A triple-double in basketball is when a player compiles a double-digit total in three of five statistical categories (assists, blocks, points, rebounds and steals) over the course of a game. No player in NBA history has accomplished the feat more than Russell Westbrook.
In fact, the 6-foot-4 guard racked up an NBA single-season record of 42 triple-doubles during the 2016-17 campaign en route to being named league MVP. Westbrook's 50-point, 16-rebound, 10-assist performance in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 106-105 win against the Denver Nuggets on April 9, 2017, broke a record held by Oscar Robertson for more than half a century.
In April 2025, Denver's Nikola Jokic became the 3rd player in NBA history to average a triple-double for the season, behind Westbrook and Oscar Robertson.
Here is a list of the players with the most triple-doubles in an NBA season:
Russell Westbrook, 42 (2016-17)
Oscar Robertson, 41 (1961-62)
Russell Westbrook, 38 (2020-21)
Russell Westbrook, 34 (2018-19)
Nikola Jokic, 34 (2024-25)
Wilt Chamberlain, 31 (1967-68)
Nikola Jokic, 29 (2022-23)
Oscar Robertson, 26 (1960-61)
Oscar Robertson, 26 (1963-64)
Domantas Sabonis, 26 (2023-24)
Russell Westbrook, 25 (2017-18)
Nikola Jokic, 25 (2023-24)
Oscar Robertson, 22 (1964-65)
Wilt Chamberlain, 22 (1966-67)
James Harden, 22 (2016-17)
Luka Doncic, 21 (2023-24)
Oscar Robertson, 20 (1962-63)
Nikola Jokic, 19 (2021-22)
Magic Johnson, 18 (1981-82)
Russell Westbrook, 18 (2015-16)
LeBron James, 18 (2017-18)
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