” Arnold also said during filming of Conan the Destroyer (1984), 47-year-old Chamberlain “lifted me up with one hand like nothing.” But back to his playing days. No less than Arnold Schwarzenegger said in 2012: “He came to the gym and he would do a triceps extension that the strongest guys would do 120, let’s say, and he would do 150 or 170. His combined size and athleticism was unmatched. Wilt, who dominated the paint with the Warriors, 76ers, and Lakers, may still have been the strongest NBA player of his era. Maybe that’s why he thought “around 600” was something he could do, not realizing it would’ve been a near world record during his playing career. Did Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain, a 13-time All-Star and 4-time MVP, even lift during his playing days? Few players did then. Still, we found no photo or film footage of him working out with weights. Of course, he competed decades before Instagram workout posts. 300 would’ve been very respectable, arm length considered, and might still have put him on this list if he’d done it in the ’60s. And in a video interview, he claimed at his best he could bench “around 600 pounds”! At his weight and height with such long arms, 400 would’ve been incredible. We don’t believe he bench pressed 500 pounds, as is commonly reported. Legends grow with time, so it’s difficult to sort the truth from the exaggerations now. Many peg him as the strongest NBA player of all time. ![]() ![]() Wilt Chamberlain was a legend, and there a lot of legends about Wilt Chamberlain.
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