Wilt Chamberlin He holds several NBA records that seem completely unattainable, such as scoring 100 points in a game or averaging 50.4 points per game over an entire season. However, from now on he no longer officially has a historical mark: that of being the pivot with the most number of triple-doubles in history.
Nikola Jokic succeeded in displacing Chamberlain from this position with the triple-double against the Oklahoma City Thunderin the Denver Nuggets’ 122-110 road win.
The Serb piled up 15 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds for his third triple-double of the season: each of them came away with a win for these Nuggets who have a 5-3 record, so they put a lot of value on every complete performance from the two-time MVP.
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Overall it is Jokic has 79 triple-doubles in the Regular Phase, over 535 games played. Chamberlain officially recorded 78 triple-doubles in 1,045 games, though with a caveat: the stats were much more rudimentary in his day and there was no official accounting of the plugs and theftsso Wilt probably had more triple-doubles than that 78.
51 of Jokic’s triple-doubles have come since the 2019-2020 season and there is also six more triple-doubles in the playoffsalso registered from 2019, which are not added to this account.
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Who had the most triple-doubles in the NBA?
Russell Westbrook holds the all-time record for triple-doubles: he has 194, about 13 more than the previous holder of the mark, Oscar Robertson. Magic Johnson (138), Jason Kidd (107) and LeBron James (105) also have more triple-doubles than Jokic, ranked sixth and currently the only international player with more than 50 triple-doubles in the NBA. Luka Doncic is already close to it: he adds 48.
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