Wilt Chamberlain is the greatest basketball player of all time.

Now that my opponent has conceded that Chamberlain was statistically superior to Jordan he is trying attack the era that Wilt played in and the competition that was in the NBA at that time. This is common for those who try to diminish the accomplishments of athletes from era's past. What they often fail to consider is that playing in the NBA in the 60's was much tougher than playing in the modern era. When Chamberlain started playing in the NBA there were 8 teams. All the best basketball players in the world on 8 teams means that the talent was concentrated. Jordan came into the NBA in the 80's which was considered the best era in NBA basketball. But Jordan's success in the 80's was limited. The league was too good. Larry Bird. Magic Johnson, Moses Malone, Hakeem Alojuwaon, Dr. j were all better players with better teams. Your point that Jordan won 6 Championships and 6 MVP's has little credibility. Jordan won 0 MVP's and Championships in the 80' when the league was great. When the NBA expanded to 30 teams and became watered down with d-league quality players Jordan started his run of Championships and MVP's. Jordan's Bull's in the 90's never had to compete against a great team, so his accomplishments are not as impressive. Chamberlains era of the 60's had much better competition because the NBA had fewer teams. Jordan's Bulls never had to defeat a team as good as Russel's Celtics. When Jordan faced the historically great Larry Bird 86 Celtics in the play-offs, he got swept. Chamberlain's 76ers knocked off the 8 X NBA Champion Boston Celtics and Bill Russel on his way to the 67 NBA Championship. Jordan never had to face competition as good as Chamberlain did. Russel, Oscar Robertson, Kareem, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Nate Thurmond. Comparing the players that Wilt competed against to a 5 year old is an insult to the great players of yesterday. The fact is that the size of the players in the NBA in the 1960's is exactly the same as today. In 1965 the average height in the NBA was 6'7, the same as it is today. Chamberlain faced many players with size and skill and dominated them all. The players in the 60's were a far cry from 5 year olds. Walter Dukes (7'0", 220 lbs.) Swede Halbrook (7'3, 235 lbs.) Tom Boerwinkle (7'0", 265 lbs.) Bob Lanier (6'11", 265 lbs.) Darrall Imhoff (6'10", 220 lbs.) Otto Moore (6'11", 210 lbs.) Sam Lacey (6'10", 235 lbs.) George Johnson (6'11", 245 lbs.) Paul Ruffner (6'10", 230 lbs.) Dick Cunningham (6'10", 245 lbs.) Walt Bellamy (6'11", 225 lbs.) Leroy Ellis (6'10", 210 lbs.) Nate Thurmond (6'11", 235 lbs.) Mel Counts (7'0", 235 lbs.) Nate Bowman (6'10", 230 lbs.) Clyde Lee (6'10", 210 lbs.) Walt Wesley (6'11", 230 lbs.) Henry Akin (6'10", 225 lbs.) Hank Finkel (7'0", 240 lbs.) Lew Alcindor aka Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (7'2", 225 lbs.) Neal Walk (6'10", 220 lbs.) Elmore Smith (7'0", 250 lbs.) Jim McDaniels (6'11", 230 lbs.) LaRue Martin (6'11", 215 lbs.) Tom Riker (6'10", 225 lbs.) Conrad Dierking (6'9", 225 lbs.) Johnny Kerr (6'9", 230 lbs.) Bob Pettit (6'9", 220 lbs.) Spencer Haywood (6'9", 230 lbs.) Rick Roberson (6'9", 230 lbs.) Luke Jackson (6'9", 240 lbs.) Duke Hogue (6'9," 240 lbs.) Zelmo Beaty (6'9", 230 lbs.) Len Chappell (6'9", 240 lbs.) Elvin Hayes (6'9", 235 lbs.) Hub Reed (6'9", 220 lbs.) The NBA did not give play-off MVP's in the 1960's, so saying that Jordan won more is not saying anything. The reason that Chamberlain dominated the NBA like no other was not the lack of competition. The reason was Chamberlain was the greatest athlete the world has ever seen. Wilt was 7'1 1/16 in his bare feet. Today they measure players in their shoes and add 1 inch. So Wilt would be listed at 7'3 or 7'4 in todays game. Plus Wilt had a 7'8 reach. So Wilt had dominant size in any era. Wilt was a track athlete and had world class sprint speed, as well as world class jumping ability. Wilt had a 50 inch vertical and was a high jump champion a Kansas. 7'1 with a 7'8 reach Plus 50 inch vertical! This is why Wilt dominated the 60's and would have dominated any era. Wilt was also to strongest player that ever lived. Wilt had a maximum bench press of 550 lbs. Shaq's max bench was 450. Wilt would be too big, too strong, too fast, and too good for anyone in the NBA today. Other reasons Wilt is the greatest player of all-time: Had blocked shots been an "official" stat, Wilt may have had other 20-20-20 games. My god, his CAREER AVERAGE is 30 ppg and 23 rpg...in well over 1000 games. Given the fact that renowned stats guru Harvey Pollack had Wilt with games of 20 blocks, there is a possibility that Wilt would have had several 20-20-20 games. He also holds the record of most consecutive triple-double games, at nine. Here again, had blocked shots been officially recorded, he probably would have had HUNDREDS of triple-doubles, and perhaps 50 or more quad-doubles. Wilt also had EIGHT DOUBLE QUADs in his career (games of 40 points and 40 rebounds in the same game), and FIVE 50-40 games (including a 78-43 game.) Of course, no other NBA player has ever accomplished either of those feats. Here is another interesting fact...aside from Wilt, there have been SIX 40-30 games in NBA history. How about Chamberlain? He had 55 (yes 55) 40-30 games by himself. There have been 131 30-30 games in NBA history, and Wilt has 103 of them. There have been 28 40 rebound games in NBA history...and Chamberlain has 15 of them. There have been a TOTAL of ten 70 point games in NBA history, and Wilt has SIX of them by himself. There have been 32 60 point games in NBA history...and Chamberlain has 32 of them (MJ and Kobe are next with five each.) Scoring streaks? Chamberlain scored 26 points in ALL 82 of his games in his 61-62 season (and only two of them were less than 30.) Not only that, but he scored 25 points in 126 straight games, and 30 points in 65 straight games. He didn't stop there either. Kobe and MJ each had nine straight games of 40 points and both averaged about 44 ppg in their streaks. How about Wilt? He had TWO streaks of 14 games in a row with 40 points, and in those two he averaged 53 and 54 ppg. And how about this number? Wilt scored 351 points over the course of five straight games...or 70 ppg in those five games. Shooting? Wilt has the THREE highest "perfect" games in NBA history...and they all came in his 66-67 season. They were 15-15, 16-16, and 18-18. In fact, Chamberlain had a streak of 35 straight made FGs that year...another record. Wilt has the TWO highest FG% seasons in NBA history (.727 and .683), and three of the top-5. More on why Wilt is #1 Wilt led the NBA in assists, rebounds, and F.G. % in 68. Wilt is the only non p.g. to lead the NBA in assists Wilt played the single greatest game of all time and it was not the night he scored 100 points: 3/18/1968 Philadelphia 76ers vs. Los Angeles Lakers Wilt goes for 53 points, 32 rebounds, 14 assists, 24 blocks, 11 steals, 24/29 f.g. Wilt was the only player in NBA history to record a double triple double: 25 points, 22 rebounds and 21 assists. Wilt has more triple doubles, quadruple doubles, and blocks than any player in history Wilt scored 100 points in 1 game Wilt had 55 rebounds in 1 game Wilt was the best basketball player of all-time. People are not aware because of his era, and because race was an issue in the 50's and 60's. Wilt was so good people found it hard to cheer for him. Although Jordan will probably all ways be the most popular player of all-time because of the exposure he got from Nike and Gatorade, the title of greatest player of all-time will all ways belong to Wilt Chamberlain. http://www.wiltchamberlain.com... www.basketball-reference.com www.nba.com/warriors/history/Career_Statistics.html