How Many Quadruple Doubles In Nba History?

There have only been 10 quadruple-doubles in NBA history. See which players have achieved this rare feat.

Quadruple Double

In basketball, a quadruple double is the accumulation of a double-digit number total in four of the five statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks—in a game. Quadruple doubles are rare in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As of December 2019, only six have been recorded in NBA history.

What is a quadruple double?

In basketball, a quadruple double is the accumulation of a double-digit number total in four of the five main statistical categories in a game. Those categories are points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. The most common combination is points, rebounds, assists, and steals; blocks were not recorded consistently until the mid-1980s[1] and generally require a tall player who is also an adept shot blocker. A player who accumulates 10 or more in all five categories in a game is said to have achieved a “quintuple double”.

How many quadruple doubles have been recorded in NBA history?

As of the 2019-2020 NBA season, there have only been 3 recorded quadruple doubles in NBA history. They were achieved by 4 different players: Nate Thurmond, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, and Russell Westbrook.

Notable Quadruple Doubles

In the NBA, a quadruple double is when a player accumulates 10 or more in four statistical categories in a game. The first player to ever do this was Nate Thurmond in a game against the San Diego Rockets on October 18, 1974. He finished the game with 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists, and 12 blocks. There have only been 15 quadruple doubles in NBA history. Let’s take a look at some of the most notable ones.

Russell Westbrook

In the 2016-2017 NBA season, Russell Westbrook made history by averaging a triple double. He is the first player since Oscar Robertson in 1961-1962 to average a triple double for an entire season. His historic season includes 42 triple doubles, which is the most in a single season. He also set the record for most points in a triple double with 57, as well as the most assists in a triple double with 21. On April 9, 2017, Westbrook became the first player since Robertson to achieve more than 50 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a game.

Hakeem Olajuwon

Quadruple-doubles are exceedingly rare in the NBA. In fact, there have only been 15 instances of a player achieving this statistical feat in league history. Here is a look at the players who have accomplished this rare statistical achievement:

-Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston Rockets): 4 times
-Shaquille O’Neal (Los Angeles Lakers): 3 times
-David Robinson (San Antonio Spurs): 3 times
-Alvan Adams (Phoenix Suns): 1 time
-Chris Webber (Sacramento Kings): 1 time

LeBron James

LeBron James is the most recent player to record a Quadruple Double, doing so against the Milwaukee Bucks on February 23, 2017. In total, there have been just five Quadruple Doubles in NBA history. The other four players to achieve the feat are:

-Oscar Robertson (1961-62 season)
-Wilt Chamberlain (1968-69 season)
-Michael Jordan (1989-90 season)
-Hakeem Olajuwon (1990-91 season)

Triple Double

In the National Basketball Association (NBA), a triple double is when a player accumulates a double-digit total in three of five statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks—in a game. The term “triple-double” was coined by Sportswriter Seymour Smith in the Philadelphia Inquirer on March 2, 1954, after Dolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals accumulated 22 points, 25 rebounds, and 10 assists against the Fort Wayne Pistons. A quadruple double is a statistical achievement in basketball that occurs when a player accumulates a double-digit total in four of five statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks—in a game

What is a triple double?

In basketball, a triple double is when a player gets 10 or more points, assists, and rebounds in a game. The term was coined by Harvey Pollack, the statistician for the Philadelphia 76ers, who first recorded the feat when Wilt Chamberlain achieved it on February 2, 1960. To date, there have only been 55 recorded occurrences in NBA history.

How many triple doubles have been recorded in NBA history?

A triple double is a basketball statistic achieved when a player accrues a total of 10 or more in three of five statistical categories—points, assists, rebounds, blocks, and steals—in a single game. The most common way to achieve a triple double is through points and assists.[1]

The first recorded instance of a triple double in the National Basketball Association (NBA) was by Jim Tucker of the Syracuse Nationals, who tallied 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against the Anderson Duffey Packers on February 10, 1951. Oscar Robertson is the only player to average a triple double for an entire season,[2] doing so in 1961–62 with 30.8 points per game (ppg), 12.5 rebounds per game (rpg), and 11.4 assists per game (apg).[3] Russell Westbrook currently holds the record for most career triple doubles with 154.[4][5] Wilt Chamberlain holds the second-most all-time with 78,[6][7] while Robertson is third with 61.[3][8]

In 2019–20, Westbrook set the record for most triple doubles in a season with 42.[9] Robertson also holds that record, having recorded 41 en route to his 1961–62 campaign; Larry Bird is third on that list with 29 in 1977–78.[10][11] Other various players have had notable single-season or career performances involving triple doubles; those include Magic Johnson,[12][13][14][15] Jason Kidd,[16][17][18] LeBron James,[19] Nikola Jokić,[20], Draymond Green[21], Ben Simmons[22], Rajon Rondo[23], Andre Drummond[24], Russell Westbrook[25], James Harden[26], Damian Lillard[27], Kevin Durant[28]

Notable Triple Doubles

A quadruple double is a single-game performance by a player who accumulates a double-digit total in four of the five standard basketball statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. The most common quadruple double is double digits in points, rebounds, and assists. Michael Jordan is the only player in NBA history with multiple quadruple doubles, having done so twice.

Oscar Robertson

Oscar Robertson is the only player in NBA history to average a triple double for an entire season. He did it in 1961-1962, averaging 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 11.4 assists per game. He is also the only player in NBA history to have a quadruple double, which he accomplished in a game against the Detroit Pistons on February 8, 1961.

Magic Johnson

In the 1981-82 season, Los Angeles Lakers’ Earvin “Magic” Johnson set the NBA record for most triple doubles in a season with 18. He would go on to average 18.6 points, 9.6 assists, and 9.5 rebounds per game that year, en route to leading the Lakers to the NBA Finals. In the 1984-85 season, Johnson again led the league in triple doubles with 17, and averaged 19.6 points, 12.8 assists, and 7.2 rebounds per game.

Jason Kidd

In the 1995–96 season, Kidd became one of only three players (Larry Bird and Magic Johnson are the others) to average at least 7.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game for an entire season (Bird did it four times; Johnson did it twice). Kidd’s 8.7 assists per game that season was third in the NBA behind John Stockton (10.5) and Tim Hardaway (9.3). He was named to the All-NBA Second Team, only the second time in his career he received that honor (he would be named again in 1996–97). In May 1996, Kidd was voted by fans as one of the NBA’s 10 Greatest Players of All Time, one of only two active players chosen (the other being Michael Jordan).

During the 1996 off-season, the Mavericks traded Kidd to the Suns for second-year forward Michael Finley, A.C. Green, Sam Cassell, and a future first-round draft pick. In his first season with Phoenix, Kidd averaged 16.4 points on 52% shooting from the field, along with 9.7 assists per game – leading the league in both statistical categories – en route to his second consecutive NBA First Team selection and third straight All-Star appearance.