MVPs: 4. Finals MVPs: 1 (+1). All-NBA 1st Team: 7. 2nd Team: 3. All Star: 13. MVP: 1.
Defensive POY: 0. All-Defense 1st Team: 2.
Points Champ: 4. Rebounds Champ: 11. eFG% Champ: 9.
Career Averages: 30 PPG/ 23 RPG/ 4 APG/ .540 eFG%/ .511 FT%.
Best Season: 24/ 24/ 8/ 1.6/ .8/ .683/ .441 (1966-67).
Postseason Averages: 22 PPG/ 24 RPG/ 4 APG/ .522 eFG%/ .465 FT%.
Best Postseason: 22/ 29/ 9/ .579/ .388 (1967).
Why he's below Larry Bird: It’s all about team and postseason success. Wilt led the league in scoring 7 times but only led the postseason in points scored 1 time. His career regular season average was 30 PPG, but it was only 22 PPG in the postseason. I don't think Wilt was getting worse in the postseason or "choking." I think he just faced good defenders consistently in the postseason and didn't during the regular season. He racked up stats against undersized, unathletic centers in the regular season. His 22-24-4 averages in the postseason are what I think he really was as a player. They're still impressive, but they're not top-5 when you consider how many rebounds were available every game.
Why he's above the rest: Wilt holds 72 NBA records, according to Wikipedia. Whether he was chasing stats or not, it's still an incredible total. He was a great shot blocker too and might have had even more records if blocks were tracked during his career. He won 2 championships and was the best player on 4 Finals teams, so it's not as if he never had postseason success. Wilt had a career that no one else who ever played the game could have possibly achieved. That's worth a spot in the top 10 at least.
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