/nba-outliers

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NBA Outliers via Statistics

Motivation

In the sport of Basketball certain categories for great/outstanding performances exist.

Some examples of exceptional single-game performance are:

  • The Double Double: At least 10 in 2 of the 5 categories (points, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals)
  • The Triple Double: At least 10 in 3 of the 5 categories
  • The Quadruple Double: At least 10 in 4 of the 5 categories
  • The five-by-five: At least 5 in all 5 categories

While Double Doubles & Triple Doubles are quite common in a single-game context, the quadruple double and the five-by-five are rare. The former occuring only four times since 1973 and the latter occuring 19 times since 1984 (in the NBA).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_(basketball)

  • Video Game Numbers: Adding up the counts in all 5 categories to one number (without weighing)

Questions

My questions are

  • How rare are these occurences (in a statistical sense), and
  • What would be a better measure of exceptional performance per game