oscar robertson has the most triple-doubles ever in the nba.
oscar robertson has the most triple-doubles ever in the nba.
who has the most triple-doubles ever in the nba?
oscar robertson
on july 9, 2018, jokić signed a five-year, $148 million maximum contract extension with the nuggets. on october 20, 2018, in the nuggets' second game of the season, jokić recorded 35 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists in a 119–91 win over the phoenix suns. he joined wilt chamberlain as the only players in nba history to post a triple-double with 30 or more points without missing a field goal—chamberlain did it twice, in 1966 and 1967. he also became just the second nugget to record a triple-double in the first two games of the season, joining fat lever. jokić went on to earn western conference player of the week honors for the first week of the season, becoming the sixth player in franchise history to win the award three or more times, joining alex english, dikembe mutombo, carmelo anthony, allen iverson and chauncey billups. on november 3, he had a season-high 16 assists and 10 rebounds to go with seven points in a 103–88 win over the utah jazz. on november 9, he had a season-high 37 points and tied his career best with 21 rebounds in a 112–110 loss to the brooklyn nets. for his efforts in 2018, he was recognized as the serbian player of the year by the basketball federation of serbia. on january 5, he scored a then season-high 39 points in a 123–110 win over the charlotte hornets. his second player of the week honor came for games played from december 31 to january 6. on january 8, he had his fourth triple-double of the season with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in a 103–99 win over the miami heat. it was his 20th triple-double of nba career. at age 23, he became the third-youngest player to reach 20 triple-doubles; oscar robertson and magic johnson were both 22 at the time of their 20th. two days later, he had 18 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists in a 121–100 win over the los angeles clippers. on january 13, he scored a season-high 40 points in 116–113 win over the portland trail blazers. on january 19, he had his sixth triple-double of the season with 19 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds in a 124–102 win over the cleveland cavaliers. it was his 22nd career triple-double, thus passing kareem abdul-jabbar to move to second place on the nba all-time triple-doubles list by a 7-footer. on january 23, he recorded 28 points and 21 rebounds in a 114–108 loss to the jazz. on january 27, after serving a one-game suspension for leaving the bench during an on-court fracas against the jazz, jokić recorded his seventh triple-double with 32 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists in a 126–110 win over the philadelphia 76ers. on january 31, he received his first all-star selection as a western conference reserve for the 2019 nba all-star game, becoming the nuggets' first all-star since carmelo anthony in 2011. on february 6, he recorded his 10th triple-double of the season with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists in a 135–130 loss to the nets. on february 13, he recorded his 12th triple-double of the season with 20 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists, while also tipping in the game winning shot with 0.3 seconds remaining to lift the nuggets to a 120–118 win over the sacramento kings. his twelve triple-doubles ranked second on the season behind only russell westbrook (34).
nikola jokić
the triple-double became an officially recorded statistic in the nba during the . that season, there were 32 triple-doubles, 12 more than the previous season. from the to the , the nba recorded a total of 543 triple-doubles, or 45.25 triple-doubles per season. this can be largely attributed to magic johnson, who was responsible for 137 of this time-span's triple-doubles, or about 25.23% of them. after johnson retired in 1991, the number of triple-doubles in the league declined. from the to the , there were only 841 triple-doubles, or about 35.04 triple-doubles per season. jason kidd recorded the most triple-doubles in this timespan with 107, which was 68 more than second placed lebron james. however, in the , the number of triple-doubles recorded in the nba grew from 46 to 75. from the to the , the nba recorded 352 triple doubles, which was approximately 117.33 triple-doubles per season. over those three years, russell westbrook recorded 101 triple-doubles—28.69% of all triple-doubles in that timespan.
double-double (basketball)