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Only four players in NBA history have achieved a quadruple-double, which is when a player records double digits in four statistical categories in a single game. None of them have accomplished this feat in the 21st century. The last one to do so was David Robinson in 1994 while playing for the Spurs.

Only four players in NBA history have achieved a quadruple-double, which is when a player records double digits in four statistical categories in a single game. None of them have accomplished this feat in the 21st century. The last one to do so was David Robinson in 1994 while playing for the Spurs.

In NBA history, only Wilt Chamberlain is believed to have ever achieved the elusive quintuple-double and even that stat line is disputed. As a member of the Philadelphia 76ers in a 158-128 win over the Lakers in 1968, Chamberlain had 53 points, 32 rebounds, 24 blocks, 14 assists and 11 steals.

Alvin Robertson is the only guard in NBA history to record a quadruple-double. While playing for the Spurs in 1986, he recorded 20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 steals in a win over the Suns.

It's one of the rarest accomplishments in NBA history. LeBron James has never done it. Neither did Michael Jordan. The quadruple-double.

Hakeem Olajuwon got a quadruple-double against the Bucks on March 29, 1990.

For example, Wilt is the only player in NBA history believed to have posted a quintuple-double. A quintuple-double is when a player records at least 10 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals, and 10 blocks in a single game - although his record is unofficial as the NBA did not count blocks and steals back in 1968.

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The quadruple-double is among the rarest statistical accomplishments in NBA history, with only four officially on record. (There would probably be more, from the likes of Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, had the NBA started recording blocks and steals before the 1973-74 season.)

"He had congestive heart failure," Goldberg said the day after Chamberlain died at age 63.

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Tamika Catchings of Duncanville, Texas is reportedly the first to post a quintuple-double with a 25-point, 18-rebounds, 11-assist, 10-steal and 10-block game in 1997. Of the 13 quintuple-doubles ever recorded and reported, just three of them were from male players.

Statistics accurate as of the 2023–24 NBA season. Russell Westbrook holds the record for the most NBA career regular season triple doubles with 199, and is the only player to average a triple-double over four different seasons.

Lester Hudson III (born August 7, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Shandong Heroes of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). In the 2007–08 season, Hudson recorded the only quadruple-double in NCAA Division I men's basketball history.

LeBron James has not gotten a quadruple-double in his career.

Of the 13 quintuple-doubles ever recorded and reported, just three of them were from male players. On the beat of New York, Finney alum Takiya Webb hit the statistical marvel two separate times in 2009-10.

Even if we drop the scoring threshold to 10,000 points, there is still not another player in NBA history to reach the career triple-quintuple (10K-10K-10K).

That 10th rebound of the game gave Sabonis his 50th career triple-double, becoming just the 11th player in NBA history to accomplish the feat.