Wilt Chamberlain is the greatest basketball player of all time.

To prove Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest basketball player of all-time I will show that Wilt was the best scorer of all-time, the best rebounder of all-time, the best shot blocker of all-time, and the best athlete of all-time. I am not surprised my opponent has chosen Jordan as his "goat". Many people of this generation have been brainwashed by 24 hour media who consistently over rate Jordan. I will argue that the most important aspects of the game of basketball are scoring, rebounding, and the ability to control the paint/ protect the rim. I will show why Chamberlain was the best player in the history of the game at scoring, rebounding, and blocking shot's/controlling the paint/protecting the rim. Chamberlain's career scoring average is 30.1 points per game. Jordan's career scoring average is 30.1 points per game. I will show you that while even though they are tied in career scoring average, Chamberlain was the best scorer of all-time. Chamberlain's career rebound average is 23 rebounds per game. Jordan's career rebound average is 6. This is where the argument for Jordan belonging is the discussion falls apart. Chamberlain is the greatest rebounder of all-time, and Jordan is a mediocre rebounder. Rebounding is one of the 2 most important parts of basketball. and Wilt is the King of the boards. It will all ways be a challenge to compare players from different era's. Using statistics to prove that Wilt Chamberlain was a better basketball player than Jordan will not be that difficult. First of all lets look at your point that Jordan has scored more points in his career than Chamberlain scored. Wilt scored 31,419 points in 13 seasons. Jordan scored 32,292 in 15 seasons In 13 seasons Wilt scored 31,419 pts. In 13 seasons Jordan scored 29,277 Edge Chamberlain Jordan essentially came back to play 2 extra useless non-play-off seasons with the Wizards too pass Chamberlain in all-time points. Too prove Wilt was the best scorer of all time I want to look at the first 7 years of his career. These are important years because he was used as a primary scorer in his first 7 years. After that Wilts coach's asked him to sacrifice for the team and take less shots and concentrate more on defense and rebounding. Wilt was finally on teams that had scoring and he changed his role to better his team. His scoring went down because of team strategy, not lack of scoring ability. Chamberlain in his first 7 years in the NBA scored 21,783 Jordan in his first 7 years in the NBA scored 16, 596 Edge: Chamberlain Chamberlains best scoring season he scored 4,029 pts Jordan's best scoring season he scored 3,041pts For those of us good at math we can see that Chamberlains best season is 1,000 points better than Jordan's best season. Edge: Chamberlain These scoring accomplishments put Chamberlain all alone as a scorer. Most cons. seasons leading league:*7 Most points, season:4,029 Highest average, season:50.4 Most points, rookie, season:2,707 Highest average, rookie, season:37.6 Most points, game:100 Most points, rookie, game:58 Most games, 50 or more, career:118 Most games, 50 or more, season:45 Most cons.e games, 50 or more points:7 Most games, 40 or more, career:271 Most games, 40 or more, season:63 Most cons. games, 40 or more points:14 Most cons. games, 30 or more points:65 Most cons. games, 20 or more points:126 Most points, one half:59 FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE Most seasons leading league:**9 Most cons. seasons leading league:5 Highest, season (qualifiers):.727 Highest, game (min. 15 FG):***1.000 Most field goals, no misses, game:18 FIELD GOALS Most cons. seasons leading league:*7 Most, season:1,597 Most cons., no misses, season:35 Most, game:36 Most, one half:22 Now that we have established that Chamberlain was the greatest scorer in NBA history we will look at the the second most important aspect of basketball, rebounding. Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest rebounder in NBA history. Chamberlain Career rebounds: 23,924 Jordan career rebounds: 6,672 Edge: Chamberlain Lets be honest, this is not even close. Wilt is the run away all-time rebound leader. Jordan is not in the conversation. These rebounding accomplishments put Chamberlain all alone as a rebounder. Most seasons leading league:11 Most, career:23,924 Highest average, career:22.9 Most, season:2,149 Most, rookie, season:1,941 Most seasons, 1,000 or more:13 Highest average, season:27.2 Most, game:55 Most, rookie, game:45 We have established that Chamberlain is the greatest scorer and rebounder of all time. This alone should be enough to earn him the title of greatest of all time. But Wilt was the best all around player ever. Although the NBA did not keep official statistics for blocked shot until the mid 70's, it is generally accepted that Wilt Chamberlain blocked more shots than any NBA player in history. New paper reporters and team statisticians kept blocks during Wilts career. Wilt blocked 17 shots his first NBA game and he had 26 in a game mid career. A conservative estimate has Wilt blocking an average of 8 shots per game. This makes Chamberlain the greatest shot blocker of all time. Wilt also has many NBA records for field goal percentage, assists by a centre, consecutive triple doubles etc. Wilt Chamberlain was the only player to lead the NBA in scoring and rebounding and assists and rebounds. Despite Jordan being a guard, he was never close too leading the NBA in assists. Chamberlains field goal percentage records: NBA Record - Most consecutive seasons leading NBA in field goal percentage (5, from 1964-65 through 1968-69) Tied with Shaquille O'Neal NBA Record - Highest Field Goal Percentage in a season (72.7% in 1972-73) Chamberlain also holds the second highest percentage with 68.3% in 1966-67 NBA Record - Most consecutive field goals (35 from February 17-28, 1967) NBA Record - Most field goals in a game without a miss (18, Philadelphia 76ers vs. the Baltimore Bullets on February 24, 1967) Chamberlain also holds the next two most with 16 (March 19, 1967) and 15 (January 20, 1967) I have shown how Wilt Chamberlain is the best scorer in NBA history, the best re bounder in NBA history, and the best shot blocker in NBA history. Jordan only enters the conversation as a scorer, and even then his accomplishments pale in comparison with Wilts. Sources: http://www.nba.com... http://www.nba.com... http://en.wikipedia.org...