Wilt Chamberlain facts

  • Wilt Chamberlain was the Golden State Warriors franchise all-time leading scorer, with 17,783 points.
  • Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American professional NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers.
  • Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game in his NBA career.
  • Wilt Chamberlain, with the Philadelphia 76ers, won his first NBA title, when they defeated his former team, the San Francisco Warriors, and finally defeating the Boston Celtics.  
  • In his 1991 biography, A View From Above, Wilt Chamberlain wrote that he had had sex with approximately 20,000 women.
  • Wilt Chamberlain played for the Harlem Globetrotters in the 1958-1959 NBA season.
  • Wilt Chamberlain is 7 foot, 2 inches tall.
  • Wilt's trademark is a gentle giant.
  • Wilt Chamberlain became the first player to be named MVP and Rookie of the Year in the same season. Wes Unseld was able to do it in 1969.
  • Wilt Chamberlain averaged 50.4 points per game in the 1962 NBA season, his career-best.
  • Wilt Chamberlain played a season with the Harlem Globetrotters before he was able to join the Philadelphia Warriors as the third pick in the NBA Draft.
  • Wilt Chamberlain led the league in scoring, with 37.6 points per game and 27.0 rebounds per game in the 1960-1961 season, just his first season.
  • Wilt Chamberlain led the Jayhawks to the 1957 championship game, although they lost 54-53 in triple overtime.
  • Wilt Chamberlain earned All-American honors twice.
  • Wilt Chamberlain usually was able to score over 50 points and had over 20 rebounds per game. 
  • Wilt Chamberlain played at Overbrook High School in West Philadelphia, and also played two years for the University of Kansas.
  • Wilt Chamberlain was able to score 100 points against the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, setting an NBA record.
  • Wilt Chamberlain was one of the greatest NBA players in history.
  • Chamberlain was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978.