Wilt Chamberlain 100 Points Game
The only player to score 100 points in a game and average 30 points and 20 rebounds in a season.
Wilton Norman Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. Standing 7 ft tall, he played center in the NBA for 14 seasons. He is the only player to score 100 points in a single game and the only player to average 30 points and 20 rebounds per game in a season, a feat he accomplished seven times.
Quick Facts
- Player
- Wilt Chamberlain
- Team at time
- Philadelphia Warriors
- Opponent
- New York Knicks
- Location
- Hershey Sports Arena, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Unbroken NBA Record
Lore & Background
Chamberlain holds 72 NBA records, including several regular season records in scoring, rebounding, and durability; blocks were not counted during his career. He once gathered 55 rebounds, and never fouled out. He once averaged 50 points per game, as well as 48 minutes per game, in a season. Chamberlain won two NBA championships, four regular-season MVP awards, the Rookie of the Year, one Finals MVP, and one All-Star Game MVP; he was selected to thirteen All-Star Games and ten All-NBA Teams. He won seven scoring, eleven rebounding, nine durability, and nine field goal percentage titles.
Reader's Guide
Chamberlain played for the Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, and Los Angeles Lakers. He won his first championship with the 76ers in 1967 and his second with the 1972 Lakers, a team which set a record with a 33-game winning streak. He was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978 and elected to the NBA's 35th, 50th, and 75th anniversary teams.
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