21 players are tied for the fewest games in a triple-double with more than 0 games played, with 1 game. The first three are Andy Phillip and Bob Cousy 10 times and Ed Macauley on January 15, 1951 and on January 28, 1955.

Interpreted as:

least games to first triple double by a player

	NAME	GP	TD3	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	1	1	12/14/1950	PHI	vs	FTW		17	10	10	7	11	63.6	3	4	75.0	66.6	5
2	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	1	1	1/15/1951	BOS	vs	PHI		18	12	11	5	16	31.3	8	9	88.9	45.1	2
3	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	1	1	2/6/1951	PHI	vs	TRI		14	15	15	5	12	41.7	4	4	100.0	50.9	4
4	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	1	1	2/8/1951	PHI	vs	BAL		11	10	12	4	7	57.1	3	4	75.0	62.8	4
5	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	1	1	2/8/1951	SYR	vs	NYK		18	22	13	6			6	8	75.0		4
6	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	1	1	3/4/1951	PHI	@	SYR		18	11	10	7	13	53.8	4	5	80.0	59.2	3
7	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	1	1	3/15/1951	PHI	vs	FTW		10	11	15	3	9	33.3	4	5	80.0	44.6	3
8	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	1	1	11/16/1951	PHI	vs	SYR		14	10	12	6	9	66.7	2	4	50.0	65.1	6
9	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	1	1	11/23/1951	BOS	@	PHI		18	10	12	5	22	22.7	8	9	88.9	34.7	3
10	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	1	1	12/2/1951	BOS	vs	BAL	37	21	10	13	8	26	30.8	5	5	100.0	37.2	3
11	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	1	1	1/18/1952	PHI	vs	IND		14	10	11	5	14	35.7	4	5	80.0	43.2	2
12	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	1	1	2/19/1952	PHI	vs	FTW	43	10	12	15	4	11	36.4	2	3	66.7	40.6	1
13	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	1	1	2/27/1952	PHI	vs	IND		19	15	13	8	17	47.1	3	4	75.0	50.6	1
14	Dick McGuire D. McGuire	1	1	4/5/1952	NYK	vs	SYR		14	12	13	6			2	7	28.6		4
15	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	1	1	11/1/1952	PHI	vs	SYR	53	21	11	10	8	16	50.0	5	7	71.4	55.0	4
16	George Ratkovicz G. Ratkovicz	1	1	12/20/1952	MIL	vs	MIN		19	10	10	8	12	66.7	3	4	75.0	69.0	3
17	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	1	1	11/1/1953	BOS	vs	MIN	48	14		15	4	22	18.2	6	10	60.0	26.5	2
18	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	1	1	11/24/1953	BOS		NYK		24	13	10	10			4	4	100.0		3
19	Paul Hoffman P. Hoffman	1	1	2/13/1954	BAL	vs	BOS		19	10	11	6			7	10	70.0		5
20	Jack Nichols J. Nichols	1	1	3/17/1954	BOS	vs	SYR	31	20	10	10	6	10	60.0	8	9	88.9	71.6	5
21	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	1	1	12/18/1954	MIL	vs	NYK		11	19	10	3			5	5	100.0		5
22	Slater Martin S. Martin	1	1	1/13/1955	MIN	@	PHI		20	14	10	9	19	47.4	2	4	50.0	48.2	4
23	Paul Seymour P. Seymour	1	1	1/26/1955	SYR		PHI	45	22	10	18	9	24	37.5	4	4	100.0	42.7	1
24	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	1	1	1/28/1955	BOS	vs	SYR	42	19	16	10	6	13	46.2	7	7	100.0	59.1	1
25	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	1	1	2/11/1955	BOS	@	PHI		33	11	11	11	24	45.8	11	14	78.6	54.7	5