(LOL!) Yes, there are so many amazing Chamberlain records. Did you know they didn't keep stats on blocked shots when he played? His numbers would have been insane. And he played every second of 47 straight games without taking a rest.

You really do know a lot about basketball, NBA Superblog. Thanks for signing up. You are really getting us going with these good topics. I can't choose either.

That's so true. And I can't believe people say that he's overrated on a bunch of other sites I've glanced at before. Just because he "didn't have many other great players, and not many talented centers against him." Seriously, that just makes me want to to hit my head against a wall.

Food for thought: if Chamberlain is by far the single greatest player in NBA history, what does that make Bill Russell, who flat-out shut him down him every time they went head-to-head? Hmm, maybe Russell is actually the greatest of all time...

Although I never said that Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest of all time, I have to be indifferent on whether Bill Russell is superior to Wilt Chamberlain, or vice versa. Getting 55 rebounds while going head to head with Bill Russell isn't that easy. However, winning 11 championships in a 13 year career is quite an accomplishment. And BTW, Russell grabbed 50 rebounds in a game once. It's a shame that he had to deal with such racism in Boston.

That just isn't true, Davis21wylie. On Nov 24th, 1960, Wilt Chamberlain had the most rebounds in a single game, 55, but lost to a Bill Russell led Boston Celtics team - 132-129. Russell scored 18 points, 19rebounds and 5 assists. Chamberlain totals were 34 points, 55 rebounds and 4 assists. Boston was a better team than Philadelphia, but Chamberlain always had better numbers than Russell.

During Chamberlain’s historic 1961-62 season, he led the league in: Points, Rebounds, Minutes Played, Field Goals Made, Free Throws Made, and Player Efficiency Rating. WILT scored 30 or more points in 65 consecutive games, and scored 50 or more points in a game 45 times. He had a streak of 7 straight 50-point games. He also scored 42 points in the 1962 All-Star game. And yet, somehow, despite not leading the league in any category, Bill Russell was named league MVP. It’s fair to assume that Chamberlain was so dominating that the NBA of his era took him for granted and under-appreciated his greatness.

Having more points and/or rebounds does not mean Wilt had "better numbers". What was Wilt's FG% in those games? If Wilt was only scoring 30 on his customary 40 shots per game, I'd say Russell shut him down. How many shots did Russell block? How many did he alter? Clearly Russell was neutralizing Wilt somehow, because the Celtics won more often than not against Wilt's teams, especially in the playoffs.

Bill Russell: 11 titles in 13 years playing in the NBA, which betters Wilt Chamberlain's 2 by a long shot. That's REALLY saying something, especially with Wilt Chamberlain in the mix during most of those years during his career. I'd much rather have 11 championships than all the individual stats that the Stilt has.

Bill Russell played with Bob Cousy, John Havlicek, Tom Heinsohn, Sam Jones, and K.C. Jones. All of them are Hall-of-Famers. Cousy was even an MVP himself. Wilt Chamberlain had no such luxury. If Wilt had switched teams with Russell he would have won all those titles also. You cannot base greatness solely on championships won, which is a team accomplishment, otherwise Robert Horry and Steve Kerr would be considered two of the greatest players ever. Wilt Chamberlain dominated the NBA during his time like no other basketball player and few other athletes, ever have. HE OWNS 56(!) NBA RECORDS, many will never be broken … and this wasn’t even a Wilt versus Russell poll. It asked – “Which is the Most Impressive Wilt Chamberlain Record?” We got off-topic, somehow.

Bill Russell did not flat out shut him down, Davis. There is no evidence to show that. Wilt outplayed him almost every time they faced each other. As the author pointed out, the Celtics were dominant because Russell had a half dozen Hall of Fame teammates, Chamberlain got his teams to the Finals every year by himself. You know I respect your opinion above everyone else's on this site, but that was a fackin' ridiculous statement.

And this is about the greatest player, not who played for the best team. Chamberlain could do things on the court no one else in history could do, and skill wise he was far above Russell. And before you try and debate me, read this book, "The Rivalry", in which Russell himself admits as much. Chamberlain was by far the greatest player in NBA history, and if you equate greatness to the number of rings a player has, then you really don't get it.

Just to clarify something Kelsdad, I'm NOT saying that Bill Russell is a better basketball player than Chamberlain is. I'm just saying I'd rather have the career that Russell had than Chambelain had. That's just my opinion.

However, think of it this way, Kels. Russell only had 13.4 field goal attempts per game. Wilt, however, had 22.5 field goal attempts. Of course Wilt's going to score more points.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that Russell is better. I'm just saying that Davis may have a better point than you think.

Just to clarify something, Romi. I wasn't talking to you.

Yeah, I know. Like I said, I'm just clarifying...

Just playing devil's advocate, my friend. We all know Michael Jordan is the greatest to ever lace up a pair of sneakers anyway...

Wrong, wrong, and wrong. By the way. Wrong.

Look, forgive me if I'm not overly impressed by the feats of a 7'1"/275 athletic freak in a league where the average player was 6'5" and 65% of the players were white. Russell was 6'9" and he held Wilt to 28.7 PPG head-to-head (Wilt's overall average from 60-69 was 35 PPG), plus who knows what FG% he limited Wilt to and how many shots he blocked. I'm not saying Russell is better than Wilt (Russell himself said something like "I couldn't stop Wilt, I could just try to slow him down"), but I am saying that Wilt dominated competition that was far weaker than what he'd see today, and that a 6'9" center was able to (some would say greatly) reduce his effectiveness... That doesn't scream "easily the greatest of all-time" to me. One of the greatest? Sure. But not the greatest.

You would be impressed if Chamberlain played in the same era as Jordan, or if he played today.

Because he would still be the best player.

By far.

Yes. He is also the reason for goaltending. Chamberlain could touch the top of the backboard with ease, shots that were 12-15 feet high in their arc he could block with no problem. He would just jump up in the air and catch the ball with one hand, he wouldn't even swat it away. Like I said, ridiculous.

The defensive 3 in the key rule didn't exist until the NBA began allowing zone defenses in 2001-02, so I'm pretty sure Wilt wasn't the reason they instituted it.

Are you serious!? That's CRAZY! Without even training for it or anything... that's simply amazing. What a story. Thanks, Kelsdad, for telling me. Now I can tell everyone just how good of a natural athlete Chamberlain actually was.

Nobody ever jumped high enough to block a 15 foot shot, moron! Goddamn Olympians could never do that. Stop exaggerating. And if Chamberlain blocked "every single shot the opponents took", then the other team would have only free throws and Chamberlain would have won EVERY championship. State your opinion, but don't flat out lie.

Chamberlain qualified for the 1960 Olympic team. As a long jumper.

He had a tryout with the Kansas City Chiefs as a wide receiver, he beat All-Pro cornerback Willie Brunston so badly the Chiefs offered him a contract on the spot. Chamberlain said no, he only wanted to be a QB.

Chamberlain hated off season weight room workouts. When Butch van Breda Kolff took over the Warriors, he forced Chamberlain to attend weight sessions. He asked what was the team record for weight, someone said 225 pounds. Chamberlain put 230 pounds on a barbell, and lifted it over his head three times, turned and walked out. Oh, yeah, almost forgot. He lifted it ONEHANDED.

CRAZY! Absolutely CRAZY! Wilt Chamberlain is a beast, simply put. A natural athlete who doesn't have enough recognition from fans all over the world. People give Jim Thorpe credit for being a natural athlete. I'd have to say that a person who doesn't even need to train to run a marathon, was a wide receiver and quarterback, as well as a center in basketball, and a long jumper for the 1960 olympic team, I'd have to say that Wilt the Stilt needs some recognition...

It's probably a record for the biggest lie about how many women someone banged.

If that's true, he would've screwed 1.4 women per day since 15 years old.

You guys are so clueless. 20,000 is easy and not much of a feat at all. You just have to get some of them back in line more than once.