Double-double

Double-double

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A double-double is a basketball term, defined as an individual performance in a game in which a player accumulates a double digit number in any two of these categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. The most common double-double is a combination of points and rebounds, and then next is points and assists.

Double-doubles, unlike the more difficult triple-doubles (or ultra-rare quadruple-doubles), are very common in the NBA, and in fact there is usually at least one player in each NBA game that manages to record one. It is therefore usual that during each NBA season a handful of players average a double-double.

During the 2007-08 season, thirteen players who were eligible for leadership in the main statistical categories averaged a double-double for the entire season (listed in descending order of points per game): Antawn Jamison, Carlos Boozer, Chris Paul, Al Jefferson, Dwight Howard, Tim Duncan, Deron Williams, Steve Nash, Lamar Odom, Emeka Okafor, Tyson Chandler, Jason Kidd, and Samuel Dalembert. [nba.com, [http://www.nba.com/statistics/ 2007-08 NBA Leaders] , accessed April 18, 2008.] All averaged double figures in both points and rebounds except for Paul, Williams, Nash, and Kidd whose categories were points and assists.

pecial double-doubles

Special double-doubles are rare "double double-doubles", in which a player gets at least 20 in two of the five categories, "triple double-doubles" (at least 30) and near-impossible "quadruple double-doubles", in which a player achieves the feat of logging at least 40 in two of five statistics. This feat was achieved only by Wilt Chamberlain who did it eight times:
*41 points, 40 rebounds vs. Syracuse Nationals on November 4, 1959.apbr.org, [http://www.apbr.org/wilt.html Wilt Chamberlain Career Retrospective] , accessed February 24, 2008.]
*44 points, 42 rebounds vs. Boston Celtics on January 15, 1960.
*58 points, 42 rebounds vs. Detroit Pistons on January 25, 1960 (at Bethlehem, PA; 58 points are the most ever scored by a rookie). [nba.com, [http://www.nba.com/history/records/regular_points.html Regular Season Records: Points] , accessed February 24, 2008.]
*44 points, 45 rebounds vs. Syracuse Nationals on February 6, 1960 (45 rebounds is the NBA single game rookie record). [nba.com, [http://www.nba.com/history/records/regular_rebounds.html Regular Season Records: Rebounds] , accessed February 24, 2008.]
*56 points, 45 rebounds vs. Los Angeles Lakers on January 21, 1961.nbahoopsonline.com, [http://nbahoopsonline.com/History/Leagues/NBA/pointsingame.html Most points by an individual in a NBA game] , accessed February 24, 2008.] nbahoopsonline.com, [http://nbahoopsonline.com/History/Leagues/NBA/reboundsinglegame.html Most rebounds by an individual in a NBA game] , accessed February 24, 2008.]
*78 points, 43 rebounds vs. Los Angeles Lakers on December 8, 1961 (3OT; 78 points was an NBA record at the time).
*50 points, 41 rebounds vs. Detroit Pistons on October 26, 1962 (OT).
*50 points, 40 rebounds vs. Detroit Pistons on November 22, 1964.

NBA regular season double-double leaders since 1986-87

As of April 18, 2008

ee also

* Triple-double
* Quadruple-double
* Five-by-Five

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