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Wilt ChamberlainPhiladelphia 76ers · #13
Wilt Chamberlain is a retired center and Hall of Famer who starred for the Philadelphia 76ers. Scored 100 in a game — the most physically dominant player ever. Career averages: 30.1 points, 22.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.
Balladex Impact · 83
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★ Legendary
Philadelphia 76ers · #13 · Center
Wilt Chamberlain
Season avg13.2 pts · 18.6 reb · 4.5 ast · .727 fg
Career avg30.1 pts · 22.9 reb · 4.4 ast · .568 fg
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Scouting report
Wilt Chamberlain — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
B+
Hall of Fame center · Impact 83
Wilt Chamberlain is a retired center and Hall of Famer who starred for the Philadelphia 76ers. Scored 100 in a game — the most physically dominant pla
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OffenseC-
DefenseC+
Feel / IQC-
Playmaking
Average creator
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Scoring
Elite scorer
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A+
Rebounding
Elite on the glass
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F
3PT / spacing
Below average spacing
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D
Perimeter D
Below average on the perimeter
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C
Paint / rim D
Average at the rim
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B
Clutch
Strong late
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C+
Athleticism
Strong tools
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C+
Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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A+
Durability
Availability
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Act II
Where Wilt Chamberlain stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
✦ Balladex Consensus: All-Star level tier — a blend of Impact, production and résumé.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
83Impact index
1234Star score
Career scoring average30.1 ppg
Seasons in the index14
Accolades on file5
2× NBA Champion · 4× NBA MVP
Stat explorer
Wilt Chamberlain — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
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Scoring
13.2 PPG
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Playmaking
4.5 APG
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Rebounding
18.6 RPG
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Shooting
— 3P%
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The engine
How the model sees Wilt Chamberlain
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
Projected 1973-74 91% confidence
10.8
pts
9.9–11.7
16.9
reb
16.0–17.8
4.3
ast
3.9–4.7
39.0
min
proj
82
gp
health
.658
fg%
~base
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3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 14-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 13.2 → projected 10.8 PPG
Minutes / role
-1.3
Development (his trend)
-1.4
Age curve
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Live context
+0.2
Net vs last season-2.4 PPG
Everything it reads
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14 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
auto
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
+dev
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Per-stat aging curves
age — — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 82 / 82 / 82 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified
Wilt Chamberlain career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959-60 MVP | 72 | 46.4 | 37.6 | 27.0 | 2.3 | .461 | |
| 1960-61 | 79 | 47.8 | 38.4 | 27.2 | 1.9 | .509 | |
| 1961-62 | 80 | 48.5 | 50.4 | 25.7 | 2.4 | .506 | |
| 1962-63 | 80 | 47.6 | 44.8 | 24.3 | 3.4 | .528 | |
| 1963-64 | 80 | 46.1 | 36.9 | 22.3 | 5.0 | .524 | |
| 1964-65 | 73 | 45.2 | 34.7 | 22.9 | 3.4 | .510 | |
| 1965-66 MVP | 79 | 47.3 | 33.5 | 24.6 | 5.2 | .540 | |
| 1966-67 MVP+CHIP | 81 | 45.5 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 7.8 | .683 | |
| 1967-68 MVP | 82 | 46.8 | 24.3 | 23.8 | 8.6 | .595 | |
| 1968-69 | 81 | 45.3 | 20.5 | 21.1 | 4.5 | .583 | |
| 1969-70 | 12 | 42.1 | 27.3 | 18.4 | 4.1 | .568 | |
| 1970-71 | 82 | 44.3 | 20.7 | 18.2 | 4.3 | .545 | |
| 1971-72 CHIP | 82 | 42.3 | 14.8 | 19.2 | 4.0 | .649 | |
| 1972-73 | 82 | 43.2 | 13.2 | 18.6 | 4.5 | .727 | |
| Career | 1045 | 45.8 | 30.1 | 22.9 | 4.4 |
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
—raw PPG
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—in 2026 pace
why
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context
Are the Philadelphia 76ers built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
42–40proj record
#10conf seed
+0.5net rtg
114.6off rtg
114.1def rtg
46%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Joel Embiid, Adem Bona.
How his role moves
Projected 42–40, 10th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
83 of 99
All-Star level tier.
Rarity
◆ Legendary
Rank #7 of 715 in NBA.
Résumé
5 accolades
2× NBA Champion · 4× NBA MVP · 1× Finals MVP
Act IV
The Ballad of Wilt Chamberlain
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
Philadelphia 76ers
Turning pro
Drafted 1959 as a Center.
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Wilt Chamberlain is one of the NBA's all-time greats. Scored 100 in a game — the most physically dominant player ever.
Chapter
Over a Hall of Fame career he averaged 30.1 points, 22.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists and won 2 championships.
Where things stand
A Hall of Fame center and Philadelphia 76ers legend.
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Chamberlain's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Walk-up: The Big Dipper
Tap to play his entrance
Off the court
Measurables ESPN
- Height
- 7' 1"
- Weight
- 255 lb
- College
- Kansas
- NBA debut
- 1959
- Draft
- 1959
- Jersey
- #13
Legacy
Scored 100 in a game — the most physically dominant player ever.
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The person
A Hall of Fame center and Philadelphia 76ers legend.
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Philadelphia 76ers
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FAQ
Wilt Chamberlain — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Wilt Chamberlain, answered.
What were Wilt Chamberlain's career averages?
Wilt Chamberlain averaged 30.1 points, 22.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game over his career.
Is Wilt Chamberlain in the Hall of Fame?
Yes — Wilt Chamberlain is enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and won 2 NBA championships.
Wilt Chamberlain career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
