tim duncan got the most triple-doubles in nba history.
tim duncan got the most triple-doubles in nba history.
who got the most triple-doubles in nba history?
tim duncan
on february 6, dončić recorded his third triple-double with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in a 99–93 win over the charlotte hornets, which made him the youngest player in nba history to record three triple-doubles. he edges hall of famer magic johnson by 117 days. on february 25, dončić recorded his fourth triple-double with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a 121–112 loss to the los angeles clippers. dončić has four of the five triple-doubles recorded by teenagers in nba history. dončić was named western conference rookie of the month for january 2019. his eight triple-doubles ranked fourth on the season behind russell westbrook (34), nikola jokić (12) and ben simmons (10), as well as tied with lebron james. dončić became just the fifth player in nba history to average at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in his rookie year, joining oscar robertson (1960–61), michael jordan (1984–85), lebron james (2003–04), and tyreke evans (2009–10). in may, dončić was selected unanimously to the all-rookie first team, and in june he received the nba rookie of the year award. dončić became the second european player, after pau gasol, who won the award and the sixth overall winner not born in the united states.
luka dončić
on december 31, 2016, harden recorded yet another triple-double with 53 points, 17 assists and 16 rebounds in a 129–122 win over the new york knicks, becoming the first player in nba history to finish with a 50-15-15 stat line. he tied wilt chamberlain for the most points in a triple-double in nba history—chamberlain pulled the feat during the 1967–68 season, with 53 points, 32 rebounds and 14 assists. harden set career highs for points and three-pointers (with nine) and matched his career best for assists. it was his 17th career triple-double and his fourth career 50-point game. two days later, he recorded his ninth triple-double of the season in a win over the washington wizards and was named western conference player of the week for a third time. it was harden's 12th player of the week honor, matching hakeem olajuwon for the most player of the week awards in franchise history. harden's career-best december run earned him western conference player of the month honors. his 10th and 11th triple-doubles came in back-to-back games on january 8 and 10, both resulting in wins. his two performances saw him become the fourth player in nba history with at least 40 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in consecutive games—pete maravich, michael jordan and russell westbrook are the three others to do it. his 12th and 13th triple-doubles came in back-to-back games on january 15 and 17. on january 27, he recorded his 14th triple-double of the season with 51 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists in a 123–118 win over the philadelphia 76ers, becoming the first player in nba history with multiple 50-point triple-doubles in a season. on february 3 against the chicago bulls, harden scored his 10,000th point as a rocket, passing yao ming for sixth place in franchise history. on february 11, he scored 40 points in three quarters (his ninth 40-point game of the season) to help the rockets win 133–102 over the phoenix suns. he played just 29 minutes against the suns to become the first rockets player since sleepy floyd in 1991 to score 40 points in less than 30 minutes. on february 15, he recorded his 15th triple-double of the season with 38 points 12 rebounds and 12 assists in a 117–109 loss to the miami heat. between march 12 and 18, he had four straight triple-doubles, giving him 19 for the season. he finished the regular season with 22 triple-doubles and became the first player in nba history to finish the regular season with at least 2,000 points (2,356), 900 assists (907) and 600 rebounds (659). he placed second in league mvp voting to former teammate westbrook.
james harden