Basketball can be a stat-based sport, but it’s not just points, rebounds and assists. It’s shooting percentages, offensive rating, defensive rating, assist-to-turnover ratio and usage rate, among others.
Not all stats are made equal, though – there’s a reason points, rebounds and assists are the most well-known numbers. But what happens if a player has a massive game that includes all three?
What is a triple-double in basketball?
Say a player scores 10 points in a game and grabs 10 rebounds in the same game. That would be a double-double: double-digit numbers in two different stats.