No but Kobe was the closest. NBA players now aren't as tough and don't play as long as Wilt's era. It's more situational reasons and who the player is playing against. Players get tired more now and use excuses.
@zzzvain2876 , u misunderstood me I meant no one will ever score 100 points not that it's not the best performance because it is the best personal performance.
@@neutral6941 WILT IS NOT HUMAN. TEAMS DEFENDED HIM WITH 4 PLAYERS IN PLAYOFF USE FROZEN BALL, FLAGRANT FOULS ALL ALLOWED AND HE STILL AVERAGE 35 PPG FIRST 7 YEARS.
Maybe he did, but it won't be broken. Nobody has come remotely close. Kobe came closest with 81, which is still quite far off. The players today--LeBron, Curry, Harden--can't score more than 61; they're the best of today it's said, and they're not going to reach 100. They probably won't even beat Kobe's numbers.
@@williamwalker146with how much easier they are making the game it might only be a matter of time. But no one will ever dropping 50 n 25 a season and no one will dream of dropping 24,24,8, n 12 off 68% shooting in a season That one is truly the goat feat in 67 and untouchable
I can only see someone like Victor Wembanyama or any player that can score fast, but this record will still be EXTREMELY Tough. Wilt's 50 and 25 for the ENTIRE season GOOD luck with that one that's even harder and are his other records. On another note Stockton's records has a better chance to be broken more so than Wilt's especially the steals, but the ASSISTS are going to be very hard to break. I think Michael Jordan could had gotten closest but the coaches forced him to pass the ball more
Wilt Chamberlain Holds 72 NBA Records 68 by Himself. Unbreakable 22.9 Rebounds for a Career or 50.4 points per game in a Season. Scoring 100 points in a Game, or getting 55 Rebounds in a Single game. Scoring 65 or More points 15 Times, and 50 or More points 118 Times. Good Luck with Anyone Breaking Those Records. This Man was The Goat🐐Evidently.
@@serbarriston7177 Yes it is name me one player outside of Kareem that was 7 feet tall.. Shaq played in the best Era of basketball when it came to the Center position and he wiped them all out ... He also played against guys that we're a lot taller than him .. George Muresan 7 foot 7, Manute Boll, 7 foot 7, Shawn Bradley 7 foot 6, Yao Ming 7 foot 5 and was 310 pounds Shaq destroyed him down in the post . Shaq destroyed David Robinson and Tim Duncan at the same time twice in the playoffs... There's no way you can compare Wilts easy Center era to Shaquille's .. Ewing Olajuwon Robinson Mourning Mutombo Sabonis Smits Howard Divac Wallace Curry , How about Patrick Ewing and Marcus Camby at the same time as well.... ITS NOT EVEN CLOSE Wilts Era to Shaqs
@@AnthonyScarpa-er3sq I should have been more specific, the narrative that wilt played against guys a lot smaller than him is false. Go look up all the people he was matched up against. Not sure where that rumor got started, probably some ESPN analyst not doing his job properly and just talking out of his ass idk.as far as shaq dominating wilt and Kareem idk maybe he would. Hard to say considering Shaq wouldn't be the same person if he grew up in those eras. Different coaches, different medical knowledge for sports all that stuff, so I don't really care to guess either way because it doesn't really make sense to do so. Name one? Okay, Swede Halbrook.
@italianwaterice9594 there's a video of Arnold saying that Wilt would out lift him on the set of Conan. And that he would bench 600lbs. Wilt was a tank, he could have seriously hurt dudes if he wanted to. Plus, imagine if he was allowed to palm the ball, carry and travel like to do today. He averaged 50 points in 48.5 mins/game for an entire season. We saw old Wilt after he had bad knees, and he was still a stud
I like how Wit explains how it wasnt easy to score 100 like even some NBA players think it was They double teamed and tripled teamed him. Played slow to keep the clock. They did just about everything you're supposed to do when 1 players is roasting you. Wilt still scorched them. 😅
Wilt had it all. People that don't know Basketball think well he's 7 foot etc. the list of 7 footers who did nothing much or were mediocre in the NBA is a hell of a long list. Very few were good, let alone great. Wilt was strong as hell, tremendous stamina, could really jump and run when he was young through his prime. Very smart and skilled on both ends.
@@MegaMma4life yes i know, but from all the various research i did, many believe that the tooth injury led to the heart issue. Dental problems actaully can be very seroius. and lead to things you would not expect.
@@onztufan828 yes. it is very unforunate. i think a lot of people have a hard time believing such a powerful man culd have such problems fro msomething to seemingly minor
For God's sake Wilt played for the Harlem Globetrotters when he waited for his eligibility to start in the NBA because he could dribble like a guard with behind the back no look passes and exceptional ball handle skills for a 7footer
There has NEVER been a player in NBA history who did anything remotely close to what Wilt Chamberlain did in their first 7 seasons. He gets drafted by the Warriors, who previously won only 32 games and were the worst shooting team in the league (and then worst overall in defense), and guides them to the East Finals 3 times in 5 years, including twice giving the franchise their best RS record at the time. After Wilt gets traded midseason to the Sixers in 65, the Warriors IMMEDIATELY fell right back to being the worst shooting team in the league. So now he enters the Sixers, a team that won only 34 games the year before, who were second worst in shooting and also in most points allowed by opponents defensively. Wilt takes that pathetic gang of clowns all the way to the East Finals only to lose a game 7 by one point. The following year he still took that sorry group of suckers back to the East Finals after giving them the best RS record for the first time ever. You can't name another player in NBA history who inherited such putrid squads and gave them that amount of team success for consecutive seasons, especially ones with piss poor shooting, bottom feeding defense, and mediocre coaching to the Conference Finals a total of 5 times in their first 7 years in the league. And despite Wilt's teammates collectively shooting laughably bad averages of .382, .380, .354, .354, 352, and .332 combined during those postseason runs, his teams only lost every elimination game by mere single digits. On top of that, Wilt is still the only player to average 30/20/.500 for a single and multiple postseasons, the only player to average 30/30 in a playoff series, and the only player to drop 50+ points multiple times in playoff games facing elimination (and won them all). Simply put, Chamberlain was just another level. His impact on team success as just one guy was LIGHTYEARS ahead of Russell, Kareem, Jordan, Shaq, LeBron, Steph or anybody else you want to throw in there.
The Warriors had a ton of talent when Wilt arrived: three hall of famers. Two left when the Warriors moved to San Francisco. The Sixers were not pathetic gang of clowns when Wilt arrived. They beat Wilt's team in the playoffs the year before. They were transitioning from Dolph Schayes and Red Kerr to Lucious Jackson and Chet Walker up front. Three HOF talents. They had second team all-NBA guard Hal Greer in the backcourt with Larry Costello. Then they drafted all-pro Billy Cunningham and became a championship team. When Cunningham was injured, the Celtics killed Wilt's team.
@@DrJohnnyJ Your hate is showing: the team that ended bostons 8 straight titles was: Wilt-Jackson-Walker-Greer & jones…..so stop with the Billy Cunningham BS!
What makes it even more impressive is how hard NY tried to prevent the 100 pts. They were burning the clock, fouling his teammates, flagrante fouling Wilt, triple teaming. He doesn't get the credit he deserves when ppl talk about GOATS
Sure, Wilt scored 100 points which was amazing but most fans don't realize Wilt focused on scoring for only the first six years of his career. Still, no player has ever averaged 30 points and over 20 boards for a season, except Wilt. Wilt averaged 30 and over 20 for his CAREER.
Teams were getting 30more possessions per game than they got during the 80s 90s and 2000s while hitting a much lower fg%...the rpg stats from that era are heavily inflated elgin baylor avgd 34ppg and 19.8rpg during the 1960-61season and about 4 or 5 other players avgd 20rpg for at least 1 single season during the 60s as well... Btw Bill Russell avgd more rpg in the playoffs for his career than Wilt avgd and Wilt avgd 8fewer ppg in playoffs than in reg season...scored 100 vs the last place knicks in a game no1 saw but never even scored 60pts in a playoff game...often didnt understand what it took to win and wasnt consistently willing to do what it took even when he did...wilt played for wilt...had 8 different HOF teammates- the same amt as Russell- yet won 2 times compared to Russell's 11. Had a team with 3 of the leagues 5 or 6 best players and a 3-2series lead over Boston in 1969finals Wilts Lakers team was the favorite yet he scored merely 8pts on 1-5fga's and 6-10fts in game 6 and let Boston tie the series then came up lame in the most important qtr of his nba career in game 7...he wasnt the only reason his teams came up short almost every yr, but he absolutely was 1 of them...
@@dp233332 they didn't have a 3 points line either. so you need to take that away. you also need to account for the fact they called offensive fouls a lot , not defensive too much. shaq would have fouled out of every game befor the half in those days with his style of play. jordan and anyone within 6 years beofr ehim to present would contantly be called for traveling
You do realize that he played against smaller players and most of them we're White in his playing days.. The average height for a center in Wilts era was 6'9.. The only Centers he ever faced that was considered great was Bill Russell, Kareem and Thurman.. 3 Centers ! ... Do you know how many good centers Shaq went up against.. Well he dominated David Robinson and Tim Duncan at the same time 2 - 7 footers .. Also Patrick Ewing and Marcus Camby when they were with the Knicks... Shaq was the Most Dominant Center Ever who I admit underachieved but also won 4 NBA Championships 1 more than Wilt and Shaq did it in the greatest era of basketball when it comes to the Center position
@@AnthonyScarpa-er3sqYou do realize that that Jordan played against some slow white players that he never beat in the playoffs.Bird Ainge and MaCale.Guess you can call them plumbers to
Wilt chamberlain is a real generational talent. We r talking about a guy faster than 90% of the players today and jumping like the most athletic guards today at 7’1 300+ lbs stronger than everyone too. We still haven’t seen this. Wilt chamberlain is an alien experiment released onto earth it makes no sense. And he was skilled he didn’t even bully people back then the offensive player wasn’t allowed to back up down and move u. Imagine if he was allowed to use his forearm to shrug players off like today it would be stupid.
Greatest athletic of all times.. Jim Thorpe...Google if not in agreement. His records were taken off sports history books. Due to playing baseball for money.. Which was not aloud . He played baseball for $$ in 1910.. 2 years before competing in the 1912 Olympics. Won the triathlon..decathlon.. Profesional 🏀 player..professional ⚾️ Player..Track..high jump..hurdles.. Won many Gold 🏅 medslas.. After many many years.his records were reinstated back into history 📚 books. Due to his Daughter fighting to have them put back into books. Medals were given to his daughter. But not the originals Due to they were all stolen in all those years. But Lancaster-made a movie of Jim Thorpe.
I love this video, but I think the thing that resonates with me the most is when Jerry West says, "...they talk about things that won't be broken, I can assure you that won't be broken."
Wilt the stilt, what an athlete! His abilities seemed endless. Basketball rules were established in order for other athletes to be able to play against him. I never met him but I believe that he was quite a character! His height and abilities caused other players ways to play against his weaknesses. In some imaginary time, if you could assemble all the great basketball players into one game, it's my belief that not many would come out on top of him.
He never was given the wide spread praise some of the other greats of the game have gotten, like MJ and LeBron. His conservative leanings and basing the quality of a person not on the color of his skin, but on his performance in life, ruffled the feathers of some. He also had a great sense of humor. He once said he made love to thousands of women and was so well hung he had to use the little-boys urinal! :o)
In my six and a half Decades of watching Sports, I can honestly say that Wilt was my favorite Pro Basketball Player of All Time and I laugh my Ass Off as I here all the BS Talk about Who is the GOAT! Well Sports Fans, Wilt is The GOAT of Pro Basketball PERIOD!
Dave Zinkoff was the public address announcer of the 76ers but Wilt was playing for the Philadelphia Warriors in 1962 before they moved to San Francisco. Dave Zinkoff was the PA for the Warriors in 1962 but he stayed in Philly after the Warriors moved and later became the PA for the Philadelphia 76ers that had been the old Syracuse Nationals before moving to Philly.
He shot them underhanded that night but after that season went back to shooting them in the conventional way and started missing a lot again. His career % was .51 and I think I remember his underhanded percentage was .65. Not great but would have put his career PPG up around 32 or 33 instead of 30. Only Barry was willing to be made fun of to score more points that way.
@@Charon58when you shoot nearly 90% from the foul line, it’s hard to keep making fun of a guy at that point. I don’t think Rick Barry cared anyhow, haha!
The most hilarious part is the idea that they would deliberately foul or be ultra competitive now. Players today don't care about defense. And they aren't going to foul out of the game to stop someone. New York's team only had so many fouls to give that night. New York's center Imhoff fouled out. 4 other players had 5 fouls. They only had 8 players total for that night to play. They could only risk having two other players to foul out. And this was a game at the end of the season no less. A throwaway game. In a season where Wilt was averaging 50 points a game.
Another interesting point is this. Ted Luckinbill who got the assist on Wilt's last basket only played 3 minutes in that game and only had 1 rebound. The rebound he got from Wilt's missed shot that allowed him to feed him that 1 assist. And that assist was not recorded. So Luckinbill's stat line reads 3 minutes played and 1 rebound.
No one will ever score 100 on 2-point FG and free throws. PERIOD! With a 3-pointer, someone can perhaps do it. I think Kobe Bryant would have scored over 81 in the 3 quarter Dallas game. It appeared to me he was much stronger and livelier in that game than in the 81 game. But 100 is very, very hard to do even with a magnificent 3-point %.
That 81 game was insane. Freaking Kobe, man. He was an animal! Maybe that game is equally impressive to Wilt's 100, given the changes in the way the game is played? I say 3 pointers are overrated when it comes to single game point totals, many of the highest scoring games in history are from bigs just dumping in high percentage shots close to the basket. Pistol Pete getting 68 is an exception, he was a perimeter shooter. Then you have Jordan with lots of big games. He had the 3, but it wasn't as much a part of his strategy. My conclusion is it doesn't matter if it's 3s or 2s.
@@jaydlytning I listened to the 4th quarter of that game. The announcer said, "They're fouling Chamberlain and not calling it!" While at Kansas, Chamberlain was beat up! He got bit in the back once and bled! When he entered the NBA, teams deliberately and egregiously fouled him according to Tom Heisohn of the Celtics. The fouling was so bad Chamberlain retired after his rookie season! NBA owners, teams, and referees had a conspiracy against him and he still destroyed the NBA!
@@ncg25out Chamberlain had 63 attempts to score 100 on a 2-point FG. One thing people don't know (I listened to the entire 4th quarter) is the announcer loudly stated, "they're fouling Chamberlain and the referees are not calling it." I don't think Kobe could have gotten 100. I watched every Kobe game with the Lakers. The game he could have eclipsed 85 was vs Dallas when he had 62 after 3 quarters. He was 18-31 and 22-25 from the free throw line in 33 minutes.
@@jaydlytning Yeah 81 points is crazy for 2nd most scored, and Wilt holds 1st and 3rd most points scoring 100 & 78 then Luka Doncic 4th with 73 and Jordan 5th with 69 points. However, Michael Jordan holds the most points ever scored in an NBA playoffs games scoring 63 points in 1986 against Boston Celtics. I cannot stress how big of a deal that is when you put it in the correct perspective being that playoff games everybody plays their hardest and it is do or die for your team for the season, but then when you realize that 1986 was the era when NBA was dominated by the Lakers and the Celtics the Bird vs. Magic rivalry. Jordan had just entered the NBA in the 1984-1985 season so basically, he was in his 2nd season of his career when he set that record. You should hear Larry Bird talk about that game. He admitted that they might have ended up beating the Bulls, but he also went on about how he watched Jordan that night become an NBA god something to that degree. I have to say that all three of the other guys in that top 5 highest scoring games Wilt, Kobe, and Luka none of them faced the defenses that Jordan played against in his high scoring games and any NBA player openly admit this. Wilts time there were real good player no doubt, but they just didn't run smart coached defense that was to come after his era, and everyone knows Kobe's era players just got lazy on defense and then today Lukas era the game has evolved to where it is played different, and it isn't that they are lazy or just don't care about playing defense. Just saying if there is anyone that thinks I might be giving Jordans era a bit to much credit on it being much harder to score high points I encourage them to do some homework looking into defense from his era and look at how they actually had players starting on teams just because of how good they were on defense. Guy's getting scholarships to the big-name schools for basketball due to their defense prowess. Take a look at Gary Payton nick named the Glove simply because he was all over your ass the entire game. Guy's dreaded playing against him he would have the other team beat before the game started because he got into their head so badly that by game time they couldn't focus and had a horrible night. Also, Dennis Rodman another guy who doesn't get the credit he deserved, but his defense and rebounding actually played a big role in the Bulls winning championships. I digress, just thought I'd throw my 2 cents int this topic because it is very interesting, and I think there is a lot to take into account about this rather than just looking at the stat and taking it as face value. Lastly, I don't mean to try & take away from what Wilt did because he was an amazing player no doubt plus I am well aware of the fact that he didn't play the game like another NBA player. Back then he quickly got tired of NBA announcers and analysts saying that he was only having the success he was having because of his height at 7 ft 1 inch. They accused him of just taking advantage of the fact he could dunk it so easily that was all he was good for, so he then set out to prove them as idiots by no longer dunking or doing layups instead by taking shots from the perimeter. Then he would only try to score off bank shots and then fade away bank shots so on and so forth to the point he began to stop scoring and started racking up assists in games. He made them look stupid by doing this and proving he could do whatever it was he wanted. I do however believe it is possible for aa 100 points to be scored again the problem with it being achieved is that a lot of things have to line up for it to happen such as the player having one of those freakish games where they hardly miss, and then you need the support of your team wanting to see it happen also, and let's face it you need it to be against a team that is not known for because of their defense, and not to mention it's going to need to be a versatile player where they can score down low but also shoot the 3 pointer due to how the game is today. Someone like a Dirk Nowitzki type player or how about the new Victor Wembanyama could possibly be the guy to do it in a few years or so. He will need a lot to line up, but hey the crowd could want to see someone else do it or break it then go for it. We will just have to see.
Excellent video! The human spirit to score 100 in s game is much more important than people understand Yes, physical gifts are important, however, mental and physical will, plus the human spirit made Will Chamberlain the greatest. Being a nice guy and fierce competitor was also admirable.
Watch his shots, he had a really nice touch. He scored 100 and only committed two fouls. His other teammates still scored 69 points and four starters were in double figures. I'd love to see how many rebounds, assists and shot blocks he had in that game. I remember the match ups between Wilt and Bill Russell were the "must see" basketball match ups of that era. Russell was the best defensive center of his era and Wilt was the best offensive player of his time. Every Celtic\Warrior game was a classic.
Great story & excellent footage! I had no idea he had a fall-away. And the interviews of teammates & opposing players testifying to the concerted effort to stop him by killing the clock while trailing by 15 points!!! He IS THE GOAT.
@@smallwonder866 Wilts early scoring was based on taking over 30 shots a game. When he attempted 25 and 23 a game he scored 30 and 33. Guess what? HE AINT PUTTING UP OVER 30 SHOTS A GAME NOW. And, in order to do that he basically played EVERY minute of a game. Again, THATS NOT HAPPENING NOW. Embiid does average 35. This year. On 22 fga. In 34 minutes. Embiid also shoots 3s and is an 88% free throw shooter where he picks up 10.5 points a game. Wilt was a 50% shooter from the line. He loses 5 points right there. And another 3.5 for made 3s. Do your YOUR research.
Somebody got a lot of assists that night. I listened to that game on the radio. It was a lot of fun because Wilt was my favorite player even though I lived in Georgia.
Wilt Norman Chamberlain is the Greatest NBA player to ever suit up. Most 50-point games, most 60-point games, most 70-point games, most 80-point games, only 90- and 100-point games. Averaged 50 points/25 rebounds in a single season. Most blocked shots in a single season. Most assists in a single season. Most Field goals in a single season. Over 2000 rebounds in a single season. NEVER Fouled Out! The list is endless. ONLY player to block Jabbar's Sky-Hook, Multiple Times! 72 NBA records. 9 still stand today. In order to even break a record, you have to get past Wilt Chamberlain in every category. And he did it all in just 14 seasons. No player, before or since, comes even close to what Wilt Chamberlain achieved. Without a doubt, one of the Greatest athletes that's ever lived.
Barkley says, "Nobody will get more than 40 today because they will kill him" but Kobe got 80. There were two keys to the 100 point game. First, Wilt's team got 169. Both teams were running so there were a lot of scoring opportunities. Second, the opposing center was the worst defender in NBA history (Imhoff). Imhoff gave up 54 to Willis Reed, 31 to Bill Russell, etc. Henry Finkel scored 42 against him while averaging 12 against the league then scored 38 points in the next match up.
Fantastic, incredible, unheard, real. No three point shot! That was wilt chamberlain. He said, he could have Average 70 points a game, if he Really wanted to. I believe him. Wow!
If someone goes like 17/25 from three, that's only 51 They would need to also hit 24 twos and one free throw. I can't think of anyone in the league right now who has the skill set and mentality to score 100.
Read the comments on the paper at 8:36. Wilt gets knocked in the face. Comes out and the doctor inspects his mouth. He goes back into the game. It says "scored only 38 points". LOL. Only 38 points. If Joel Embiid got 38 points that would be the headline. It would be something like "Embiid overcomes injury to score 38". Wilt played in the wrong era for sure. By the way, Embiid averages 2 blocks and 11 rebounds a game. Wilt averaged closer to 8 blocks and 25 rebounds a game. Embiid averages 32 minutes a game. Wilt averaged 45. He played longer minutes in a faster paced game. He was the focal point of his team which meant the other team did everything to stop him. Everything.
This is a great video. There's some weird AI smoothing going on. I don't know if you did that to get around content ID or something but it creates some very strange looking video.
Wilt Chamberlain was a beast of a man. I have seen some video of the game and the opponents were fouling Wilt. But Wilt wasn't phased and scored 100 points anyway. Wilt Chamberlain was tall, fast, and powerful. Wilt is the only player with the skillset and physical attributes to score 100 points in a game.
Los jóvenes de hoy día tienen sus jugadores favoritos y eso es bueno.Yo disfrute el baloncesto en la era de Chamberlain y Karim los dos mejores centro de todos los tiempos y la actual.
I was at a hockey game in that building 55 years ago about 8 years after Wilt got his 100. The local paper did stories about the game every couple of years. A kid at the game supposedly ran off with the ball after the game. I saw the ball was auctioned not real long ago.
and he did this with no three point lnie. and given he could make 20/25 shots from half court as per tommy heinson watching it in pracitce, along with the 5 dollar bet he won making 4 straight hood shots from the corne.r not like he could not make 3's in today's game with the rules, and having non chuck taylors, and modern medicine, trianing, etc.. he could esily score 100 points these days with his strength, stamina, shooting abiility, et al
Such a different era! Wilt takes a bus to the game. He rides from Hersey to NYC in a car pool with the Knicks players. What people don't realize is how shakey the NBA was financially in the 60s. Wilt's coach didn't take him off the court because the franchise's existence depended on his presence--and so did the NBAs. People came to see him. He was the only basketball player they knew. That's how I got interested in pro basketball in the 60s, before I was in high school. I was excited when Cleveland got the Cavaliers in 1970--and I've followed them for 54 years.
When you put it in context with his 50-plus average per game that season... then take into account the incredible high number of blocks, rebounds, and steals he accumulated as well... It's arguably the greatest event in basketball history for a season, and the 100 score was the ultimate goal ( the holy-grail of basketball records) that's stood for over 60 years...
