Oscar Robertson
Assists Opponent Home/Away Date
22 Syracuse Nationals Home October 29 , 1961
22 ( OT ) New York Knicks Home March 5 , 1966
21 New York Knicks Home February 14 , 1964
20 Los Angeles Lakers Home February 19 , 1961
20 Chicago Packers Neutral December 11 , 1961
20 San Francisco Warriors Home December 28 , 1964
20 New York Knicks Neutral February 28 , 1965
20 Phoenix Suns Away March 4 , 1969
19 St. Louis Hawks Home December 8 , 1961
19 Philadelphia Warriors Home January 11 , 1962
19 Chicago Zephyrs Neutral December 13 , 1962
19 San Francisco Warriors Home January 4 , 1963
19 Baltimore Bullets Home January 5 , 1964
19 Detroit Pistons Neutral December 1 , 1964
19 Baltimore Bullets Home March 18 , 1965
19 Los Angeles Lakers Away December 14 , 1966
19 Philadelphia 76ers Home December 6 , 1967
19 San Diego Rockets Neutral January 18 , 1968
NBA career statistics -- Career highs
Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938), nicknamed The Big O, is an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks. The 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), 205 lb (93 kg) Robertson played point guard and was a 12-time All-Star, 11-time member of the All-NBA Team, and one-time winner of the MVP award in 14 seasons. In 1962, he became the first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season. In the 1970-71 NBA season, he was a key player on the team that brought the Bucks their only NBA title to date. His playing career, especially during high school and college, was plagued by racism. Robertson is a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, having been inducted in 1980 for his individual career, and in 2010 as a member of the 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team and president of the National Basketball Players Association. He also was voted one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996. The United States Basketball Writers Association renamed their College Player of the Year Award the Oscar Robertson Trophy in his honor in 1998, and he was one of five people chosen to represent the inaugural National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame class in 2006. He was ranked as the 36th best American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN. Robertson was also an integral part of Robertson v. National Basketball Ass'n of 1970. The landmark NBA antitrust suit, which was filed when Robertson was the president of the NBA Players' Association, led to an extensive reform of the league's strict free agency and draft rules and, subsequently, to higher salaries for all players.