The NBA’s Top Triple Doubles Leaders

The NBA’s Top Triple Doubles Leaders: Who’s On Top?

The NBA is a league full of talented players who can stuff the Stat Sheet in a variety of ways. One of the most impressive feats a player can achieve is a triple double which is when a player stuffs the stat sheet in three different categories.

There have been some great triple double leaders in NBA history but who currently sits atop the leaderboard? Here are the top triple double leaders

Russell Westbrook

With 42 triple-doubles in the 2016-2017 season, Russell Westbrook has not only set a new NBA record, but he’s also become the first player in 55 years to average a triple-double for an entire season. Westbrook’s superhuman feat is all the more impressive when you compare it to some of the other greats who have come close to matching his numbers. Here are the top 5 NBA players with the most triple-doubles in a single season:

1. Russell Westbrook (2016-2017): 42
2. Oscar Robertson (1961-1962): 41
3. Wilt Chamberlain (1967-1968): 31
4. Magic Johnson (1981-1982): 30
5. Jason Kidd (2007-2008): 29

Oscar Robertson

Oscar Robertson nicknamed “The Big O”, is an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks The 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), 205 lb (93 kg) guard was a 12-time All-Star and 11-time member of the All-NBA team He is the only player in NBA history to average a triple-double for an entire season. In 1962, Robertson led the league in scoring with 30.8 points per game becoming the only player besides Bill Russell to win an Scoring Title while playing on a losing team. Robertson also remains the only player ever to average at least 10 points, 10 assists, and 10 rebounds per game in a season. He was voted one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history in 1996 and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961.

Magic Johnson

Magic Johnson is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. During his Hall of Fame career, he racked up an impressive total of 138 triple doubles. That puts him at the top of the list for most triple doubles in NBA history

LeBron James

Lebron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association Widely considered one of the greatest players in NBA history James is frequently compared to Michael Jordan in debates over the greatest basketball player of all time. He currently ranks fourth in all-time triple doubles, behind only Oscar Robertson Magic Johnson and Russell Westbrook

Jason Kidd

Jason Kidd who played for the Dallas Mavericks New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks is the NBA’s all-time leader in triple doubles. A triple double is defined as a player who reaches double digits in three of the five statistical categories: points, rebounds, assists, blocks or steals.

Kidd accumulated 109 career triple doubles over his 19 seasons in the league. He is followed by Oscar Robertson (181), Magic Johnson ( 138), Russell Westbrook (130), and Lebron James (84).

Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain is the NBA’s all-time leader in triple doubles, with 78 in his career. He is also the only player in NBA history to average a triple double for an entire season, which he did in 1967-68.

Larry Bird

One of the best players in the history of the National Basketball Association Larry Bird was a lethal combination of shooting touch, passing prowess, and defensive intensity. He played his entire 13-year career with the Boston Celtics winning three NBA titles and earning three NBA Finals MVP Awards Bird was also a 12-time All-Star and a two-time NBA MVP

But perhaps Bird’s most impressive accomplishment was his ability to stuff the stat sheet. He is one of only four players in NBA history to average at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists per game for his career. And he is the only player in NBA history to twice average at least 30 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists per game in a season.

In total, Bird tallied 21 triple-doubles during his Hall of Fame career. That puts him in fourth place on the all-time list behind Magic Johnson (138), Oscar Robertson (101), and Jason Kidd (87). But when you consider that Bird played nearly 200 fewer games than those three legends, it’s clear that he was one of the most efficient triple-double producers in NBA History

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan is the NBA’s all-time leader in triple doubles with 10. He is also the only player in league history to average a triple double for an entire season.

James Harden

James Harden is an American Professional Basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Arizona State where he was named a consensus All-American and Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year in 2009. He was selected with the third overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder
In his first three seasons with the Thunder, Harden was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2012 and helped his team reach the NBA Finals in 2012.He was traded to Houston prior to the start of the 2012–13 season. Upon joining the Rockets, he became one of the NBA’s most prolific scorers and earned recognition as one of its best all-around players. He has been named to six All-Star teams, winning MVP honors in 2018 and 2019. He has led the league in scoring twice and won an MVP Award in 2018. In 2019, he helped lead the Rockets to their fourth straight appearance in the Western Conference Finals.

Harden has established himself as one of the most prolific scorers and all-around players in NBA history He is one of only four players ever to average at least 35 points and 7 assists per game in a season, joining Michael Jordan Oscar Robertson, and Russell Westbrook He is also one of only two players ever to average at least 35 points per game while shooting better than 50–40–90 from the field, joining Larry Bird

In January 2019, Harden became just the seventh player ever to record a 40–15–15 triple-double when he tallied 44 points, 15 rebounds, and 15 assists against his former team, the Oklahoma City Thunder That month he also set a new record for most 30+ Point Games in a single month with 12 games. On March 3, 2019, Harden recorded his 31st consecutive game with 30 or more points scored passing Wilt Chamberlain for second place on that list behind only Michael Jordan (40 games). On March 11th, he had 57 points against Memphis Grizzlies breaking Chamberlain’s record for most points scored by a player 6’5″ or shorter which was 54 points. Two days later against Charlotte Hornets he had 58 points; becoming first player since Kobe Bryant in 2007 to have back to back 50 point games and first player since LeBron Jamesin 2014 to score 50+ points twice within 3 days span; furthermore tying Elgin Baylor’srecord for most such games with 8 such games

Harden continues to leadthe leaguein scoringand triple doublesand is secondin assistsper gamebehindRussell Westbrookmeanwhile averaginga career highin stealsper gameas well.

Nate Archibald

Nate “Tiny” Archibald is an American former professional basketball player He was a point guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14 seasons. He played for the Cincinnati Royals, Kansas City–Omaha Kings, New York Nets and Boston Celtics He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991.

Archibald was a highly rated point guard coming out of Taft High School in the Bronx borough of New York City He made the 1970 NBA All-Rookie Team and was voted into the 1971 NBA All-Star game where he set an All-Star record with 22 assists: a total which stood until 1984 when Isiah Thomas had 23.