Quadruple-double
A quadruple-double is a basketball term, defined as an individual performance in a game in which a player accumulates a double digit number total in four of these five categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. In NBA history, only four players have recorded officially recognized quadruple-double performances.
List of quadruple doubles
- Nate Thurmond, October 18, 1974, Chicago vs. Atlanta; 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists, 12 blocks.[1]
- Alvin Robertson, February 18, 1986, San Antonio vs. Phoenix; 20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals.[2]
- Hakeem Olajuwon, March 29, 1990, Houston vs. Milwaukee; 18 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists, 11 blocks.[3]
- David Robinson, February 17, 1994, San Antonio vs. Detroit; 34 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 blocks.[4]
Near misses
There have been some notable near misses (within 3 total stats of a quadruple double):
- Larry Steele, November 16, 1974, Portland vs. L.A. Lakers; 12 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 10 steals.[5]
- Johnny Moore, January 8, 1985, San Antonio vs. Golden State; 26 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, 9 steals.[6]
- Larry Bird, February 18, 1985, Boston at Utah; 30 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 9 steals.[7][8]
- Micheal Ray Richardson, October 30, 1985, New Jersey vs. Indiana; 38 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, 9 steals.[9][8]
- Clyde Drexler, January 10, 1986, Portland at Milwaukee; 26 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals.[5]
- Alvin Robertson, November 19, 1986, San Antonio vs. L.A. Lakers; 34 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 7 steals.[10]
- Fat Lever, February 18, 1987, Denver vs. L.A. Lakers; 10 points, 10 rebounds, 14 assists, 7 steals.[11]
- Fat Lever, November 24, 1987, Denver vs. New Jersey; 21 points, 13 rebounds, 14 assists, 8 steals.[12]
- Alvin Robertson, March 25, 1988, San Antonio vs. Detroit; 15 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, 8 steals.[13]
- Michael Jordan, January 15, 1989, Chicago vs. Boston; 42 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists, 8 steals.[14]
- Alvin Robertson, March 18, 1989, San Antonio vs. Utah; 27 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 7 steals.[15]
- Hakeem Olajuwon, March 3, 1990, Houston vs. Golden State; 29 points, 18 rebounds, 9 assists, 11 blocks.[16]
- Lionel Simmons, November 26, 1991, Sacramento vs. Phoenix; 10 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists, 7 blocks.[17]
- David Robinson, January 11, 1994, San Antonio vs. Minnesota; 27 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 8 blocks.[18]
- David Robinson, February 8, 1994, San Antonio vs. Washington; 31 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists, 7 blocks.[19]
- Clyde Drexler, November 1, 1996, Houston vs. Sacramento; 25 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 10 steals.[20]
- Chris Mullin, February 19, 1997, Golden State vs. Boston; 19 points, 12 assists, 10 rebounds, 7 steals.[21]
- Mookie Blaylock, April 14, 1998, Atlanta vs. Philadelphia; 14 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals.[22]
- Chris Webber, February 7, 1999, Sacramento vs. Vancouver; 25 points, 15 rebounds, 8 assists, 9 blocks.[23]
- Kevin Garnett, December 14, 1999, Minnesota at Atlanta; 22 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists, 7 steals.[24]
- Mike Bibby, April 2, 2000, Vancouver vs. Dallas; 14 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, 7 steals.[25]
- Shaquille O'Neal, June 8, 2001, NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Philadelphia; 28 points, 20 rebounds, 9 assists, 8 blocks.[26]
- Tim Duncan, June 15, 2003, NBA Finals, San Antonio vs. New Jersey; 21 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists, 8 blocks.[27]
Prior to 1973-74
The NBA started recording both blocked shots and steals in the 1973-74 season, so quadruple-doubles have only been possible since that time. There is much speculation that Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, two of the best all-around players before that time, may have recorded quadruple-doubles, as they both were very skilled at blocking shots. Also, other players from the era, notably Jerry West and Oscar Robertson, could conceivably have had quadruple-doubles. However, as not many games of that time were recorded on video and blocks and steals were not official statistics at the time, this is largely conjectural.
Unofficially, however, Wilt Chamberlain is believed to have recorded at least two quadruple doubles; in Game 1 of the 1967 Eastern Division Finals versus the Boston Celtics he tallied 24 points, 32 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks according to the game's statistician.[28] In Game 2 of the 1967 NBA Finals against the San Francisco Warriors, Chamberlain scored only 10 points but grabbed 38 rebounds, dished out 10 assists, and blocked 10 shots.[29]
Quintuple-double
Analogous to a quadruple-double, a quintuple-double can be defined as a performance in which an individual collects at least 10 each of points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks in a single game. Since such a feat has never happened at any level of basketball, the term five-by-five has been coined for a game where a player gets at least 5 each of the five stats listed.
NCAA quadruple-double
- Lester Hudson, November 13, 2007, Tennessee-Martin vs. Central Baptist; 25 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals.[30][31]
NCAA Division I women's quadruple-double
- Ann Meyers, February 18, 1978, UCLA vs. Stephen F. Austin; 20 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals.[31] — this is the only known quadruple-double in NCAA Division I women's basketball history.
References
- ^ NBA.com: Nate Thurmond Bio
- ^ San Antonio Spurs History
- ^ HOU/MIL Box Score (1990-03-29)
- ^ SAS/DET Box Score (1994-02-17)
- ^ a b Flirting With a Quad, pg. 15
- ^ San Antonio Spurs History
- ^ Celtics Triple-Doubles
- ^ a b Most steals by an individual in a NBA game
- ^ Nets All-Time Triple-Doubles, pg. 96
- ^ SAS/LAL Box Score (1986-11-19)
- ^ DEN/LAL Box Score (1987-2-18)
- ^ DEN/NJN Box Score (1987-11-24)
- ^ SAS/DET Box Score (1988-03-25)
- ^ CHI/BOS Box Score (1989-1-15)
- ^ SAS/UTA Box Score (1989-03-18)
- ^ HOU/GSW Box Score (1990-03-03)
- ^ SAC/PHO Box Score (1991-11-26)
- ^ SAS/MIN Box Score (1994-01-11)
- ^ SAS/WSB Box Score (1994-02-08)
- ^ HOU/SAC Box Score (1996-11-01)
- ^ GSW/BOS Box Score (1997-02-19)
- ^ ATL/PHI Box Score (1998-04-14)
- ^ SAC/VAN Box Score (1999-02-07)
- ^ MIN/ATL Box Score (1999-12-14)
- ^ VAN/DAL Box Score (2000-04-02)
- ^ LAL/PHI Box Score (2001-06-08)
- ^ SAS/NJN Box Score (2003-06-15)
- ^ Cherry, Robert (November 2004). Wilt: Larger Than Life. Triumph Books. p. 173. ISBN 1572439157.
- ^ Newspaper articles archive, Google.
- ^ UTM/CBC Box Score (2007-11-13)
- ^ a b SKYHAWK JUNIOR MAKES NCAA HISTORY WITH QUADRUPLE-DOUBLE. University of Tennessee at Martin - UT Martin Sports, November 14, 2007 (Quadruple-double history mention)