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Eddie A Johnson: Shaq. You are arguably next to Wilt. The most dominant basketball player ever in the paint, but Wemby has the ability to become a threat all over the court and be more dominant than you that way!
Shaq. You are arguably next to Wilt. The most dominant basketball player ever in the paint, but Wemby has the ability to become a threat all over the court and be more dominant than you that way! https://t.co/11MEaUcMzS
— Eddie A Johnson (@Jumpshot8) June 16, 2026
While James won’t directly make the case that he’s the most influential athlete of the past half-century, on the barroom debate about the basketball GOAT, he doesn’t hesitate. “I’m not taking nobody over me,” says James. “There’s no question. But I think Mike will say the same thing. Rest his soul, Kobe will say the same thing. Magic will say the same thing. Bird will say the same thing. Shaq could say the same thing. The late great Wilt. Kareem. I don’t think none of us are going to take somebody else. If there’s a general manager and he’s eyeballing all of us on a baseline, with the No. 1 pick, it’s gonna be hard not to take me, champ.”
NBA: Victor Wembanyama (41 PTS, 24 REB)'s WCF debut masterclass! Joins Wilt Chamberlain as the only players to record 40+ PTS and 20+ REB in their Conference Finals debut Joins David Robinson as the only players in Spurs franchise history to record 40+ PTS and 20+ REB in a postseason game NBA Conference Finals presented by @Google
You were a teammate of Kobe Bryant, who had an 81-point performance prior to your arrival. Bam Adebayo recently surpassed this with an 83-point game. How impressive was that? Metta World Peace: I was very happy for him. I was super impressed. As I read more articles and heard a lot of the noise around it, it kind of diluted the emotion and excitement around it. It seemed like everyone was just talking about the free throws and the and-ones. He had 31 points in the first quarter. That’s crazy. At that point, you have to go for it. Once you score 30 in one quarter, if you score another 30 soon after, you’re already at 60. The Washington Wizards could’ve done something about it, but they couldn’t stop him. You can’t blame Bam for going for it. I would’ve done the same. Foul me all you want and give me the free throws if I have a chance to pass Kobe Bryant and be right behind Wilt Chamberlain. That’s an incredible achievement.
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Keerthika Uthayakumar: The official NBA record for blocks in a playoff game is 10, done 3 times. @stathead.com has the unofficial number at 16, by Wilt in 1969. Wemby is the first player to have 11+ blocks in a playoff game since Wilt Chamberlain in 1973.
Keerthika Uthayakumar: The official NBA record for blocks in a playoff game is 10, done 3 times. @stathead.com has the unofficial number at 16, by Wilt in 1969. Victor Wembanyama is the first player to have 11+ blocks in a playoff game since Wilt Chamberlain in 1973.
?NBA Stat?: Most games in a single season by a Lakers player with 20+ PTS on 80%+ FG: 10 — Wilt Chamberlain (1973) 6 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1983) 5 — Deandre Ayton (2026) (via RealSports) #NBA
Jim Miloch: Wilt Chamberlain now has the 2nd most blocks in an NBA season. We never had any official block totals for Wilt. And now we do, just for one season, his last season, his age 36 season.
Wilt Chamberlain now has the 2nd most blocks in an NBA season.
— Jim Miloch (@podoffame) April 3, 2026
We never had any official block totals for Wilt. And now we do, just for one season, his last season, his age 36 season. https://t.co/ukGlwmPT2h pic.twitter.com/fG4oyWdCgZ
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Michael Martin: Potentially even crazier stat Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is shooting 60% on 2s this year. That would rank as the 4th most efficient shooting season in Wilt Chamberlain’s career. And on top of that in Wilt’s 3 seasons he took 7.1, 14.2 and 9.3 shots a game vs SGA’s 15.2 2s a game.
Dan Woike: List of NBA players to score at least 600 points in a single month • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar • Rick Barry • Walt Bellamy • Elgin Baylor • Wilt Chamberlain • Luka Dončić • James Harden • Michael Jordan • Oscar Robertson • Jerry West
Benjamin Royer: Per Lakers: Luka Doncic becomes the third-youngest player in NBA history to hit 15K. 1. LeBron James — 25 years, 79 days 2. Kevin Durant — 26 years, 78 days 3. Luka Dončić — 27 years, 31 days 4. Kobe Bryant — 27 years, 136 days 5. Wilt Chamberlain — 27 years, 156 days
But voices of clarity and accurate contemporary accounts of Wilt Chamberlain's historic accomplishment do exist, including from Tom Meschery, a rookie forward on the 1961-62 Philadelphia Warriors. Meschery wrote about Wilt’s most famous game in his memoir. In a recent email inquiry, Meschery also responded to questions about circumstances surrounding the first, and only, triple-digit scoring effort in league history. A longtime colleague suggested I include the following item in my inquiry: In the wake of Adebayo’s 83-point game, I have heard people saying, the Warriors kept fouling the Knicks in Wilt’s 100-point game to get him the ball, too. The thing is, I don’t ever remember hearing or reading that anywhere. A few hours later, Meschery replied to my email. “Lots of conspiracy crap about Wilt’s game,” wrote Meschery, who turned 87 in October 2025. “Here’s what the story: The Knicks stunk; the Wizards stunk. No need to foul with a 24-second clock. Knicks kept fouling Wilt, and Wilt kept making free throws proving there is a God. “Wilt asked Coach (Frank) McGuire to take him out of the game midway (through the) fourth quarter. Coach had predicted Wilt would score 100 in his first public statement after being hired. So Coach told Wilt, ‘No.’ McGuire’s ego. Wilt, of course, didn’t argue.”