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When we talk about NBA records, there is one name that will always come up. Wilt Chamberlain owns most of the individual records in league history, and some of those look impossible to match. On that note, we will look at five NBA records that will never be broken.
5 NBA records that will never be broken
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To be able to add players beyond Chamberlain, we will not repeat names in this list.
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Records are made to be broken. That is one of the most repeated quotes in all sports. Of course, we thought we would never see any other player average a triple-double for an entire season since Oscar Robertson in the 1961-62 NBA season. However, Russell Westbrook did it for three consecutive years.
Records will always fall in sports. But some look too far-fetched to imagine any other NBA player breaking it.
Without further ado, let us begin.
#5 5.6 Blocks per game in a single season - Mark Eaton
In today's NBA, we have some ferocious shot-blockers and great rim protectors. However, the 1980s saw one of the best shot-blockers in NBA history. In the 1984-85 NBA season, Mark Eaton blocked 5.6 shots per game, breaking Elmore Smith's record from 1974.
Eaton was a 7'4'' center out of UCLA who entered the NBA in 1982. In his rookie year (at 26 years of age), Eaton averaged 3.4 blocks per game with the Utah Jazz.
Of course, when talking about blocks in NBA history, we have to establish that Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell do not qualify because the stat was not tracked until the 1973-74 NBA season, at which point both were already retired.
Returning to Eaton, he played his entire 11-year NBA career with the Utah Jazz. He averaged a record 3.5 blocks per game in his career.
To give some perspective to Eaton's record, the last time a player averaged at least four blocks per game was back in the 1995-96 NBA season (Dikembe Mutombo).
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#4 88 games played in a single season - Walt Bellamy
Hall of Fame center Walt Bellamy played in the NBA from 1961 to 1975. He did not win a championship, but he owns one of the most unbreakable records in league history.
Bellamy played a record 88 regular-season games in the 1968-69 NBA season.
In that campaign, Bellamy started the year playing for the New York Knicks. In New York, he played 35 games and averaged 15 points and 11 rebounds per game.
On December 19th, 1968, Bellamy was traded to the Detroit Pistons for Dave DeBusschere. At that point, the Pistons had played 29 games in the regular season.
Bellamy played the remainder of the calendar (53 games) and reached an incredible record of 88 regular-season games played in one year.
Today, it could happen, as teams normally have different calendars. However, load management has been usual in recent years and it is not common to see a player making 82 appearances.
#3 1,192 consecutive NBA games played - A.C. Green
A.C. Green played 1,192 consecutive regular-season games between 1986 and his retirement from the NBA in 2001.
His streak started on November 19, 1986, against the San Antonio Spurs. His 'Iron Man' run lasted until his final regular-season game, on April 18, 2001.
Green missed only three games in his NBA career, all during his second year in the league. He played for the LA Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat.
He was a member of two of the greatest dynasties in NBA history. He won the last two championships of the Showtime Lakers in 1987 and 1988. At the end of his career, he was the starting power forward for the Shaq-Kobe Lakers in the 1999-00 NBA season.
Load management will not allow this type of streaks in the upcoming years.
#2 100 points scored in a single game - Wilt Chamberlain
March 2nd, 1962. Diehard NBA fans will always remember that date. On that day, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points against the New York Knicks.
He established one of the most unbelievable records in the history of sports.
Chamberlain scored 100 of his team's 169 points in that game. He shot 63 times and made 36 field goals. Moreover, Wilt had 32 free-throw attempts and made 28.
As he did in the entire 1961-62 NBA season, Chamberlain played every minute of the game (which was played in Hershey, Pennsylvania).
This record is not close to falling anytime soon. In fact, it has never been threatened.
Moreover, Wilt scored 100 points in that game after having four 60-point games in the previous five matches.
Ultimately, he averaged a record 50.4 points per game in the 1961-62 NBA season.
Kobe Bryant's 81 points on January 22nd, 2006 ranks second in NBA history for most points in a single game.
#1 11 NBA championships - Bill Russell
As much as any single-game or single-season record looks impossible to match, Bill Russell's record of titles will always be a step ahead.
The 6'9'' center won an incredible 11 championships in a 13-year NBA career, including two titles as a player/coach.
Russell was a team-first player who would not try to have the biggest numbers, but he would do anything possible to win. Russell entered the league in the 1956-57 NBA season, and the Celtics won the title in that same year.
Moreover, the Celtics won eight straight championships from 1959 to 1966. In 1968 and 1969, Russell was also the Celtics coach, and they won two more championships.
Behind Russell's record of 11 NBA championships, five of his teammates follow him: Sam Jones (10), John Havlicek (8), Tommy Heinsohn (8), K.C. Jones (8), and Tom Sanders (8).
Robert Horry is the only player who was not a member of those legendary Celtics to have more than six NBA championships (he won seven).
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