Wilt Chamberlain

Statistical Profile

Despite a general lack of full game video from his career, we have some shooting data for Wilt.

Shooting Data

Regular Season + Postseason
(3% Complete)

Head to Head

vs. Bill Russell
vs. Walt Bellamy
vs. Nate Thurmond
vs. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

WOWYR

1957-2016
(100% Complete)

Shooting Data

Regular Season + Postseason Shooting – By Zone (From 70sFan on RealGM. * denotes partial data.)

YearRimPaint (w/o Rim)MidrangeGames
1962-1973146/191 (76.4%)61/134 (45.5%)36/80 (45.0%)42*

71-Point Game

Nov 16, 1962 vs. Knicks  (From 70sFan on RealGM.)

Shots breakdown:

29/42* FG + 15 FTs

4/4 dunks

11/22 fadeaways

8/8 layups

1/1 alley-oop

5/6 putbacks

0/1 floater

*1 missed shot not logged

Head to Head

(From NBAStats.net.)

vs. Bill Russell

1960 RS (11 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 39.1 ppg, 29.7 rpg, 1.3 apg on 46.5 %FG/48.5 %TS — 4 wins
Bill Russell: 19.8 ppg, 23.7 rpg, 3.5 apg on 39.7 %FG/42.1 %TS — 7 wins

1960 EDF (6 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 30.5 ppg, 27.5 rpg, 2.0 apg on 50.0 %FG/51.0 %TS — 2 wins
Bill Russell: 20.7 ppg, 27.0 rpg, 2.8 apg on 44.6 %FG/47.6 %TS — 4 wins

1961 RS (13 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 35.5 ppg, 30.6 rpg, 1.8 apg on 49.2 %FG/50.2 %TS — 5 wins
Bill Russell: 18.8 ppg, 25.4 rpg, 3.6 apg on 39.8 %TS/40.2 %TS — 8 wins

1962 RS (10 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 39.7 ppg, 28.8 rpg, 2.1 apg on 46.8 %FG/48.3 %TS — 2 wins
Bill Russell: 18.5 ppg, 24.4 rpg, 4.6 apg on 38.3 %FG/41.6 %TS — 8 wins

1962 EDF (7 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 33.6 ppg, 26.9 rpg, 2.9 apg on 46.8 %FG/51.5 %TS — 3 wins
Bill Russell: 22.0 ppg, 25.9 rpg, 4.6 apg on 39.9 %TS/45.2 %TS — 4 wins

1963 RS (9 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 38.1 ppg, 28.9 rpg, 2.9 apg on 51.4 %FG/55.1 %TS — 1 win
Bill Russell: 15.3 ppg, 27.2 rpg, 5.0 apg on 39.3 %FG/41.3 %TS — 8 wins

1964 RS (8 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 29.1 ppg, 26.9 rpg, 3.1 apg on 53.0 %FG/52.1 %TS — 3 wins
Bill Russell: 14.4 ppg, 25.4 rpg, 5.0 apg on 38.2 %FG/39.0 %TS — 5 wins

1964 FIN (5 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 29.2 ppg, 27.6 rpg, 2.4 apg on 51.7 %FG/50.9 %TS — 1 win
Bill Russell: 11.2 ppg, 25.2 rpg, 5.0 apg on 38.6 %FG/41.5 %TS — 4 wins

1965 RS (11 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 25.4 ppg, 26.5 rpg, 4.2 apg on 47.3 %FG/46.9 %TS — 4 wins
Bill Russell: 12.6 ppg, 22.2 rpg, 4.5 apg on 30.5 %FG/37.4 %TS — 7 wins

1965 EDF (7 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 30.1 ppg, 31.4 rpg, 3.3 apg on 55.5 %FG/57.5 %TS — 3 wins
Bill Russell: 15.6 ppg, 25.3 rpg, 6.7 apg on 44.7 %FG/45.3 %TS — 4 wins

1966 RS (9 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 28.3 ppg, 30.7 rpg, 4.3 apg on 47.3 %FG/50.1 %TS — 6 wins
Bill Russell: 9.6 ppg, 22.3 rpg, 4.9 apg on 30.1 %FG/33.1 %TS — 3 wins

1966 EDF (5 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 28.0 ppg, 30.2 rpg, 3.0 apg on 50.9 %FG/50.0 %TS — 1 win
Bill Russell: 14.0 ppg, 26.2 rpg, 5.6 apg on 42.4 %FG/47.0 %TS — 4 wins

1967 RS (9 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 20.3 ppg, 26.7 rpg, 6.6 apg on 54.9 %TS/54.1 %TS — 4 wins
Bill Russell: 12.2 ppg, 21.1 rpg, 4.1 apg on 43.3 %FG/47.4 %TS — 5 wins

1967 EDF (5 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 21.6 ppg, 32.0 rpg, 10.0 apg on 55.6 %FG/56.1 %TS — 4 wins
Bill Russell: 11.4 ppg, 23.4 rpg, 6.0 apg on 35.8 %FG/43.6 %TS — 1 win

1968 RS (8 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 17.1 ppg, 26.1 rpg, 8.5 apg on 47.4 %FG/44.9 %TS — 4 wins
Bill Russell: 7.8 ppg, 17.5 rpg, 5.1 apg on 27.9 %FG/31.8 %TS — 4 wins

1968 EDF (7 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 22.1 ppg, 25.1 rpg, 6.7 apg on 48.7 %FG/48.5 %TS — 3 wins
Bill Russell: 13.7 ppg, 23.9 rpg, 4.1 apg on 44.0 %FG/47.9 %TS — 4 wins

1969 RS (6 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 16.3 ppg, 24.0 rpg, 4.8 apg on 50.7 %FG/50.8 %TS — 4 wins
Bill Russell: 6.7 ppg, 15.8 rpg, 5.8 apg on 34.0 %FG/35.1 %TS — 2 wins

1969 FIN (7 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 11.7 ppg, 25.0 rpg, 3.0 apg on 50.0 %FG/47.1 %TS — 3 wins
Bill Russell: 9.1 ppg, 21.1 rpg, 5.1 apg on 39.7 %FG/43.5 %TS — 4 wins

Career RS (94 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 30.0 ppg, 28.2 rpg, 3.8 apg on 48.8 %FG/50.1 %TS — 37 wins
Bill Russell: 14.2 ppg, 22.9 rpg, 4.5 apg on 37.1 %FG/39.9 %TS — 57 wins

Career PS (49 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 25.7 ppg, 28.0 rpg, 4.1 apg on 50.8 %FG/51.7 %TS — 20 wins (1 series win)
Bill Russell: 14.9 ppg, 24.7 rpg, 5.0 apg on 41.7 %FG/45.6 %TS — 29 wins (7 series wins)

Man Defense vs. Bill Russell

SeriesPPG ChangeFG% ChangeTS% Change
1960 RS+1.6-7.0%-7.5%
1960 EDF+2.5-2.1%-2.0%
1961 RS+1.9-2.8%-5.2%
1962 RS-0.4-7.4%-7.3%
1962 EDF+3.1-5.8%-3.7%
1963 RS-1.5-3.9%-5.1%
1964 RS-0.6-5.1%-7.1%
1964 FIN-3.8-4.7%-4.6%
1965 RS-1.5-13.3%-9.8%
1965 EDF+1.5+0.9%-1.9%
1966 RS-3.3-11.4%-11.7%
1966 EDF+1.1+0.9%+2.2%
1967 RS-1.1-2.1%-2.6%
1967 EDF-1.9-9.6%-6.4%
1968 RS-4.7-14.6%-14.3%
1968 EDF+1.2+1.5%+1.8%
1969 RS-3.2-9.3%-11.6%
1969 FIN-0.8-3.6%-3.2%

vs. Walt Bellamy

1962 RS (10 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 52.7 ppg, 27.7 rpg, 2.5 apg on 50.1 %FG/52.7 %TS — 10 wins
Walt Bellamy: 34.7 ppg, 20.7 rpg, 3.2 apg on 46.1 %FG/47.7 %TS — 0 wins

1963 RS (10 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 42.8 ppg, 24.7 rpg, 3.6 apg on 48.9 %FG/52.0 %TS — 6 wins
Walt Bellamy: 29.7 ppg, 17.8 rpg, 3.4 apg on 48.0 %FG/52.4 %TS — 4 wins

1964 RS (10 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 35.0 ppg, 21.1 rpg, 4.9 apg on 53.3 %FG/53.6 %TS — 7 wins
Walt Bellamy: 23.3 ppg, 15.1 rpg, 1.3 apg on 44.2 %FG/48.7 %TS — 3 wins

1965 RS (9 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 38.3 ppg, 21.7 rpg, 3.2 apg on 54.0 %FG/55.3 %TS — 4 wins
Walt Bellamy: 26.3 ppg, 13.4 rpg, 3.0 apg on 46.2 %FG/50.1 %TS — 5 wins

1966 RS (11 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 33.0 ppg, 19.8 rpg, 5.0 apg on 56.5 %FG/56.1 %TS — 9 wins
Walt Bellamy: 25.2 ppg, 16.4 rpg, 4.1 apg on 46.8 %FG/50.0 %TS — 2 wins

1967 RS (9 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 22.7 ppg, 25.7 rpg, 6.3 apg on 70.9 %FG/64.4 %TS — 8 wins
Walt Bellamy: 23.2 ppg, 14.8 rpg, 2.9 apg on 47.7 %FG/51.7 %TS — 1 win

1968 RS (8 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 22.6 ppg, 20.8 rpg, 6.6 apg on 54.3 %FG/53.3 %TS — 5 wins
Walt Bellamy: 20.6 ppg, 15.8 rpg, 3.0 apg on 45.7 %FG/50.8 %TS — 3 wins

1968 EDSF (6 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 25.5 ppg, 24.2 rpg, 6.3 apg on 58.4 %FG/53.7 %TS — 4 wins
Walt Bellamy: 20.0 ppg, 16.0 rpg, 3.5 apg on 42.1 %FG/46.8 %TS — 2 wins

1969 RS (9 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 23.2 ppg, 22.4 rpg, 5.4 apg* on 74.6 %FG/69.6 %TS — 6 wins
Walt Bellamy: 19.1 ppg, 14.4 rpg, 2.7 apg* on 42.7 %FG/47.2 %TS* — 3 wins
*Two games missing stats.

1970 WDSF (4 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 17.3 ppg, 22.0 rpg, 4.3 apg on 41.3 %FG/42.3 %TS — 4 wins
Walt Bellamy: 20.0 ppg, 15.8 rpg, 2.3 apg on 45.6 %FG/51.2 %TS — 0 wins

1971 RS (5 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 19.8 ppg, 22.4 rpg, 5.0 apg on 44.3 %FG/45.5 %TS — 2 wins
Walt Bellamy: 14.4 ppp, 15.6 rpg, 3.2 apg on 36.4 %FG/41.1 %TS — 3 wins

1972 RS (5 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 13.4 ppg, 17.6 rpg, 3.4 apg on 61.4 %FG/64.0 %TS — 5 wins
Walt Bellamy: 20.0 ppg, 15.0 rpg, 5.0 apg on 42.4 %FG/45.3 %TS — 0 wins

1973 RS (4 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 9.8 ppg, 20.5 rpg, 3.8 apg on 59.3 %FG/57.3 %TS — 1 win
Walt Bellamy: 17.0 ppg, 18.3 rpg, 2.8 apg on 39.7 %FG/39.8 %TS — 3 wins

Career RS (90 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 31.2 ppg, 22.5 rpg, 4.5 apg* on 54.5 %FG/55.2 %TS — 63 wins
Walt Bellamy: 24.2 ppg, 16.1 rpg, 3.1 apg* on 45.3 %FG/49.8 %TS* — 27 wins

*Two games missing data (1969 RS).

Career PS (10 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 22.2 ppg, 23.3 rpg, 5.5 apg on 52.3 %FG/49.6 %TS — 8 wins (2 series wins)
Walt Bellamy: 20.0 ppg, 15.9 rpg, 3.0 apg on 43.4 %FG/48.5 %TS — 2 wins (0 series wins)

Man Defense vs. Walt Bellamy
* denotes partial data.

SeriesPPG ChangeFG% ChangeTS% Change
1962 RS+3.1-1.8%-7.7%
1963 RS+1.8-4.7%-4.7%
1964 RS-3.7-7.1%-6.8%
1965 RS+1.5-4.1%-5.8%
1966 RS+2.4-3.8%-4.3%
1967 RS+4.2-4.4%-4.3%
1968 RS+3.9-8.4%-7.5%
1968 EDSF+3.3-12.0%-11.5%
1969 RS+1.7-8.3%*-8.3%*
1970 WDSF+8.4-6.7%-3.7%
1971 RS-0.3-12.9%-12.4%
1972 RS+1.4-12.1%-11.4%
1973 RS+0.9-10.8%-12.9%

vs. Nate Thurmond

1965 RS (3 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 26.7 ppg, 27.3 rpg, 2.7 apg on 50.0 %FG/52.0 %TS — 1 win
Nate Thurmond: 18.7 ppg, 18.3 rpg, 1.3 apg on 45.6 %FG/45.9 %TS — 2 wins

1966 RS (9 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 28.6 ppg, 25.4 rpg, 4.4 apg on 48.9 %FG/52.0 %TS — 7 wins
Nate Thurmond: 16.1 ppg, 19.7 rpg, 1.0 apg on 37.9 %FG/43.4 %TS — 2 wins

1967 RS (6 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 20.8 ppg, 25.0 rpg, 8.5 apg on 63.3 %FG/60.0 %TS — 5 wins
Nate Thurmond: 13.2 ppg, 22.7 rpg, 3.0 apg on 28.6 %FG/29.0 %TS — 1 win

1967 FINALS (6 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 17.7 ppg, 28.5 rpg, 6.8 apg on 56.0 %FG/49.7 %TS — 4 wins
Nate Thurmond: 14.2 ppg, 26.7 rpg, 3.3 apg on 34.3 %FG/37.7 %TS — 2 wins

1968 RS (4 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 13.3 ppg, 23.8 rpg, 7.0 apg on 40.4 %FG/39.7 %TS — 1 win
Nate Thurmond: 15.0 ppg, 26.8 rpg, 4.8 apg on 28.6 %FG/39.4 %TS — 3 wins

1969 RS (6 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 13.8 ppg, 23.7 rpg, 3.7 apg on 54.7 %FG/56.3 %TS — 3 wins
Nate Thurmond: 17.3 ppg, 23.8 rpg, 4.0 apg on 31.8 %FG/36.3 %TS — 3 wins

1969 WDSF (6 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 12.0 ppg, 23.5 rpg, 2.5 apg on 50.0 %FG/47.2 %TS — 4 wins
Nate Thurmond: 16.7 ppg, 19.5 rpg, 4.7 apg on 39.2 %FG/42.7 %TS — 2 wins

1971 RS (6 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 10.2 ppg, 18.0 rpg, 6.2 apg on 55.3 %FG/54.2 %TS — 4 wins
Nate Thurmond: 22.7 ppg, 17.3 rpg, 3.2 apg on 45.8 %FG/50.5 %TS — 2 wins

1972 RS (6 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 6.8 ppg, 18.0 rpg, 4.3 apg on 67.9 %FG/65.0 %TS — 5 wins
Nate Thurmond: 18.3 ppg, 16.7 rpg, 4.0 apg on 36.2 %FG/39.4 %TS — 1 win

1973 RS (7 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 5.3 ppg, 16.6 rpg, 4.9 apg on 68.4 %FG/62.6 %TS — 4 wins
Nate Thurmond: 12.6 ppg, 21.6 rpg, 4.7 apg on 31.5 %FG/36.5 %TS — 3 wins

1973 WCF (5 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 7.0 ppg, 23.6 rpg, 3.8 apg on 61.1 %FG/67.5 %TS — 4 wins
Nate Thurmond: 15.8 ppg, 17.2 rpg, 4.2 apg on 37.3 %FG/42.8 %TS — 1 win

Career RS (47 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 15.7 ppg, 22.0 rpg, 5.2 apg on 53.4 %FG/53.7 %TS — 30 wins
Nate Thurmond: 16.6 ppg, 20.7 rpg, 3.2 apg on 36.3 %FG/40.5 %TS — 17 wins

Career PS (17 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 12.5 ppg, 25.3 rpg, 4.4 apg on 54.2 %FG/51.0 %TS — 12 wins (3 series wins)
Nate Thurmond: 15.5 ppg, 21.4 rpg, 4.1 apg on 37.0 %FG/41.0 %TS — 5 wins (0 series wins)

Man Defense vs. Nate Thurmond

SeriesPPG ChangeFG% ChangeTS% Change
1965 RS+2.2+3.7%+0.3%
1966 RS-0.2-2.7%-2.0%
1967 RS-5.5-15.1%-19.0%
1967 FIN-4.5-9.4%-10.3%
1968 RS-5.5-12.5%-7.2%
1969 RS-4.2-9.2%-9.4%
1969 WDSF-4.8-1.8%-3.0%
1971 RS+2.7+1.3%+0.4%
1972 RS-3.1-7.0%-9.8%
1973 RS-4.5-13.1%-13.4%
1973 WCF-1.3-7.3%-7.1%

vs. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1970 RS (1 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 25.0 ppg, 25.0 rpg, 5.0 apg on 64.3 %FG/57.0 %TS — 1 win
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 23.0 ppg, 20.0 rpg, 2.0 apg on 38.1 %FG/46.1 %TS — 0 wins

1971 RS (5 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 23.2 ppg, 15.0 rpg, 3.0 apg on 48.3 %FG/54.8 %TS — 1 win
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 27.8 ppg, 13.2 rpg, 1.0 apg on 43.8 %FG/46.4 %TS — 4 wins

1971 PS (5 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 22.0 ppg, 18.8 rpg, 2.0 apg on 48.9 %FG/48.9 %TS — 1 win
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 25.0 ppg, 17.2 rpg, 4.2 apg on 48.1 %FG/51.0 %TS — 4 wins

1972 RS (5 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 14.0 ppg, 20.8 rpg, 4.2 apg on 53.7 %FG/49.7 %TS — 4 wins
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 40.2 ppg, 15.0 rpg, 5.0 apg on 50.0 %FG/53.7 %TS — 1 win

1972 PS (6 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 10.8 ppg, 19.3 rpg, 3.3 apg on 45.2 %FG/47.2 %TS — 4 wins
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 33.7 ppg, 17.5 rpg, 4.8 apg on 45.7 %FG/48.2 %TS — 2 wins

1973 RS (6 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 11.0 ppg, 16.0 rpg, 3.7 apg on 73.7 %FG/72.6 %TS — 3 wins
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 29.5 ppg, 18.0 rpg, 4.7 apg on 45.0 %FG/46.9 %TS — 3 wins

Career RS (17 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 16.3 ppg, 17.6 rpg, 3.7 apg on 56.0 %FG/56.9 %TS — 9 wins
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 31.8 ppg, 15.8 rpg, 3.5 apg on 46.3 %FG/49.0 %TS — 8 wins

Career PS (11 games)

Wilt Chamberlain: 15.9 ppg, 19.1 rpg, 2.7 apg on 47.8 %FG/48.3 %TS — 5 wins (1 series win)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 29.7 ppg, 17.4 rpg, 4.5 apg on 46.6 %FG/49.2 %TS — 6 wins
(1 series win)

Man Defense vs. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

SeriesPPG ChangeFG% ChangeTS% Change
1970 RS-5.8-8.9%-9.1%
1971 RS-3.9-13.9%-14.2%
1971 WCF-6.7-9.6%-9.6%
1972 RS+5.2-7.4%-6.6%
1972 WCF-1.1-11.7%-12.1%
1973 RS-0.7-10.4%-11.1%

WOWYR

1957-2016 WOWYR (From Thinking Basketball.)

PlayerScaled WOWYRAlt Scaled10-Year GPMAverageVariabilityRank
Wilt Chamberlain5.65.94.25.20.922nd