| | | You can't compare players across eras? Ha!
|  | | Shaq has flexed his muscles in the Lakers' back-to-back title runs, but could he strongarm Wilt? |
At Page 2, we can compare anyone, anywhere, anytime. That's why we're starting a new feature called "When Worlds Collide" -- a head-to-head clash between today's top athletes and their legendary predecessors.
Each week on Page 2, we'll pick a person who's currently dominating his or her sport and match them up with a great from yesteryear. And here's the best part -- we're going to let you tell us how the matchup would go.
We start with a pair of unstoppable big men, Wilt Chamberlain and Shaquille O'Neal, playing a game of one-on-one to 21 baskets, call your own fouls.
Check out our comparison below of Wilt's 14-year NBA career and Shaq's still-in-progress nine-year career. Then, take a look at the best reader responses on how this matchup would play out and vote in the poll to pick the winner.
| WILT THE STILT VS. SHAQ DADDY |
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 Wilt |
 Shaq |
| Height |
7-1 |
7-1 |
| Weight |
275 |
330 |
| College |
Kansas |
LSU |
| Nicknames |
"Wilt the Stilt," "The Big Dipper" |
"Shaq Daddy," "Shaq Diesel," "The Big Aristotle" |
| NBA titles won |
2 (1966-67, 1971-72) |
2 (1999-2000, 2000-2001) |
| Scoring avg. |
30.1 |
27.7 |
| Rebound avg. |
22.9 |
12.4 |
| Assist avg. |
4.4 |
2.8 |
| FG pct. |
54.0 |
57.7 |
| FT pct. |
51.1 |
53.1 |
| Times fouled out |
0 |
28 |
| Regular-season MVP awards |
4 (1960, 1966, 1967, 1968) |
1 (2000) |
| Finals MVP awards |
1 (1972) |
2 (2000, 2001) |
| All-Star selections |
13 |
8 |
| Olympic gold medals |
0 |
1 (1996) |
| Off-court activities |
Pro volleyball player |
Rapper, actor |
| Other "off-court" activities |
Once claimed to have slept with 20,000 women |
Once claimed to have slept with Cindy Crawford, Venus Williams and Aaliyah |
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