Double-double

For other uses, see Double-double (disambiguation).

"Triple double" redirects here. For other uses, see Triple double (gymnastics) and Triple-double (volleyball).

Wilt Chamberlain (#13) holds the record for most career double-doubles in the NBA with 968, while Nate Thurmond (#42) was the first to record a quadruple-double.

Tamika Catchings was the first player ever to record an official quintuple-double.

In basketball, a double-double is a single-game performance in which a player accumulates ten or more in two of the following five statistical categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. The first "double" in the term refers to the two (double) categories and the second "double" refers to accumulating ten or more (typically double digits) in that category. Similarly, a player records a triple-double, quadruple-double, and quintuple-double when accumulating ten or more in three, four, or all five of the statistical categories, respectively. While double-doubles and triple-doubles occur regularly each NBA season, only four quadruple-doubles have ever officially been recorded in the NBA, and only a single quintuple-double has ever been recorded in a professional basketball game. That game took place on March 18, 1968, when Wilt Chamberlain scored 53 points, grabbed 32 rebounds, had 24 blocks, 14 assists and 11 steals in a win against the Los Angeles Lakers. A similar term, the five-by-five, is the accumulation of at least five in all five statistical categories.

Double-double

A double-double is a performance in which a player accumulates a double-digit total in two of five statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots—in a game. The most common double-double combination is points and rebounds, followed by points and assists. During the 2008–09 NBA season, 69 players who were eligible for leadership in the main statistical categories recorded at least 10 double-doubles during the season.

Since the 1983–84 season, Tim Duncan leads the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the points–rebounds combination with 841 double-doubles, John Stockton leads the points–assists combination with 714, and Russell Westbrook leads the rebounds–assists combinations with 142. Since the 1983–84 season, Tim Duncan also holds the record for most total career double-doubles in the NBA, having recorded 841. In league history, the record for most career double-doubles is 968, held by Wilt Chamberlain.

Special double-doubles are rare. One such achievement is sometimes called a 20–20, double double-double or double-20, when a player accumulates 20 or more in two statistics in a game. Another similar feat is a 30–30. The only player in NBA history to record a 40–40 is Wilt Chamberlain, who achieved the feat eight times in his career, four of which were in his rookie season.

• Longest continuous streak of double-doubles: According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Wilt Chamberlain holds the record with 227 consecutive double-doubles from 1964 to 1967. Chamberlain also holds the second- and third-longest continuous streaks of double-doubles with 220 and 133. This record is before the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. The longest streak of double-doubles since the merger was 53 games, achieved by Kevin Love, then of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
• Youngest player: Tracy McGrady (Toronto Raptors), aged 18 years and 175 days, logged a double-double on November 15, 1997, versus the Indiana Pacers. He had 10 points and 11 rebounds.
• Oldest player: Dikembe Mutombo (Houston Rockets), aged 42 years and 289 days, logged a double-double on April 10, 2009, versus the Golden State Warriors. He had 10 points and 15 rebounds.

Triple-double

"Triple-double" redirects here. For volleyball, see Triple-double (volleyball).

A triple-double is a single-game performance by a player who accumulates a double-digit number total in three of five statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots—in a game. The most common way for a player to achieve a triple-double is with points, rebounds, and assists, though on occasion players may record 10 or more steals or blocked shots in a game. The origin of the term "triple-double" is unclear. Some sources claim that it was coined in the NBA by former Los Angeles Lakers public relations director Bruce Jolesch in the 1980s in order to showcase Magic Johnson's versatility, while others claim that it was coined by then Philadelphia 76ers media relations director Harvey Pollack in 1980.

Triple-doubles in the NBA

Russell Westbrook holds the record for the most NBA career regular season triple doubles with 194, and is the only player to average a triple-double over four different seasons.

Oscar Robertson is second in NBA career regular season triple-doubles with 181, and was the first of two players to average a triple-double over an entire season.

Magic Johnson has the most NBA career postseason triple-doubles with 30, and is also third in regular season triple-doubles with 138.

Wes Unseld was the first player to have recorded a perfect triple-double (no missed shots and no missed free throws) in NBA history

The triple-double became an officially recorded statistic in the NBA during the 1979–80 season. That season, there were 32 triple-doubles, 12 more than the previous season. From the 1979–80 to the 1990–91 season, the NBA recorded a total of 543 triple-doubles, or 45.25 triple-doubles per season. This can be largely attributed to Magic Johnson, who was responsible for 137 of this time-span's triple-doubles, or about 25.23% of them. After Johnson retired in 1991, the number of triple-doubles in the league declined. From the 1991–92 to the 2014–15 seasons, there were only 841 triple-doubles, or about 35.04 triple-doubles per season. Jason Kidd recorded the most triple-doubles in this timespan with 107, which was 68 more than second placed LeBron James. However, in the 2015–16 season, the number of triple-doubles recorded in the NBA grew from 46 to 75. From the 2016–17 to the 2018–19 season, the NBA recorded 352 triple doubles, which was approximately 117.33 triple-doubles per season. Over those three years, Russell Westbrook recorded 101 triple-doubles—28.69% of all triple-doubles in that timespan.

There has been occasional controversy surrounding triple-doubles made when a player achieves the feat with a late rebound. Players with nine rebounds in a game have sometimes been accused of deliberately missing a shot late in the game in order to recover the rebound; a few have even gone so far as shooting off their opponent's basket trying to score a triple-double. To deter this, NBA rules allow rebounds to be nullified if the shot is determined not to be a legitimate scoring attempt.

Russell Westbrook holds the NBA record for career triple-doubles with 194. He and Oscar Robertson are the only two players to average a triple-double over a season, with Robertson achieving the feat once and Westbrook achieving the feat four times.

Triple-double leaders

The following is a list of triple-double leaders:

^	Denotes active player
*	Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Regular-season leaders

Rank	Name	Total	Ref.
1	Russell Westbrook^	194
2	Oscar Robertson*	181
3	Magic Johnson*	138
4	Jason Kidd*	107
5	LeBron James^	105
6	Nikola Jokić^	79
7	Wilt Chamberlain*	78
8	James Harden^	68
9	Larry Bird*	59
10	Luka Dončić^	50
11	Fat Lever	43
12	Bob Cousy*	33
13	Rajon Rondo^	32
	Ben Simmons^
15	Draymond Green^	31
	John Havlicek*
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo^	29
	Grant Hill*
19	Michael Jordan*	28
20	Elgin Baylor*	26

Postseason leaders

Rank	Name	Total	Ref.
1	Magic Johnson*	30
2	LeBron James^	28
3	Russell Westbrook^	12
4	Jason Kidd*	11
5	Larry Bird*	10
	Draymond Green^
	Rajon Rondo^
8	Wilt Chamberlain*	9
9	Oscar Robertson*	8
10	Nikola Jokić^	6
11	John Havlicek*	5
12	Charles Barkley*	4
	Elgin Baylor*
	Tim Duncan*
	Walt Frazier*
	Scottie Pippen*
	James Harden^
18	Clyde Drexler*	3
	Kevin Garnett*
	Tom Gola*
	Blake Griffin^
	Luka Dončić^
	Fat Lever
	Bill Russell*
	Lenny Wilkens*

Facts

• First triple-double in league history: Andy Phillip (Philadelphia Warriors) logged the league's first triple-double on December 14, 1950, versus the Fort Wayne Pistons. He had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists.
• Averaging a triple-double in a single season: Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook are the only players in NBA history to achieve this feat. During the 1961–62 season, Robertson averaged 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 11.4 assists per game. Although Robertson only achieved the feat for a full season once, his cumulative stats over his first 5 seasons gave him an average of 30.3 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 10.6 assists per game. Westbrook is the only player to achieve this feat multiple times, doing so in three consecutive seasons. Westbrook finished the 2016–17 season averaging 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds, and 10.4 assists, and followed it up in 2017–18 with averages of 25.4 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 10.3 assists. In the 2018–19 season, Westbrook averaged 22.9 points, 11.1 rebounds and 10.7 assists per game. After not accomplishing the feat in the 2019–20 season, Westbrook, in his first season with the Washington Wizards, averaged 22.2 points, career-high 11.5 rebounds, and career-high 11.7 assists per game across 65 games in the 2020–21 season.

• Most triple-doubles in a single season: In 2016–17, Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder) recorded 42 triple-doubles.

Most triple-doubles in a single season

Rank	Name	Total	Team	NBA season
1	Russell Westbrook	42	Oklahoma City Thunder	2016–17
2	Oscar Robertson	41	Cincinnati Royals	1961–62
3	Russell Westbrook	38	Washington Wizards	2020–21
4	Russell Westbrook	34	Oklahoma City Thunder	2018–19
5	Wilt Chamberlain	31	Philadelphia 76ers	1967–68
6	Oscar Robertson	26	Cincinnati Royals	1960–61
	Oscar Robertson		Cincinnati Royals	1963–64
8	Russell Westbrook	25	Oklahoma City Thunder	2017–18
9	Oscar Robertson	22	Cincinnati Royals	1964–65
	Wilt Chamberlain		Philadelphia 76ers	1966–67
	James Harden		Houston Rockets	2016-17
12	Oscar Robertson	20	Cincinnati Royals	1962–63
13	Nikola Jokić	19	Denver Nuggets	2021–22
14	Magic Johnson	18	Los Angeles Lakers	1981–82
	Russell Westbrook		Oklahoma City Thunder	2015–16
	LeBron James		Cleveland Cavaliers	2017–18
17	Magic Johnson	17	Los Angeles Lakers	1988–89
	Luka Dončić		Dallas Mavericks	2019–20
19	Magic Johnson	16	Los Angeles Lakers	1982–83
	Fat Lever		Denver Nuggets	1985–86
	Nikola Jokić		Denver Nuggets	2020–21

• Most triple-doubles in road games in a single season: Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder) recorded 17 of 42 triple-doubles in away games.
• Most 50-point triple-doubles in a single season: Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder) recorded three 50-point triple-doubles in the 2016–17 season. James Harden (Houston Rockets) is the other player to record multiple 50-point triple-doubles in the same season, with two in the 2016–17 season and two in the 2018–19 season.
• Most triple-doubles in a rookie season: Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati Royals) recorded 26 triple doubles in the 1960–61 season. Ben Simmons (Philadelphia 76ers) is in second with 12 in the 2017–18 season.
• Most triple-doubles in the NBA playoffs: Magic Johnson recorded 30 playoff triple-doubles over his career; LeBron James is second with 28.
• Most triple-doubles in NBA Finals: LeBron James recorded 10 Finals triple-doubles over his career. Magic Johnson is second with 8.
• Averaging a triple-double in an NBA Finals: LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers), in the 2017 Finals, averaged 33.6 points, 12.0 rebounds, and 10.0 assists per game.
• Youngest player: Josh Giddey (Oklahoma City Thunder), aged 19 years and 84 days, logged a triple-double on January 2, 2022, versus the Dallas Mavericks. He had 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 14 assists.
• Oldest player: Karl Malone (Los Angeles Lakers), aged 40 years and 127 days—the only 40-year-old player to do so—logged a triple-double on November 28, 2003, versus the San Antonio Spurs. He had 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists.
• Triple-double in final career game: The only players known to have done so are Dwyane Wade, who logged 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists on April 10, 2019 for the Miami Heat against the Brooklyn Nets; Ben Uzoh, who logged 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists on April 26, 2012 for the Toronto Raptors against the New Jersey Nets; and Wilbur Holland, who logged 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists on April 8, 1979 for the Chicago Bulls against the Detroit Pistons.
• Fastest triple-double: Nikola Jokić (Denver Nuggets), holds the record for the fastest triple-double. On February 15, 2018, Jokić recorded the mark 14 minutes and 33 seconds into the game against the Milwaukee Bucks. The previous fastest triple-double had held for almost 63 years, as on February 20, 1955 Jim Tucker (Syracuse Nationals), in his rookie year, recorded the mark in just 17 minutes, with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in a 104–84 win over the New York Knicks.
• Fewest minutes in 30-point triple-double: Luka Dončić (Dallas Mavericks) On November 20, 2019, Dončić recorded 35 points, ten rebounds and 11 assists while playing just 25:30 in a 142-94 win against the Golden State Warriors. Dončić has two of the five fastest 30-point triple-doubles in NBA history and the only player to have more than one in 30 minutes or less.
• Double-triple-double (at least 20 of any 3 statistics): Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia 76ers) and Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder) are the only players to have accomplished this; in a February 2, 1968 game versus Detroit Pistons, Chamberlain tallied 22 points, 25 rebounds, and 21 assists. Westbrook recorded 20 points, 20 rebounds, and 21 assists against the Los Angeles Lakers on April 2, 2019.
• Most points scored in a triple-double: James Harden (Houston Rockets) holds the record for the most points scored in a triple-double with 60 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists on January 30, 2018, against the Orlando Magic. The previous record was 57 points by Russell Westbrook.
• Most assists recorded in a triple-double: Isiah Thomas (Detroit Pistons), Rajon Rondo (Boston Celtics), and Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder) are tied for the most assists recorded in a triple-double with 24. Isiah Thomas recorded 25 points, 10 rebounds, and 24 assists on February 7, 1985 against the Washington Bullets. Rajon Rondo recorded 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 24 assists on October 29, 2010 against the New York Knicks. Russell Westbrook achieved this feat twice: 24 points, 13 rebounds, and 24 assists on January 10, 2019 against the San Antonio Spurs and 14 points, 21 rebounds, and 24 assists on May 3, 2021 against the Indiana Pacers The latter was also the 3rd game in NBA history with 20+ rebounds and assists; the first two were the triple-20 games mentioned above.
• Most rebounds recorded in a triple-double: Maurice Stokes (Rochester Royals) and Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia 76ers) are tied for the most rebounds recorded in a triple-double with 38. Maurice Stokes recorded 26 points, 38 rebounds, and 12 assists on January 14, 1956 against the Syracuse Nationals. Wilt Chamberlain achieved this feat twice, recording 24 points, 38 rebounds, and 13 assists on March 2, 1967 against the San Francisco Warriors, and 10 points, 38 rebounds, and 10 assists in a playoff game on April 16, 1967 against the San Francisco Warriors.
• Most steals recorded in a triple-double: Larry Kenon (San Antonio Spurs) and Kendall Gill (New Jersey Nets) share the NBA record for steals in a game with 11, and both have registered a triple-double in doing so. Larry Kenon recorded 29 points, 15 rebounds, and 11 steals on December 26, 1976 against the Kansas City Kings, and Kendall Gill recorded 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 steals on April 3, 1999 against the Miami Heat.
• Most blocks recorded in a triple-double: Elmore Smith (Los Angeles Lakers) holds the NBA record for the most blocks in a game with 17, and it was made with a triple-double. He recorded 12 points, 16 rebounds, and 17 blocks on October 28, 1973 against the Portland Trail Blazers.
• Triple-double not including points: The only occurrence of a triple-double without points was on February 10, 2017, when Draymond Green (Golden State Warriors) scored only 4 points, but collected 12 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 steals against the Memphis Grizzlies. Green also recorded five blocked shots in the game.
• Longest continuous streak of triple-doubles: Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder) currently holds the record for the most consecutive triple-doubles with 11. His streak began on January 22, 2019 and ended February 14, 2019. The previous record was 9 by Wilt Chamberlain from March 8 to 20, 1968, when Chamberlain was a member of the Philadelphia 76ers.
• Triple-doubles by teammates: Has occurred 15 times in NBA history. The following is a list of all NBA teammate triple-doubles, with playoff triple-double pairs highlighted in italics.

Triple-doubles by NBA teammates

Date	Team	Name 1	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Name 2	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Opponent
January 18, 1962	Cincinnati Royals	Bucky Bockhorn	19	10	12	Oscar Robertson	28	14	16	Philadelphia Warriors
March 14, 1964	Detroit Pistons	Donnie Butcher	19	15	15	Ray Scott	23	20	11	New York Knicks
March 12, 1969	Seattle SuperSonics	Art Harris	14	10	10	Lenny Wilkens	36	14	14	San Diego Rockets
January 22, 1982	Los Angeles Lakers	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	19	10	10	Magic Johnson	26	16	12	Detroit Pistons
March 29, 1987	Boston Celtics	Larry Bird	17	13	12	Robert Parish	14	10	10	Philadelphia 76ers
January 3, 1989	Chicago Bulls	Michael Jordan	41	11	10	Scottie Pippen	15	12	10	Los Angeles Clippers
April 7, 2007	New Jersey Nets	Vince Carter	46	16	10	Jason Kidd	10	16	18	Washington Wizards
December 15, 2018	Los Angeles Lakers	Lonzo Ball	16	10	10	LeBron James	24	12	11	Charlotte Hornets
February 11, 2019	Oklahoma City Thunder	Paul George	47	12	10	Russell Westbrook	21	14	11	Portland Trail Blazers
May 20, 2019	Golden State Warriors	Stephen Curry	37	13	11	Draymond Green	18	14	11	Portland Trail Blazers
December 10, 2019	Miami Heat	Bam Adebayo	30	11	11	Jimmy Butler	20	18	10	Atlanta Hawks
August 13, 2020	Memphis Grizzlies	Ja Morant	12	13	10	Jonas Valančiūnas	26	19	12	Milwaukee Bucks
February 18, 2021	Miami Heat	Bam Adebayo	16	12	10	Jimmy Butler	13	10	13	Sacramento Kings
March 3, 2021	Detroit Pistons	Mason Plumlee	14	11	10	Dennis Smith Jr.	10	12	11	Toronto Raptors
December 28, 2021	Los Angeles Lakers	LeBron James	32	11	11	Russell Westbrook	24	12	10	Houston Rockets

• Triple-doubles by opponents: This has occurred at least 38 times in NBA history. Russell Westbrook has been involved in six of these:
  • Tom Gola and Richie Guerin (Philadelphia at New York, January 10, 1960)
  • Richie Guerin and Guy Rodgers (New York at Philadelphia, February 5, 1961)
  • Oscar Robertson and Richie Guerin (Cincinnati at New York, October 26, 1961)
  • Bob Pettit and Jerry West (St. Louis at Los Angeles, November 8, 1961)
  • Tom Gola and Jerry West (Philadelphia at Los Angeles, December 1, 1961)
  • Wilt Chamberlain and Dave DeBusschere (San Francisco at Detroit, March 5, 1963)
  • Bill Russell and Guy Rodgers (Boston at Chicago, January 17, 1967)
  • Oscar Robertson and Wilt Chamberlain (Cincinnati at Philadelphia, March 19, 1968)
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Frazier (Milwaukee at New York, April 13, 1970)
  • Oscar Robertson and Sidney Wicks (Milwaukee at Portland, March 24, 1974)
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and George McGinnis (Los Angeles at Denver, November 16, 1979)
  • Larry Bird and Micheal Ray Richardson (Boston at New York, March 24, 1981)
  • Magic Johnson and Mychal Thompson (Los Angeles at Portland, April 5, 1983)
  • Magic Johnson and Jeff Ruland (Los Angeles at Washington, February 10, 1984)
  • Jason Kidd and Clyde Drexler (Dallas at Houston, April 11, 1995)
  • Jason Kidd and Clyde Drexler (Phoenix at Houston, March 22, 1997)
  • Gary Payton and Chris Webber (Seattle at Sacramento, April 18, 2000)
  • Jason Kidd and Jay Williams (New Jersey at Chicago, November 9, 2002)
  • Tracy McGrady and Jason Kidd (Orlando at New Jersey, February 23, 2003)
  • Caron Butler and Baron Davis (Washington at Golden State, November 23, 2007)
  • Victor Oladipo and Michael Carter-Williams (Orlando at Philadelphia, December 3, 2013 (2 OT))
    • Oladipo and Carter-Williams were both rookies when accomplishing the feat, marking the first and only time in NBA history that two rookies have recorded triple-doubles in the same game. These were the first career triple-doubles for both players. The last time that two players had recorded their first career triple-doubles in the same game was when Donnie Butcher and Ray Scott (Detroit Pistons) did it on March 14, 1964 (they were not rookies).
  • Russell Westbrook and Giannis Antetokounmpo (Oklahoma City at Milwaukee, March 6, 2016)
  • LeBron James and Stephen Curry (Cleveland at Golden State, June 4, 2017)
  • Nikola Jokić and Giannis Antetokounmpo (Denver at Milwaukee, February 15, 2018)
  • D'Angelo Russell and Kyle Lowry (Brooklyn at Toronto, March 23, 2018)
  • LeBron James and Ben Simmons (Cleveland at Philadelphia, April 6, 2018)
  • Ben Simmons and Giannis Antetokounmpo (Philadelphia at Milwaukee, October 24, 2018)
  • Ben Simmons and Russell Westbrook (Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, February 28, 2019)
  • Elfrid Payton and Luka Dončić (New Orleans at Dallas, March 18, 2019)
  • LeBron James and Luka Dončić (Los Angeles at Dallas, November 1, 2019)
  • Ben Simmons and James Harden (Philadelphia at Houston, January 3, 2020)
  • James Harden and Trae Young (Houston at Atlanta, January 8, 2020)
    • With Harden and Young scoring 41 and 42 points, respectively, this was the first time in NBA history opposing players recorded 40-point triple doubles.
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo and Russell Westbrook (Milwaukee at Washington, March 13, 2021)
  • James Harden and Domantas Sabonis (Brooklyn at Indiana, March 17, 2021)
  • Russell Westbrook and Domantas Sabonis (Washington at Indiana, May 8, 2021)
  • LaMelo Ball and Russell Westbrook (Charlotte at Los Angeles, November 8, 2021)
  • James Harden and Russell Westbrook (Brooklyn at Los Angeles, December 25, 2021)
  • James Harden and Dejounte Murray (Brooklyn at San Antonio, January 21, 2022)
  • Josh Giddey and Julius Randle (Oklahoma City at New York, February 14, 2022)

WNBA

Alyssa Thomas of the Connecticut Sun is the only WNBA player to have recorded her fourth triple-double, doing so on 18 September 2022, during the WNBA Finals.

Triple-doubles have been far more rare in the WNBA than in the NBA; the games are shorter in the WNBA (40 minutes vs 48), there are fewer teams and fewer games in a season (36 vs 82), and the playing style in the WNBA is more of a team game than relying on star players. As of the 2022 season, 20 triple-doubles have been recorded in the WNBA — 16 in the regular season and four in the playoffs. Sheryl Swoopes, and Courtney Vandersloot are tied for third place with two WNBA triple-doubles, while Candace Parker and Sabrina Ionescu are tied for second place with three, and Alyssa Thomas has the all-time record at four.

In a 12 June 2022 New York Liberty game, Ionescu became the fourth and youngest WNBA player to achieve multiple triple doubles in a career, while also being the first to both achieve a triple double in three quarters and register at least 12 of each statistic for the triple double.

With her third triple double on 23 June 2022, Parker became both the first person to reach three triple doubles overall, as well as achieve two or more triple doubles in the same season.

Alyssa Thomas scored the third overall playoff triple-double and first WNBA Finals triple-double on September 15, 2022 against the Las Vegas Aces, and the fourth the following game on September 18. Thomas recorded all four of her career triple-doubles in the 2022 season.

The following is a list of all WNBA triple-doubles, with the playoff triple-doubles highlighted in italics. Bold numbers indicate the statistic relevant to the triple double.

Name	Team	Opponent	Date	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Sheryl Swoopes	Houston Comets	Detroit Shock	July 27, 1999	14	15	10	3	2
Margo Dydek	Utah Starzz	Orlando Miracle	June 7, 2001	12	11	3	3	10
Lisa Leslie	Los Angeles Sparks	Detroit Shock	September 9, 2004	29	15	3	2	10
Deanna Nolan	Detroit Shock	Connecticut Sun	May 21, 2005	11	10	11	1	0
Sheryl Swoopes	Houston Comets	Seattle Storm	September 3, 2005	14	10	10	2	0
Temeka Johnson	Seattle Storm	New York Liberty	July 24, 2014	13	10	11	1	0
Candace Parker	Los Angeles Sparks	San Antonio Stars	July 28, 2017	11	17	11	0	4
Courtney Vandersloot	Chicago Sky	Dallas Wings	July 20, 2018	13	10	15	1	1
Chelsea Gray	Los Angeles Sparks	Washington Mystics	July 7, 2019	13	10	13	0	0
Sabrina Ionescu	New York Liberty	Minnesota Lynx	May 18, 2021	26	10	12	0	1
Courtney Vandersloot	Chicago Sky	Connecticut Sun	September 28, 2021	12	10	18	4	2
Candace Parker	Chicago Sky	Washington Mystics	May 22, 2022	16	13	10	0	0
Sabrina Ionescu	New York Liberty	Chicago Sky	June 12, 2022	27	13	12	0	0
Candace Parker	Chicago Sky	Los Angeles	June 23, 2022	10	14	10	1	2
Moriah Jefferson	Minnesota Lynx	Dallas Wings	June 28, 2022	13	10	10	2	0
Sabrina Ionescu	New York Liberty	Las Vegas Aces	July 6, 2022	31	13	10	0	0
Alyssa Thomas	Connecticut Sun	Minnesota Lynx	July 22, 2022	15	10	12	3	0
Alyssa Thomas	Connecticut Sun	Phoenix Mercury	August 2, 2022	10	12	10	1	0
Alyssa Thomas	Connecticut Sun	Las Vegas Aces	September 15, 2022	16	15	11	2	1
Alyssa Thomas	Connecticut Sun	Las Vegas Aces	September 18, 2022	11	10	11	2	2

NCAA Division I

See also: List of NCAA Division I basketball players with 5 or more career triple-doubles

• Most triple-doubles in a career:
  • Men's: Kyle Collinsworth (BYU, 2010–11, 2013–16) with 12 — six in 2014–15 and six again as a senior in 2015–16. Before the triple-double being tracked as an NCAA statistic, Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati) had 10—five in 1958–59 and five in 1959–60.
    • Although BYU was forced to vacate all but one of its wins in the 2015–16 season due to improper benefits provided by boosters to another BYU player, Collinsworth's triple-double record was not affected.
  • Women's: Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon, 2016–2020) with 26 – four in 2016–17, six in 2017–18, eight in 2018–19, and eight in 2019–20.
• Consecutive triple-doubles: In Division I men's play, David Edwards (Texas A&M), Penny Hardaway (Memphis State), Tony Lee (Robert Morris), Gerald Lewis (SMU), Shaquille O’Neal (LSU), and Kevin Roberson (Vermont) each recorded two consecutive games with a triple-double.

In women's play, Danielle Carson (Youngstown State), Kim Rhock (Mount St. Mary's), Nicole Powell (Stanford), Ashley Schrock (Cleveland State), Claire Faucher (Portland State), Brittney Griner (Baylor), and Ny Hammonds (Charlotte) have accomplished this feat once. Powell did so in successive rounds of the NCAA tournament. Sabrina Ionescu has done so twice, and Chastadie Barrs of Lamar has done so three times, making them the only D-I players of either sex to do so more than once. Barrs is the only player to have recorded consecutive triple-doubles twice in a single season, doing so in 2018–19.

• Two women are the only NCAA players of either sex in any division to have recorded three consecutive triple-doubles. The first was Carson in the 1985–86 season. She began by recording 12 points, 10, rebounds, and 12 assists against Akron on November 29, 1985. The following day, she recorded 20 points, 12 rebounds, and at least 20 assists against Kent State (her exact assists total in that game is unknown). Finally, on December 2 against Cleveland State, Carson recorded 26 points, 15 rebounds, and 14 assists. Barrs matched the feat in the 2018–19 season. She began with 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 steals on January 9, 2019 against New Orleans. Next, on January 12, Barrs had 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists against Central Arkansas. Finally, on January 16, Barrs recorded 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists against Southeastern Louisiana.

• Most triple-doubles in a single season:
  • Men's: Kyle Collinsworth (BYU), with six – performed twice: in the 2014–15 season, and again in 2015–16.
  • Women's: Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon), with eight in the 2018–19 season.
• Triple-doubles in NCAA tournament history:

Men's

The NCAA first recorded individual assists in men's basketball in 1950–51, but stopped doing so after the 1951–52 season, and did not resume keeping track of assists until 1983–84. Blocks and steals were first recorded in 1985–86. Thus, the NCAA officially records nine tournament triple-doubles. However, many tournaments had included assists, steals and blocks in their official boxscores prior to that time, so unofficially this has occurred 17 times. Only three pre-1986 triple-doubles are included below.

Name	Team	Score	Opponent	Round	Date	Minutes played	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	Reference
Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati	98–85	Louisville	Third place	March 21, 1959	39	39	17	10	—	—
Magic Johnson	Michigan State	95–64	Lamar	Second round	March 10, 1979	35	13	17	10
Magic Johnson	Michigan State	101–67	Penn	Final Four	March 24, 1979	35	29	10	10	3	0
Gary Grant	Michigan	97–109	North Carolina	Second round	March 14, 1987	39	24	10	10	1	0
Shaquille O'Neal	LSU	94–83	BYU	First round	March 19, 1992	31	26	13	4	1	11
David Cain	St. John's	85–67	Texas Tech	First round	March 18, 1993	37	12	11	11	1	0
Andre Miller	Utah	76–51	Arizona	Elite Eight	March 21, 1998	36	18	14	13	2	1
Dwyane Wade	Marquette	83–69	Kentucky	Elite Eight	March 29, 2003	35	29	11	11	1	4
Cole Aldrich	Kansas	60–43	Dayton	Second round	March 22, 2009	31	13	20	1	0	10
Draymond Green	Michigan State	76–78	UCLA	First round	March 17, 2011	37	23	11	10	4	0
Draymond Green	Michigan State	89–67	Long Island	Second round	March 16, 2012	35	24	12	10	1	0
Ja Morant	Murray State	83–64	Marquette	First round	March 21, 2019	39	17	11	16	0	0

Women's

In women's basketball, the NCAA began keeping track of assists in 1985–86, then blocks and steals in 1987–88, so officially this has occurred 14 times. However, many tournaments had included assists, steals and blocks in their official boxscores prior to that time, so unofficially this has occurred 17 times. All three triple-doubles that preceded the NCAA's official inclusion of the relevant statistics are included below.

Name	Team	Score	Opponent	Round	Date	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	Reference
Cassandra Lander	Arizona State	97-77	Georgia	First round	March 12, 1982	17	11	10	—	—
Anne Donovan	Old Dominion	74-60	Penn State	Elite Eight	March 26, 1983	20	13	—	—	12
Joni Davis	Missouri	82-92	LSU	First round	March 18, 1984	14	11	10	—	—
Katie Meier	Duke	70-55	Manhattan	First round	March 11, 1987	16	11	10	—	—
Pauline Jordan	UNLV	84-74	Colorado	Second round	March 18, 1989	22	17	—	—	11
Sonja Henning	Stanford	91-67	Cal State Fullerton	Second round	March 16, 1991	19	10	10	—	—
Niesa Johnson	Alabama	121-120 (4OT)	Duke	Second round	March 18, 1995	28	12	14	—	—
Tracy Henderson	Georgia	81-68	Louisville	Second round	March 19, 1995	14	13	—	—	10
Ticha Penicheiro	Old Dominion	92-39	Saint Francis (PA)	First round	March 13, 1998	22	—	15	14	—
Nicole Powell	Stanford	76-51	Weber State	First round	March 16, 2002	20	11	10	—	—
Nicole Powell	Stanford	77-55	Tulane	Second round	March 18, 2002	16	10	10	—	—
Kristin Haynie	Michigan State	76-64	Vanderbilt	Sweet Sixteen	March 27, 2005	16	10	10	—	—
Skylar Diggins	Notre Dame	80–49	Maryland	Elite Eight	March 27, 2012	13	10	10	—	—
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis	Connecticut	91–52	Saint Joseph's	Second round	March 25, 2014	20	10	10	—	—
Samantha Logic	Iowa	66–81	Baylor	Sweet Sixteen	March 27, 2015	13	10	14	—	—
Sabrina Ionescu	Oregon	88–45	Seattle	First round	March 16, 2018	19	10	11	—	—
Sabrina Ionescu	Oregon	91–68	Indiana	Second round	March 24, 2019	29	10	12	3	0

• Others
  • Kalara McFadyen of Memphis achieved perhaps the most unusual triple-double in history, and she did it without scoring a point or even attempting a shot from either the field or the free-throw line. On February 3, 2002, in a women's Division I game against Charlotte, she had 12 assists, 10 steals, and 10 rebounds.

FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague

Nick Calathes is the most recent EuroLeague player to record a triple-double, doing so in 2019, and the first to record one since 2006.

Much like the WNBA, there are a few reasons why triple-doubles are far more rare in the EuroLeague than in the NBA. The games are 40 minutes long—8 minutes shorter than in the NBA—there are 30 games in a season compared to the NBA's 82, and various rules—such as those on assists—are stricter than that of the NBA. As of 2019, only seven triple-doubles have been recorded in Euroleague history, and only three in the modern era of Euroleague basketball (since 2000). The following is a list of all seven of these triple-doubles:

Name	Team	Opponent	Season	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Reference
Keith Williams	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	Dinamo Tbilisi	1992–93	30	10	16
Vasily Karasev	CSKA Moscow	Olympiacos	1994–95	21	10	10
Bill Edwards	PAOK	Cholet Basket	1999–00	24	15	10
Derrick Phelps	ALBA Berlin	Iraklis	2000–01 SuproLeague	11	10	12
Nikola Vujčić	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Prokom Trefl	2005–06	11	12	11
Nikola Vujčić	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Olimpija Ljubljana	2006–07	27	10	10
Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos	Budućnost	2018–19	11	12	18

Quadruple-double

Center David Robinson is the most recent NBA player to accomplish the feat of a quadruple-double by recording at least 10 points, rebounds, assists, and blocks in a game.

A quadruple-double is a single-game performance by a player who accumulates ten or more in four of five statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots—in a game. This feat is extremely rare: only four players have officially recorded a quadruple-double in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. The first American male player above the high school level to officially record a quadruple-double was Nate Thurmond, who achieved this feat in 1974 while playing for the NBA's Chicago Bulls. The first American female player above the high school level to officially record a quadruple-double was Ann Meyers, who achieved this feat in 1978 while playing for the UCLA Bruins, when women's college sports were under the auspices of the AIAW.

The first male player in NCAA Division I history to record a quadruple-double was Lester Hudson in 2007. The first Division I women's player to have officially recorded a quadruple-double since the NCAA began sponsoring women's sports in 1981–82 was Veronica Pettry of Loyola–Chicago in 1989. Only three other women have done so since, and the only player to have recorded a quadruple-double since 1993 is Shakyla Hill of Grambling State, who accomplished the feat in 2018 and 2019. An earlier player, Jackie Spencer of Louisville, accomplished the feat against Cincinnati during the 1984–85 season, but the NCAA did not record assists and steals throughout Division I women's basketball at that time. The Metro Conference, then home to both schools, did officially record these statistics, but the NCAA did not start doing so until 1985–86 for assists and 1987–88 for steals.

NBA

Quadruple-doubles have only been possible since the 1973–74 season, when the NBA started recording both blocked shots and steals. It is often speculated by observers that other all-time greats, namely Oscar Robertson (former all time triple-doubles leader with 181, now Russell Westbrook), Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, and Jerry West could conceivably have had quadruple-doubles. West's biography at NBA.com claims that he once recorded an unofficial quadruple-double with 44 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 blocks. A biography of Wilt Chamberlain claims that he also recorded an unofficial quadruple-double in Game 1 of the 1967 Eastern Division Finals against the Boston Celtics, when he had 24 points, 32 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks.

The reason why [the quadruple-double] is such a hard thing to accomplish is because it requires a player to be completely dominant on both ends of the court without being too selfish—so he can get the assists—and without fouling out trying to block every shot or grab every rebound. A lot of guys can get the points, rebounds and assists, but it's the defensive stuff that messes everybody up. You have to love defense to get a quadruple-double. There's no way around it.

— Nate Thurmond,

The four players listed below are the only players who have officially recorded a quadruple-double in an NBA game. Except for Thurmond, who retired before the award was established in 1983, all of them have won NBA Defensive Player of the Year at least once. Robertson is the only player who was not a center to accomplish the feat, doing so with steals rather than blocks.

Legend

 * : Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

NBA quadruple doubles

Name	Date	Team	Score	Opponent	Min	Points	Reb	Assists	Steals	Blocks	Overtime
Nate Thurmond*	October 18, 1974	Chicago Bulls	120–115	Atlanta Hawks	45	22	14	13	1	12	Yes
Alvin Robertson	February 18, 1986	San Antonio Spurs	120–114	Phoenix Suns	36	20	11	10	10	0	No
Hakeem Olajuwon*	March 29, 1990	Houston Rockets	120–94	Milwaukee Bucks	40	18	16	10	1	11	No
David Robinson*	February 17, 1994	San Antonio Spurs	115–96	Detroit Pistons	43	34	10	10	2	10	No

Only seven other players (Drexler did it twice) have managed to finish with triple-doubles and a total of 9 in a fourth statistical category (statistical categories in which they fell short are in bold):

NBA triple doubles with nine of a fourth statistic

Name	Date	Team	Opponent	Minutes played	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	Overtime
Rick Barry*	October 29, 1974	Golden State Warriors	Buffalo Braves	43	30	10	11	9	—	No
Larry Steele	November 16, 1974	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers	44	12	11	9	10	—	No
Johnny Moore	January 8, 1985	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors	36	26	11	13	9	—	No
Larry Bird*[a]	February 18, 1985	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz	33	30	12	10	9	—	No
Micheal Ray Richardson	October 30, 1985	New Jersey Nets	Indiana Pacers	54	38	11	11	9	—	Yes (3 OT)
Clyde Drexler*	January 10, 1986	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks	42	26	9	11	10	—	No
Hakeem Olajuwon*[b]	March 3, 1990	Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors	40	29	18	9[b]	5	11	No
Clyde Drexler*	November 1, 1996	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings	42	25	10	9	10	—	No

Notes

• ^a Bird sat out the entire fourth quarter. After three quarters, head coach K. C. Jones informed Bird that he was one steal away from a quadruple-double and asked if he wanted to stay in the game. Bird declined, saying that he "already did enough damage."
• ^b Olajuwon was credited with 9 assists in the original box score. However, after Rockets officials reviewed the game tape and discovered what they believe was an uncredited assist in the first quarter, they revised the box score, crediting Olajuwon with 10 assists and the third quadruple-double in NBA history. NBA's director of operations, Rod Thorn, requested to review the tape. After reviewing the tape, the league disallowed Olajuwon's quadruple-double and announced that his original line—with 9 assists—is official.

Other men's basketball

League	Name	Date	Team	Opponent	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	Overtime	Reference
NJCAA	Clifford Wilson	February 14, 1979	Fulton-Montgomery	Hudson Valley	31	18	10	—	15	No
French National League	Derrick Lewis[c]	February 24, 1990	Reims	Lorient	20	11	—	12	10	No
National Basketball League (Australia)	Daren Rowe[d]	July 28, 1990	Geelong Supercats	North Melbourne Giants	25	17	11	—	11	No
NJCAA	Monroe Pippins	February 9, 1995	Fulton-Montgomery	Herkimer	34	17	10	11	—	No
NJCAA	Steve Francis	November 16, 1997	Allegany College of Maryland	Vincennes	24	10	11	10	—	—
Metropolitan Basketball Association	Donbel Belano	August 14, 1999	Davao Eagles	Nueva Ecija Patriots	19	11	11	10	—	No
Úrvalsdeild karla	Brenton Birmingham	March 16, 2000	Grindavík	Keflavík	17	14	10	10	—	No
Úrvalsdeild karla	Brenton Birmingham	April 17, 2001	Njarðvík	Tindastóll	28	10	11	10	—	No
Chinese Basketball Association	Hu Xuefeng	December 8, 2004	Jiangsu Dragons	Yunnan Bulls	16	10	12	10	—	No
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship	Ricky Rubio	August 19, 2006	Spain	Croatia	19	10	13	11	—	No
American Basketball Association (2000–)	Jamel Staten	February 2, 2007	Minnesota Ripknees	St. Louis Stunners	17	11	11	10	—	No
NCAA (Division I)	Lester Hudson[e]	November 13, 2007	UT Martin	Central Baptist	25	12	10	10	1	No
Continental Basketball Association	Jermaine Blackburn	December 20, 2008	East Kentucky Miners	West Virginia Wild	22	10	14	10	—	No
High school boys	Jerrelle Benimon	February 17, 2009	Fauquier HS	Osbourn HS	13	17	11	—	10	No
NCAA Juniors Division (Philippines)	Joshua Saret	July 23, 2009	JRU Light Bombers	AUF Baby Danes	89	11	12	13	—	No
Chinese Basketball Association	Chris Williams	December 25, 2009	Qingdao Doublestar	Dongguan Leopards	15	11	11	11	—	No
High school boys	Isaiah Grant	December 6, 2014	Sequoia Pathway Academy	Berean Academy	11	10	10	10	–	No
Ukrainian First league	Vitaliy Bykov	December 17, 2016	BC Zaporizhya-2	BC Kramatorsk	14	13	11	12	—	No
High school boys	Cameron Krutwig	March 10, 2017	Jacobs High School	Larkin High School	20	23	10	—	11	No
Liga Super Basketball U-18	Natan Oliveira	April 8, 2017	Colégio Sul Americano	Rappers	32	11	10	16	—	No
High school boys	Andres Frye	December 1, 2017	McLean School	Model Secondary School for the Deaf	13	10	10	10	—	No
High school boys	Billy Whelan	February 2, 2018	Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School	Manchester Essex Regional High School	15	11	11	10	—	No
High school boys	Romeo Weems	February 20, 2019	New Haven High School (Michigan)	Detroit Edison Public School Academy	34	12	—	10	10	No
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League	Krystoff "Kyt" Jimenez	October 10, 2022	Sarangani Marlins	Mindoro Tams	33	13	11	11	1	No

Notes

• ^c This is the only quadruple-double in French National League history.
• ^d This is the only quadruple-double in National Basketball League history.
• ^e This is the only quadruple-double in NCAA Division I men's basketball history. The opponent, Central Baptist, plays in the NAIA.

Women's basketball

• Mostly accurate as of February 2019. NCAA records are complete for Divisions I and II, but not for Division III; specifically, entering the 2018–19 season, there have been a total of eight quadruple-doubles in Division III play, and one player, Suzy Venet of Mount Union (1994–1998), had two in her career, both in the 1996–97 season. NAIA records are also incomplete.

League	Name	Date	Team	Opponent	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	Reference
AIAW Division I	Ann Meyers	February 18, 1978	UCLA	Stephen F. Austin	20	14	10	10	—
NCAA Division I	Jackie Spencer	February 2, 1985	Louisville	Cincinnati	14	12	14	10	—
NAIA	Suzanne Gonzales	February 11, 1989	Southern Colorado	Western State	13	12	10	11	—
NCAA Division I	Veronica Pettry	March 4, 1989	Loyola (Chicago)	Detroit	12	10	22	11	—
NCAA Division I	Ramona Jones	January 14, 1991	Lamar	UCF	10	10	10	12	—
NCAA Division I	Sonja Tate	January 27, 1993	Arkansas State	Mississippi Valley State	29	14	10	10	—
Úrvalsdeild kvenna	Penny Peppas	October 15, 1996	Grindavík	ÍR	52	16	11	10	—
American Basketball League	Debbie Black	December 8, 1996	Colorado Xplosion	Atlanta Glory	10	14	12	10	—
NCAA Division II	Tereska Watkins	February 8, 1997	Fort Valley State	unknown	12	12	10	10	—
NCAA Division III	Katherine Santiago	December 7, 1999	Lehman	SUNY-Purchase	23	10	13	12	—
Russian Premier League	Maria Kalmykova	January 21, 2001	Chevakata Vologda	Dynamo Kursk	20	15	11	—	11
European U16 Championship	Anastasiya Verameyenka	April 20, 2003	Belarus U16	Czech U16	21	10	—	10	12
1. deild kvenna	Helena Sverrisdóttir	October 17, 2003	Haukar	Breiðablik	37	15	10	10	—
1. deild kvenna	Helena Sverrisdóttir	October 30, 2003	Haukar	Hamar	41	11	15	11	—
1. deild kvenna	Helena Sverrisdóttir	November 18, 2003	Haukar	Laugdælir	24	12	10	11	—
1. deild kvenna	Helena Sverrisdóttir	December 14, 2003	Haukar	Hrunamenn	38	11	15	13	—
NCAA Division III	Evita Esteves	February 5, 2004	Emmanuel (MA)	Johnson & Wales	10	10	11	13	—
1. deild kvenna	Helena Sverrisdóttir	February 8, 2004	Haukar	Breiðablik	41	12	13	14	—
1. deild kvenna	Helena Sverrisdóttir	March 27, 2004	Haukar	Hrunamenn	45	20	20	10	—
Úrvalsdeild kvenna	Reshea Bristol	November 10, 2005	Keflavík	Grindavík	30	16	10	10	—
NCAA Division III	Danna Purnell	February 10, 2007	SUNY-Old Westbury	New Rochelle	14	10	11	13	—
NCAA Division III	Latiqua Williams	November 16, 2008	Bard	New Rochelle	21	13	10	11	—
Israeli Premier League	Edwina Brown	December 2008	Ramat Hen	Hapoel Holon	22	10	10	10	—
Greek A1 Ethniki	Zoi Dimitrakou	March 22, 2009	G.S. Megas Alexandros	Aris Holargou	49	18	10	12	—
Icelandic Company Cup	Heather Ezell	September 25, 2009	Haukar	Njarðvík	24	13	10	10	—
Úrvalsdeild kvenna	Heather Ezell	January 9, 2010	Haukar	Valur	25	15	11	10	—
Ukrainian SuperLeague	Alina Iagupova	May 15, 2011	BC Dnipro	Luhanski Lastivky	28	15	13	10	—	Stats
FIBA U16 European Championship	Ana Ferariu	August 7, 2013	Romania U16	Ireland U16	23	12	10	10	—	Stats
High School girls	Aminata Ly	December 12, 2017	Greenforest Academy	W.D. Mohammed	23	16	—	11	14
Úrvalsdeild kvenna	Kristen McCarthy	December 3, 2017	Snæfell	Njarðvík	31	15	10	12	—
NCAA Division I	Shakyla Hill	January 3, 2018	Grambling State	Alabama State	15	10	10	10	—
1. deild kvenna	Sylvía Rún Hálfdánardóttir	January 5, 2019	Þór Akureyri	Njarðvík	11	13	10	10	—
NCAA Division I	Shakyla Hill	February 2, 2019	Grambling State	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	21	16	13	10	—
First Women's Basketball League of Serbia	Shakyla Hill	January 25, 2020	ŽKK Kraljevo	Partizan 1953	15	10	11	11	—

Notes

Quintuple-double

A quintuple-double is a single-game performance by a player who accumulates a double-digits in all five statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots—in a single game. There are only three known officially recorded quintuple-doubles, all done at the girls' high-school level. (Wilt Chamberlain is also believed to have recorded a quintuple-double in 1968, before steals and blocks were officially recorded by the NBA.) The first was recorded by Tamika Catchings of Duncanville High School (Duncanville, Texas) with 25 points, 18 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals, and 10 blocks in 1997. The second was by Alex Montgomery of Lincoln High School (Tacoma, Washington), who had 27 points, 22 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals, and 10 blocks in January 2007. The third was by Aimee Oertner of Northern Lehigh High School (Slatington, Pennsylvania), who had 26 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals, and 11 blocks on January 7, 2012.

Wilt Chamberlain recorded a quintuple double on March 18, 1968 with 53 points, 32 rebounds, 14 assists, 24 blocks, and 11 steals. However, before 1974, prior to Chamberlain's retirement, steals and blocks were not officially recorded by the NBA. Statistician Harvey Pollack, who spectated the game, reported that Chamberlain might have had more than one quintuple double.

Hakeem Olajuwon may have come the closest to recording an official quintuple double in an NBA game. On March 10, 1987, he recorded 38 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists, 7 steals, and 12 blocks in a double overtime loss to the Seattle Supersonics. On March 3, 1990, Olajuwon recorded 29 points, 18 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 steals, and 11 blocks in a win over the Golden State Warriors.

Five-by-five

A five-by-five is a performance in which a player accumulates a total of five in five statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks—in a single game. Statistics for steals and blocks were not kept in the NBA until the 1973–74 season, so all NBA five-by-fives are known only from that season onward. Hakeem Olajuwon (six times) and Andrei Kirilenko (three times) are the only players to have recorded multiple five-by-fives (based on records since the 1984–85 season). Both are also the only players to record six-by-fives (at least six in all five statistical categories). Only twice has a five-by-five coincided with a triple-double (both by Olajuwon, one of which was 1 assist shy of a quadruple-double) and only three times has a player recorded a five-by-five without registering at least a double-double (two by Kirilenko and one by Marcus Camby).

Facts

All facts based on data since the 1985–86 season:

• Greatest five-by-fives (most of each stat): Hakeem Olajuwon, on March 10, 1987, became the first in NBA history to record a six-by-five (at least 6 each of all five statistics: points, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals). It took nearly twenty years for the second official occurrence in NBA history. Andrei Kirilenko, on January 3, 2006, recorded a six-by-five against the Lakers. Though his numbers were not quite as impressive as Olajuwon's, Kirilenko performed the feat in regulation.
• Most five-by-fives in a career: Hakeem Olajuwon leads all players with 6 career five-by-fives. Andrei Kirilenko, with 3, is the only other player with more than one career five-by-five.
• Most five-by-fives in the same season: Only twice has a player recorded two five-by-fives in a season. Olajuwon in the 1993–94 season, and Kirilenko in the 2003–04 season.
• Quickest pair of five-by-fives: Kirilenko performed a five-by-five on December 3, 2003, and completed another just a week later, on December 10, 2003. The second-quickest five-by-fives were completed by Olajuwon on November 5, 1993, and another, 55 days later, on December 30, 1993.
• Youngest player: Kirilenko's first NBA five-by-five came on December 3, 2003, making him the youngest to record a five-by-five at age 22 years, 288 days.
• Oldest player: Olajuwon is the oldest player to record a five-by-five. His last career five-by-five came on December 30, 1993, at which time he was 30 years, 343 days old.
• Six-by-fives: Olajuwon and Kirilenko are the only players to achieve this feat in NBA history.