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Wilt ChamberlainvsDwight Howard

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

Wilt Chamberlain

1960–1973 · 14 seasons

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Dwight Howard

2005–2022 · 18 seasons

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At a glance

Wilt Chamberlain and Dwight Howard: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Wilt Chamberlain	Stat	Dwight Howard
14	Seasons	18
240.0	Career VAL	153.5
29.7 (1967)	Peak-season VAL	18.7 (2011)
Inducted 1979	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2025
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	8
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	22

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 2002 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Wilt Chamberlain and Dwight Howard have
Wilt Chamberlain	Stat	Dwight Howard
Career
1,045	Games	1,240

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, 3P %, Win shares — only Dwight Howard has a career line.
Points / game, Rebounds / game, Assists / game, FG %, FT % — Wilt Chamberlain's career line covers part of the career (the table behind it does not cover 14 early-career seasons).

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Wilt Chamberlain	Dwight Howard
19	—	6
20	—	7
21	—	11.3
22	—	14.3
23	11.2	18.4
24	16.3	16
25	23.3	18.7
26	23.4	9
27	21.4	7.4
28	14.3	9.7
29	19.7	4.4
30	29.7	4.8
31	21.6	9.6
32	14.3	4.6
34	12.1	5.3
35	14.2	4.3
36	18.5	2.7