Wilt Chamberlain -14
Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain was one of the most dominate players to grace the NBA with his presence. Standing at a towering 7’1” Wilt was ahead of his time in both size and skill. Chamberlain was drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors in 1959 out of the University of Kansas, and was a star from the word go. He compiled over 2700 points in his rookie season winning MVP, and opened up his career with 6 straight 2500+ point seasons.
His ability to sky over players with his sheer length was unprecedented. Wilt was often guarded by players who were giving up several inches and just couldn’t properly defend his size. His only real competition was Bill Russell in Boston. It was too easy at times for Wilt as he led the league in points for seven seasons, and in rebounds for 11.
Chamberlain is not only an NBA Hall of Famer, but he is an all-time great in the City of Philadelphia as well. He played his high school ball at Overbrook High School in Philly, and spent 7 of his 154years in the league playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, Philadelphia Sixers.
He won two titles in his career, one with the Sixers in ‘67, and one with the Lakers in ‘72. He also played in a total of 13 all-star games. Surprisingly, when you think of All Time Scorers of the Philadelphia 76ers, his is likely the first name that to mind. But his place on the record books comes in at 14th place, with 7,651 points scored.
His most dominant season came in 1961 with the Warriors where he managed to average an unheard of 50 points a game! His average was undoubtedly boosted that year by his world famous 100 point game in March of ‘62 which has never been replicated.
All in all “The Big Dipper put together quite the amazing career stat line…In 1045 games played Wilt averaged 30 points, and 23 rebounds a game. His number one spot on the all-time leading scorers list was taken over by the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, however he still holds the record for most rebounds to this day.
The man was an enigma all the way up to his death in 1999, and will forever go down as one of Philadelphia’s greatest scorers of all time.
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