Comments on: Which of Wilt Chamberlain’s 72 NBA Records Are the Toughest to Break?

By: steve

steve — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:33:00 +0000

40 records still standing

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:14:00 +0000

Check the stats…..the proof is in the puddin, read em and weep. Hhahahahahahahahahahaha

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:08:00 +0000

not!!

By: sid howard

sid howard — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:13:04 +0000

you guys are idiots mj is the best wilt sucks crack…..

By: Troy D. Johnson

Troy D. Johnson — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:55:05 +0000

I remember many many years ago (I was a child) Sam Jones of the Boston Celtics, scored I believe 50 points and my dad made a big deal of it. I remember like it was yesterday saying “That ain’t nothing, Wilt Chamberlain does that all the time!” There should be two sets of records Wilt’s and everyone else!

Wilt Chamberlain was so far ahead of his time it’s not even funny. I consider
myself more knowledgeable than the average basketball fan and I can say with
total certainty that if Wilt played today he would have been a star. True, the players
now are better than they were during Wilt’s era but that’s not Wilt’s fault.

As a basketball fan some of the things Wilt did were mind boggling. Wilt lead the league in rebounding at the age of 36! One of the first things that will decline
is a player’s rebounding. Wilt lead the league in rebounding at 36 and Kareem
was in the league. For those of you who only remember Kareem later in his career, Kareem was no slouch as a rebounder. I believe he averaged 17 one year.

I could go on and on but there really is no point. Wilt and Kareem’s careers overlapped just like Kareem’s career overlapped with the Ewings and Hakeems
of the basketball world. We know that old man Kareem more than held his own against Ewing and Hakeem. In fact, even a cursory examination of their head to head statistical comparisons will show that a 37-38 year old Kareem outplayed Ewing and Kareem. This is about Wilt but I mention Kareem to show that there are players from other eras that are better than those playing in modern eras.

Wilt was a player “for the ages” if you will. He played against Kareem and although he was in the twilight of his career he clearly held his own against
Kareem and we know what Kareem did to the Ewings and Hakeems. In fact, Kareem was first team all NBA at the age of 38!!! Wilt even in his twilight years
was able to block Kareem’s patented sky hook!!! This is a testament to Wilt’s
athleticism. Have you ever witnessed Hakeem or Ewing block Kareem’s skyhook? In fact, Wilt blocked Kareem’s skyhook in successive plays! Don’t believe it go on youtube.

By: Albert Phillips

Albert Phillips — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 04:11:09 +0000

How many NBA players have visited the top of the
Backboard. Wilt did ask Sonny Hill.
While playing for the lakers not a scorer any more it was said that Wilt couldn’t anymore, so he dropped 70 some one night to quit the critics.

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:32:50 +0000

Bill actually won 11 in 13 years, and 8 in a row between 1959-1966 to further establish your point :)

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:20:09 +0000

To follow what Cam said, Wilt was ejected from *one* game with 8 minutes left in the forth quarter early in the season if I am not mistaken. Those 8 minutes turned out to be the only minutes he would miss for the rest of the season, giving him 3,882 minutes played out of a possible 3,890. Astounding, it will never be challenged. Truly, the most remarkable thing about all of these records is that the most likely to be broken is the 100 points in a game the most famous of them all, and since 1962, only one player has come within *20* points of that record, and only Baylor, Bryant, Thompson, and Robinson have even scored 70+. Also, another record worthy on mention, is Wilt’s total number of 50PT+ games in a season, with 45 (1961-1962)! That’s more then Jordan’s has in his entire 14 year career. Most of Wilt’s records from 1962 alone, are so far out of reach that it is mindblogging.

By: greg

greg — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:59:07 +0000

i have that card wilt chamberlain 1962 100 point game and its for sale best offer

By: Malone Gemmell

Malone Gemmell — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:53:12 +0000

I Think Wilts Records will last forever that guy was a machine. No one has even come close to accomplishing what he did in my mnd he is the greatest of all time.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:37:51 +0000

How about 35 field goals in a row without a miss? Has any modern player approached even half of that?

By: John Hill

John Hill — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:13:08 +0000

Anyone who doesn’t say Wilt was the greatest ever is too young to have seen him play. Jordan’s stats are NO where near Wilt’s.
And if you say Jordan was the greatest ever, despite his lower stats, because he won more championships than Wilt – then you still lose because Bill Russell had 10 championships to Jordan’s 6. And it was 10 in only 11 years, and the last 9 in a row, including a couple of season’s as both a starting player and the head coach. After all, isn’t winning the real bottom line?
Wilt or Russell. Take your pick.

Children need not waste their or our time when they know so little (or nothing) about basketball history. Especially in this age where averaging 12 rebounds a game is considered fantastic.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:44:13 +0000

It’s a different game now, the rules and even the court are different, I doubt any of there will every be broken, especially the fg% that’s going to have to be one hell of a basketball player. Maybe a rookie who takes one shot, makes it, then retires, lol

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By: Cam

Cam — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:42:33 +0000

The scoring and rebounding records are good, but could conceivably be beaten if the basketball environment changes suddenly, a la the NHL in the 1980′s. The real lasting records will be the ones that require versatility.

Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game. Ever. 1045 regular season games, 160 playoff games and he never fouled out. That’s not a “generational” thing like the rebounding was. It’s just a Chamberlain thing. No one else even came close.

Wilt Chamberlain averaged 48.5 minutes per game in 1962. In case you forgot, a basketball game is 48 minutes long. He was off the court something like 6 minutes all season. Let’s see Lebron do THAT.

Wilt Chamberlain, at one point in his career, led the league in every statistic that was measured at the time. Minutes, FGA, FGM, FTA, FTM, Points, Assists and Rebounds. If they had measured blocks and steals at the time, he definitely would have led in blocks and quite possibly steals too (at least once).

Wilt Chamberlain’s final season, at age 36, was probably the single most perfect positional season ever played. It wasn’t the best season overall, but he did absolutely everything a center is supposed to do and nothing else. He led the league in rebounding. He set the all-time record in field goal percent. He had 4.5 assists per game to just 2.3 fouls. And he was First Team All-NBA Defense. He even pulled his FT% above 50%. If you asked an NBA coach to design the perfect center to play on an already good team, it would be 1973 Wilt Chamberlain.