MVP awards
4
NBA titles
2
Career points
31,419
Career rebounds
23,924
Scoring titles
7
All-Star selections
13
Category profile
- Dominance
- 95
- Peak
- 98
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 99
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | 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
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Wilt Chamberlain ranks #5 in Basketball
Wilt Chamberlain ranks #5 in Basketball and #31 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 93.0/100.
The verified career covers 1959–1973 and 14 documented seasons. Peak is 98/100, with Statistics the strongest category at 99/100 (15% weight). Key metrics: MVP awards 4, NBA titles 2, Career points 31419, Career rebounds 23924.
Nearest context: ahead Diana Taurasi (94.2); behind Bill Russell (92.5). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Wilt Chamberlain GOAT Score explained
- Dominance95/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 95/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak98/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 98/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 86/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics99/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 99/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Wilt comparisons
Wilt Chamberlain — frequently asked
- Is Wilt Chamberlain the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Wilt Chamberlain ranks #5 in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 93.0/100, behind LeBron James (95.6).
- What is Wilt Chamberlain's GOAT Score?
- 93.0/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 95 (25%), Peak 98 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 99 (15%).
- Where does Wilt Chamberlain rank all time?
- #31 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #5 in Basketball.
- Wilt Chamberlain vs Diana Taurasi: who ranks higher?
- Diana Taurasi ranks higher at 94.2 versus Wilt Chamberlain at 93.0, a margin of 1.2 points.