The TRUTH About Wilt Chamberlain’s QUINTUPLE-Double

The seemingly impossible Quintuple-Double... is there reason to believe Wilt Chamberlain actually did it many years ago? This video answers that question.
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A link to Harvey Pollack's stats of some of Wilt Chamberlain's games.
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[@zeltroid]

What do you think? Did it happen?

[@kermit1056]

perhaps

[@carti_f0r_president629]

Probably

[@CIutchX]

Definetily. I believe if I had a time machine, I'd travel back to the 1950's and follow and document Wilt's every move, so that the world can see what an athletic moster he was.

[@ostuw]

I don’t believe it

[@ostuw]

A lot of his blocks were goal tends

[@vihaankadarla7734]

Wilt is literally flight without the cameras on

[@zacharypeterson4178]

There's like 4-5 meanings to that depending on how you interpret it

[@MrE_]

Flight is better obviously. He just humble

[@zacharypeterson4178]

@@MrE_ humbly drop 60 on you

[@virgoblue7865]

King of all kings now Jonny Arnett has told about his rare accomplishment that ever recorded a statistic that rarely happens.

[@louis-pg753]

@@zacharypeterson4178 fr😅

[@thomash8501]

If we had Wilt's official records for steals and blocks, many, many more people would consider him the GOAT.

[@williammorrison6311]

Nope. A detriment to his team due to poor free throw shooting, no real shooting touch, vastly diminished stats in the playoffs, no mamba. Sort of a blend of Shaq and DeAndre Jordan, the best rebounder ever and a defensive force. A great player, he'd still put up big numbers, but nowhere near being the GOAT.

[@princemnnkthefrozenshogun]

No

[@kece1]

@@williammorrison6311 did you just put deandre jordan and wilt in the same phrase?

[@FearsomeSalvation]

@@Ben-dp7fx actually bill russels teams weren’t outclassing wilts there were multiple years where wilt was the favorite but still lost to bill due to him playing hero ball

[@typhlosionproductions5970]

@@FearsomeSalvation source?

[@adrenalineunlimited]

I don't know about this game, but my grandfather swears he witnessed Wilt have *many* 20 block games in addition to all the other crazy things he did.

[@guru_basketball_kiero]

Then I believe your grandfather

[@ktapreswreckd921v9]

Wow, iconic.

[@philipfarnan4188]

WOW.. that would be amazing to watch.

[@marcusmvpgoat1236]

I believe him

[@builderdog3875]

what did he say about Bill

[@hopeworkswithshawnschwaner806]

I worked for the 76ers in 1987 during Dr. J's retirement season and know Harvey personally. He was a perfectionist and consummate professional. If Harvey says it happened, then it happened.

[@abhinandannandan3863]

OOO damn, is this true

[@tramper_]

66😂y@@abhinandannandan3863ŕ

[@neverfail9432]

He has the record of most rebounds in a game at 55. He was playing against Bill Russell that night. How does anyone do that? Laced up in Chuck Taylor's? Clearly an alien

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

More examples of Russell outperforming Wilt when it mattered Wilt = 1972/73 regular season FG% record with 73%, but lost in the 1973 Finals with 52% shooting (21% FG difference) Russell = highest NBA Finals FG% - 18-25-6 on 70% in 1962 Wilt has 55 rebs in the regular season vs Russell (and lost) But Russell has the NBA Finals record for rebounds in a game (40, twice in 1960 and 1962)

[@marcusmvpgoat1236]

@@casualfandestroyer2503 wilt averaged 40 ppg and 30 rebounds against russel in there first 5 yrs russel had more help and more hofers

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

@@marcusmvpgoat1236 In 1962 Wilt won the scoring title (50 ppg), yet he lost the Game 7 of the 1962 EDF against the Celtics and got outscored by Sam Jones 28 to 22. Where was the 100 points and 50 ppg when it actually mattered? Sam Jones also hit the game winner over Wilt as the Celtics won Game 7, 109-107. Once again, keep in mind that the 1961/62 Sixers had the absolute worst defense in the league, and it was reflected in Russell's high scoring. In the 1962 playoff series alone Bill Russell had games of 31, 31, and 29 pts in the series. Bill Russell never in his career averaged 19 ppg in a season, but he averaged over 20 ppg vs Wilt in both the 1960 and 1962 playoff series - in spite of the fact that Russell was a team-first player who usually did not need to score to dominate a game (à la Bird). In 9 playoff meetings against Russell, Wilt's ppg decreased from his regular season every time, while Russell's increased on multiple occasions.

[@facelessandnameless]

@@casualfandestroyer2503 Your whole purpose in life is to discredit one of the greatest NBA players of all time who has been dead for over 20 years? You’re pathetic...

[@christiansoldier77]

Never Fail Everyone else had on Chuck Taylors too

[@mambafocus6605]

This is mind blowing, can you believe he had like 8.8 average of blocks? The dude had maybe a quadruple double average for a season at some point and we have only like 4 în modern nba :D

[@jeremiahwogerman3849]

Wilt never averaged 10 assists per game...

[@jesuschrististhelord9937]

@@jeremiahwogerman3849 he did for a few months, so instead of seasons he did probably averaged a quadruple double in a few months of 66-68

[@realtan9026]

U mean he probably averaged a 30 point quad double lol

[@mr.research7859]

@@jeremiahwogerman3849 He did by today's assist interpretation: 66-67 67-68 In addition, there was a 1972 LA Times playoff article where Wilt thought he was undercounted by 4 assists per game during his Laker tenure.

[@phoule76]

at least of 50% of old blocks = goaltending and / or offensive interference

[@ChinmaiNaregal]

Wilt Chamberlain was not human

[@charms71]

I often wondered about the credibility of the GOAT conversation when he isn't mentioned tbh.

[@emeanuele]

@@charms71 Please, don't care what other people are talking about in these yesrs. They ignore him. Think with your head.

[@Haunted_Gains]

Reptilian

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

In 1962 Wilt won the scoring title (50 ppg), yet he lost the Game 7 of the 1962 EDF against the Celtics and got outscored by Sam Jones 28 to 22. Where was the 100 points and 50 ppg when it actually mattered? Sam Jones also hit the game winner over Wilt as the Celtics won Game 7, 109-107. Once again, keep in mind that the 1961/62 Sixers had the absolute worst defense in the league, and it was reflected in Russell's high scoring. In the 1962 playoff series alone Bill Russell had games of 31, 31, and 29 pts in the series. Bill Russell never in his career averaged 19 ppg in a season, but he averaged over 20 ppg vs Wilt in both the 1960 and 1962 playoff series - in spite of the fact that Russell was a team-first player who usually did not need to score to dominate a game (à la Bird). In 9 playoff meetings against Russell, Wilt's ppg decreased from his regular season every time, while Russell's increased on multiple occasions.

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

@@charms71 Wilt is a very goal-oriented person, and and under Alex (Hannum) he wanted to win a title and become the first center to lead the league in assists. He liked to pass to Hal Greer or myself, because we just caught it and shot it. Chet Walker usually caught the ball, took a dribble or two and then shot it - no assist for Wilt (under the assist rules of that time). So Wilt preferred to give the ball to us. - Billy Cunningham Wilt went out of his way to chase his assist stats - going as far as to AVOID passing to Hall of Fame teammate Chet Walker because he would most likely not get an assist from Walker under the format of recording assist statistics at the time.

[@deathbackwards7850]

Nothing makes my blood boil like talking to some zoomer who says even wilt’s official recorded stats are fake or that he just player against 5’10 white guys. Like do you think once Kareem came in the league everyone grew 10 inches and everyone else retired?

[@demonkingbadger6689]

I think wilt played against Russell alone almost as much as shaq did against other Hofers period. And most of the ones Wilt played against were younger and fresher than him. Whereas Shaq got a lot of his games vs hofers against old guard holdovers from the 80s. And pretty sure Wes Unseld was the only hallof fame center Wilt went against that was under 6"9. Unseld was 6"7 super strong and beefy.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@demonkingbadger6689 Wilt faced Bill 147 times (give or take a couple, I might be slightly misremembering the number) during their careers.

[@demonkingbadger6689]

@@bricefleckenstein9666 yeah, i remembering seeing something like that. And they mentioned Shaq facing a Hof center like 180 times. And Wilt went up against a Hof center more than 50 percent of his games.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@demonkingbadger6689 Wilt also had a future HoF BACKUP at least for a couple years with the Warriors - Nate Thurmond. Then he goes to the 76ers and has to FACE Nate in real games, not just in practices.... (side note - Kareem has stated that *NATE* played him tougher than anyone else - but to be fair, Kareem never played against Bill Russell, only overlapped one year and Kareem's Bucks didn't make the Finals that year from the West to face Bill's Celtics from the East).

[@demonkingbadger6689]

@@bricefleckenstein9666 true, he also faced Willis Reed, Kareem, Walt Bellamy and 6-7 other Hofers i am too lazy to mention. Mid 60s to early 90s were the premier age of centers.

[@sidku7006]

Larry Brown told a story about a pickup game with Wilt Chamerlain + 4 UCLA freshmen against Magic Johnson, Bernard King, James Worthy, Byron Scott, and AC Green. Larry Brown said Wilt blocked every single shot in the game and it was the most incredible thing he ever saw. Wilt was 43 years old in the pickup game.

[@larrylindgren9484]

I think he blew it up a bit. But there have been stories by the others stating Wilt got mad about a call and single handily shut down Magic's whole team with more than a few blocks.

[@randyeisensmith1483]

I've heard both Magic and Worthy tell slightly different versions of this story. Each one agreed that Wilt did not allow a single basket. Most of Wilt's quadruple-doubles ARE on film/tape, even though not officially recognized at the time. No matter who your "GOAT" candidate is, pick any ONE of their greatest individual achievements (e.g., "most 50 point games), and chances are that Wilt accomplished it more in ONE SEASON than your "GOAT" did in his CAREER. As Walt "Clyde" Frazier famously noted, “Wilt Chamberlain is the only superman to ever play the game. His records are HILARIOUS. Anybody they talk about doing something, Chamberlain has done it hundreds of times.”

[@robertprimerano82]

Sounds like all the people who thought Wilt could beat Muhammad Ali in a boxing match. Why didn't they fight? Because Howard Cosell told Wilt " Don't do it Wilt, you're gonna get killed. "

[@randolphvoller9690]

I have always loved that story. It was a half court game played to 12 by ones.

[@JasonPicard-w4o]

@@robertprimerano82not at all true. Wilts lawyers explained to him that after taxes pay the trainers he wouldn’t make any $.

[@allanpaoloalingod1863]

Scalabrine did it officially with a stats of 10pts, 24claps, 12butt slap, 25 high 5, 10gatorades.

[@uliuli8997]

I was there. I saw it with my own eyes.

[@Boogaboioringale]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@finnjake6663]

10 Gatorades 🤣🤣🤣

[@GARIONN1]

He had a big night with them 10 points came rare

[@breathing24]

🤣🤣🤣🤘

[@theessence1758]

Because its wilt i 100% believe this

[@marcusmvpgoat1236]

💯💯

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

@@marcusmvpgoat1236 In 1962 Wilt won the scoring title (50 ppg), yet he lost the Game 7 of the 1962 EDF against the Celtics and got outscored by Sam Jones 28 to 22. Where was the 100 points and 50 ppg when it actually mattered? Sam Jones also hit the game winner over Wilt as the Celtics won Game 7, 109-107. Once again, keep in mind that the 1961/62 Sixers had the absolute worst defense in the league, and it was reflected in Russell's high scoring. In the 1962 playoff series alone Bill Russell had games of 31, 31, and 29 pts in the series. Bill Russell never in his career averaged 19 ppg in a season, but he averaged over 20 ppg vs Wilt in both the 1960 and 1962 playoff series - in spite of the fact that Russell was a team-first player who usually did not need to score to dominate a game (à la Bird). In 9 playoff meetings against Russell, Wilt's ppg decreased from his regular season every time, while Russell's increased on multiple occasions.

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

@@marcusmvpgoat1236 Wilt played in all 160 games, and averaged 48.5 and 47.6 minutes those seasons. This is CLEAR evidence of stat padding. No team in history goes through a season without enduring multiple blowout games, so it is obvious with Wilt rarely stepping off the floor that he was padding his stats. A good example is the March 7, 1962 game between the Celtics and Sixers, in which the Celtics won 153-102, yet Wilt played the whole game. In BOTH Wilt's 50 and 45 ppg seasons, his teams were DEAD LAST in opponents' points allowed - the absolute WORST defense in the league. After the 1961-62 season, Wilt only delivered 22 in Game 7 of the 1962 EDF when it mattered against the Celtics, and they lost.

[@Poloskii]

@@casualfandestroyer2503 wilt kinda stat padded because the dude would block your shot and then let you rebound it so he can block you again lmao

[@steliosgioumpakis2095]

In my eyes Wilt Chamberlain is the greatest basketball player ever

[@solemagus4761]

As an MJ fan, you can't say Wilt doesn't legitimately have a case.

[@jeffersoncarballo9510]

@@solemagus4761 facts, wilt is undoubtedly one of the best coming from a die hard mj fan.

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

@@solemagus4761 1962 Finals - Russell dropped 23-27-6 on 54%, led his team in pts/rebs 1963 Finals - Russell dropped 20-26-5 on 47% 1965 Finals - Russell dropped 18-25-6 on 70%, NBA Finals record for FG% 1966 Finals - Russell dropped 24-24-4 on 54%, led his team in pts/rebs Wilt has never put up NBA Finals numbers, where it actually matters, as impressive as these performances by Bill Russell. Wilt NEVER led his team in rebounds and points at the same time while winning an NBA Finals, unlike the genius Russell. That's because Russell's scoring helped his team, Wilt's team had a 22-30 playoff record during his 7 scoring title seasons

[@krypticfilms802]

I agree

[@solemagus4761]

@@jeffersoncarballo9510 Exactly brotha, and I gotta be honest about the game as a whole and Wilt was Phenomenal

[@josephhanicak7922]

If you believe it happened, which the evidence seems to point to, then this is by far the greatest game of all time, with the only competition being another one of Wilt's games, the 100 point game.

[@johnpatton7533]

the 55 rebound game is up there to. Dude was just on a whole different level lol

[@josephhanicak7922]

@@johnpatton7533 He did it against Bill Russel too. I agree the game is up there, but I don't think anything can get even close to a quintuple double.

[@badtuber1654]

@@josephhanicak7922 A double triple, I'm guessing he played all full quarters with no rest, its the only way to manage to do this.

[@smoceany9478]

what about his 78 point 43 rebound game

[@ahankumar555]

@@smoceany9478 man all these games are just wilt. He's too good.

[@markjackson6431]

so glad we have Jonny. finally a NBA KZbinr who doesn’t trash Wilt and Stockton

[@wayneduncan6383]

Loved watching Stockton. Definitely on the All-White Dude team with Jokic, Dirk, Larry, and The Logo.

[@TheTenCentStory]

I was a Utah Jazz fan as a child so the flu game being "gone" would be a positive.

[@leroyrodgers6089]

@Brawl Boi Exactly.

[@MJIZZEL]

Jazz fans poisoned Jordan. That's alot worse than the flu I'd say.

[@davidbruck8570]

Lmao

[@HeathOverledger]

Sorry that those delivery boys’ plans didn’t work out bro

[@TheTenCentStory]

@@MJIZZEL I only was a Jazz fan because Greg Ostertag was drafted and he played college at the University of Kansas. I became a Jazz fan because of that affiliation.

[@MMK77344]

Of course Wilt would have “recorded a quadruple double”. What else has he not done

[@mancheese1055]

He hasn't won more rings than randy brown

[@MMK77344]

@@mancheese1055 in general though. Wilt has done about every crazy statistic possible and he’s still won two rings

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

One of the guys who did the GOAT documentaries said that if we lost all information about the NBA outside of the stats contained in basketball-reference, Wilt would be the unquestioned GOAT.

[@pikameme3322]

@@mancheese1055 I still don't get why people always use the ring argument. Rings are a team achievement so it shouldn't be relied upon heavily when it comes to the GOAT convo. Bill has 11 rings yet no sane person would say he's better than Wilt. Just like no one will say John Havlicek is greater than MJ because he's 8-0 in the finals.

[@mancheese1055]

@@MMK77344 yeah but it takes a lot more than stats to be a goat

[@freedommgtow4996]

I can actually believe that Wilt did this magnificent feat..

[@mgtowrules5702]

hello my brother.

[@blorbiboyo3225]

the Big Dipper was different

[@josephmontoya7730]

If I’m being 100% honest, I’d rather start my team with Wilt than MJ

[@GiverOfEnergy]

@@roundtable3501 you gotta be fair, you need a coach that’ll challenge Wilt. His talent will get you there but the coach needs to get the most outta him best benefits the team.

[@antonihardonk8970]

The two seasons he played with a good coach their teams reached GOAT status. Go figure.

[@GiverOfEnergy]

@@antonihardonk8970 exactly give Wilt, Phil Jackson or Red Auerbach let’s see how many rings he’d get.

[@antonihardonk8970]

@@GiverOfEnergy exactly! The most dominant player ever, who has shown to be willing to do whatever it is, they want him to do for the team. They ask him to play offensive and he breaks record after record.... Then they ask him to focus on defense and he shows something never seen, before or after. The difference is that when MJ did it, it was a winners mentality and when Wilt did it, it was ego.

[@GiverOfEnergy]

@@antonihardonk8970 couldn’t have said it better myself. I peeped you called him most dominant...... I think Wilt would’ve gave Shaq a run for his money

[@unclehays750]

Somebody uploaded the 1972 finals on KZbin. Wilt had incredibly sore hands but still dunked, rebounded, and blocked the shit out of the Knicks

[@isaksidenius7059]

link?

[@dhamilton5174]

@@isaksidenius7059 search 1972 NBA finals, its the first thing to pop up.

[@coachwane]

He actually played with two broken hands and was playing 2 years after his knee operation.

[@georgeriley4818]

The legend of Wilt is amazing.

[@smoceany9478]

@Victor Wiley he got 18 rebounds per game in those finals, i think maybe his team was just worse

[@yvans.]

I’m not going to be original but I already made a quintuple- double in 2K

[@sharifbrown3567]

We all did

[@jacobjones1778]

I'm close

[@mancheese1055]

@@jacobjones1778 okay carl

[@devwraith836]

I wish i could but my center keeps stealing my boards.

[@ostuw]

I did iy

[@paulapodaca0824]

I love this channel

[@jonnyarnett]

Thanks Paul! I love your profile pic

[@mambafocus6605]

@@jonnyarnett what about my name :D

[@jonnyarnett]

Anything positively referring to the Mamba, for sure!

[@mambafocus6605]

@@jonnyarnett my idol

[@ricorp3043]

Wilt the Goat, I don’t care what y’all say

[@CrownMe13]

Same

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

Wilt was obsessed with his numbers, which he got...The problem is Wilt was not obsessed with rings

[@micahracine7640]

Personally i see the argument but i have him at the no.2 spot

[@10102s]

I have him 4-6

[@mvpmvpmvp3]

toss up between him and mj

[@northernlight1000]

Woah, learned a lot from this video, surprised I've never heard of the Harvey guys name, thanks!!

[@jamesfitzgerald6581]

I consider him the goat. It's a shame there isn't more film footage for the younger generation to see. The stories about him are mythical. I am happy with you tube at least you get to see a glimpse of a real legend. Rip Wilt.

[@neilsagot8121]

I lived accross the street from Harvey and grew up with his son Ron. I met Wilt several times and he gave me a Jersey. I've been watching NBA games since the Warriors played in doubleheaders in the 1950's. Nobody was the GOAT other than Wilt. No one was ever close. He still holds 70 NBA records.

[@taha.030]

Wow do you still have the jersy?

[@chriswebster24]

My grandfather was a statistician for the Minneapolis Lakers for one season, back when he was in college. He hated it when the team eventually moved to Los Angelos, but he remained a lifelong Lakers fan, up until the Timberwolves came along in the early 90’s. So anyway, he was only an official statistician for that one season, but he still always loved to go to games and keep stats for himself. Then, after the game ended, he’d compare his stats to the official stats, just to see how close his numbers were, and then, he’d point out what the professionals got wrong. Although blocks and steals weren’t yet official stats at that time, my grandfather used to keep up with them, anyway, just because he thought they were important. He was able to go to a few games that season, and fortunately, the so-called quintuple double game was one of those games he attended. Sadly, the myth about Wilt having 24 blocks and 11 steals was inaccurate, according to my grandpa, who was the most honest man I’ve ever known. He didn’t dispute the fact that Wilt had an amazing game, but he said he didn’t actually have 24 blocks, though. The truth was, unfortunately, that Wilt only had 22 blocks that night. He also should have been given credit for an extra steal that he made, so, apparently, it wasn’t just his blocks that were incorrect. Though it would’ve been an unbelievable game for anyone else, my grandpa said that it was just a slightly above average performance for Wilt. As it turned out, he actually finished the game with just 22 blocks, to go along with his 12 steals, but, in all fairness, it was still the only quintuple double ever, so at least there’s that 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@BLT1967too]

Gee, I don't know: 53/32/14/12/22...just doesn't have the same ring as 53/32/14/11/24. Too bad. 🙂 Cool about your grandfather being an official statistician in those days.

[@dvldog_]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how JACKED Nate Thurmond was? And I think that today's players would have a harder time adjusting to the style of play in Wilt's era than vis versa: they would actually call players for traveling and carrying and you could play physical defense.... today's stars might have gotten destroyed back in the day.....

[@racewiththefalcons1]

If anything, Wilt was _much_ better than we realize.

[@ronbonora7872]

Chamberlain is the GOAT and the record books proves it!

[@badlands555]

@@ronbonora7872 Just look at the all time rebounders in the NBA. People who played many more years that wilt are miles behind him. And total minutes played in the regular season. Best athlete ever.

[@ralphgreenwood2469]

@@ronbonora7872 U right numbers don't lie.They try to get around that by saying that the guys he played against weren't that good.If his opponents weren't that good take their names out of the hall of fame then.He went against Bill Russell who was the greatest interior defender(outside of Chamberlain)in the history of basketball 143 times.What more do u want?

[@choward5430]

There were two Wilt Chamberlains. The first WIlt was from 1959-1968. The second Wilt from 1969-1973. The latter Wilt didn't focus on scoring so much but defense and rebounding. I've always found it odd that NBA pundits routinely dismiss Wilt in the GOAT conversation. No disrespect to LeBron and Jordan or even Kareem. But I don't think either of these great players could amass 53 points, 32 rebounds, 14 assists, 11 steals, and 24 blocks while playing all 48 minutes. One way to verify this feat is to contact the eyewitnesses! Chet Walker, Wali Jones, Billy Cunningham, Johnny Green, (Jerry West/Elgin Baylor DNP), Luke Jackson, Bill Melchionni, Matt Guokas, Archie Clark (first legit crossover), Freddie Crawford, Darrall Imhoff, and MEL COUNTS are still alive! Why don't you or someone from ESPN call them???

[@ralphgreenwood2469]

I have been saying that forever.All the things they say Wilt couldn't possibly have done there are people alive who saw him do it.I wonder why none of these people ever speak up.Set the record straight once and for all.

[@dravendfr]

Three Wilts perhaps if you count the George Marcus situation, if you haven’t heard that story, I highly recommend looking it up!

[@jingqi9106]

Wilt is the greatest and most dominant NBA player I have ever seen play, and I've seen them all since the 60s. Even at the end of his career, Wilt could take over if he was so motivated. 🐐

[@vernonleewarren280]

Agreed

[@williammorrison6311]

Problem was that he was not always motivated.

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

1962 Finals - Russell dropped 23-27-6 on 54%, led his team in pts/rebs 1963 Finals - Russell dropped 20-26-5 on 47% 1965 Finals - Russell dropped 18-25-6 on 70%, NBA Finals record for FG% 1966 Finals - Russell dropped 24-24-4 on 54%, led his team in pts/rebs Wilt has never put up NBA Finals numbers, where it actually matters, as impressive as these performances by Bill Russell. Wilt NEVER led his team in rebounds and points at the same time while winning an NBA Finals, unlike the genius Russell. That's because Russell's scoring helped his team, Wilt's team had a 22-30 playoff record during his 7 scoring title seasons

[@jingqi9106]

@@casualfandestroyer2503 There is one important piece missing from the stats you present: basketball is a team sport and Russell played with 7 other HOF players during his 11 year title run. Those players were great defenders, great passers, and great scorers depending on their role. When Wilt had great coaches and teammates, he won too. During the years Wilt put up huge numbers, he was asked to be a scorer. That changed when Alex Hannum arrived and the Sixers had outstanding players surrounding Wilt so he didn't have to shoot as much. In LA, the same thing happened when an ex-Celtic great arrived as head coach in Bill Sharman. The truth is, there isn't anything Russell did better than Wilt.

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

@@jingqi9106 How fitting of the great 60s Celtics dynasty to end in the 1969 Finals with Sam Jones outscoring Wilt in back to back Games 6 and 7, and the fourth consecutive Game 7 meeting in a row (1962, 1965, 1968, 1969) between the two, Wilt choking at the free throw line once again just like in 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1969, Wilt quitting, the Lakers making a run with him off the floor only to lose by a mere 2 points in spite of Wilt's 9 bricks at the FT line, and his Hall of Fame teammate Jerry West doing everything he can to carry his team to the ring, dropping 43-13-12 in Game 7 and winning Finals MVP, only for Chamberlain to fail him. In 1968 (3-1 lead) and 1969 (3-2 lead) alone, Wilt was 0-5 vs Bill Russell in closeout games. That's the most "dominant" player in history? Wilt's scoring NEVER benefited his team during this scoring champ seasons, and when his team needed him to score in the post-scoring title years of his career, he failed to step up - just like when Sam Jones outscored him in all four Game 7 meetings.

[@drainovano2244]

Well to be honest Wilt Chamberlain is the best player to ever touch the basketball.

[@polpol1005]

um nope

[@travisgreenfield7113]

Wilt is hands down the greatest athlete the NBA has ever seen. That is with his height also being in question. Reportedly he was not measured since a junior in high school. Athletes now mostly given the benefit of sneakers on their reported height. Look at the hall of fame center's he faced, 75% of the time nightly in games during the mid 60s he faced all time greats. It's a real travesty we do not have much footage of his prime. I own a few early 60s all star games on DVD that I watch regularly to understand how great he actually was. His agility was uncanny!

[@pas2275]

Wilt has alway been #1 in my book.

[@MrRudy-vk7xx]

John Stockton was better

[@blitzkrieg634]

@@MrRudy-vk7xx clearly fucking not 😂

[@MrRudy-vk7xx]

So is JR Smith

[@ronbonora7872]

@@MrRudy-vk7xx so was Mr. Rudy! LOL

[@markpagtama7954]

So a guy who averages 18ppg in the finals is your number 1? Okay.

[@TheFreeway121]

He definitely did this incredible feed. Wilt is no doubt a statistic marvel. If the blocks were tracked back then he would also be the all time block leader in nba. He has done things that are humanly impossible with his strength, speed and overall athletically superior gifts.

[@vernonleewarren280]

The things this man did was insane! I'm currently reading his book " A View from Above " This book is awesome! If you love basketball and sports in general, read that book. You will definitely get a history lesson

[@DoverBoy20]

Even without this game Wilt has long been my number one. I just look at it this way, in a pickup game if I could take anyone from the history of the league, who better? Neither Michael or Lebron could bully their way to the inside vs this behemoth.

[@nicknam8478]

He was the greatest athlete ever. l can't think of anybody close to him.

[@infiniteuniverse9528]

Only 53 for Wilt? Must've had a tough night shooting.

[@jimjim3979]

He had 82.8% which means he just took this very easy this night and didn't want the other team to doubt tyeir entire existence after the game

[@polpol1005]

for that era perhaps

[@jackfarrell5967]

Wiilt is the G. O. A.T. of all Athletes just watch the video available to see how awesome of an Athlete he was, at 7”1 3/4 325 lbs who was a Globetrotter who could handle the ball unlike others of his size and basically LeBron of his day. Only player they changed the rules for. As his friend Bill Russell says he was the most physicalLy imposing player ever.

[@rodangrahf]

Wilt and Russell were known to block everyone other than themselves around the post, if blocks were properly counted at that time their dominance over this statistics would be similar as they are in rebounds. I believe this happened as well, i believe people should ask Jerry West if this happened, he was there. Russell was absolutely spot on when he told Wilt that he is probably the only person that knew and appreciated how GOOD he really was

[@raybrown3865]

Hate he played for tha Celtic's tho...appreciated only on tha Court !!!

[@jerrystreed4981]

Wilt Chamberlain is my all time list. I have a tattoo of Wilt’s jersey. Greatest athlete who ever lived.

[@mancheese1055]

It is debatable as sure he had tons of great stats but if that were the case then someone like Oscar Robertson or russel westbrook would be considered one of the greatest pg ever because they average near triple doubles I dont think stats prove your a goat there are many things that can be considered when you call someone the goat like there achievements or how they changed the game of basketball

[@Madvillainy48]

@@mancheese1055 He still might be the greatest ATHLETE though. Wilt beat Jim Brown in a race, boddied Schwarzenegger in the weight room, and averaged 50 points, 20 rebs, and 6 women a night for a season.

[@griffongaming4474]

Wilt is the greatest athlete in nba history, however, he tends to be lower on people's all time list because he very clearly an openly did not value winning championships as much as pretty much any other player to ever live, even when he joined up with the other two members of the top 3 playoff scorers with West and Baylor he didn't go there to win the titles

[@johnjackson9819]

@@griffongaming4474 Wilt was injured when he teamed up with West and Baylor was super old. They were up against a Knicks dynasty as well.

[@griffongaming4474]

@@johnjackson9819 Wilt only had ONE season he was injured and it was 1969, where they still made the finals with him back

[@SmileyDJack]

Wilt is number 1 on my all time list. He was literally a monster on the court and off the court

[@isaksidenius7059]

I dont like the goat debate as its hard to compare eras. Put Jordan in Wilts era and he would have a harder time for sure. But I still think Wilt is the Goat of the old era as I don't value rings over individual performance as you can have many rings but be a much worse player. I believe most of Wilts ridiculous stories as most of them have several eye witnesses that say the same thing if you research enough.

[@emeanuele]

Agree, but "stories" are more than "stories".

[@markpagtama7954]

You may want to search facts instead of stories, wilt averaged 18ppg in the finals, bill russel even held him to 4 points one game in the 69 finals.

[@isaksidenius7059]

@@markpagtama7954 his last years took it down a notch but average aint everything, but if we go by stats hes the Best ever because he got everyone Else beat by miles.

[@markpagtama7954]

@@isaksidenius7059 so youre saying stats aint everything but saying hes the best because of stats? Remember when durant went to a team that went to the finals and we hated him for it? Wilt was the first to do that in 68, he joined a lakers team that went to the finals last year, they formed a big 4 of jerry, Elgin, wilt, goodrich. They lost because wilt averaged 11 ppg in the finals. He has the biggest drop off in ppg finals vs regular season.

[@isaksidenius7059]

@@markpagtama7954 i never said that simply if you want to go by stats he is the Best No debate. I like the eyes test the Best, stories, events etc. But you cant compare eras MJ was without a doubt the Best of his time, hakeem and him might have never met in the finals.

[@zxmegatronxz8472]

Wilt born in the wrong generation lmao. If he was playing at the 90s he would be the unanimous GOAT

[@blitzkrieg634]

Game wouldn't have been the same in the 90s if it wasn't for him Dipshit kids nowadays just don't appreciate his greatness

[@ralphgreenwood2469]

If Wilt played in the 90s or even now he would have been even better because he would have expanded his game.The best interior defender now is Rudy Gobert.I think Wilt would crush Rudy.

[@jordanchristol2670]

Yes this game actually happened and it was proven that Wilt averaged 8.5 blocks per game I wouldn’t doubt the legitimacy of this Wilt did things many people could not fathom including averaging a triple double with blocks and even having at least 50-1000 quadruple doubles for his career

[@NicolasAlcalde]

It was 8.8 blocks and it was only for his last two years. The players, coaches, and refs back then think he actually averaged about 12-14 for his career.

[@mr.research7859]

And that's with stricter assist standards, along with the not-so-well known fact that he, along with other sportswriters, thought the road stat crew shafted him on his assists AND rebounds. I have NUMEROUS accounts of this.

[@smoceany9478]

wow, how did you get the range down that low, only 50- 1 fucking thousand, quite a small range there

[@spacelemur7955]

As an OK Boomer, I watched every televised game I could of Wilt. He was the quickest giant ever. He was deft, yet powerful. I have never seen anyone better. And yes, he played against the best of his era, most of whom would be able to shine in any era. Wilt really was magnificent.

[@Poloskii]

Did he really have a 27+ block game?

[@spacelemur7955]

@@Poloskii I really don't know, and I can only rely on what sportswriters of the time wrote. He was capable when he was young of blocking more than 20 in a game, but that was before the 3-pt line, and a most teams wanted to score down low. If Wilt had a grudge against another big guy or two, he would try to really humble them by blocking everything he could. Naturally, he paced himself more when he was in his thirties. Blocked shots we're not an official statistic until just after he retired, so it's damned hard to say. 27 would be just about 1 per 100 seconds, and for that to have happened, it would almost have to have been a contest of stubborn wills between Wilt and his opponent, a grudge match.

[@Poloskii]

@@spacelemur7955 if he did have a 27 block game I would assume he would have under 25 rebounds because he would have to have the other play rebound it back and attempt another shot just to get blocked AGAIN

[@spacelemur7955]

@@Poloskii That makes sense. 👍

[@sabertoothbaseball3432]

@@Poloskii Wilt frequently got credit for both the block and rebound by catching the shot attempt with one hand rather than swatting it away.

[@allthingsfitness3957]

If the cameras were on for wilt, he would have to be in everyone’s top 3 all time, at least.

[@charlesritter6640]

Obviously the GOAT, hands down, nobody's even close. The man AVERAGED 50 POINTS AND 25 REBOUNDS A GAME FOR AN ENTIRE SEASON WITH ZERO 3 POINTERS SHOOTING 50%!

[@dougstarr2077]

Wilt Chamberlain was the most dominant player ever. He is the strongest man to ever play in the NBA yet he had tremendous agility as well. He was the 800 meter champion in college so he had speed and endurance. One season he averaged over 48 minutes per game and played every minute of every game with the exception of 6 minutes. Many times he had zero help and his team was still competitive. And he is one of the few to ever block Kareem's sky hook and Kareem was a young agile big man.

[@syncmonism]

He never had ZERO help :P. He had some bad teams, but usually there were at least some other decent players.

[@bobshenix]

Awesome video, but as for the last bit... I just hate all-time great rankings. It's so pointless especially across different eras. It provides a lot of fodder for the media, but not much else.

[@jonnyarnett]

I actually don’t care for them much either, but it stirs up comments and engagement, which increases the chances of a video getting recommended. I have methods to my madness. Haha

[@The_Jazziest_Coffee]

@@jonnyarnett sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do

[@granvillewalkerjr4321]

Wilt was an athlete whose game was generations ahead of his time. If sole validity offered to Wilt's amazing quintuple double is based upon the most dedicated and venerable statistician the NBA ever had, that should be sufficient credibility to warrant entry into the official record book. Certainly no one familiar with his legacy challenges his ability to climb that particular mountain top.

[@reginaldharris2135]

Has to be 1. Wilt did things on the basketball court not out of necessity but because it’s just what he wanted to do at the time He was unbelievable

[@amangill1752]

Knowing what everyone says about Wilt, this happened. Every NBA legend respects Wilts game.

[@bobmarley5138]

Wilt was built different,I definitely believe he was capable of this. Thanks for sharing another piece of history with us. This channel is mad consistent

[@thebrukfella]

i like what you said in the last bit - wilt is usually forgotten in the goat debate and so is bill russell and now it seems to be mj or lebron seeing as there’s more footage than we can imagine

[@jonnyarnett]

Its also narrative driven by the media. I thought about doing a video on this at some point, but lets say you're comparing Jordan Vs Kareem in the GOAT debate. What do they have in common? Both are IRRELEVANT because both guys are retired. Thats why ESPN and big sport companies only prefer LeBron and MJ debates, because it includes an active player, which means more clicks and more interest = more money. The media has ALWAYS been pushing the GOAT debate with an active player. For example, Kobe was constantly being put against MJ, and then as soon as he retired, they ditched that and focused entirely on LeBron. There is methods to their madness.

[@ThomasNelson1977]

Thnak you for this and helping preserve Wilts legacy, he's my all time fav player and its great to see people putting out how truly above the rim he was.

[@TheChameleonCarroll]

It's hard to do that on 2k with hall of fame badges

[@HaloChief62]

My man really was the 100 OVR

[@Del_116]

Wilt is a every era athlete .. you put him in any era of basketball he will adjust and excel .

[@cashmoneysniper4166]

It probably happend, that man was an unreal statistical player

[@sbreit1759]

To paraphrase Wilt: "They changed the rules to make it easier for you (to MJ, probably referencing the travel/carry rule, among others), but they changed the rules to make it harder for me (3 seconds, goaltending, etc). Wilt played all 48 minutes of most games. HE NEVER FOULED OUT, EVER.

[@smoceany9478]

3 seconds and goaltending were notadded cause of him, he was 8 when the goaltending rule was introduced, and not born when the 3 second rule was made

[@blueodum]

There was a ref who once said that if they called fouls committed by opponents against Wilt by the rules, the game would be over before time since everyone would have fouled out.

[@kennethcox421]

Wilt's impact on the game is immeasurable and amazing!!!

[@focusactive7781]

Wilt was basically a cheat code. 24 blocks in a game is almost as impressive as 100 points

[@dennishilliard7557]

There is no doubt in my mind Wilt is the GOAT. I think he would dominate in any era (no one will ever know for sure). No one has, or probably ever will, put up some of the stats that Wilt put up. My favorite memory of Wilt was when him and Zelmo Baety got into an altercation in Atlanta; sometime in the late 60's (I can't remember the exact date). Wilt picked Zelmo up and threw him into the stands like he was a sack of potatoes. One of my fond memories...when the NBA was fun.

[@danreed5171]

All Wilts records are unbelievable yet believable because people never seem to remember that Wilt played nearly every minute of every game. Stats add up that way too, taking nothing away from that great Wilt Chamberlin..... think about it... DJ Reed

[@danreed5171]

Nobody and I mean nobody has ever done that besides Wilt, played so many minutes. Can you imagine Shaq never taking a rest!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????? No way. Wilt is GOD LIKE....

[@RR-fj1tw]

I believe Wilt had the talent to pull this off, but as time passes there are fewer eye witnesses and in decades to come the stories will fade away and become just a story someone tell about a legend, just like Hercules and Achilles and other demi gods.

[@StephenBoesch]

We won't get any better eyewitness than that famous statistician. It's similar to today's take on Dr Fauci: if you don't believe him you just don't understand or care about statistics and nothing will change that.

[@HarlemzJAZ]

Wilt was greatest of all time , I got him at #1

[@polpol1005]

I got him at #10 maybe

[@davidgueta4648]

Wilt is the 🐐 and you cant prove me wrong.

[@gustavsorensen9301]

Lol, wilt played, mostly, against 6’6 white guys

[@williammorrison6311]

Yes, I can. Count the number of Championships.

[@davidgueta4648]

@@williammorrison6311 thats team not a single person

[@TheCleaner76]

I was did something similar. I got blocked 12 times Shot 11 air balls Did 10 turnovers Got subbed off 15 times and scored 22 point for the other team

[@ralphgreenwood2469]

U were a goat in your own right.Nobody ever put up a stat line like that!

[@seanzibonanzi64]

Wilt's athleticism and longevity was just otherworldly for a big man. 7" 1', a vertical jump recorded over 40 inches, a 4.6 second 40 yard dash and the man ran marathons at age 50. I wouldn't bet against him in any era.

[@chrisshaw4228]

#1 no doubt, Wilt was not only the greatest basketball player of all time , but also the greatest athlete of all time. I think that because he was 7'-2"" people think he wasn't a great athlete. I guarantee no one could out run him , out jump him or were anywhere near his level of strength. On top of that was his endurance, it is almost hard to believe a man his side could pull the minutes he did at the pace they played in his era ! One word Superman!!!!

[@ralphgreenwood2469]

If u watch the old clips he's always in on the fast break.The man got up and down the court!

[@ostuw]

You should do a player debate between David thompson and Alex english

[@carti_f0r_president629]

Big faxs

[@daanishkhan9370]

english gonna win but yeah that would be pretty cool

[@thompsonappliance3078]

I am going with David. I named my son after him

[@ralphgreenwood2469]

Alex English was very good.David Thompson was great.

[@robertgrant4770]

I have always felt that Wilt Chamberlain was far and away the greatest who has ever played the game and this video just reinforces that.

[@MikeRBurch]

Wilt is the GOAT and second ain't close.

[@richardparker4298]

Wilt is the most dominant player, ever.

[@sixfootbeauty]

We still have some NBA players alive who attest to the greatness of Wilt. I don't understand how anyone can deny this when you still have a cloud of witnesses who say the same thing, whether as a player or spectator.

[@torahisgood]

One of 10 first

[@n72-t8y]

To me... Wilt is the GOAT

[@derekfnord]

Wilt is the Babe Ruth of basketball. The records and stories are so astounding that people can't believe them, so people naturally focus on all the reasons they might NOT be the greatest ever. But if you don't do that, and consider that it's even possible they MIGHT be the greatest ever, you're led almost unavoidably to the conclusion that they WERE the greatest ever. Because even if you mark them down a bit for the eras in which they played, they're just SO FAR beyond everyone else that it's not enough to close the gap.

[@bobdavis3357]

Russell's the GOAT of rings. But Wilt is the GOAT OF ALL goats in NBA history. He was incredible.

[@HeathOverledger]

Look...all I know is that the man once averaged OVER 48 minutes one season and fouled out only once, there is no way Wilt IS NOT considered to be in the top 5, no more than ten at least

[@mr.research7859]

Actually, in the NBA he didn't foul out ONCE, however, he DID play with 5 fouls numerous times in the 4th quarter.

[@mr.research7859]

@The Ultimate That's one reason why he's Dippy...

[@mr.research7859]

@The Ultimate Yea, I already knew that part. What I meant to say what that it's a credit to him that he could play the whole 4th, or even most of it for that matter, with 5 fouls, and still excel on the defensive end for the remainder of the game.

[@saadmanbinwarsi719]

johny, please make a video appreciating george mikan

[@TheChameleonCarroll]

Yes its Wilt

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

You've got to bow down, Wilt," Rodgers told Chamberlain. "Admit it, cat, that we're a much better club with you feeding us part of the time and then getting back to protect our basket." ..Despite grudgingly yielding to Hannum's authority, he still resented the coach, and complained about him to Guy Rodgers, one of his closest friends on the team. But Rogers thought Hannum's strategy was obviously paying off. Rogers wanted to see the Warriors win, and it vexed him that Chamberlain seemed willing to put his own pride ahead of the best interests of the team "You've got to bow down, Wilt," Rodgers told Chamberlain. "Admit it, cat, that we're a much better club with you feeding us part of the time and then getting back to protect our basket."

[@rubengonzalez5155]

The undisputed GOAT of the ones that know the history of basketball. Those that think of basketball as a 1990’s and newer sport disagree.

[@davefuelling7955]

I consider Wilt to be the GOAT, let's just look at ONE of his stats, Wilt scored 30 points and had 30 rebounds in 124 games, including the game that this video addresses, that works out to about once every ten games he played. THE ENTIRE REST OF THE NBA.... 36 times, that's every player who ever laced up a pair of sneakers and walked onto an NBA court... 36 times. If that doesn't indicate how good he was, nothing will.

[@bryanhuggett7919]

Lately I've been hearing more and more about Wilt Chamberlain being selfish and a bad teammate but say what you want stats and facts count man and he definitely had the stats to back it up it is a shame, a travesty that a lot of his games are not on film and you can not watch them cause the numbers he put up are astounding in any era.

[@kingdinodragonite3470]

@@kingkayfabe5358 “bad teams” lol. Keep crying

[@kingkayfabe5358]

@@kingdinodragonite3470 I wasn't crying, you were.

[@simoncohen4264]

@@kingdinodragonite3470 it's true though I'm not a fan of wilt but that man was stuck on crap teams for a while and had to face bill Russell and the critics with no less then 8 hofers on there team for almost 15 years

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Wilt WAS a stats hog and selfish in his early career. He STARTED changing that to a degree with the 76ers - at least in part because he respected Alex Hannum (the ONLY coach to beat the Russell-era Celtics in the Finals, and then he won a SECOND championship with Wilt and the 76ers - but the Celtics went down in the East before the Finals THAT time). He turned into a very good "team player" with the Lakers, to the point that in 1972 his old rival/friend Bill Russell watched one playoff game Wilt was in and said "he's playing like I did - but better!".

[@kingdinodragonite3470]

@@simoncohen4264 he had 6 hall of fame teammates...

[@staciemohler4624]

K first or at least 2nd comment let’s go

[@takeenr2461]

No one cares

[@ostuw]

Hey I did that on 2k

[@danreed5171]

All-TIme starting 5 is because basketball is a team game. Center- Wilt Chamberlin Point Guard- Allen Iverson Shooting Guard- Micheal Jordan fwd Larry Bird Fwd Elgin Baylor

[@kgm3622]

i think wilt would destroy anyone in a 1v1

[@itachi-kun7736]

Wilt was completely ahead of time

[@handlebucket6285]

I actually don't like the term "ahead of his time". It implies that what that person does is common now. There is no Wilt Chamberlain today. If Wilt played today he would be even more of an athletic freak. He would be doing windmills and bulldozing players. He would probably be taking the ball coast to coast like Giannis.

[@clippygoat]

“The most recent quadruple double was 3 decades ago” James Harden’s recent embarrassing quadruple double: am i a joke to you?

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Did Harden post that AFTER this video was made? Pretty close if not.

[@clippygoat]

@@bricefleckenstein9666 He did that last season

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@clippygoat Are we talking about the one he had where TURNOVERS were part of the quadruple? Those aren't officially counted.

[@clippygoat]

@@bricefleckenstein9666 Yeah but still, it’s an embarrassing quadruple double

[@michaelbarnes2617]

The disrespect and slander of past greats is appalling. Some of the most complete and all round players were in past decades and would still dominate in today's game with the advantages of science and medicine available

[@onebigadvocado6376]

Agreed. And i always find people's need to do this odd. Why is it a criterion? Why is now automatically better? What about the other way around? Can you imagine Steph Curry back then - He'd be snapped in half! Does that make Steph less great, of course not.

[@michaelbarnes2617]

@@onebigadvocado6376 correct the number of specialists in the league now would never make a roster back then but ppl don't realize that. The game is advanced and the most competitive it's ever been but that doesn't mean greats in the past are not better

[@mr.research7859]

@@onebigadvocado6376 Part of that is because nobody likes to believe they missed the best at anything, no matter what.

[@onebigadvocado6376]

@@mr.research7859 yep exactly that I think

[@mr.research7859]

@@onebigadvocado6376 Thanks

[@uliuli201]

Consider the Source. Harvey=Golden =Truth. Period. I've been a Warrior fan...when they were in Philly. Haven't seen it all...but I've seen alot. I remember Walter "Bells" Bellamy (Who???) said in an interview that Wilton had 27 blocks in one game. Bells was a good egg. If he said it...I believe him.

[@eternalboss1046]

I don't care where you put Wilt on your all time list, but there is one thing where I think many fans have it simply wrong about Wilt. Many fans will use Wilt's playoff PPG as a way to say he "choked" in the playoffs. Well, let's look at that specific aspect and consider things that seem to get often overlooked. In 1967 Wilt was asked by his coach to take on more of a Russell type of role (defensive anchor and facilitator focus over scoring focused) considering how well the Celtics were doing with their center in that role, and also to maximize the offensive output of the other scorers on the Sixers. Wilt played 108 playoff games after taking this role which was 67.5% of his entire playoff career. During this time he took 12.7 FG attempts per game and averaged 17.6 PPG. Prior to this when he was in the main scoring option role in the playoffs he took 26.1 FG attempts per game and averaged 32.8 PPG in 52 playoff games. So his shot attempts went down by 13.4 a game after accepting the role change and this playoff span was more than twice as long as the span where he was taking the most shots on his team. Shot attempts changing and amount of games after that change is where the main correlations are. He simply was trying to score less per coach's instruction and scheme. His first scoring option playoff PPG at 32.8 is only slightly behind Jordan's 33.4 and ahead of anyone else's. He also had a 56 point playoff game in 4 quarters, where the only playoff games that surpassed that were Baylor's 61 in 4 quarters, and Jordan's 63 in double overtime. Also In 22 elimination games Wilt averaged 31.2 PPG. For comparison Jordan (since he is considered to be clutch) averaged 31.3 in elimination games. The "choker" label for Wilt based on playoff PPG is unwarranted.

[@carti_f0r_president629]

First

[@kermit1056]

4th

[@carti_f0r_president629]

@@kermit1056 nah I was third

[@Johnadams20760]

i bet wilt had at leat 5 of these games

[@emeanuele]

I am not sure about that. No centers (since 1974) have more than 9 steals. In my opinion he had 30-40 quadruple double games, but quintuple double is more difficult.

[@Johnadams20760]

@@emeanuele i just meant becasue 90% of his games didn't really have anyone look at that, and we pretty much guranteed to have a double double probably nearly every night, and a triple double probably at least 30 perent of the time withoug counting blocks or steals.

[@emeanuele]

@@Johnadams20760 and more, 93% (968/1045) games played by Wilt were double doubles.

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

In 1962 Wilt won the scoring title (50 ppg), yet he lost the Game 7 of the 1962 EDF against the Celtics and got outscored by Sam Jones 28 to 22. Where was the 100 points and 50 ppg when it actually mattered? Sam Jones also hit the game winner over Wilt as the Celtics won Game 7, 109-107. Once again, keep in mind that the 1961/62 Sixers had the absolute worst defense in the league, and it was reflected in Russell's high scoring. In the 1962 playoff series alone Bill Russell had games of 31, 31, and 29 pts in the series. Bill Russell never in his career averaged 19 ppg in a season, but he averaged over 20 ppg vs Wilt in both the 1960 and 1962 playoff series - in spite of the fact that Russell was a team-first player who usually did not need to score to dominate a game (à la Bird). In 9 playoff meetings against Russell, Wilt's ppg decreased from his regular season every time, while Russell's increased on multiple occasions.

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

@@emeanuele caught it and shot it. Chet Walker usually caught the ball, took a dribble or two and then shot it - no assist for Wilt (under the assist rules of that time). So Wilt preferred to give the ball to us. - Billy Cunningham Wilt went out of his way to chase his assist stats - going as far as to AVOID passing to Hall of Fame teammate Chet Walker because he would most likely not get an assist from Walker under the format of recording assist statistics at the time. "He said in training camp that he wanted to lead the league in assists. He thought that would be cool. Of course, we all thought that would be cool too. But he didn't want us to run. He wouldn't throw outlet passes off rebounds. Only Billy or Chet were allowed to run out and score on the fastbreak if they got long rebounds.

[@andrewmays8990]

Johnny can you do a video on should ABA stats and accolades should count for a NBA players career and it’s effect. Love your channel.

[@jonnyarnett]

Thats a great idea! Can't make any promises, because I have A LOT of videos to get to, but I just wrote this one down in my notes of "Video ideas" 👍

[@camaradiop3731]

They should be counted; for one thing, the ABA All-Stars kicked the NBA All-Stars in head to head competition, a fact that's conveniently ignored.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@camaradiop3731 The ABA beat the NBA in exhibition games EVERY YEAR after the first - and the ABA champion won ALL of their exhibition games against the NBA Champion every year (no matter who the respective champions were each year). Yes, ABA stats definitely SHOULD be counted - the ABA is just as much an "ancestor" of the NBA as the NBL is at this point, particularly since the NBA is playing ABA STYLE BASKETBALL and has been since the 1980s (a point DOCTOR J made in an interview - think he might know a little on the subject?). Basketball Reference DOES have "combined" lists on many stats - and it's very interesting to see where the best ABA player seasons and players land on those stats. Hint - it took the NBA 22 YEARS before Reggie Miller IN HIS BEST 3 POINT SHOOTING YEAR EVER finally beat the ABA record set by Louis Dampier in *HIS* 2'nd ABA year - and it took Ray Allen *26 years* to take more 3 point attempts than Louis did. Hmmm, the #2 and #3 (debateable since Steph hasn't caught Rays totals yet) all time best 3 point shooters in NBA History BARELY topped the best of the ABA - and it's possible Ray had not been BORN yet when Louis set those ABA records (Reggie had been but would not have been in grade school yet). For more perspective. Louis scored 199 3 pointers in the 1967-1968 season - and backed that up with 198 in the next season. John Starks was the first player EVER to score 200 or more - in 1994-1995, 27 YEARS LATER - and never hit more than 168 in any season after that. John hadn't even been BORN when Louis set THAT mark. It's also interesting to watch Don Buse (Pacers long time point guard) lead the ABA in assists AND Steals during the last ABA season - then do the SAME in the NBA the first year AFTER the merger.

[@camaradiop3731]

@@bricefleckenstein9666 Thank you for the resounding comprehensive confirmation of my contention.

[@charlenehastings3178]

Wilt was the GOAT. He holds 53 NBA records. He was a better athlete than Michael yeah average 50 points for one season and 20+ rebounds. He could benchpress 600 pounds. Wilt Chamberlain was a beast.

[@randy2643]

#1 The best basketball player ever. It's overwhelmingly obvious. If you know the TRUE history of his game, athleticism, players of that era and his dominance is undisputed. Those that disagree, don't know basketball history, short sighted and are probably trying to impress other people.