroyed him in the rest.

yup

Yes indeed... 🤔🤔🤔

Exclamation point !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely right!

ATHLETE, not basketball player.

Forgot dirk nowitzki:: wilt patent fadaway jump shot

Wilt 🚫 block & put jabber skyhook shot into trash 🗑 can; knock the air out if the shot

When Wilt played there were fewer than half as many teams in the NBA as there are now. Every team had a center that was 6’9- 6’11 that played like a center. Wilt played against at least 6 who are in the HOF. The argument that Wilt played against 6’6 white guys just isn’t valid.

+Darrel Be if Whiteside can avg mre, I am sure a more athleticWilt would avg 5

+Darrel Be He'd average 3 dislocated shoulders from blocking the centers a game lmao

+AimbotPls Lmao so true

just imagine a player getting injured from his shot being blocked🤔🤔🤔

Steph Curry would have to add a couple feet of height to his floater shots if he had to play against Wilt.

was going to the comment section to see if someone else also noticed how scared shaq looked shaking the true goats hand

Wilt would have put Shaq in his place, probably the only man who could have done so.

@@redace6649 Wilt didn't miss 20 games per year like Shaq did, either. Nor did Russell or Kareem. Shaq's injuries cost he and his teams even more wins and success.

@@redace6649 no probably about it. let's not make this sound like shaq is almost comparable to other big guys. he was a complete monster. but he still would have been overmatched by wilt

Bruh a handshake? Y’all joking bruh

The players would know better than any of us here. I think Monroe finished by saying something like 'here's a guy who's been retired for 40 years and still holds 90 records'. No less an authority than Jerry West, who clearly doesn't live in the past, because he was the Lakers GM for years after, has said he'd love to see Wilt in his prime playing today; that they would be embarrassed. I think ESPN and the rest of their ilk are nothing more than promoters for their companies selling the public that these are the best players ever so we'll watch their channel. And the youngsters, who've seen nothing else, drink the Kool-Aid. Rule changes have decimated the game I once loved, and the 'Look at Me' culture of today has players in all sports showboating shamelessly. The kids take the showboating for athleticism because they don't know any better.

I agree, buckfan. West has helped the Lakers and Warriors win championships in the modern age, and helped the Grizzlies become relevant, and still has said he has not seen a center as great as Wilt, which means a lot coming from the guy who signed Shaq. The game has come to a screeching halt in recent years, and the big man has become nearly irrelevant. I am hoping with the emergence of players like Joel Embiid, Karl-Anthony Townes, Andre Drummond, etc. we will once again see the epic center battles that were prevalent in the golden age of the NBA (1960s to 1990s). I could go off on the sports analysts of today, but I'd basically just be reiterating your point, which I wholeheartedly agree with.

Thanks. I don't think you'll see a resurgence of big men unless they do away with the 3 point line.

Man, I hope not... One suggestion I heard recently that I liked was pushing back the 3-point line several feet. Check out these numbers of three 7-game NBA Finals series for 3-point shots attempted and total points per game: 1984 NBA Finals: 42 3PA total for BOTH teams. Each team averaged over 115 points per game. 1994 NBA Finals: 226 3PA total. Each team averaged just over 86 points per game. 2016 NBA Finals: 422 3PA total. Each team hovered around 100 points per game. I don't hate the 3-point line, but I think we are seeing a dangerous trend that seems to be gravitating toward a sort of lazy man's basketball where plays are being designed around and are dependent on the 3-point shot. I would very much welcome pushing back the line.

Pushing it back might help, but yes, from what I can see they only throw it inside so the center can kick it back out to whomever has the open 3. And if they're not open as the shot clock winds down they throw up a prayer. Or they try to clear out one side and let the star go one-on-one. I think it's hurt the game a lot, and it's really made it unnecessary to have a dominant big man today. Too bad; they took a great game and screwed it up. Oh well....

And Probably best

I saw him play on tv when I was growing up and he is definitely the goat. I am not impressed with any other era Wilt would be even better in any other era.

I saw him play his last 2-3yrs. He was legend but definitely slowing down.

Facts, it's a shame, luckly Russell and others are still here at least.

@@georgejones2863 I know I am 3 years late, but glad to still be alive to agree with your comment. I watched many of his real time games on tv, too. As a matter of fact, I kept looking for a center to come along who could do what Wilt could do on both ends of the court. It never happened. Kareem, great, for sure, but no. Ralph Sampson, nope. Shaquille, not quite. Artis, who I really had hopes for, no. Laugh, if you want, But Bill Walton, if not for the injuries, might have come closer than anybody, but no. I liked to watch all of them play, and kept an open mind, but no.

What a shock that Wilts biography serves up fish stories meant to prop him up ahead of players who immediately won, won more often, were better team players, and made the game something greater than he ever managed to, and modern day fans who thought Shaq was the best were puppets...Kareem is better than both Wilt or Shaq...He won 6 titles-as many as Shaq and Wilt combined, and unlike either center he was clutch and could shoot the ball...and a good amt of those swats Wilt got on this reel including those I can see vs Kareem are uncalled goal-tending violations-refs arent calling em perhaps because theyre in awe of seeing this giant man getting 12-13feet into the air, but the fact is if the ball is in the air on its way down towards the hoop youre not legally allowed to touch it....As far as the rebounding is concerned, it wasnt Kareems greatest attribute, but Kareem was far better at making the outlet pass to get the fast break started once he got a reb on def-whereas Wilt often made the guard come back to him and killed his own teams potential fast break...Kareem also played half his career during the 80s when players esp on his team were hitting 50+% of their FGs compared to the 60s when players other than Wilt werent even close to those fg%s-so there were a ton of more rebounds available to Wilt even if he hadnt been competing for rebounds against a generation of smaller less athletic players...With all due respect to his shotblocking ability, his era completely predates the evolution of the game where players began playing above the rim, developed and mastered the kind of midair moves necessary to have any chance of being able to drive and score against freak athletic 7+ft shot-blockers.

@@dp233332 Someone finally understands. Thanx for the keen analysis!

@@dp233332 you telling me Wilt couldn't block the games current best little and big finishers at the hoop? Hahahahah that's hilarious if you truly believe that. Wilt would dominate and shine as the best among the best in any era.

@@LovingTinha yet he didnt shine as the best even during his own era which is why Russell won more league mvps and championships

@@dp233332 individually he was the best, he just didn't have the team around him like Russell. Swap Russell and Wilt and it would be Wilt that would have all the titles for a decade. It's team game, it's that simple. Doesn't take any shine away. Just people don't know or forget...we remember the winners more than we remember who they beat. But who they beat are at times as legendary or even more so. In Wilts case he was a Titan and Russell knew that. Russell knew he was fortunate to have better team than Wilt.

Artis Gilmore was no slouch. When he came out of college he was supposed to be the strongest player yada yada. He was 7'feet and 280 pounds and very strong, and a good player, I am just in awe over this footage. Gilmore used to do that to other centers and Wilt just abused him.

Back in Bellamy's and Wilt's day players were measured with their bare feet when measuring height. Today it's done with these thick high tops on which adds over an inch to player's heights so Walt "Bells" Bellamy would be listed at 7' today and Wilt at 7'2".

Anthony Young I'd like to see kat dunk on him (even though his shoulder would be shreds)

That picture with Wilt and Shaq. Wilt looks taller. people get shorter with age. That photo he looks the 7'1 that he was as a player. Shaq is not 7'1.

Today, big centers are always hurt sometime in the season. Wilt played all those years only missing a few games. One year he played every minute of every game.

he averages 45.8 mnts per game for his career, he NEVER fouled out !

Yeh he played 48.5 mnts per game one season :D

Shaquille o'neal was not mr.low offense when he first join the nba he learn low post moves stuff gradually, it's like comparing 1960s doctor to a today medicine doctors

@@lloydkline6946 Wilt would have made Shaq look like a fool in any era! LOL

@@ronbonora7872 young wilt would knock the air of his hook shot ; plus Shaquille o'neal would have to worry young wilt power low post game and his fadeaway jump shot

@@lloydkline6946 I agree!

shaq would foul out wilt...wilt could NOT dislodge shaq on either end. Im 66-- saw both play. Even jabbar would struggle with shaq; but I say kareem would foul out shaq. Wilt and kareem in better shape than shaq; thats for certain. I would love to see wilt try to cover olajuwon

What If they did a Hacka- Wilt? That would be a fly in the ointment. It would slow him down. Nobody ever thought to try that with Kareem. He hit his fouls shots. Even as an old man he beat the Pistons with those clutch free throws. 1988. IDK how Wilt would have fared.

To stop the cheap hack attacks they should allow, any player on the floor to shoot the free throws.

The idea you should make a rule to keep professionals from taking a defensless 15 foot shot is crazy.

Why should a foul be rewarded. It's a team sport, his mates should be free to have his back.Wilt is offended by the free throw idea, he did not believe free throws were adequate, or free, Wilt didn't want free or defenseless. Hackers caused Wilt to be black and blue all the time, yet they were rewarded for it if Wilt didn't shoot 100 percent. Crazier.

I'll take that, at least you admit that Wilt is the greatest athlete ever in the history of sports. Wilt had better individual, but not team records. If Wilt had Auerbach as his team coach, things would have been different. Regardless, more people went to see Wilt, Wilt displayed more phenomenal play than Mr. Russell, Wilt always outplayed everyone on the court. Russell and his team of HOF allstars were the greatest team ever. Wilt played on 2 of the 5 best teams wins and losses records, more than any other player. No one would take Russell over Wilt in a heads up trade. Wilt made the NBA famous, not Russell. No one intimidated Wilt.

I absolutely believe you. Was at a game between the 76rs and the Cincinnati Royals in 1966, I believe. Sat right behind the basket. Royals had Wayne Embry at center (about 6'8", but 280 pounds of muscle). Emery on defense stood behind Wilt and leaned on him with all his weight, trying to push him away from the basket. At one point Wilt made a subtle move like adjusting his cuff, and Embry bounced off the stanchion right next to me. The man was unbelievably strong. Seeing him on tv doesn't convey the power of the man.

Embry was a beast. Super aggressive, but I thought he was playing with the Bullits with Earl the Pearl back then. People, when they were talking about how strong someone was, would always preface their remarks with "next to Wilt" cause nobody was even close to Wilt in strength. Never seen anything like him since either. As Bill Russel characterized him, Wilt was a "monster".

You're right about Wilt; the one person I heard compared to him the most was Artis Gilmore, but there are clips out there showing Wilt tossing him around the paint like he was nothing. When we were coming out of the tunnel to our seats for that game, Wilt was being interviewed by a local tv sports guy. I was 3-4 feet away from him as I walked by. Not just the height; the veins were popping out of his arms as he stood talking to the guy and the muscles in his shoulders just oozed power. When Wilt bounced Embry off the stanchion, he turned around and faced Embry. Wayne just put his hands up as if to say 'No Mas'. I was about 16 at the time; made a hell of an impression on me.

OOps sorry, I got Wayne Embry and Wes Unseld mixed up, you're right of course. They were both similar physically and in style of play. As far as I know, the only guy to ever beat Wilt in an arm wrestle was non other but Jim Brown and the contest took a half an hour. Wilt got him back though--beat him in a 100 yard dash three times in a row.

I've never heard either of those stories before. That's amazing; two of my all-time favorites. I remember at one time they were trying to get Brown and Ali in the ring together, much as they tried to get Ali and Wilt. Brown was smart to decline; super athlete but I don't think that would have helped against a prime Ali in the mid-60's.

Also Greatest center passer perhaps even the best nongaurd passer. 8.6 assists, 9 assists in a playoff year. Plus it was harder to get assists to "count" on the stat sheet. in another era he could easily get 10+ assists

Certainly the supremely talented big man ever.

Couldn't agree more. idk about defense tho. Maybe

Better FG than MJ.

Let's be clear here. MJ is the BEST scorer and GREATEST basketball player of all time. Wilt is the BEST basketball player of all time. I'd still put Wilt above Russell in defense plus Wilt can score. Russell is just lucky to be surrounded by HOFers in an era of 8 teams w/ no free agency. If Wilt had Russell's supporting cast, he'd have more than 11 rings.

Connie Hawkins attributes wilts athleticism to his build. Nothing was crazy out of proportion except his size. He wore a size 12 in college and 13 shoe in the pro's. His hands were 11 inches wide.which are huge. He has a good point. I can'r see Shaq high jumping 6'6 of running the 440 with his size 19's or 20's. It makes sense. Huge feet can'r be good for athleticism. I think that;s why he was so fast. he's also 2 inches taller than Shaq. Today measuring in they're sneakers, Wilt would have been 7'3. He was taller than Shaq at 58 years old, the video is on You Tube. Wilt tries to intimidate Shaq and Ewing. Funny stuff.

Excellent point Red. And if you recall, Russell himself mentions in his tribute book to Auerbach that he thought he averaged AT LEAST 15 blocks per game in college! (I know some might retort "if he was playing against taller, more athletic & intelligent black players, no way on earth he even approaches that figure." Probably not, but I still am convinced it would've been double figures, say 10-11 or so) So what do you honestly believe Wilt's blocks would've been had Kansas' opp. not stalled the ball against him? Furthermore don't you also believe Dippy would've been 1st player(except maybe for Mikan) to lead NCAA Div. 1 teams in pts/reb prior to X-man in 84-85 at Wichita State, let alone pts, reb and blk?

Mr. Research - If his opponents weren't stalling the ball against him in NCAA, I think he would have averaged at least 8-9 blocks. In the NBA, he could have had a season where he averaged 10 blocks, as I believe the legendary NBA statistician Harvey Pollack once said that Wilt did so. For Wilt's career, I would say he may have averaged around 7-8 blocks per game.

Are there specific games that you recall of his, and if so, what would they be?

you are a liar,,, blocked shots NOT kept in wilts college days. NOWHERE do those stats exist. U are a liar.... example- stats are available that shows that artis gilmore averaged a TRIPLE DOUBLE in 1970-71. 21.9PPG; 23.2 RPG.. 10.3 BLOCKS per game. You are a liar.

Thanks for the dedication

+Wilt Chamberlain Archive At 1:46 you said that Wilt had max reach of 13'0'''. That's almost 4 meters (~397 cm) or top of the backboard. Right? Great video once again.

+CalcioEUnico That's correct, that's according to 1960 newspapers that say he can reach 3 feet above the rim along with another from that same season that says he can "literally" touch the top of the backboard. Take them with a grain of salt of course. Newspapers also reveal a 1956 mention while at Kansas that he can reach "12 and a half feet" (12 feet 6 inches). And Larry Siegfried mentions in an interview in 1968 that Bill Russell's 12 foot 7 inch max reach is "almost" as high as Wilt's 12 foot 9 inch reach. Again, you can take it all with a grain of salt but I just put down what the newspapers of the time stated.

+Wilt Chamberlain Archive So, legends that Wilt could touch top of the backboard aren't just legends... Thanks WCA.

+Wilt Chamberlain Archive have u seen wilt play before or something ?

We should have found a way to get his DNA for cloning.There isn't going to exist another man like him.He is 300 years ahead in evolution.

Indeed!!!

true; but wilt usually wilted in big playoff games ( 1972 he did NOT wilt in playoffs)

indeed... to bad for the Big Dipper

They would officiate against him

Yes, Wilt, Russell and Thurmond.

Couldn't the nba rewatched his games during the time when block shots weren't recorded and just watch and count how many he had. Sounds dumb but its smart to count them and put it in the history books by doing that

Facts, it's sad, for him, curiosity and history also. The alternative of the recovery would be nice and useful, the NBA archive should have what it needs of his own material, by video but of course by commentating too when video was not available, just like for the 100 point game availability.

+zzdh1 ????

Edgar, this is a story told by UCLA Coach Larry Brown, Wilt got mad because Magic called goal tending and Wilt said, "There will be no more layups in this gym" and blocked a team of Bernard King, Magic, Byron Scott, AC Green, and James Worty.

Yeah, that's true story and he was like 45 years old.

The story is true, there was a few other games in which Kiki Vandeweghe and Mark Eaton also played. Wilt dunked on 7"4" Mark Eaton and walked off the court, as if to say "I'm still the man". I've seen interviews where Kiki explains it in detail.

George Wagner Wilt easily could have played until age 50. In fact, I think I've read where Jerry Buss tried to get him out of retirement in the late 70's.

Christoph Lee Wouldn’t the fact that Wilt only played against nine teams actually enhance the legacy of his career? I say this because, with just nine teams, I would assume that with so fewer roster spots, that the quality of players would be much better than a league with 30 teams?

Less people=less talent

Sketti n Butter I’m sorry, but how can that be right? If you have 100 total positions available, and all 100 play, you fill those with the 100 best (at least you attempt to), correct? If, instead, you’re now asked to reduce that number to 50, aren’t you going to eliminate the talent level deemed numbers 51 - 100? If so, and you now have 50 players, isn’t that a richer, deeper talent level of players?

Sorry, exactly the opposite. If there are fewere positions available then those who make it are better, very simple!@@skettinbutter3635

@@kevinp8212 They had fewer teams because basketball was not a world sport at the time. Fewer talented players

Last game of his career 23 pts and 21 rebounds. and this was after 12 years in the NBA and 35 years old. NBA teams were trying to sign him when he was 40. They knew he would still be a dominant shot blocker rebounder at that age.

vin russo I think the nets or an other team offered him a contract at 50

@@vinrusso821 Yes, he would still be excellent in those areas, had he played.

ChunkyPotatoes imo the goat is either kareem wilt or jordan

PS Chunky Potatoes. That's no secret to true NBA fans who knowledge of the game goes back further than 1991

+twrambo Agreed, and as weird as it may sound I think they should also just consider him tops in both defensive and offensive rebounds considering he's head and shoulders above everyone in rebound total. I love Moses Malone and Kevin Garnett but I sincerely doubt they have more offensive and defensive boards, respectively, than the Stilt.

+0blackestboss03 Definitely agree on that as well. And I love me some Moses.

It almost doesn't seem possible that a dominant defensive presence and shot blocker he was yet he fouled out one time in his career!! That is incredible.

He actually never officially fouled out. He was tossed once, but never fouled out.

Some of us here may not realize as well that the ABA officially recorded offensive & defensive rebounds as well, and Artis DOES officially have more than KG and/or Moses, or at least thereabouts as many. But concerning percentage of rebounds coming from the offensive end, I honestly believe, after further investigation, nobody, not even Chamberlain himself, has a higher percentage of offensive boards than Mo'

bo jackson better,,,,jim thorpe also

Definitely historic, intriguing and interesting

Wilt stated he thought his 1967 Sixers team was stronger than his 72 Lakers team, go figure. Wilt certainly was stronger...

Wilt would know, of course, but I thought the 72 Lakers were better. Goodrich, West, and Wilt had great years and that team had excellent depth. The Lakers also won 33 in a row which is still a record.

@@weiqi8956 And, they lost the championship to who?

Stephen J Holowid they didn’t?

When did you first begin watching Wilt?

@@mr.research4811 I started watching him on 1976

Exactly, man definitely the greatest intimidating factor to me along with Lebron and MJ's one, especially in his areas moments, what can you do?!

Thank you ! Case closed!

C Howard amen my brother

“He could have killed us all”

I truly believe that the hype is why they lie as today’s athletes on a whole are the product of processed foods but to say they are stronger.. oh no... the core strength of many in the past far outweigh today’s Kentucky or McD Athlete as there was far less opportunity for consuming fast food back then, as people ate better and were more physically active than today’s smart phone athletes...

not in playoffs

Knock the air out the skyhook

Id replace Thurmond with Olajuwon but otherwise yeah

@@evilkid31able when asked toughest defender he ever faced Wilt didn’t even pause..”Nate. every day in practice.”

thats a BS lie. blocks were not kept; so where do U get your stats from? same place that claims wilt slept with 20000 women?? LOLOLOLOLOL,,, lets look at wilt in final 2 games 1968 playoffs?? 1969 finals (11.7 ppg) ??? 1970 game 7 finals??? 1973 finals??? LOLOLOL

For me, this might be the single greatest defensive play I have ever seen.

Actually it's an opinion so it is. He is the greatest center. Solve this whole debate by going by position.

Very much agreed

Simple? Why don’t the haters get it?

i think ali is still sadly small regardless of nutrition

Me too, on the "NBA Game of the Week", on Sunday afternoon. Wilt was my main reason for watching.

Bird vs Magic was a great rivalry.

Are there any specific games you recall, as well as shot-blocking totals?

try bo jackson...

Scram Kid

PREACH

His highlights are great, in my top favourites too, and all of this was in his old era, he played in the 60s mostly! Another great feet.

is he faster than lebron?