NBA Records Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

This Houston center, born in Nigeria, blocked 3,830 shots in his career, the most since the league began tracking them in 1973. He is also the only player ever to record more than 200 blocks and 200 steals in the same season. Which player holds the career blocks record?

Question 2

When the NBA adopted the three-point line for the 1979-80 season, this Boston Celtics guard made the first one in league history, in the season opener. The three-point line had already existed in the rival ABA since 1967. Which player is this?

Question 3

In October 2018 this guard made 14 three-pointers in a game against the Bulls, the single-game record, taking only 24 shots overall. He needed only 24 shots and 27 minutes to do it. Which player is this?

Question 4

This undersized, undrafted center won Defensive Player of the Year four times in the 2000s, all with the Detroit Pistons, tying the record for the award. Undrafted out of a small college, he anchored the 2004 champion Pistons on defense alone. Which player is this?

Question 5

On October 31, 1950, this player, suiting up for the Washington Capitols, became the first Black athlete to play in an NBA game, one day before two other Black players made their debuts. Chuck Cooper was the first Black player drafted and Nat Clifton the first to sign a contract, all in the same season. Which player is this?

Question 6

In the 2010-11 season this forward recorded a double-double in 53 straight games, the longest such streak since the NBA-ABA merger. Wilt Chamberlain's pre-merger streak of 227 straight is the all-time mark. Which player is this?

Question 7

In January 2006 this guard scored 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second-highest single-game total in NBA history. He scored 55 of them in the second half to bring his team back from 18 points down. Which player is this?

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About NBA Records

Basketball keeps meticulous records, and a few names dominate the all-time lists. LeBron James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for career points in 2023 and became the first to 40,000. John Stockton holds the assists and steals records by enormous margins. Wilt Chamberlain owns the rebounding record and, from 1961-62, the untouchable single-season average of 50.4 points a game and the 100-point game. Hakeem Olajuwon leads in blocks, Stephen Curry in three-pointers, Robert Parish in games played, and Kareem in minutes and MVP awards.

Single games produce the wildest numbers. Chamberlain's 100 points and 55 rebounds. Scott Skiles's 30 assists. Elmore Smith's 17 blocks. Klay Thompson's 14 threes and 37-point quarter. Kobe Bryant's 81. Elgin Baylor's 61 in a Finals game and Michael Jordan's 63 in a playoff loss at Boston Garden. The 1983 triple-overtime night when Detroit and Denver combined for 370 points, and the 2021 game Memphis won by 73.

Team records tell their own story: the 1996 Bulls, the first 70-win team, and the 2015-16 Warriors, the only 73-win team, who then lost the Finals. The 1971-72 Lakers' 33-game winning streak. The Celtics' 18 titles and eight straight from 1959 to 1966. The Spurs' 22 consecutive playoff trips, and the Kings' 16-year drought.

Then the firsts: the 24-second shot clock in 1954, Earl Lloyd integrating the league in 1950, the three-point line in 1979, the ABA merger in 1976, Stephen Curry as the first unanimous MVP, Yao Ming as the first international number-one pick straight from a foreign league. This quiz runs through 65 of them: read the clue, name the record, and get the full story after each answer.