Wilt Chamberlain career points

31,419Career Regular Season

Wilt Chamberlain has scored 31,419 points over 14 regular seasons, 8th among 4,608 NBA players on file.

1959-60 to 1972-73
1959-60: 2,707'601960-61: 3,0331961-62: 4,0294,0291962-63: 3,5861963-64: 2,9481964-65: 2,5341965-66: 2,6491966-67: 1,9561967-68: 1,9921968-69: 1,6641969-70: 3281970-71: 1,6961971-72: 1,2131972-73: 1,084'73
Wilt Chamberlain career points, season by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.MIN: Minutes on the floor.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble.BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim.FG%: Share of shots from the floor that went in. League average sits near 47%.3P%: Share of three-point attempts that went in. League average sits near 36%.FT%: Share of free throws that went in. League average sits near 78%.TS%: Scoring per shot with threes and free throws counted: PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)). League average sits near 58%.
1959-60GS723,3382,7071,941168——46.1—58.249.3
1960-61GS793,7733,0332,149148——50.9—50.451.9
1961-62GS803,8824,0292,052192——50.6—61.353.6
1962-63GS803,8063,5861,946275——52.8—59.355.0
1963-64GS803,6892,9481,787403——52.4—53.153.7
1964-65PHI/GS733,3012,5341,673250——51.0—46.451.3
1965-66PHI793,7372,6491,943414——54.0—51.354.7
1966-67PHI813,6821,9561,957630——68.3—44.163.7
1967-68PHI823,8361,9921,952702——59.5—38.055.7
1968-69LAL——1,6641,7113660058.30.044.656.4
1969-70LAL——328221490056.80.044.655.4
1970-71LAL——1,6961,4933520054.50.053.855.8
1971-72LAL——1,2131,5723290064.90.042.261.0
1972-73LAL——1,0841,5263650072.70.051.068.9

What the columns mean: GP · MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%

  • Best season on file: 4,029 in 1961-62.
  • Most recent: 1,084 in 1972-73.

Sum of 14 regular seasons, 1959-60 through 1972-73. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on October 20, 2026.

Wilt Chamberlain, 1972-73 regular season

GP
82
MIN
43.2
PTS
13.2
REB
18.6
AST
4.5
STL
0.0
BLK
0.0
FG%
72.7