{"id":616215,"date":"2026-04-30T23:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/616215\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:52:08","slug":"who-has-the-most-nba-playoff-triple-doubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/616215\/","title":{"rendered":"Who has the most NBA playoff triple-doubles?"},"content":{"rendered":"


Good players perform well in the regular season. The best players raise their level of play during the playoffs to match the stakes. One high-level performer come playoff time was Magic Johnson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Hall of Famer won five NBA championships in 13 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>. Many of Johnson’s most notable performances came during the postseason, including in Game 6 of the 1980 NBA Finals, when he filled in for an injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a 20-year-old rookie, Johnson started at center, played every position and recorded 42 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Lakers to a 123-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>. Though Johnson fell three assists shy in the championship-sealing victory, he finished his career with a record 30 postseason triple-doubles, including eight in the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

Check out the players with the most career playoff triple-doubles in NBA history below.<\/p>\n

Note: A triple-double is when a player records a double-digit total in three of five statistical categories (assists, blocks, points, rebounds and steals) over the course of a single game.<\/p>\n

Magic Johnson, 30<\/p>\n

LeBron James<\/a>*, 28<\/p>\n

Nikola Joki<\/a>*, 22<\/p>\n

Russell Westbrook<\/a>*, 12<\/p>\n

Jason Kidd, 11<\/p>\n

Larry Bird, 10<\/p>\n

Luka Doni<\/a>*, 10<\/p>\n

Draymond Green<\/a>*, 10<\/p>\n

Rajon Rondo 10<\/p>\n

Wilt Chamberlain<\/a>, 9<\/p>\n

Oscar Robertson, 8<\/p>\n

*Active<\/p>\n

Check out the ESPN NBA hub page<\/a> for the scores<\/a>, stats<\/a>, schedules<\/a> and more.br\/]<\/p>\n

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