Top 10 NBA Players with multiple retired jerseys

Kobe Bryant has two of his jerseys retired by the Los Angeles Lakers
Kobe Bryant has two of his jerseys retired by the Los Angeles Lakers

#4 Wilt Chamberlain

The Los Angeles Lakers retired Wilt Chamberlain's number 13 jersey
The Los Angeles Lakers retired Wilt Chamberlain's number 13 jersey

Wilt Chamberlain is the only player on this list and in NBA history to have his jersey retired by three teams, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Lakers (all number 13).

Wilt was drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors in 1960. He made an immediate impact on the franchise and the league, winning both rookie of the year and MVP awards averaging an unfathomable 37.6 points and 27 rebounds per game for the season. Since then, only one player apart from Wilt and Elgin Baylor has ever recorded a higher scoring average for a single season.

During his tenure with the Warriors, Chamberlain averaged legendary numbers of 41.5 points and 25.1 rebounds per game. In 1962, he became the only player in NBA history to score 4000 points in a single season, averaging 50.4 points per game.

Midway through the 1965 season, Chamberlain was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. In the three years he spent with the Sixers, Wilt won three more MVPs, including 1967 where he also finally won his first championship. In the 1968 season, he led the league in assists becoming the only center in NBA History to do so. He also, at some point in his career, led the league in scoring, rebounds, and assists.

In 1969, the Sixers traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers where he teamed up with three other Hall of Famers in Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, and Gail Goodrich. By that time, Chamberlain had slowed down, averaging 'only' 17.7 points, 19.2 boards and 4.3 assists per game. He won his second championship with the Lakers in 1972 and was also named the Finals MVP.

Wilt was easily one of the most dominant players of his era and in the history of this league. He was so athletic and gifted that the league had to change many rules to make the game more fair for the other teams when he was on the hardwood.

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