A look at the greatest single seasons of all time.
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The NBA has been around since 1946. Over the years, we have seen some unbelievable individual seasons by all-time great players. In an effort to reward these performances and distinguish the best from each particular season, following the 1955-1956 season, the NBA began handing out an annual MVP award, also known as the Maurice Podoloff Trophy. Just as there have been debates and controversy surrounding this award in various seasons, such as Steve Nash winning it over Kobe Bryant in 2006, people have also disagreed about which of those MVP seasons stood out above the rest. Let’s settle the debate once and for all and answer who had the greatest single season ever.
Who Had The Greatest Season In NBA History?
How about Hakeem's season with MVP,DPOY,Finals MVP and Championship
I was waiting for that one, for me, the best single season of all time
lebron win champion 2012, fmvp, mvp regular season , gold medalist mvp and mvp high stats. 3mvp in 1 yr
If you don't have Hakeem in this video you don't know what you're talking about
@@babyporkchop489 but no DPOY and that is massive. Not to mention being a gold medalist is not within an NBA Season.
I agreed
Hakeem???? won the championship Finals MVP MVP DPOY All nba 1st All star
You can cross out all star cause if your mvp your gonna be an all star
@my name 1994-1995
That’s what I was thinking
He had the best playoff run ever imo because of what he did and who he competed against when he faced Charles, Robinson, Ewing, and Malone
MaD DoGz gaming 1993-94
Wilt's 100 points 25 rebounds and Hakeem's DPOY, MVP, Finals MVP, Championship will never be forgotten
but did he win the title?
“BuT diD He wIN tHe TitLE” Wilt had to deal with the Celtics superteam of HoFers and put up 50 ppg, 25 rpg, and 100 points in one game
Danny Chamberlain funny thing is they had around the same amount all stars and even when wilt got Elgin Baylor and Jerry West on the Lakers he still lost
@@LaneyHoops umm bill didn't just have all stars he had first ballet hof in thier fucking primes, it may seem like wilt played with equal amount of all star but this 100 percent bs, wilt played with all star that were either just starting out or at the end of thier career, meanwhile bill russel played with these players in thier primes. The lakers 1969 loss was completely outside of Wilts control. In the final minutes of a game his coach refused to put him in which ultimately cost them the game and I'm pretty sure he broke his knee this season? Wilt has never in his career played with more hof in thier primes then russel in the same season and yet he was able to overcome russel in 1967 which I argue was his greatest season. While 1962 was his greatest regular season. This equal all star nonsense is absolutely false.
@@dannychamberlain6244 BB BB BBytyg
So you forgot about wilt Chamberlain averaging 50 points in a season
And mvp
@@cedricbrown2874 nah bill russell won mvp that year
played plumbers on 8 teams
@@matthewzhang2244 oh I didn't know
@@matthewzhang2244 i gotta say, wilt got robbed. 50ppg? those are some 2k numbers
Umm, didn't wilt averaged 50ppg, 27rpg, and scored 100 points
@@roldschmidt I swear he underperformed . He score only 36 points and 16 rebounds
@@roldschmidt soo its his fault when he averaged 36 and 27 what lmao
@@roldschmidt very winnable 7 games series? for fucks sake he went against 8 hall of famers Jordan’s the GOAT but he ain’t carrying Pat Beverley and Seth Curry against 8 Hofers. Wilt Chamberlain is still human and a basketball player nobody can be so perfect everytime Wilt can’t just consistently average 50 and 25 against arguably the most experienced and maybe the most skilled team of all-time but even then he pushed them to 7 games and only lost Game 7 lesser than 5 points so please think before being stupid
@@roldschmidt “his stat padding doesn’t matter if he doesn’t win” You literally do realize he won 3 games against the Celtics and won themselves all their way to the Division Finals he lost game 7 by 2 fucking points like that’s a big deal, if Wilt had atleast one more productive player the record would’ve switched, you fans tend to forget out of all the Game 7’s in where Wilt and Bill faced Wilt only losed by a mere 9 points and they didn’t win 50 games that season but they were the 3rd best team overall and pushed the 60 win Celtics that far, if Wilt had scored a game-tying basket and won the game in overtime they would’ve won the championship as logic is that if the Warriors beat the Celtics who were the champions it’s inevitable the Warriors would’ve been Champions.
@@roldschmidt Your comparing Wilt to Harden in the playoffs? Harden chokes hard, Wilt brought his team to the Division Finals and never underperforms against teams that fans think will lose most of the time except when they blew a 3-1 lead to the Celtics
Wilt had the greatest "regular" season ever but including playoffs I give it to MJ
You just had to spoil the whole thing huh
Rapid ScytheYT who else would it be tho??
Idk there’s a bunch of Choices
Aydan Najar Che do be averaging 80 ppg
True
Nah this should go to Hakeem, He won mvp, dpoy, fmvp, championship, all-NBA first team, all-nba fensive first team, and DOMINATED other all time greats
only 2 other people came close to that. LBJ in 2012 and 2013, and Giannis this year, all though Giannis trash
@@exwhyzgaming8996 🧂🧂🧂
@@exwhyzgaming8996 Giannis trash? that's cap.
@@sebbsi6332 nah he’s actually trash y’all, always gets badly exposed and chokes in the playoffs due to his predictable game
@@Yoaneemmanuel but he has a lot of room to grow, most Superstars didnt get so many awards at his age. Jordan didnt win his first ring until he was 28, but giannis has back to back mvps at 25. Hes won the genetic lottery that's for sure.
Why wasn't my undefeated season in my career with my my player that averaged 78 points a game?!?!?!?
@Aydan Najar that's what im saying che lives matter
@@memesupport9424 I’m confused I Thought JUNIOR was gonna be here from 2K21
@@bonkarious Maby next gen
@@bonkarious he's has not proven himself worthy
@@memesupport9424 Junior do be Averaging for me 30 points 17 boards 8 assists and 4 blocks
LeBron’s 2012/2013 season was his 2nd* title where he beat the Spurs* in the finals. C’mon you guys should know this
he also win gold medal and he get mvp finals against spain
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Dude no one on the planet is putting LeBron. It’s obviously Wilt.
Cole Whitely def not wilt
@@sbnpouipnbt2614 what do you mean, he had the single greatest season of all time. Period.
Before clicking the video i immediately thought of Hakeem, and they didn’t even mention him wtf LMAO
Wilt Chamberlain in '66-67. MVP and championship year. Averaged 24 points, 24 rebounds and 7 assists on 68% shooting. 21 points, 29 rebounds and 9 assists in the playoffs. Almost a triple double with 20 in 2 stats! Plus he beat Russel's Celtics...nobody else can say they did that when Bill played the whole series.Kind of an unusual choice compared to his statistically insane years but this was the year he got that championship and showed he could dominate in a way that's conducive to winning.
The disrespect Wilt continues to get is mind boggling. No one has ever come close to doing what he did in one season.
Man played 2k when in that time period everyone was playing on arcade
Cap bro played in an era where there were like 200 more possessions and played against plumbers
exactly
@@2kdevronnie2kiamrealronnie60 there were only 30% more possessions which doesn't change anything since no player wouldve been able to play those possessions without completely dying mid way thru . And well he played the highest percentage of hof centers in nba history. (70-85% of the entire season) along with well the average height was the same it is now as it was back then ( arguably 1 inch taller since back then it was measured bare foot). There has never been a greater regular season then 1962 wilt. And his 1967 Season was at the bare min top 5 he completely became a demi god that season being a absolute complete player while in his prime.
@@universalplayz7496 who asked lol
Wilt Chamberlain's 1961-62. 50.4 points per game. 27.2 rebounds per game. 48.5 minutes per game. 100 points in a game. Nuf said.
*Julius Erving 1975-76 in the ABA* Regular Season: 29.3 PTS, 11.0 REB, 5.0 AST, 2.5 STL, 1.9 BLK, +5.2 rTS%, MVP, All-Defensive Playoffs: 34.7 PTS, 12.6 REB, 4.9 AST, 1.9 STL, 2.0 BLK, +9.3 rTS%, Championship
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You should include magic Johnson’s 1979-1980 getting finals mvp as a rookie showing he’s definitely going to be a hall of famer
How about Jordan's 1987-1988 Season MVP, DPOY, All Star MVP, Dunk champ, Steals champ, Scoring Champ and etc.
LeBron did not have 66-16 record when he and the Heat won against OKC it's the Spurs in 12-13 season
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great vid
where's my guy Wilt with 50ppg and 25rpg
Greatest Individual Season Ever Shaquille O'neal 1999-00 Stephen Curry 2015-16 Michael Jordan 1990-91 Magic Johnson 1986-87 Kareem Abdul-Jabar 1970-71 LeBron James 2012-13
Don’t forget 94 Hakeem season
@@jasonmoukala8909 I was just listing the ones he had
Where's Wilt? 50 ppg, 25 rpg, 100 point game?
LeBron's 2012-2013 season Heat defeated the Spurs not the Thunder.
I agree with your top season shaq was so dominant such a good centre in my opinion best centre of all time but you didn't even mention wilt chamberlain's 4,000 point season averaging 50 points a game
Because he's also factoring in playoff success.
He didn’t win mvp that year
@@charleynewman4783 to be fair the mvp was voted on by players at the time so everybody just picked the biggest name on the biggest team
I would say MJ was way better in 92-93 than 90-91. He averaged better numbers and was more efficient along with averaging 42 in the finals
The team was worse overall though
92-93 season especially in the finals was peak Michael
@@slammysammy9555 and??? They won the chip lol
his 95 96 season was good
@@sion8223 individually he was better in 93 even though his team was better in 96. I mean, averaging 41 pts in the finals on 50%+ shooting from the field is crazy.
thats easy its Michael Jordan.. i can mention not his prime but the last year... just imagine his prime.. mj in his last run with bull at the age of 34-35 mj took bull to 60 plus win with pip out for 38 games, rodman without 20 games. scoring title all nba team all nba defense regular season mvp all star mvp finals mvp championship ring... with pip back was out in finals and mj took it upon himself and got bull championship without goin to game 7... did i mention mj achieved all this with crazy anagement and players drama... thats legendry..
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Great vid
2:35 The Celtics originated that technique - and most of the rest of the league adopted it - against WILT back before Shaq was BORN - and it eventually led to a rules change that made it tougher to do and more expensive.
If shaq could make free throws he would average 30 points most seasons💯
You know, I can actually agree with that unlike people saying shaq can average 50 points in the 1960's like wilt.
@Joshua Osabuehien people fr forgetting defense was much more advanced back then then it is in shaws timez of course defensive was more physical in shaqs days but 60's had less rules which means less space for fouls so most of the time, players would average 12 blocks per game if they were over 6'2
He wouldn’t get fouled as much because the hack a Shaq wouldn’t of existed if he could hit free throws. Teams wouldn’t use that tactic to slow him down
@@tylerparker1185 ik but he would still get fouled hack a shaq or not fouling is apart of the game and he would still have to shoot free throws
@@Real-xj9ul agreed I just don’t think he would get to the line as much if he was a threat at the line as well
I remember that game in Hershey PA where Wilt and I combined for 100 points. What a memory!
They really just said that Shaq had the greatest season ever, averaging extremely similar stats to the MVP this year, Giannis, who people think shouldn't of won it.
giannis deserved it people dont realize its not a playoffs awards its a regular season award. He had the highest per rating in a season ever, he led his team to 50 wins and his defensive rating was like 98
@@slashbxe2832 that’s what I’m saying
Well you don’t seem to realize that Shaq was able to win the chip, finals mvp, 4 blocks! Not even to mention the fact that Giannis couldn’t make it past the conference semis.
NBA has a higher pace now
@@ShaSha-pj6jq its a regular season award you dumbass
These are some great picks of greatest seasons. You left out Hakeem's 1994 season too. But it depends on what criteria you use. There are at least three seasons of Wilt Chamberlain's career that have to be mentioned. There are others as well, but here are my picks for honorable mention. Year 1959-60 1960 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Regular Season MVP Rookie of the Year 8 NBA records were broken that year -1959-60 League leading 37.6 ppg League leading 27.0 rpg 2.3 apg Advanced to the second round in the 1960 playoffs Year 1966-1967 1966-1967 Regular Season MVP Wilt led his 76ers team in all three categories of points, rebounds and assists 24.1 ppg 24.2 rpg 7.8 apg League leading fg% of 68.3% New NBA win-loss record of 68-13 1967 NBA Championship Year 1971-1972 Was Team captain of the LA Lakers 33-game win streak (still unbroken) League leading fg% of 64.9% New NBA win-loss record of 69-13 1972 Finals MVP 1972 NBA Championship
How was wilt chamberlain not mentioned lol
He played against some random plumbers
he played against 3'1 plumbers
@@fredvanvleet2910 1 inch dick plumbers nah jk
Wilt was a head of his time that's why he avg 50ppg even if he played with your so called plumbers, imagine him playing today's nba with advance training and diet wilt bench press was 500lbs and has 48 at that time. he will be much much better than Gianniss
@@MrRoast-xy4uq That's completely wrong because human physicality has evolved, and has the technicalities of the game. He'll be a DeAndre Jordan or a DeAndre Ayton, because it's not centred around inside scoring. Giannis hasn't been to conference finals because of that.
Why is no one talking about Jordan`s 1995-96 season? He led the Bulls to a 72-10 record, won a ring, got Finals MVP, season MVP, was the scoring leader, all-star, made the All-NBA First Team and All-NBA Defensive Team.
Because his finals performance wasn’t his normal standards so it falls off compared to these seemingly perfect seasons
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What editing software do you use?
I grew up in the 90's, so I absolutely have to say Jordan, and no one will ever change my mind about that. But Wilt Chamerlain deserves way more credit than he's given, because he's undeniably one of the greatest players that ever touched the ball, and his stats speak for themselves.
This is single individual greatest season ever though not overall career. MJ has lots of amazing season but his best season was still top 2/3. And Shaq's best season was still in 90's too (1999)
I gotta give this one to Wilt who averaged 50.4 points, 27rpg and 4apg, and probably close to 10bpg
Great 👍video
Good Job
Caruso... is this even a question?
6:07 klay Thompson dad
nice eye
that 50+ point 20+ rebound season was the best regular season performane to me. also blocks were not recorded back then if not it would have been the craziest stats ever
Great stats but he also didnt win mvp that year or a ring
Glen Rice. I dont remember what season it was but he completely turned his career around. Obviously, not one the greats, but i still felt it could use an honorable mention. Also, a shout out to Benard King.
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@@d.00.m.s_d4y no your not
Jordan 96 season is the best season ever!!! all star mvp, finals mvp, regular season mvp, all defense 1st , all nba 1st team, steals leader, 7th scoring title , 72 wins 🤷🏾♂️ NBA triple crown 4x over no one can match it!
Kareem's sky hook was so slick n smooth
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Michael Jordan 1888 or 1989 , averaged 37 points 5 rebounds and 4 assists and he went to the ecf Also wilts 50 point 25 rebound season Or Kobe’s 35 , 5 and 5 in 06
I Didn't know mj was alive in 1888
@@absolutejazz1676 he was
@@rapperbucks3203 god damn how old is he now?
KG's MVP season was insane
I can’t believe they didn’t mention Larry Birds 1985-1986 season. There’s no excuse for leaving that off. Jordan’s 1987-1988 season was crazy too maybe even better than 1990-1991
Larry's 1985-86 season should also get some acclaim.
No 2016 Curry, that dude was shooting from Mars if he want it to
MJ
Big fan man
@@avinaybhattarai3766 🙏
This didn't age well
@@maddogzgaming6009 how
Hakeem 94>Jordan 91/93/96
Before Watching Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain's 50.4 Points per game 25.7 Rebounds per game 2.4 Assists per game A great 50% From the field An unbeatable 48.5 Minutes per game 61.3% From The Three Throw Line Career FT% 50% And a Supreme Only 1.5 FPG (Fouls Per game)
Kareem’s 1972 season with the highest WS Value in history and nearly beating Jerry West & Wilt damn near single handedly.
How could you leave out Hakeem’s 1994-95 season
What about will Chamberlain Oscar Robertson Russell Westbrook Charles Barkley
or hakeem olajuwonw
Westbrook's triple doubles are so fake tbh
Vandit Gupta but you can’t deny that he is a great player
@@cringecentral_ He is a great individual player ... Not a great team player
Vandit Gupta yeah, that’s what I meant
The best individual seasons in NBA history, 4 were Wilt's, 3 Kareem's, 2 George Mikan, and MJ 1. Kareem had the best individual season and the only player ever to eclipse 25 win shares in a single season 25.32. Wilt finished second with 24.98 and Mikan third with 23.43 win shares. MJ's first appearance on this list comes in at 9th with 21.23. The top three individual seasons by a player in NBA history were Kareem 71-72, Wilt 63-64, and Mikan 50-51. Check out NBA and ABA single season leaders and records for win shares on basketball reference.
Shaq in 2000 is hard to beat It's not just the numbers, the whole Hack-a-Shaq was totally out of control The only other comparison is in baseball where Barry Bonds was given a free pass every other plate appearance
He didn't play against anyone of worth that year. All the Centers were old and beat up. He never put up such winning series vs all time great PF/C led teams
I think Moses Malone 1981-1982 season was better Than Shaqs 2000-2001 season.
What about wilts 50 and 30 season or Oscar Robertson’s triple double
They both didn't win mvp that season, yes they both did that in the same season
No
6:50 WRONG. It was actually pretty common in the 1960s given Wilt, Oscar Robinson's almost TRIPLE DOUBLE for about a decade straight, and Russell - though Russell was "rebounds THEN points".
Oh I forgot Andrew Toney not Bobby Jones made all star and Marvin Gaye sang memorable National Anthem on the Lakers home court
I mean Westbrook’s 31 point triple double season don’t look to bad tbh
Lol 40% from feild trash
201-2017 was the best single performance ever. Pippen, big O, Shaq and T-Mac all said Russell Westbrooks Performance was the greatest single performance ever. WHO r u to say anything?
That Magic year is bonkers.
2:48 did that really just happened
Wilt was the greatest scorer ever, rebounds ever, blocks ever, passer ever, 33 wins to open a season, a quintuple double 53 pts 32 rebounds, 14 blocks, 12 assists, 11 steals. No player ever matched Wilt's rookie yr. in their whole career, Wilt should have been allowed into the NBA 6 years sooner like Lebron did, his records would be double of his already 72 still today, Wilt needed to play the regular season so great to make the NBA succeed, no one knew who Bill Russell was, but they all watched to see The Big Dipper. Wilt was a republican, so today's fake reporters decided to slander the founding father of professionalism in all sports, Wilt has always been bigger than the NBA, no other player can compare, 5 Wilts would annihilate 5 of anyone else.
Im pretty sure that people knew who bill Russell was, you know, the guy who won 11 out championships in a 13 year strech
@@Cameron1000 Other than NBA fans few people around the real World knew who Russell was. On the other hand Wilt, the stilt was a household name worldwide. Meadowlark Lemon was a bigger basketball name than Bill Russell.
@@vincentbruce9833 oof roasted
@Isheit Kaul I can't remember seeing Meadowlark ever missing, his bouncing the ball from center court, through the basket, he did it every night. Wilt is a beautiful soul, to pick Meadowlark as GOAT, WHO CAN OVERRULE WILT.
@@vincentbruce9833 wilt did not score at the same level in the playoffs so he can't be the greatest scorer ever
Westbrook triple - double with 30 points has to have an honorable mention
3:29 the 3pt line turns red lol never noticed
They didn’t even mention Hakeem Olajuwon and that just shows how underrated he is
Steph Curry's record breaking season at 2015-2016 is more of a revolutionary season. I am a big Curry fan but this season is not the best ever because of the 3-1 flop. It would be the best ever if not for the finals. But hey, he'd definitely up there and earn everyone's respect and remake the course of NBA scouting and drafting forever.
Scouting, drafting how?
@@tanjiroushirogane690 They basically draft specialised shooter now more than ever.
Can't be a flop when he was dealing with knee injury, Bogut injury, Igodala back spasms and bogus Draymond suspension.
@@t3jf That was true but he still didn't get the title that year so for me it's a flop. Not a bad flop though because the NBA was rigged.
@@DKtrek21 It did seem like the nba was trying to protect Lebrons brand. Imagine if he lost 4 straight finals to the the same team.
The dream: mvp dpoy mvp final champion
there's like 10 Wilt seasons that could qualify here especially his season with 50 PPG, and 26 RPG
That shaq 360 dunk was impressive af lol
Haven’t watched the whole thing, already know it’s gonna be MJ
This didn’t age well
Yeah
This didnt age well
This aged well
Yeah........... that didn’t age well
Lebron season was 2011/2012 not 2021/13
Nonstop Sports:Who had the best season in nba history *Wilt* :Hold my orgy....
Amazing seasons for every one
I think it comes down to: (I mean full year season and playoffs included) Russell 62 Wilt 67 Kareem 71 Bird 86 Jordan 91 Hakeem 94 Shaq 00 LeBron 12
Duncan in 03, Rick Barry in 75 and Moses in 83 as well All absolutely dominated the league en route to titles those years
@@FuShengAlex true good picks
Lebrons is 18 in my opinion
@@hukkumkhinda497 That's fair
Wilts 50 point season and also he played all minutes
Wilt Chamberlain 1960 50.4 Points 50.6 FG% 25.6 Rebounds
3:23 who else thought he was about to say sum philly 10-72 record
JR Smith and Brian Scalabrine (tie)
Jack McNamee So true
how about russ averaging a 30-point triple double and almost singlehandedly lead his team to the playoffs?
What about Wilt? 1962 - 50 points 25 rebounds on 50% fg and the 100 points game. In my opinion, this is a better season then Shaq
he didnt accomplish anything tho. It should go to Hakeem in 1994
@@exwhyzgaming8996 Hakeem was great and also one of the best centers/players, but I still think it's Wilt
He played in the 70 s Back then the NBA was full of white unathletic guys
@@satrn5496 I don't think Bill Russell and Kareem Abdul Jabar are white unathletic guys... And this is just a small example
Wilt wasn’t as offensively potent as some might think
Well, they did say "nobody since" has done it. I guess Wilt's domination of the league didn't count - 50+ PPG, 25+RBG 2.4 APG, Steals and blocks were not stats at that time.
Wilt averaged 50 pts and 25 rebs 1 year
Wtf man, Hakeem Olaijuwon 95!!? How can you skip that season man:(
Who do you think will win the 2021 MVP
61-62 wilt chamberlain averaged 48.5 minutes per game 50.5 ppg, 27 rebounds per game. 2.4 assists per game. 50.6 percent FG percentage, an dprobably 15-18 blocks per game
also, wilt chamberlain had a higher impact on his team his rookie year then kearrem had his 2nd season
Ok i like your channel but SHAQ didn’t have the greatest season ever. Wilt did when he put up 50, 25 each game in a season
Wilt's best season has 67 actually because he's referring to seasons where a player won the championship except curry but still he went to the finals
I had the best season ever
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Honestly we can debate this all we want but I feel like if you found the highest gamescore in a single season that would kinda settle it, at least statistically
Avg of 5 threes/game. Insane!!
'94 Hakeem and '03 Duncan should be on this list.
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Is this the narrator from the Infographics Show?
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