FILE – Wilt Chamberlain, of the Philadelphia Warriors, holds a sign reading “100” in the dressing room in Hershey, Pa., March 2, 1962, after he scored 100 points, as the Warriors defeated ...

Wilt’s season average in 1961-62 (50.4 points per game) is 36 percent better than the next best player not named Wilt Chamberlain (Michael Jordan’s 37.1 in 1986-87).

Zach Powell. Feb. 14, 2025 Updated Feb. 16, ... Everything went up because people knew who Wilt Chamberlain was, and that gave the NBA an international person that people could identify with. ...

For nearly two decades, Wilton Norman Chamberlain was widely considered the greatest basketball player that ever lived. Yet, as time has passed, the Big Dipper’s legacy has been largely minimized, ...

Hopefully, Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain are sharing a hug and a laugh. It only seems fitting for the two giants of the days of the early NBA — arguably the No. 1 sports rivals of all-time.