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Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain stats, teams and career impact

#3 all-timeCareer averages · 30.1 PPG · 22.9 RPG · 4.4 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Center
Final NBA team: Los Angeles Lakers
Height / weight: 7 ft 1 in (216 cm) · 275 lb (125 kg)
Born: August 21, 1936
Died: October 12, 1999 (63 yrs old)
College: Kansas
NBA seasons: 14 seasons · 1959–60 to 1972–73

Career or season view

Career summaryWilt Chamberlain was a center who played 14 NBA seasons, from 1959–60 through 1972–73.

Career PPG: 30.1
Career RPG: 22.9
Career APG: 4.4; #1 in 1966–67; #3 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Wilt Chamberlain ranks #3 all time

Wilt Chamberlain ranks #3 all time. He finished #1 in 7 seasons and in the top five 14 times, giving him an exceptional peak. His full-career value ranks #3 across 14 seasons. Career Impact Rank averages his best three, five, and ten season ranks, with the most weight on his peak.

Peak#1 in 1961–62

Best league finish

Sustained excellence7 seasons at #1

14 top-five · 14 top-ten finishes

Career breadth14 seasons

1,045 games · Career Value Rank #3

NBA honors13× All-Star · 4× MVP · 10× All-NBA · 2× All-Defense · ROYContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Philadelphia Warriors, San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, and Los Angeles Lakers
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 54.0%FG%
Three-point: —3P%
Free throw: 51.1%FT%

1,045 career games · 47,859 minutes

Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.

Traditional box score

Wilt Chamberlain stats by season

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1972–73	13.2	18.6	4.5	+5.65	LAL	82	0	43.2	72.7%	—	51.0%	#2	632.5
1971–72	14.8	19.2	4.0	+4.70	LAL	82	0	42.3	64.9%	—	42.2%	#3	566.4
1970–71	20.7	18.2	4.3	+4.27	LAL	82	0	44.3	54.5%	—	53.8%	#4	548.3
1969–70	27.3	18.4	4.1	+4.49	LAL	12	0	42.1	56.8%	—	44.6%	#4	77.7
1968–69	20.5	21.1	4.5	+4.93	LAL	81	0	45.3	58.3%	—	44.6%	#1	596.8
1967–68	24.3	23.8	8.6	+7.59	PHI	82	0	46.8	59.5%	—	38.0%	#1	953.0
1966–67	24.1	24.2	7.8	+8.53	PHI	81	0	45.5	68.3%	—	44.1%	#1	993.0
1965–66	33.5	24.6	5.2	+6.92	PHI	79	0	47.3	54.0%	—	51.3%	#1	853.1
1964–65	34.7	22.9	3.4	+6.17	PHI/SFW	73	0	45.2	51.0%	—	46.4%	#2	670.9
1963–64	36.9	22.3	5.0	+8.27	SFW	80	0	46.1	52.4%	—	53.1%	#1	908.3
1962–63	44.8	24.3	3.4	+7.92	SFW	80	0	47.6	52.8%	—	59.3%	#1	968.7
1961–62	50.4	25.6	2.4	+6.67	PHW	80	0	48.5	50.6%	—	61.3%	#1	919.7
1960–61	38.4	27.2	1.9	+4.69	PHW	79	0	47.8	50.9%	—	50.4%	#3	694.2
1959–60	37.6	27.0	2.3	+4.18	PHW	72	0	46.4	46.1%	—	58.2%	#2	572.6
Career	30.1	22.9	4.4	—	LAL/PHI/PHW/SFW	1045	—	45.8	54.0%	—	51.1%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

Film evidence

Wilt Chamberlain highlights

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Archive highlights

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What these measures mean

Era-centered box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average.
Impact Rate Rank: The player's place among qualified players in one season.
Value contribution / Season Value: Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
Career Impact Rank: An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.

Career Impact Rank#3

1.1 composite · lower is better

Best 5#3

1.0 average league finish

Career Value Rank#3

9,955 total value

Career standing

How Wilt Chamberlain ranks all time

These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.

Number-one seasons7

Best in the league

Top-five seasons14

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons14

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin41.7

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score1.1

Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.

Best 3 effective weight: 74%
Missing-season finish: 98.5
Qualified seasons: 14
All-time rank: #3

Strongest seasons

Every season

Wilt Chamberlain advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage


1972–73Historical Defense Estimate	LAL	36	82	3,542	+5.65	99.4	#2	632.5	99th	Modeled
1971–72Historical Defense Estimate	LAL	35	82	3,469	+4.70	98.8	#3	566.4	99th	Modeled
1970–71Historical Defense Estimate	LAL	34	82	3,630	+4.27	98.2	#4	548.3	99th	Modeled
1969–70Historical Defense Estimate	LAL	33	12	505	+4.49	97.9	#4	77.7	57th	Modeled
1968–69Historical Defense Estimate	LAL	32	81	3,669	+4.93	100.0	#1	596.8	100th	Modeled
1967–68Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	31	82	3,836	+7.59	100.0	#1	953.0	100th	Modeled
1966–67Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	30	81	3,682	+8.53	100.0	#1	993.0	100th	Modeled
1965–66Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	29	79	3,737	+6.92	100.0	#1	853.1	100th	Modeled
1964–65Historical Defense Estimate	PHI/SFW	28	73	3,301	+6.17	98.9	#2	670.9	100th	Modeled
1963–64Historical Defense Estimate	SFW	27	80	3,689	+8.27	100.0	#1	908.3	100th	Modeled
1962–63Historical Defense Estimate	SFW	26	80	3,806	+7.92	100.0	#1	968.7	100th	Modeled
1961–62Historical Defense Estimate	PHW	25	80	3,882	+6.67	100.0	#1	919.7	100th	Modeled
1960–61Historical Defense Estimate	PHW	24	79	3,773	+4.69	97.5	#3	694.2	100th	Modeled
1959–60Historical Defense Estimate	PHW	23	72	3,338	+4.18	98.7	#2	572.6	100th	Modeled

Career movement

Wilt Chamberlain's career impact by season

Peak +8.53 in 1966–67 · 14 seasons · 47,859 minutes

The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. The vertical scale adapts to this player's range and always includes zero.

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Wilt ChamberlainAnthony Davis

Era-centered box impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average · dashed marker means the player did not play

Wilt Chamberlain and Anthony Davis era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Wilt Chamberlain	Anthony Davis
1	4.2	2.7
2	4.7	5.4
3	6.7	9.2
4	7.9	4.5
5	8.3	6.8
6	6.2	7.0
7	6.9	9.2
8	8.5	7.5
9	7.6	3.5
10	4.9	3.8
11	4.5	5.5
12	4.3	4.6
13	4.7	5.0
14	5.7	2.2

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The career-similarity score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and experience-aligned trajectory. It describes career shape, not playing style, equal ability, or probability.

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career similarity score

78/100 closest-season score · 1966–67 ↔ 2017–18 PF · All-Time Career #29

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career similarity score

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career similarity score

85/100 closest-season score · 1966–67 ↔ 1983–84

How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →

NBA season	Wilt Chamberlain	Anthony Davis
1	4.2	2.7
2	4.7	5.4
3	6.7	9.2
4	7.9	4.5
5	8.3	6.8
6	6.2	7.0
7	6.9	9.2
8	8.5	7.5
9	7.6	3.5
10	4.9	3.8
11	4.5	5.5
12	4.3	4.6
13	4.7	5.0
14	5.7	2.2

NBA season	Wilt Chamberlain	Anthony Davis
1	4.2	2.7
2	4.7	5.4
3	6.7	9.2
4	7.9	4.5
5	8.3	6.8
6	6.2	7.0
7	6.9	9.2
8	8.5	7.5
9	7.6	3.5
10	4.9	3.8
11	4.5	5.5
12	4.3	4.6
13	4.7	5.0
14	5.7	2.2

NBA season	Wilt Chamberlain	Anthony Davis
1	4.2	2.7
2	4.7	5.4
3	6.7	9.2
4	7.9	4.5
5	8.3	6.8
6	6.2	7.0
7	6.9	9.2
8	8.5	7.5
9	7.6	3.5
10	4.9	3.8
11	4.5	5.5
12	4.3	4.6
13	4.7	5.0
14	5.7	2.2