Wilt Chamberlain

**Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain** (August 21, 1936–October 12, 1999) was an American basketball player. Chamberlain played in the NBA during the 1960s, and many people think he is one of the best players in basketball history. At 7 feet 1 inch, he was the tallest and heaviest player in the league for most of his career, and he was one of the most famous people and greatest player in the game for many years. He is the first and only basketball player to score 100 points in an NBA game. Chamberlain led the league several times in points, accuracy, rebounds, and minutes.  He also won 4 NBA Most Valuable Player awards and was in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

He won two NBA championships: the first in 1967, with the Philadelphia 76ers, and the second in 1972, with the Los Angeles Lakers.  Chamberlain also played for several seasons with the Philadelphia Warriors and toured with the Harlem Globetrotters. In 1999, he died from congestive heart failure.

## Other websites

- NBA legends profile

## Infobox (basketball biography)

- **name**: Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain
- **image**: Wilt Chamberlain3.jpg
- **caption**: Chamberlain with the Harlem Globetrotters c. 1959
- **position**: Center
- **height**: 216 cm
- **weight**: 125 kg
- **birth place**: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, U.S.
- **death place**: Bel Air, Los Angeles, Bel Air, California
- **nationality**: American
- **high school**: Overbrook High School (Philadelphia), Overbrook (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- **college**: Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball, Kansas (1956–1958)
- **draft year**: 1959
- **draft pick**: NBA territorial pick, Territorial
- **draft team**: Philadelphia Warriors
- **career position**: Center (basketball), Center
- **career number**: 13
- **career start**: 1959
- **career end**: 1973
- **coach start**: 1973
- **coach end**: 1974
- **years1**: 1958–1959
- **team1**: Harlem Globetrotters
- **years2**: –
- **team2**: Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors
- **years3**: –
- **team3**: Philadelphia 76ers
- **years4**: –
- **team4**: Los Angeles Lakers
- **cyears1**: 1973–74 ABA season, 1973–1974
- **cteam1**: San Diego Conquistadors
- **highlights**: * 2× NBA champion (1967 NBA Finals, 1967, 1972 NBA Finals, 1972)
* Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, NBA Finals MVP (1972 NBA Finals, 1972)
* 4× NBA Most Valuable Player Award, NBA Most Valuable Player (, –)
* 13× NBA All-Star (1960 NBA All-Star Game, 1960–1969 NBA All-Star Game, 1969, 1971 NBA All-Star Game, 1971–1973 NBA All-Star Game, 1973)
* NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, NBA All-Star Game MVP (1960 NBA All-Star Game, 1960)
* 7× All-NBA First Team (1960–, , 1966–1968)
* 3× All-NBA Second Team (, , )
* 2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (, )
* NBA Rookie of the Year Award, NBA Rookie of the Year (1960)
* 7× List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders, NBA scoring champion (1960–1966)
* 11× List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders, NBA rebounding champion (1960–1963, 1966–, –)
* List of National Basketball Association annual assists leaders, NBA assists leader ()
* No. 13 Golden State Warriors#Retired numbers, retired by Golden State Warriors
* No. 13 Philadelphia 76ers#Retired numbers, retired by Philadelphia 76ers
* No. 13 Los Angeles Lakers#Retired numbers, retired by Los Angeles Lakers
* NBA 35th Anniversary Team
* NBA 50th Anniversary Team
* NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player, NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, 1957)
* 2× Consensus first-team NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, All-American (1957 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, 1957, 1958 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, 1958)
* No. 13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball#Retired jerseys, jersey retired by Kansas Jayhawks
* Mr. Basketball USA (1955)
- **profile**: wilt_chamberlain
- **stat1label**: Point (basketball), Points
- **stat1value**: 31,419 (30.1 ppg)
- **stat2label**: Rebound (basketball), Rebounds
- **stat2value**: 23,924 (22.9 rpg)
- **stat3label**: Assist (basketball), Assists
- **stat3value**: 4,643 (4.4 apg)
- **bbr**: chambwi01
- **hof player**: wilt-chamberlain
- **cbbaskhof year**: 2006