Wilt Chamberlain vs. Fred Roberts Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred Roberts and Wilt Chamberlain, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Wilt Chamberlain played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Fred Roberts, who played 13. Wilt Chamberlain had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, while Fred Roberts had his rookie season in 1983-84. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Wilt Chamberlain	14	13	1959-60 to 1972-73
Fred Roberts	13	9	1983-84 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Wilt Chamberlain	Fred Roberts
Season	1959-60	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	72	46.4	37.6	-	-	27.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.1	14.8	32.1	.461	-	-	-	8.0	13.8	.582
Fred Roberts	79	19.4	7.3	1.3	2.6	3.8	1.2	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	2.7	5.1	.536	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.2	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	9	46.1	33.2	-	-	25.8	2.1	-	-	-	1.9	13.9	28.0	.496	-	-	-	5.4	12.2	.445
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Wilt Chamberlain	Fred Roberts
Season	1960-61	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	79	47.8	38.4	-	-	27.2	1.9	-	-	-	1.6	15.8	31.1	.509	-	-	-	6.7	13.3	.504
Fred Roberts	74	15.9	7.7	1.1	1.5	2.5	1.2	0.4	0.3	1.2	1.9	2.8	5.6	.498	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.0	2.5	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	3	48.0	37.0	-	-	23.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	15.0	32.0	.469	-	-	-	7.0	12.7	.553
Fred Roberts	10	13.0	5.4	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.6	1.9	4.3	.442	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.0	.800


Season 3
	Wilt Chamberlain	Fred Roberts
Season	1961-62	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	80	48.5	50.4	-	-	25.7	2.4	-	-	-	1.5	20.0	39.5	.506	-	-	-	10.4	17.0	.613
Fred Roberts	58	8.1	3.7	0.5	0.8	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.9	1.2	1.3	2.9	.443	0.0	0.0	.500	1.2	1.5	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	12	48.0	35.0	-	-	26.6	3.1	-	-	-	2.3	13.5	28.9	.467	-	-	-	8.0	12.6	.636
Fred Roberts	4	7.8	5.5	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.3	1.8	3.8	.467	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.889


Season 4
	Wilt Chamberlain	Fred Roberts
Season	1962-63	1986-87
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	80	47.6	44.8	-	-	24.3	3.4	-	-	-	1.7	18.3	34.6	.528	-	-	-	8.3	13.9	.593
Fred Roberts	73	14.8	5.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.8	1.9	3.7	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.1	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	20	13.3	4.6	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.4	1.5	3.0	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.705


Season 5
	Wilt Chamberlain	Fred Roberts
Season	1963-64	1987-88
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	80	46.1	36.9	-	-	22.3	5.0	-	-	-	2.3	15.1	28.7	.524	-	-	-	6.8	12.7	.531
Fred Roberts	74	13.9	6.1	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.2	4.5	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.2	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	12	46.5	34.7	-	-	25.2	3.3	-	-	-	2.3	14.6	26.8	.543	-	-	-	5.5	11.6	.475
Fred Roberts	15	6.7	1.9	0.5	0.5	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.3	0.7	1.4	.524	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.636


Season 6
	Wilt Chamberlain	Fred Roberts
Season	1964-65	1988-89
Team	San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	73	45.2	34.7	-	-	22.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.0	14.6	28.5	.510	-	-	-	5.6	12.1	.464
Fred Roberts	71	17.6	5.9	1.0	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.8	2.2	4.5	.486	0.0	0.2	.214	1.5	1.8	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	11	48.7	29.3	-	-	27.2	4.4	-	-	-	2.6	11.2	21.1	.530	-	-	-	6.9	12.4	.559
Fred Roberts	9	38.3	14.7	1.2	3.1	4.3	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.2	5.4	11.1	.490	0.0	0.3	.000	3.8	4.4	.850


Season 7
	Wilt Chamberlain	Fred Roberts
Season	1965-66	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	79	47.3	33.5	-	-	24.6	5.2	-	-	-	2.2	13.6	25.2	.540	-	-	-	6.3	12.4	.513
Fred Roberts	82	27.3	10.5	1.3	2.5	3.8	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.6	4.0	8.1	.495	0.0	0.1	.182	2.4	3.0	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	5	48.0	28.0	-	-	30.2	3.0	-	-	-	2.0	11.2	22.0	.509	-	-	-	5.6	13.6	.412
Fred Roberts	4	19.8	9.8	1.3	0.8	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.3	1.3	2.3	3.3	5.0	.650	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.813


Season 8
	Wilt Chamberlain	Fred Roberts
Season	1966-67	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	81	45.5	24.1	-	-	24.2	7.8	-	-	-	1.8	9.7	14.2	.683	-	-	-	4.8	10.8	.441
Fred Roberts	82	25.8	10.8	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.6	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.3	4.4	8.2	.533	0.0	0.3	.160	2.1	2.5	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	15	47.9	21.7	-	-	29.1	9.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.8	15.2	.579	-	-	-	4.1	10.7	.388
Fred Roberts	3	34.3	11.3	1.3	3.7	5.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.7	5.3	11.7	.457	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 9
	Wilt Chamberlain	Fred Roberts
Season	1967-68	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	82	46.8	24.3	-	-	23.8	8.6	-	-	-	2.0	10.0	16.8	.595	-	-	-	4.3	11.4	.380
Fred Roberts	80	21.8	9.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	1.5	0.7	0.5	1.5	2.2	3.9	8.1	.482	0.2	0.5	.514	1.6	2.1	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	13	48.5	23.7	-	-	24.7	6.5	-	-	-	2.2	9.5	17.8	.534	-	-	-	4.6	12.2	.380
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Wilt Chamberlain	Fred Roberts
Season	1968-69	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	81	45.3	20.5	-	-	21.1	4.5	-	-	-	1.8	7.9	13.6	.583	-	-	-	4.7	10.6	.446
Fred Roberts	79	18.8	7.6	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.7	2.9	5.4	.528	0.2	0.4	.414	1.7	2.1	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	18	46.2	13.9	-	-	24.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.3	9.8	.545	-	-	-	3.2	8.2	.392
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Fred Roberts didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 11
	Wilt Chamberlain	Fred Roberts
Season	1969-70	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	12	42.1	27.3	-	-	18.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.6	10.8	18.9	.568	-	-	-	5.8	13.1	.446
Fred Roberts	21	10.6	3.8	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.2	1.3	3.4	.389	0.2	0.5	.364	1.0	1.2	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	18	47.3	22.1	-	-	22.2	4.5	-	-	-	2.3	8.8	16.0	.549	-	-	-	4.6	11.2	.406
Fred Roberts	1	7.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	2.0	.000


Season 12
	Wilt Chamberlain	Fred Roberts
Season	1970-71	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	82	44.3	20.7	-	-	18.2	4.3	-	-	-	2.1	8.1	15.0	.545	-	-	-	4.4	8.2	.538
Fred Roberts	33	9.6	3.7	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.5	2.9	.495	0.1	0.4	.286	0.7	0.8	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	12	46.2	18.3	-	-	20.2	4.4	-	-	-	2.8	7.1	15.6	.455	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	.515
Fred Roberts	1	3.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Wilt Chamberlain	Fred Roberts
Season	1971-72	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	82	42.3	14.8	-	-	19.2	4.0	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	9.3	.649	-	-	-	2.7	6.4	.422
Fred Roberts	12	3.3	1.8	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	15	46.9	14.7	-	-	21.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.1	5.3	9.5	.563	-	-	-	4.0	8.1	.492
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Wilt Chamberlain	Fred Roberts
Season	1972-73	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	82	43.2	13.2	-	-	18.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	7.1	.727	-	-	-	2.8	5.5	.510
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	17	47.1	10.4	-	-	22.5	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	6.8	.552	-	-	-	2.9	5.8	.500
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Wilt Chamberlain vs. Fred Roberts Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred Roberts and Wilt Chamberlain, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14