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Mayce Edward Christopher Webber III, better known as Chris Webber (born March 1, 1973 in Detroit, Michigan), is an NBA basketball player, most notably with the Sacramento Kings and currently with the Philadelphia 76ers.

In February 2005, Webber, along with Michael Bradley and Matt Barnes, was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for power forward Kenny Thomas, forward/center Brian Skinner, and well-known former King Corliss Williamson. Webber took some time to fit in with the 76ers offense, as he was a second scoring option for the first time in his career. However, he did help catapault the Sixers to a berth in the 2005 playoffs, where the Sixers lost to the Detroit Pistons. However, they did not reach the playoffs in 2006, despite Webber putting up a resurgent 20 points and 10 rebounds per game. However with microfracture surgery on his knee, Webber has lost his lateral quickness and jumping ability. With this he is seen as a defensive liability and is usually benched in the 4th quarter. This has caused Webber to reportedly call for a trade.

On Tuesday, April 18, 2006, he and fellow teammate Allen Iverson were fined for not showing up at the Philadelphia 76ers final home game of the season, despite the fact that both had injuries. One day later, both of them apologized for their actions even thinking it was not a big deal.

Webber was ranked #64 in SLAM Magazine's Top 75 NBA Players of all time in 2003. He also is the owner of the 2nd highest salary in the NBA (tied for 2006-07 with New York's Allan Houston), slated to be paid $43 million over the next two seasons.