Create or join a nba league and manage your team with live scoring, stats, scouting reports, news, and expert advice. Its hard to believe that there will ever be another player who can dominate as many statistical categories as the big dipper did. Lebron james becomes first player in nba history with. A look inside the historic season for tripledoubles nba. Last night in oklahoma city thunders 119107 win over the atlanta hawks, russell westbrook became the fourth player in nba history to record 100. Russell westbrook breaks nba record for tripledoubles. This page details the records, statistics and career achievements of american professional basketball player russell. Most tripledoubles in nba season year total 198889 78 201516 75 196162 65 198687. In basketball, a doubledouble refers to a player, in a single game, accumulating ten or more of. Career and singleseason triple double leaders sports. Its also available for football, hockey and baseball.
Russell westbrook continues to rewrite record books with 9th career tripledouble. With 62 records 59 of which he holds by himself, wilt chamberlain is to the nba record book what jesus is to the new testament. Nikola jokic records fastest tripledouble in nba history. Oscar robertson is not hating that westbrook broke his. Triple doubles and doubledoubles include only the years in which each category was. Russell westbrook makes history as he sets the new nbarecord for most tripledoubles in a single season with his 42nd tripledouble of the season with his 10th assist of the game, brodie passes oscar robertson 41 tripledoubles in 196162 season for the most number of. Oscar robertson is not hating that westbrook broke his triple. That total ranked second alltime to the record 78 set in 198889.
Russell westbrook makes history as he sets the new nba. Tripledoubles and doubledoubles include only the years in which each category was officially kept by the ncaa. Russell westbrook continues to rewrite record books. The nationally televised matchup between doncic and williamson lived up to the hype. Nba breaks record for most tripledouble in a season, and. Russell westbrook ties oscar robertsons tripledouble.
Green grabbed 12 rebounds, dished out 10 assists and picked 10 steals to post the first tripledouble in nba history. The tripledouble became an officially recorded statistic in the nba during the 197980 season. Westbrook also broke the nba record for triple doubles with 42. The secondyear star scored 30 points and broke jason kidds franchise record for career tripledoubles with his 22nd, helping the mavericks hold off the new orleans pelicans 127123 in overtime. Russell westbrook breaks nba record for singleseason. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores. Williamson scored 21 points in 35 minutes in the first backtoback of his nba career. But westbrook didnt even approach tuckers record at 17 minutes. Russell westbrook has 50 points, buzzerbeater in record. With 72 records 68 of which he holds by himself, wilt chamberlain dominates the nba record book.
The first player to average a tripledouble for an entire season, he holds the nbas career record for tripledouble games 181 and previously held the singleseason record of 41, which russell. Nikola jokic records fastest tripledouble in nba history in stunning performance jokic finished with 30 points, 15 rebounds and 17 assists in denvers 4123 victory. Thanks to ricky rubio on saturday, the nba has now set a new record for tripledoubles with 79 this season breaking the record of 78 that was set in 198889. Doing it that way, whiteside now shows up with his 2 ptsrebblocks triple doubles off the bench. Westbrook averages tripledouble in backtoback season. List of career achievements by wilt chamberlain wikipedia. Thanks to westbrook, tripledouble mania begins nba global. Russell westbrook ranks third alltime in the nba with 127 career tripledoubles. Westbrook hit a long 3 at the buzzer sunday to give him 50 points and the oklahoma city thunder a 106105 win while also setting a new singleseason nba record with his 42nd tripledouble. From the 197980 to the 199091 season, the nba recorded a total of 543 tripledoubles, or 45. The output marked his 42nd tripledouble of the season, breaking oscar robertsons longstanding record of 41, per the elias sports bureau via. Robertson recorded 41 tripledoubles in 79 games played in the 196162 season, but westbrook recorded 42 in 81 games in the 201617 season, setting a new record for most tripledoubles in a season.
And thats when the records showed that i had set singleseason and career records while. Nba record for most career triple doubles off the bench. List of career achievements by russell westbrook wikipedia. The two posted the first doubletripledouble in thunder history, and the eighth overall in nba history. One of two players in nba history to record at least 40 tripledoubles in a season. Clevelands lebron james and the warriors stephen curry are the first players since kareem abduljabbar and walt frazier in 1970 to both record tripledoubles in an nba playoff game. In 19881989, johnson would post 17 tripledoubles over the course of the season, one of the highest totals of all time, and with 8 tripledoubles for his career theres not really any. The secondyear star scored 30 points and broke jason kidds franchise record for career tripledoubles with his 22nd, helping the mavericks hold off the new orleans pelicans 127123 in overtime wednesday night. Due in part because of the expanding league, westbrook is the only player to record a tripledouble against all 29 opposing teams, and now, after tonight, is the thirdfastest player to reach 100.
Oscar robertson s record of 41 tripledoubles in a season was supposedly unbreakable. For tripledoubles and doubledoubles, the individual had to reach double figures in two or more of the following categories. In the nba this season, there was a tripledouble once every 10. Lebron james, stephen curry make tripledouble history. Russell westbrook sets nba record with 42nd tripledouble. Nba star russell westbrook of the oklahoma city thunder is on pace to average a tripledouble this season, a feat that no nba player has achieved since oscar robertson in.
On the final night of the 201819 season, russell westbrook recorded his 34th tripledouble of the season to tie magic johnson for second place alltime with 8 career tripledoubles. Congratulations to lebron james for becoming the king of triple doubles for the nba finals with 9 and breaking my record. Russell westbrook looks to break nba tripledouble record. Just in case you missed this last month year, we now offer the option to search for double and tripledoubles using the player game finder tool. This article lists alltime records achieved in the nba regular season in major statistical categories recognized by the league, including those set by teams and individuals in a game, season, and career. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting facts and tidbits. Russell westbrook sets nba record with 10 straight triple. Robertson set the record with 41 tripledoubles in the 196162 season as a member of the cincinnati royals, when he averaged 30. Warriors draymond green records nbas first tripledouble. Allstar games 2020 allstar game, 2019 allstar game, 2018 allstar game, 2017 allstar game. Luka doncic ties jason kidd for most tripledoubles in mavericks. Only 4 players have made a quadrupledouble in their careers. Lebron james passes magic johnson for most tripledoubles.
James ranks fifth on the alltime triple double leaderboard with 86, trailing kidd 107, johnson 8, westbrook 141 and oscar robertson 181. In fact, it was one unlike the nba has ever seen, according to elias sports. Dallas mavericks sensation luka doncic has been a tripledouble machine since entering the league last season, which has put him in the record books multiple times over hes the. The nba also recognizes records from its original incarnation, the basketball association of america baa. Nate thurmond 1974, alvin robertson 1986, hakeem olajuwon 1990 y david robinson. Under additional criteria, just check the box next to doubledouble or tripledouble, and youll be able to find games that match any combination of points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks that meet the criteria youre looking for. Can you name the nba players with the most career tripledoubles. Among his records are several that are considered unbreakable, such as averaging 22. Doncic breaks mavs tripledouble record, beats williamson. The nba registe r is a comprehensive listing of current players and coaches in the nba along with. Not even a recordsetting night for lebron james could help stop the golden state warriors in game 2 of the nba finals sunday but james. This can be largely attributed to magic johnson, who was responsible for 7 of this timespan. Lebron james ties nba finals record for most tripledoubles.
Westbrook, who had the most tripledoubles in a season and became the only other player to average one in a. Tripledoubles are more common than ever in the nba. Remember darrell walker, an nba journeyman guard with a career. Doncic breaks mavs career tripledouble record with 22nd. Dan ferrara it was a remarkable season for tripledoubles in the nba, with 24 different players including eight firsttimers combining for 75 tripledoubles in 201516 regular season.
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