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Wilt Chamberlain was the first player to receive $100,000 in the 1965–66 season. That same season, Bill Russell became just the second player to receive over $100,000. Moses Malone & Bill Walton were the first players to earn $1 million in a season, they were paid exactly $1,000,000 in the 1979–80 season.
In that year, Chamberlain set several all-time records which have since never been threatened; he averaged 50.4 points and grabbed 25.7 rebounds per game. [72] Chamberlain holds a sign with the number "100" after his record-setting 100-point game in 1962. Chamberlain's 4,029 regular-season points made him the only player to score more than ...
Jenkins earned a total of $250,000 that year, including event and manufacturer support. [3] He matched Wilt Chamberlain as the professional athlete with the highest salary in the United States. [3] That year he was featured in Time magazine, the first drag racer to experience mainstream national coverage. [3]
Wilt Chamberlain to the Philadelphia 76ers (1965) ... signed Rodriguez to an industry-changing 10-year, $252 million contract in 2000. ... and prospect Joaquin Arias — while agreeing to pay some ...
On September 26, 1973, the Conquistadors signed Wilt Chamberlain to a three-year, $1.8 million contract as the team's player-coach. The Los Angeles Lakers promptly went to court and won a ruling that Chamberlain could only play professional basketball for the Lakers, but the court did allow Chamberlain to coach the Conquistadors.
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Chamberlain holds 72 NBA records, 68 by himself. [8] Among his records are several that are considered unbreakable, such as averaging 22.9 rebounds for a career or 50.4 points per game in a season, scoring 100 points or 55 rebounds in a single game, scoring 65 or more points 15 times, 50 or more points 118 times.