Most triple doubles in the regular season?

[jdm_dc_fan]

Who holds the record for the most triple doubles in the regular season? Rondo has 3 so far and looks like he can get 7-8 at this pace. Before Rondo tore his acl he had 4 I believe and it was in February. Jason Kidd maybe? Who holds it?

[DaRkJaWs]

Probably magic Johnson, though unofficially wilt would be at top had they counted blocked shots.

[fpliii]

(1961-62) 41 Oscar Robertson
(1967-68) 31 Wilt Chamberlain
(1960-61) 26 Oscar Robertson
(1963-64) 26 Oscar Robertson
(1964-65) 22 Oscar Robertson
(1966-67) 22 Wilt Chamberlain
(1962-63) 20 Oscar Robertson
(1981-82) 18 Magic Johnson
(1988-89) 17 Magic Johnson
(1982-83) 16 Magic Johnson
(1986-87) 16 Fat Lever

[JimmyMcAdocious]

Probably Big O in the season he averaged a triple double. Would make the most sense to me.

[gigantes]

(1961-62) 41 Oscar Robertson
(1967-68) 31 Wilt Chamberlain
(1960-61) 26 Oscar Robertson
(1963-64) 26 Oscar Robertson
(1964-65) 22 Oscar Robertson
(1966-67) 22 Wilt Chamberlain
(1962-63) 20 Oscar Robertson
(1981-82) 18 Magic Johnson
(1988-89) 17 Magic Johnson
(1982-83) 16 Magic Johnson
(1986-87) 16 Fat Lever

hard to believe kidd isn't on that list considering he has the 3rd-most TD's all-time.

btw, yea... sucks that they didn't record blocks in wilt's day. i couldn't believe it, so had to look it up.

[DaRkJaWs]

What frustrates me is when they talk about oscar averaging a triple double all the time when wilt probably averaged a triple double multiple times. Really is a shame.

[3ball]

In the modern era, Magic Johnson has the record for triple-doubles in a season with 18.

Interestingly, Jordan played a 24-game stretch at point guard at the end of the 1989 season - it was his only time at PG in his entire career - and these 24 games included a stretch of 10-triple doubles in 11 games.

http://ballislife.com/michael-jordan...er-want-proof/


"In just 16 games so far at point guard, Jordan has gone from the league’s leading scorer the last two seasons to being lumped with Johnson, John Stockton of Utah and Isiah Thomas of Detroit as the elite among NBA point guards. Jordan may already be the best of the group".

Atlanta Journal Constitution, April 9, 1989.


Jordan finished the 1989 season with 15 triple doubles - but certainly, if he would have played PG the entire season, he would have smashed Magic's record and probably at least doubled it.

[LAZERUSS]

What frustrates me is when they talk about oscar averaging a triple double all the time when wilt probably averaged a triple double multiple times. Really is a shame.

Given that Harvey Pollack himself, claimed that Chamberlain had entire seasons of 10+ bpg, I don't think there is a shadow of a doubt that he is REAL all-time leader in triple-doubles (both regular season AND post-season.)

[fpliii]

[QUOTE=3ball]In the modern era, Magic Johnson has the record for triple-doubles in a season with 18.

Interestingly, Jordan played a 24-game stretch at point guard at the end of the 1989 season - it was his only time at PG in his entire career - and these 24 games included a stretch of 10-triple doubles in 11 games.

http://ballislife.com/michael-jordan...er-want-proof/

"[i]In just 16 games so far at point guard, Jordan has gone from the league

[ThatCoolKid]

[QUOTE=3ball]In the modern era, Magic Johnson has the record for triple-doubles in a season with 18.

Interestingly, Jordan played a 24-game stretch at point guard at the end of the 1989 season - it was his only time at PG in his entire career - and these 24 games included a stretch of 10-triple doubles in 11 games.

http://ballislife.com/michael-jordan...er-want-proof/


"[i]In just 16 games so far at point guard, Jordan has gone from the league

[LAZERUSS]

His streak of 7 consecutive TDs was actually tied for the second longest in league history with Oscar from 1/1/61-1/12/61 (Wilt had 9 straight from 3/8/68-3/20/68).

And Wilt missed a string of 12 straight by ONE assist.

Games of :

31-21-15
22-19-13
38-28-9
13-24-10
28-27-10
22-30-12
16-20-10
25-21-13
35-15-10
53-32-14
22-27-19
26-17-12

[fpliii]

And Wilt missed a string of 12 straight by ONE assist.

Games of :

31-21-15
22-19-13
38-28-9
13-24-10
28-27-10
22-30-12
16-20-10
25-21-13
35-15-10
53-32-14
22-27-19
26-17-12

I believe he also actually had a stretch of 12 of 14 earlier that season as well.

[LAZERUSS]

I believe he also actually had a stretch of 12 of 14 earlier that season as well.

As always, you are correct.

[DaRkJaWs]

I believe he also actually had a stretch of 12 of 14 earlier that season as well.

Can you post those numbers?

[fpliii]

Can you post those numbers?

I'm one of the researchers on nbastats.net. We have a Wilt spreadsheet up there:

http://nbastats.net/01NBA/09playerlogs/Chamberlain.xls

Take the blocks numbers with a grain of salt, if it says "estimated", then the blocks number comes from a formula one of our researchers used for calculations. There are a number of legitimate block citations though (the ones that don't say estimated next to them).