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Wilt Chamberlain

United States · 1959–1973

Scored 100 points in a single game. Nobody else has passed 81.

100
Points in a game: 50.4 ppg
Best season average: 4
MVP awards: 23,924
Career rebounds

Career

Chamberlain's statistics read like typographical errors: a season averaging 50.4 points, another averaging over 48 minutes per game in a 48-minute sport. Rules including offensive goaltending and a widened lane were introduced largely because of him.

Honours

Only player to score 100 points in an NBA game
All-time leader in career rebounds
Two NBA championships and four MVP awards
Averaged a triple-double-adjacent line across multiple seasons

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