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Wilt Chamberlain

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Wilt Chamberlain

Aug 21, 1936 – Oct 12, 199925 titles 13 movies · 12 TV
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Biography

Wilton Norman Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American basketball player. A 7'1" center, Chamberlain played for the Kansas Jayhawks, Harlem Globetrotters, Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, and Los Angeles Lakers. He holds numerous NBA records such as averaging 50 points per game in a season and scoring 100 points in a single game. Chamberlain is widely considered the most dominant player of his era (alongside rival Bill Russell) and among the greatest players in basketball history.

Also known as

The Big Dipper · Wilton Norman Chamberlain

Born

Aug 21, 1936 – Oct 12, 1999

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Roles across career

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Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1948 1 title(s)

1962 2 title(s)

1968 1 title(s)

1969 1 title(s)

1970 1 title(s)

1971 1 title(s)

1973 2 title(s)

1977 1 title(s)

1978 1 title(s)

1979 1 title(s)

1981 1 title(s)

1984 1 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1991 1 title(s)

1999 1 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2012 1 title(s)

2013 2 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)

2023 2 title(s)