Top 5 individual scores in a career-finale game

#4 Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain

Stat line: 23 points, 21 rebounds, 3 assists on 56.3% shooting

This name needs no introduction. Wilt Chamberlain is widely known as one of the greatest NBA players of all-time. Wilt was a 13-time All-Star and known for his unique record of 100 points in an NBA game. Wilt was the Rookie of the year in 1960.

A career filled with accolades, Wilt Chamberlain was a 7-time scoring champion, 11-time rebounding champion. After playing in the NBA for 14 seasons, Chamberlain averaged a very rare double-double with 30.1 points, 22.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. His jersey No.13 was retired by all the three teams that he had played for in his career.

Wilt spent the last 5 seasons of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers. In his final season, the Los Angeles Lakers finished as conference champions and lost to the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals in five games. After winning the first game of the finals, Lakers went on to lose the next four consecutive games.

In game 5, Wilt Chamberlain had a double-double scoring 23 points, 21 rebounds, 3 assists. He went for 9-16 from the field with a field-goal percentage of 56.3. The Bill Bradley and Earl Monroe duo was too much to handle for Lakers and following the season, Wilt retired.