Greatest Individual Season Ever
ESPN's Page 2 has compiled a list of the 25 greatest individual seasons in all of sports history. Only one Philadelphia player makes the cut, but it's the greatest season ever.
1. Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors, 1961-62
Chamberlain averaged 50.4 points and 25.7 rebounds. He set the NBA record with 4,029 points -- Michael Jordan is the only other player in league history to crack even 3,000. Chamberlain scored 50-plus points 45 times. Just how impressive is that? Michael Jordan cracked 50 points 37 times in his entire career. Chamberlain's 100 points on March 2 against the Knicks is perhaps the most famous single-game performance in sports history. Chamberlain also logged 48.5 minutes per game, playing all but eight minutes the entire season. To put all this in perspective, take Tim Duncan's best scoring and rebounding season -- then double it.
It just goes to show you that Wilt is undeniably the most dominant player to ever grace the court. Granted, the talent was not what it is today, but to have that much dominance over an entire league is ridiculous. I just read my friend those stats and he could only say "THOSE WERE HIS AVERAGES FOR THE SEASON!?!?!" I wish I could have seen the Stilt play. He truly is the quintessential wonder of the basketball world.
Posted by: GreggyD | Friday, January 11, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Eat it, Jordan fans.
Posted by: Kulp | Friday, January 11, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Reggie White made the top ten in the NFL with his 21.5 sacks in 12 games.
Posted by: Sid | Friday, January 11, 2008 at 01:16 PM
He also slept with 393 women en route to his magnificent record of over 10,000.
Posted by: Chris | Friday, January 11, 2008 at 02:02 PM