This might be the craziest of all the crazy Wilt Chamberlain stats

Wilt Chamberlain is the patron saint of crazy statistical accomplishments, but this one takes the cake.

When you think of Wilt Chamberlain, you probably think of large numbers. He once scored 100 points in a game. He claimed to have slept with over 20,000 women. He’s been retired for 37 years and in that time, only six other players have managed to pass him on the all-time scoring list.

As far as wild stats, his 1961-62 season with the Philadelphia Warriors is the standard-bearer. That was when he had his famous 100-point game and that season, over 80 games, he averaged 50.4 points and 25.7 rebounds per game. That would be a good week of scoring and rebounding for a modern big man and he did it every night. Of course, history buffs will point to the different era, the pace and the fact that Wilt averaged more than 48 minutes per game that season as reasons why he was able to accumulate such ridiculous numbers.

But that think about that last sentence again. He averaged more than 48 minutes per game for a season. That means he essentially played every single minute, including overtime, for an entire year. And that’s not even the craziest part — he has 559 career games where he played 48 minutes or more, nearly 350 more than any other player in NBA history.

Could anyone catch Wilt Chamberlain’s iron man mark?

That’s essentially seven full seasons’ worth of playing every minute in every game. Of all the untouchable marks Wilt established in his Hall-of-Fame career, this one seems the most secure. Especially if you take a look at what the modern leaderboard (1983 to the present) looks like for games played of 48 minutes or more.

LeBron James is the only active player on the list and he’d need a mere 526 more 48+ minute games to tie Wilt. In the modern era of rest and load management, prioritizing player health, I think it’s safe to say no one is ever going to get close to that Wilt Chamberlain record.