NBA: What players have more triple-doubles in a season?

ByDavid Mitchell
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Russell Westbrook achieved the greatest amount of triple-doubles in a NBA season, with 42 in 2016-17. Consult the other players on the list.

A Triple-double in basketball occurs when a player gets a total of two digits in three of the five statistical categories (Assists, caps, points, rebounds and robberies) throughout a match. No player in the NBA history has achieved this feat more than Russell Westbrook.

In fact, the base of 1.93 meters (6-4) high A NBA record in a single season with 42 triple-doubles during the 2016-17 campaignon the way to be appointed MVP of the League. The performance of Westbrookwith 50 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists, in the victory of the Oklahoma City Thunder for 106-105 against the Denver Nuggets on April 9, 2017, he broke a record that Oscar Robertson held for more than half a century.

In April 2025, Nikola Jokic, of the Denver Nuggets, became the third player in the history of the NBA in averaging a triple-double in the season, along with Westbrook and Robertson.

Here is the list of players with more triple-doubles in a NBA season.

Players with more triple-doubles in a 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)

• Sabonis Domantas, 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)

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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