At his time, Wilt was unlike anything the NBA had seen. He ran over the league his first few years, and it took Russell years to figure out how to play him.
But yeah we need a Wembanyama-a-rama thread, he's the biggest news in the league this year, among some strong competition.
Not to diverge too much on Wembanyama (I agree wholeheartedly he alone is thread worthy), but the bolded is a bit overstated.
In Wilt's rookie year, his scoring average and FG% was roughly the same in his matchups against Russell. In the 6 game playoff series that followed, Wilt average nearly 7 ppg less than his regular season average, which started a trend that continued literally every single season since up until Russell's retirement in 1969.
It was Wilt's 3rd season in which he averaged 50.4 ppg, an NBA record that stands to this day. In 17 regular season plus playoff matchups that year, Wilt averaged 37.2 ppg. He took a lot of shots to get those points, which is reflected in the fact that his FG% was nearly 4% lower when matched up against Russ.
Should note that Russell's numbers were down as well. Wilt was a good defender in his prime, and the team's strategy was to allow Russell to expend his energy entirely on defense.