Greatest 36 year olds in NBA history

[Gotterdammerung]

Wilt Chamberlain, 1972-73 (82 games)
13.2 ppg, 18.6 rpg, 4.5 apg at 43.2 mpg.
also, 10.4 ppg, 22.5 rpg, 3.5 apg at 47.1 mpg in playoffs (Finals)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 1983-84 (80)
21.5 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 2.6 apg at 32.8 mpg
also, 23.9 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 3.8 apg at 36.5 mpg in playoffs (Finals)

John Stockton, 1998-99 (50, strike shortened season)
11. ppg, 2.9 rpg, 7.5 apg at 28.2 mpg
also 11.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 8.4 apg at 32 mpg in playoffs (11 total)

Karl Malone, 1999-00 (82)
25.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 3.7 apg at 35.9 mpg
also, 27.2 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 3.1 apg at 38.6 mpg (10 total)

Tim Duncan, 2012-13 (69)
17.8 ppg, 9.9 rpg, 2.7 apg at 30.1 mpg
also 18.1 ppg, 10.2 rpg, 1.9 apg at 35 mpg in playoffs (Finals)

And now, Kobe Bryant?
:kobe:

[CavaliersFTW]

According to some advanced stat researchers Wilt also had a known 5.4 blocks per game that season I believe? If someone can cite this you should post that too but with an asterisk as it is unofficial. Also you can't post those stats without including his still-NBA-record field goal percentage of over 70%. He finished 4th in MVP voting, was league leader in rebounding, 1st in blocked shots, 1st in accuracy (with aforementioned record), made it to the NBA Finals, etc. He was still very dominant when he left the game.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Great list. I respect the hell out of most these guys, who selflessly took a back seat and got their numbers within the flow of the game (adds a little bit to their all time candidacy imo). I've also been kinda critical of Kobe's play this season, the complete opposite of what I just praised those others for -- but in all fairness, he does play on a horrible team AND did play, up until the last missed free throws, his best game of the season last night (looked better than everyone on the floor if defense means anything to stat geeks).

[stalkerforlife]

Kobe's better than all of them and far, far better than Stockton.

[Hey Yo]

Wilt turned 36yrs old only 3mos. after winning the title in the 71-72 season, which kept Jerry West from going 0-10 for his career in the Finals.

[DMAVS41]

Wilt Chamberlain, 1972-73 (82 games)
13.2 ppg, 18.6 rpg, 4.5 apg at 43.2 mpg.
also, 10.4 ppg, 22.5 rpg, 3.5 apg at 47.1 mpg in playoffs (Finals)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 1983-84 (80)
21.5 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 2.6 apg at 32.8 mpg
also, 23.9 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 3.8 apg at 36.5 mpg in playoffs (Finals)

John Stockton, 1998-99 (50, strike shortened season)
11. ppg, 2.9 rpg, 7.5 apg at 28.2 mpg
also 11.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 8.4 apg at 32 mpg in playoffs (11 total)

Karl Malone, 1999-00 (82)
25.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 3.7 apg at 35.9 mpg
also, 27.2 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 3.1 apg at 38.6 mpg (10 total)

Tim Duncan, 2012-13 (69)
17.8 ppg, 9.9 rpg, 2.7 apg at 30.1 mpg
also 18.1 ppg, 10.2 rpg, 1.9 apg at 35 mpg in playoffs (Finals)

And now, Kobe Bryant?
:kobe:

Dirk 2014-15
19.4 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.1 apg at 28.4 mpg
Shooting 50/37/86...60% TS

[DMAVS41]

Kobe's better than all of them and far, far better than Stockton.

Current Kobe isn't even as good as current Dirk...rofl

13 Duncan was so much better than current Kobe it's insulting to compare them.

[Gotterdammerung]

Dirk 2014-15
19.4 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.1 apg at 28.4 mpg
Shooting 50/37/86...60% TS
good call. Dirk belongs in the conversation!

:cheers:

[MP.Trey]

Parish & Hakeem were 16/10 & 19/10 guys at 36, respectively.

Nash averaged 15/11.5/3.5 on nearly 50/40/90 percentages.

Shaq averaged 18/8/2 on 60% and won ASG MVP when he was 36 with Phoenix.

Parish is the only one of the three to stay consistent with those numbers in the postseason, however (16/10 on 58%) And Nash or Shaq's team didn't even make the playoffs.



Probably not as good as the names mentioned in the OP, but some people worth mentioning at least.

[Kblaze8855]

Karl had a better season at 36 than when he won MVP at 35.

[G0ATbe]

Kobe Bryant by a large margin. I find it way more impressive that a normal built perimeter player with no physical advantages, only skill, is still dominating the league 20 years later... It's way easier to have longetivity when your just standing around in the paint all game. It's safe to say we'll never see a perimeter player with Godbe calibre longevity in our lifetime :pimp: .

[SamuraiSWISH]

with no physical advantages
:rolleyes:

[Shih508]

kobe doesn't belong to that list. Everyone else on that list has/had a winning record.

Lakers will be lucky to win 25 games this season.

[Poetry]

Barkley @ age 36

1998-99
37 games
15.7/11.6/4.6
.475 FG%

1998-99 Playoffs
4 games
23.5/13.8/3.8
.529 FG%

1999-00
20 games
14.5/10.5/3.2
.477 FG%

[sirkeelma]

What are the FG% on that performances?

[JohnMax]

Dirk Nowitzki is 36

[LAZERUSS]

What are the FG% on that performances?

One of those 36 year old's set an NBA record at .727.

[SpanishACB]

According to some advanced stat researchers

blocks are not advanced. They just need footage. So those are either people claiming to have been counting blocks when Wilt was playing or just fans circle jerking about their god.

[LAZERUSS]

blocks are not advanced. They just need footage. So those are either people claiming to have been counting blocks when Wilt was playing or just fans circle jerking about their god.

Sports Illustrated 1/27/1969:


So the Lakers walk the ball up the court, get arranged and then, as VBK says, start "to grind it out." The Lakers do not often make 100 points now. "Defense is the thing we're really living on," van Breda Kolff admits, and Chamberlain has been superb, sometimes even awesome, on defense. In a recent game on national television he blocked 23 shots against Phoenix.

Now, there exists only about 2% of Chamberlain's career on video, so this is just a tiny sample...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=splnUR-52jM

and this from CavsFTW

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=148837345280578

as was this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF8yJ1J1W7Q

and this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDMCh5HrcG0

or game footage...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaXHYlPECcc


There has been a TON of research done here and by other's in which Wilt has a KNOWN 500+ blocked shots in his post-season, and that is in roughly about HALF of his 160 career post-season games.

Psileas, PHILA, Julizaver, Fpliii, and those at nbastats.net can provide us much more info.


Now, YOUR turn...give us something from your boy Sabonis now...

[ScalabrineStan]

Karl Malones 27 a game is very impressive, very little regression at 36:cheers: