# Quadruple double in basketball

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**Created:** [March 27, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quadruple-double-in-basketball/296498 "2005-03-27T21:54:26Z")\
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We’ve all heard of double doubles, triple doubles, but has any player in college or the NBA ever scored a quadruple double?

A quadruple double would mean having 10 or more in 4 of the following categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. An instance of 10 or more of the latter two is probably extremely rare, and it is probably rarer still when that game coincides with 3 of the other categories.

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Four in the NBA:

[http://experts.about.com/q/2551/1410181.htm](http://experts.about.com/q/2551/1410181.htm)

Nate Thurmond  
Alvin Robertson  
Hakeem Olajuwon  
David Robinson

Thurmond’s was the only one where the player didn’t scrape by with 10 in one of the categories; his lowest of the four was 12 blocks.