Wilt Chamberlain, statistically, is the greatest individual basketball player ever

I will first post a rebuttal and then follow up with my constructive. Rebuttal contention 1: Rebounds do not matter. While it is a known fact that Wilt holds the record for overall most rebounds in a career that does not apply to this debate. Because Wilt played Center it was easier for him to get rebounds. If this debate were who is the best Center in the NBA then this would apply. But because we are talking about greatest PLAYER of all time we have to judge based on more fair criteria. Would it be fair to judge the best overall NFL player on rushing yards or touch down passes? No, because that does not apply to all positions on the field. To accurately choose who is the best player overall we have to use overall stats. Contention 2: Career stats trump seasonal stats. While seasonal stats should be taken into some sort of consideration greater attention must be drawn to career stats for the sole fact that the resolution says ever. Ever encompasses entire players careers which should be the main focus. Also logically it makes more sense. Anyone can have an awesome season or shine once in there life but as many people would agree greatest involves consistency. Whenever we practice or strive to be the best, were striving to do that consistently. Now on to my constructive Seeing as that my BOP involves me showing that there is someone greater than wilt chamberlain I will choose Michael Jordan. Contention 1: Greatest can be equated to most valuable When deciding who is the greatest were going to have to look at MVP awards. This award is chosen by a hand picked panel of non-biased sports analysts.[1] They choose the person who contributed the most and was therefore the GREATEST of that season. In the 15 seasons Michael Jordan played he had 5 seasonal MVP awards making his win ratio .33. Wilt chamberlain won 4 times in the 14 seasons he played making his win ration .28. Significantly lower than Michael Jordan. The same can be said for NBA finals and NBA all star games. In the 6 finals Michael Jordan attended he won the Finals MVP award 6/6 times making it a 100% win ratio. Where as Wilt won it 2/5 times. A .4 win ratio. Michael Jordan participated in 14 all star games winning the MVP 3 times. A .21 win ratio. Wilt however won once in the 13 all star games he attended. .07 win ratio. Contention 2: When the tough gets going. We must analyze who is better in the clutch and who is better consistently to accurately display who is the greatest. My opponent may point out that at times Wilt had some high scoring games but those few incidents do not prove how great Wilt is they actually prove the opposite because it shows how inconsistent he is. Anyone can have shining moments but if your shining moments is ever single time you step on the paint your truly the greatest. We have to discuss the playoffs because the level of play is a cut above normal play in terms of difficulty. When you look at greatest be sure to understand that whoever can play better in harder difficulty setting is truly greater. Wilt in the season career: 30.07ppg 22.9reb 4.4ast 54.0%fg Wilt in the playoffs career: 22.5ppg 24.5reb 4.2ast 46.5%fg MJ in the season career: 30.12ppg 6.2reb 5.3ast 49.7%fg MJ in the playoffs career: 33.45ppg 6.4reb 5.7ast 48.7%fg NBA Playoff runs over 30ppg: Wilt Chamberlain: 4 Michael Jordan: 12 NBA Playoff runs over 32ppg: Wilt Chamberlain: 4 Michael Jordan: 8 NBA Playoff runs over 34ppg: Wilt Chamberlain: 3 Michael Jordan: 7 As you can see Wilt truly lost his touch when he got to the playoffs. He wasn't able to maintain his level of play against higher caliber players. Michael on the other hand stepped up his game in almost every facet when it came time for the playoffs. When the going got tough Michael got going, while Wilt took a step down. When it comes to consistency No one is better than Michael Jordan. He is #1 all time in Points per game. Even though he is barely ahead of wilt chamberlain, 30.12 compared to 30.1, he is still better. Michael is renown for being the most clutch player of all time. When his team needs him to come through he does. Michael Jordan has the most known game winning shots of any player in NBA history. [2][3] Contention 3: In scoring, Michael takes the cake. When it comes to basketball no stat is greater than scoring. This ultimately is the biggest thing that decides games who wins and who loses. Michael Jordan is #1 all time in points per game and Michael Jordan is #3 in all time total points, Wilt is #2 all time in points per game and Wilt is #4 all time in total points. Michael has a higher free throw percentage, more assists, most seasons leading the league in scoring, highest scoring average, and highest playoff scoring average.[2] When it comes to scoring Wilt is simply outclassed. [1]http://www.nba.com... [2]http://hoopsapedia.webs.com... [3]http://www.michaeljordansworld.com...