Five-by-five (basketball)

A five-by-five is where a basketball player gets at least five in each of the positive categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks) in one game.cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/3572650.html|title=Statistician's 'Dream' Retrieved on 2008-02-19] A double-double is a basketball term, defined as an individual performance in a game in which a player accumulates a double digit number total in any two of these categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. A triple-double is an analogous term where a player gets double digits in three of those stats; a quadruple-double, four. Following form, a quintuple-double means someone who gets double digits in all five of the above stats. But, since this has never happened on the NBA level, this page chronicles players who have been closest by getting at least 5 of each stat. Statistics for steals and blocks were not kept in the NBA until the 1973-1974 season, so all NBA five-by-fives will have happened from that season onward. Hakeem Olajuwon (six times) and Andrei Kirilenko (three times) are the only players to have done it more than once.

Five-by-fives in the NBA regular season since 1986-87

Source: [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/five_by_five.html|title=List of NBA Five-by-Five's (since 1986-87) at basketball-reference.com Retrieved on 2008-02-19] To see the box scores for any game, click on the date.

Notable NBA Five-by-Five Facts

*Greatest Five-by-Fives (Most of each stat): Hakeem Olajuwon, on March 10, 1987, became the first in NBA history to record a five-by-six (at least 6 each of all five stats: points, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals). [cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-060106-08|title=ESPN.com: Daily Dime Jan. 12, 2006 Retrieved on 2008-02-19] It took nearly twenty years for the second official occurrence in NBA history. Andrei Kirilenko, on January 3rd, 2006, recorded a five-by-six against the Lakers. Though his numbers were not quite as impressive as Hakeem's, Andrei Kirilenko performed the feat in regulation. As far as even greater, no one has ever recorded a five-by-seven or higher. But Hakeem was just 1 assist away in the game just mentioned, whereas Andrei Kirilenko was only 1 steal shy in his five-by-six.
*Greatest Career Five-by-Five (Using Career Highs): Tim Duncan, [cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/tim_duncan/career_stats.html|title=Tim Duncan's Stats at NBA.com Retrieved on 2008-02-19] Hakeem Olajuwon, [cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/hakeem_olajuwon/|title=Hakeem Olajuwon's Stats at NBA.com Retrieved on 2008-02-19] Andrei Kirilenko, [cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/andrei_kirilenko/career_stats.html|title=Andrei Kirilenko's Stats at NBA.com Retrieved on 2008-02-19] and Chris Webber [cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/chris_webber/career_stats.html|title=Chris Webber's Stats at NBA.com Retrieved on 2008-02-19] have achieved career five-by-eights. That is, they all have career highs of at least 8 in points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and steals. It is currently unknown whether or not any one has achieved a career five-by-nine. And, this list of people with career five-by-eights may or may not be complete. It is known, however, that no one has ever achieved 10 blocks [cite web|url=http://nbahoopsonline.com/History/Leagues/NBA/mostblocksinagame.html|title=List of highest tallied blocks in NBA games at nbahoopsonline.com Retrieved on 2008-02-19] and 9 steals [cite web|url=http://nbahoopsonline.com/History/Leagues/NBA/moststealsinagame.html|title=List of highest tallied steals in NBA games at nbahoopsonline.com Retrieved on 2008-02-19] (even in separate games at any time in his career). So, no one has ever achieved a career quintuple-double.
*Most Five-by-Fives in a Career: Hakeem 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. Other than Hakeem and Andrei Kirilenko, there are seven others with exactly 1 career five-by-five. Five of these seven are listed above and the other two are unknown.
*Most Five-by-Fives in a Season: The record for most five-by-fives in a season since 1986-87 is at 2. Hakeem was the first to do this, in the 1993-94 season. Andrei Kirilenko became the second NBA player to do so in the 2003-04 season. Worth noting is the fact that Hakeem did achieve 3 five-by-fives in a one-year span. Beside the two from the 1993-94 season, he had another late in the 1992-93 season.
*Quickest Pair of Five-by-Fives: Since 1986-87 season Andrei Kirilenko performed a five-by-five on December 3, 2003, and completed another just a week later, December 10, 2003. The only other player to complete multiple career five-by-fives, Hakeem Olajuwon, completed a five-by-five on November 5, 1993 and another, 55 days later, on December 30, 1993.
*Youngest Player: Andrei Kirilenko's first NBA five-by-five came on December 3rd, 2003, making him the youngest to record a five-by-five since 1986-87, at age 22 years, 9 months, and 15 days old..
*Oldest Player: Since 1986-87 Hakeem 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, 11 months, and 9 days old.
*Shortest Player: Because part of a five-by-five includes getting 5 blocks, it is usually very tall players who achieve these. Jamaal Tinsley, however, is the shortest known player to record a five-by-five in an NBA game, at 6 feet, 3 inches. This puts him at about 6 inches shorter than any other player to achieve this feat.
*Tallest Player: Two players, listed at 7 feet, 1 inch, have achieved a five-by-five, making them the two tallest known players to do so. They are David Robinson and Vlade Divac.
*Playoff Five-by-Five: It is unknown whether a player has ever achieved a five-by-five in the playoffs. However, it is known that no one has achieved one at any time since the 1991 playoffs.Fact|date=July 2008

Players with 5+ steals and 5+ blocked shots in one game

This is a list of players since the 1986-87 NBA season who have posted totals of five or more in both steals and blocked shots, but did not record a five-by-five. Only regular season games are taken into account.

*Ben Wallace (four games)
*Michael Jordan (three games)
*Antonio McDyess
*Dikembe Mutombo
*Shaquille O'Neal
*Emeka Okafor
*Bo Outlaw
*Clifford Robinson
*Josh Smith

WNBA five-by-five

Candace Parker achieved the only five-by-five in WNBA history when she recorded 16 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals and 6 blocked shots in a double overtime game for the Los Angeles Sparks versus the Indiana Fever on May 30, 2008.

References

ee also

* Double-double
* Triple-double
* Quadruple-double

External links

* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/david_robinson/ David Robinson's Stats at NBA.com]
* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/derrick_coleman/ Derrick Coleman's Stats at NBA.com]
* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/vlade_divac/ Vlade Divac's Stats at NBA.com]
* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/jamaal_tinsley/career_stats.html Jamaal Tinsley's Stats at NBA.com]
* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/marcus_camby/career_stats.html Marcus Camby's Stats at NBA.com]