Career atlas
Wilt Chamberlain: 14 seasons, 5 teams, 1 competitions
From 1959-60 to 1972-73

The question
How did Wilt Chamberlain evolve?
The evidence
When it really changed
The stints
One row per stint: league, team and years. Chronological order; when two overlap, the origin comes first.
- PHW1959-60 → 1961-62
NBA · 3 seasons
- SFW1962-63 → 1963-64
NBA · 2 seasons
- PHL → SFW1964-65
NBA · 1 season
- PHI1965-66 → 1967-68
NBA · 3 seasons
- LAL1968-69 → 1972-73
NBA · 5 seasons
When it really changed
Not every season is a change. Only jumps above the threshold declared below appear here. «Changed» means a jump larger than 4.1 points per game. It is a declared threshold, not a model.
- 1961-62+12.0 points per game versus the previous season
NBA · PHW
- Before
- 1960-61 · PHW · 38.4 points per game
- After
- 1961-62 · PHW · 50.4 points per game
- Context
- NBA · PHW
- 1962-63Team change: from PHW to SFW
NBA · SFW
- Before
- 1961-62 · PHW · 50.4 points per game
- After
- 1962-63 · SFW · 44.8 points per game
- The measure
- -5.6 points per game versus the previous season
- Context
- NBA · SFW
- 1964-65Team change: from SFW to SFW
NBA · PHL
- Before
- 1963-64 · SFW · 36.9 points per game
- After
- 1964-65 · PHL · SFW · 34.7 points per game
- Context
- NBA · PHL
- 1966-67-9.4 points per game versus the previous season
NBA · PHI
- Before
- 1965-66 · PHI · 33.5 points per game
- After
- 1966-67 · PHI · 24.1 points per game
- Context
- NBA · PHI
Production, season by season
An ACB point and an NBA point are not the same unit. The line puts seasons side by side; it does not make them equal.
- 1959-6037.6 points per game
NBA · PHW · 72 games
- 1960-6138.4 points per game
NBA · PHW · 79 games
- 1961-6250.4 points per game
NBA · PHW · 80 games
- 1962-6344.8 points per game
NBA · SFW · 80 games
- 1963-6436.9 points per game
NBA · SFW · 80 games
- 1964-6534.7 points per game
NBA · PHL → SFW · 73 games
- 1965-6633.5 points per game
NBA · PHI · 79 games
- 1966-6724.1 points per game
NBA · PHI · 81 games
- 1967-6824.3 points per game
NBA · PHI · 82 games
- 1968-6920.5 points per game
NBA · LAL · 81 games
- 1969-7027.3 points per game
NBA · LAL · 12 games
- 1970-7120.7 points per game
NBA · LAL · 82 games
- 1971-7214.8 points per game
NBA · LAL · 82 games
- 1972-7313.2 points per game
NBA · LAL · 82 games
FactDerivedAssumption
What this does not prove
- An ACB point and an NBA point are not the same unit. The line puts seasons side by side; it does not make them equal.
- «Changed» means a jump larger than 4.1 points per game. It is a declared threshold, not a model.
- Role is read from minutes and production. We do not have a declared position for every European season.
From here
Where it comes from
Source
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This answer
2026-10-12
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