double-double
noun
dou·ble-dou·ble
ˌdə-bəl-ˈdə-bəl 
: an instance of a player's accumulating a total of 10 or more in two statistical categories (such as points and rebounds) in one basketball game
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Thomas finished last season scoring in double figures 17 times with four double-doubles.
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
Wembanyama has now recorded a double-double and scored at least 24 points in each of the Spurs’ first five games this season.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Matching him is Austin Reaves, who put up an absurd 51 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists on Sunday, with a double-double (25 points, 11 assists) a couple days before against the Wolves.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
Kuminga continued to fill the stat sheet with a 25-point, 10-rebound double-double.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
Wembanyama has now recorded a double-double and scored at least 24 points in each of the Spurs’ first five games this season.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Matching him is Austin Reaves, who put up an absurd 51 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists on Sunday, with a double-double (25 points, 11 assists) a couple days before against the Wolves.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
Kuminga continued to fill the stat sheet with a 25-point, 10-rebound double-double.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Double-double.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-double. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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