Jhester M.

Yes, the pace helped. Wilt's era had more possessions, and more possessions meant more shots to go around. But somebody still had to take them, grab those rebounds, and block those shots. Wilt attempted nearly 40 shots a night, every night, for 80 games — at 48.5 minutes a night — while shooting 50.6% in a league that shot 44.1%. Who else could physically sustain that shot volume? Kobe and Jordan are the immediate names that come to mind, and both talked about how exhausting that kind of volume was. West and Oscar were great, efficient scorers. Neither came close to that volume. Elgin was the closest, and he still wasn't close. Sustaining that for an entire season is the single greatest individual achievement in basketball history. Only one human being was ever capable of doing it.