Wilt Chamberlain is one of the legends in the history of the NBA. The only player to score 100 points in a game and with career averages of 30.1 points and 22.9 rebounds, Chamberlain is one of those players who one had to see to believe.
Chamberlain spent 3.5 seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers and averaged an eye-popping 27.6 points and 23.9 rebounds while winning three MVPs and guiding the Sixers to the championship in 1967. The legendary big man was unbelievable and has his No. 13 jersey hanging from the rafters at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.
HoopsHype ranked the top 20 centers in the history of the NBA and Chamberlain comes in ranked No. 3 on the list:
The most dominant big man offensively in NBA history, though that partially
had to do with the level of competition Wilt Chamberlain faced in his era. Still, when you dominate at the level Chamberlain did, who cares who he did it against?
Chamberlain did come a little short in the team success department as he was usually better in the regular season than in the playoffs, something that many believe had to do with an unwillingness to get fouled late in close games due to his unreliable free throw.
Chamberlain’s single-season rebounding and scoring records are unassailable. Plus he has the second-best scoring average behind only Jordan. And had MJ played one more year with the Wizards, Chamberlain might actually be No. 1 in that stat. Chamberlain is also the only guy to lead the league in total scoring, rebounds and assists for a season, and retired as the all-time leader in scoring and rebounding at the time.
Chamberlain is one of the best players in Sixers history and will always have the respect of the NBA world. The only centers ranked ahead of him on this list were fellow legends Bill Russell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
This article originally appeared on Sixers Wire: Sixers legend Wilt Chamberlain ranked No. 3 center in NBA history
