Stat padding

In sports, stat padding is an action that improves a player's statistics despite being of little benefit to his or her team or its chance of winning.

Notable players accused of stat padding

Basketball

Russell Westbrook holds the record for most career triple-doubles in the NBA, most of which involved heavy stat padding, many theorise.[1]

Giannis Antetokounmpo was accused of stat padding after he intentionally missed a last-second shot to get the rebound he needed to secure a triple-double.[2] The rebound was later rescinded by the NBA.[3]

See also

References
  1. "In Praise of Russell Westbrook's Blatant Stat Padding". 13 April 2018.
  2. Songco, Paolo (5 March 2023). "'Does that count?': Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo intentionally misses last-second shot for triple-double". clutchpoints.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  3. "NBA rescinds Giannis Antetokounmpo's rebound after review". NBA. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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