Category profile
- Dominance
- 95
- Peak
- 98
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 99
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 37.6 | |
| 1960 | 38.4 | |
| 1961 | 50.4 | |
| 1962 | 44.8 | |
| 1963 | 36.9 | |
| 1964 | 34.7 | |
| 1965 | 33.5 | |
| 1966 | 24.1 | |
| 1967 | 24.3 | |
| 1968 | 20.5 | |
| 1969 | 20.7 | |
| 1970 | 27.3 | |
| 1971 | 20.7 | |
| 1972 | 13.2 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Wilt Chamberlain ranks #6 in Basketball
Wilt Chamberlain ranks 6th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 30th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 93.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 95, Peak 98, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 99. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 399 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1959–1973 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1961, which sets the Peak component at 98. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 99 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 4, nba titles 2, career points 31419, career rebounds 23924.
Immediately ahead sits Sue Bird on 91.2, a gap of -1.8 points. Directly behind is Bill Russell on 92.5. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Wilt Chamberlain GOAT Score explained
- Dominance95/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Wilt stood above the field while competing. Scored 95/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak98/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1961. Scored 98/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics99/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 99/100.
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Wilt Chamberlain — frequently asked
- Is Wilt Chamberlain the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Wilt Chamberlain ranks 6th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 93.0, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Wilt Chamberlain's GOAT Score?
- 93.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 95 (25%), Peak 98 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 99 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Wilt Chamberlain rank all time?
- 30th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 6th within Basketball.
- Wilt Chamberlain vs Sue Bird: who ranks higher?
- Wilt Chamberlain, on 93.0 against Sue Bird's 91.2 — a margin of 1.8 points.