In the last Bulls game I attended this season, LeBron James fired off a ridiculous triple-double. In that Game 4 victory, James notched 37 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists—a pretty impressive feat considering that isn't even the most impressive of his 29 career triple-doubles. He's scored 40 or more in games in which he's managed the feat twice already, and with many more years left there's no telling how many more 3D's he'll stack up before calling it a career. Quadruple-Doubles: David Robinson (February 17, 1994): 34 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 blocks Nate Thurmond (October 18, 1974): 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists, 12 blocks Hakeem Olajuwon (March 29, 1990): 18 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists, 11 blocks Alvin Robertson (February 18, 1986): 20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals Pretty incredible stuff, right? Olajuwon actually got himself a second quadruple-double that was later changed when the league watched the tape and took back an assist. That game's on the list of top triple doubles, but it's not #1. You'll be amazed when you see what the top game was, though, so read on… Top 5 Triple-Doubles: #5 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1975): 50 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists – Only once in the history of the game has a player scored 50 points as part of a triple-double, and this is it. It would've been topped in February of 2009 had the league not taken away one of LeBron James's rebounds in a game where he also scored 52 points and dished out 11 dimes. But since we can't count that, we turn to Kareem, who might've made the list anyway with this showing. #4 - Fat Lever (1988): 31 points, 16 rebounds, 20 assists, 6 steals – Would you believe that Lever is sixth on the all-time list for most career triple-doubles? How about the fact that Lever once had a triple-double with 23 assists—the most ever recorded in a 3-D? Pretty crazy considering the modern generation of basketball fans has never heard of the guy. But don't be fooled by the ridiculous name; Lever was one of the more underrated guards of the '80s, as evidenced by this ridiculous triple-double and the other 45 he recorded before retiring in 1994. #3 - Shaquille O'Neal (November 20, 1993): 24 points, 28 rebounds, 15 blocks – The 28 boards and 15 blocks are both career-highs for one of the best centers in the history of the game, so to have accomplished them both in the same night is pretty unbelievable. That he added 24 points and logged a monster triple-double in just his second season as a pro makes it an even more memorable performance. #2 - Hakeem Olajuwon (March 3, 1990): 29 points, 18 rebounds, 11 blocks, 9 assists – I've already alluded to this game, but had the league not taken away that final assist Olajuwon would've been the only player in league history to record two quadruple-doubles. When this game ended, people thought they'd witnessed one of the rarest occurrences in the history of the game. What's almost impossible to imagine is that his actual quadruple-double came less than a month later. He could've done it twice in the same season. #1 - Wilt Chamberlain (February 2, 1968): 22 points, 25 rebounds, 21 assists – I guess it makes sense that the guy who owns about half of the league's most prestigious records would also have posted the craziest triple-double ever. It's the only double triple-double in league history, if that's even what you'd call a 20-20-20 game. Chamberlain was obsessed with his stats while he was playing, so he was most likely well aware of what he was doing while he was doing it, but the fact he was physically capable of getting it done is insane. It's hard imagining this happening again. Honorable Mention: Michael Ray Richardson (October 30, 1985): 38 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, 9 steals – This one just barely the missed the list. Michael Ray is one of the league's biggest tragedies; what could he have accomplished had he not gotten so heavily into drugs? Larry Bird (1992): 49 points, 14 rebounds, 12 assists – It took two overtimes to do it, but this game was nationally televised, and many call it Bird's "last great game." Tracy McGrady (February 23, 2003): 46 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists Michael Jordan (April 13, 1989): 47 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists – One of three times Jordan scored 40 or more points as part of a triple-double. Vince Carter (April 7, 2007): 46 points, 16 rebounds, 12 assists – Jason Kidd also had a triple-double in this game, the first time since 1989 that two teammates had record a triple-double in the same game. Michael Adams (January 31, 1991): 45 points, 12 assists, 11 rebounds – At 5'11", Adams was the shortest player to ever record a triple-double, and this one was a doozy! LeBron James (February 15, 2006): 43 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists Hakeem Olajuwon (1987): 38 points, 17 rebounds, 12 blocks, 6 assists, 7 steals – This is the closest to a quintuple-double that anyone's ever come. Of course it'd be Hakeem.
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Clyde almost made the quadruple double club too. He had the points, boards, and steals on a game late in his Rocket career. He also had 9 assists, but he couldn't get that last dime despite firing passes to teammates who kept bricking their open looks.
Never close, but he did post a few games in which he recorded at least 5 of each of the main 5 categories (pts, rebs, asts, stls, blks)
Didn't David Lee have a 40-20-10 game earlier this year? That should be on the Honorable Mention list.
37 pts, 20 rebs (16 def), and 10 ast. It should've gotten at least a minor mention. http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201004020GSW.html
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Too bad that guy did not play for us, or we would've won two Titles, already. C - Yao (or Mutombo) PF - Hayes/Scola SF - Battier SG - T-Mac PG - Fat (Rafer's lookalike), the guy was a beast in the eighties, good scorer, good passer, and very good defender.
