Russell Westbrook has developed a reputation and a triple-double machine as well as become one of the top point guards in the league. These descriptions about Westbrook could be true, but how telling are his extraordinary statistics? The three categories that contributed to Westbrook’s triple-doubles were points, assists, and rebounds. Westbrook is not bad in any of these categories, but his play style allows all these numbers to look better than they are.
In the 2017-2018 season, Westbrook led all guards in rebounding, and was 13th among all players, averaging 10.1 RPG. However, the surface level statistic may be misleading as there’s an advanced metric that shows just how inflated his simple rebound count was called Contested Rebound Percentage (CR%).