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    Words always fall short when it comes to praising Wilt Chamberlain and his accomplishments. Wilt Chamberlain was a great player who achieved numerous records and milestones in his professional career. some of  them have already been broken, some will get past sooner or later but few of them will certainly last forever. Let’s have a look at those records that seem untouchable.

    7) 40+ Points and Rebounds in a game

    Wilt Chamberlain is the only player to record a quadruple double double (40+ points and rebounds) in an NBA game. He did it not once or twice but five times in his career.

    Does any current player has guts to repeat it?

    6) Double Triple Double

    In 1968, Wilt Chamberlian achieved a unique feat when he put up 22 points, 25 rebounds and 21 assists in game and became the first player to hit double triple double. Since then, no one has been able to achieve this feat again.

    5) 30+ points and 20+ rebounds in rookie season

    No player had experienced more satisfying rookie season than Wilt Chamberlain. He averaged 37 points per game and 27 rebounds per game in the first season of his career.

    Coming into the NBA and averaging 30+ points and 20+ rebounds, is not a cakewake and surely this record will remain intact for a long period of time.

    4) 11 rebounding titles

    Wilt Chamberlain won 11 rebounding titles in his career. Does any other player has a realistic chance of breaking it, let’s find out. Dennis Rodman is second on the list with 7 rebounding titles. He could have a crack at this reocrd if he had not been retired. Active players such as Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard are no way near this record as both own only 4 titles each. So we can comfortably say that this record is not going to break any time soon.

    3) 50.4 average in a season

    In 1961-62 season Wilt Chamberlain scored 4,029 points with an average of 50.4 ppg which is the highest single season average in NBA. The closest to give it a shot was the Wilt Chamberlian himself who averaged 44.8 next season.

    2) Most Career rebounds

    Wilt Chamberlain amassed 23, 924 rebounds in his career. So, whom we can turn to for breaking this record. Perhaps Kevin Garnett who had most rebounds among active players but the fact is he’s about 12 thousand rebounds shy of the Wilt’s record. Moreover, he is 36 years old and in the twilight of his career so we can’t expect him to topple this record.

    1) 100 points in a game

    On March 2, 1962, Wilt scored 100 points against the New York Knicks and became the only player to reach century mark in a single game. After 5 decades, the record still stands firmly and it looks that no one will came  close to break it.




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