michael jordan has the most career triple-doubles in the nba.
michael jordan has the most career triple-doubles in the nba.
who has the most career triple-doubles in the nba?
michael jordan
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
westbrook missed the preseason and the first two regular season games after having a procedure in september 2018 to deal with inflammation in his right knee. in his season debut for the thunder on october 21, westbrook had 32 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists in 35 minutes in a 131–120 loss to the sacramento kings. on november 19, he returned to the line-up after missing five games with a left ankle sprain and had 29 points and 13 assists in a 117–113 loss to the kings. on november 21, he recorded his first triple-double of the season with 11 points, 13 assists, 11 rebounds in a 123–95 win over the golden state warriors. on november 28, he recorded his third triple-double of the season with 23 points, 19 rebounds and 15 assists in a 100–83 win over the cleveland cavaliers. he moved into a tie for third place on the nba list for triple-doubles, with the 107th of his career matching jason kidd's total. he moved into sole position of third on december 5, recording his 108th career triple-double with 21 points, 17 assists and 15 rebounds in a 114–112 win over the brooklyn nets. on december 28, he scored 40 points in a 118–102 win over the phoenix suns. on december 31, he had 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for his 10th triple-double of the season in a 122–102 win over the dallas mavericks. on january 10, he recorded a career-high 24 assists to go with 24 points and 13 rebounds in a 154–147 double-overtime loss to the san antonio spurs. on january 31, he received his eighth career all-star selection by being named a western conference reserve. on february 5, he had his seventh straight triple-double with 16 points, 16 assists and 15 rebounds in a 132–122 win over the orlando magic. he matched the longest triple-double streak of his career with his 20th of the season and no. 124 overall. on february 7, he had 15 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds in a 117–95 win over the memphis grizzlies, thus the longest triple-double streak of his career and sitting one short of wilt chamberlain's nba record of nine straight set in 1968. on february 9, in a 117–112 win over the houston rockets, westbrook had 21 points, 11 assists and 12 rebounds to match chamberlain's record streak. on february 11, westbrook broke chamberlain's record after tallying 21 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists in a 120–111 win over the portland trail blazers. on february 14, he recorded 44 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists in a 131–122 loss to the new orleans pelicans. in addition to increasing his triple-double streak, westbrook surpassed gary payton (18,207 points) as the career scoring leader in franchise history. his streak of 11 consecutive games with a triple-double ended in the first game after the all-star break, as he recorded 43 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists in a 148–147 double-overtime win over the utah jazz. on april 2, westbrook had 20 points, 20 rebounds and 21 assists in a 119–103 win over the los angeles lakers. he became the second player in nba history to record 20 points, 20 rebounds, and 20 assists in a single game; the only other coming from chamberlain in 1968. westbrook also tied chamberlain for second all-time in 15-point, 15-rebound, 15-assists games with eight. on april 5, his performance of 19 points, 15 assists, and eight rebounds in a 123–110 win against the detroit pistons ensured he would clinch his third consecutive season averaging a triple-double—the first time in nba history. the game also secured his position as league leader in assists per game for the third consecutive season, achieved only by six other players in nba history. in the thunder's regular-season finale on april 10 against the milwaukee bucks, westbrook posted his 34th triple-double of the season to reach 138 for his career, tying magic johnson for second place on the career triple-double list. the thunder went on to lose in five games to the trail blazers in the first round of the playoffs, with westbrook recording two triple-doubles during the series.
russell westbrook