College basketball's top scorer pulled off a feat so rare only 6 NBA superstars have done it this century

• Iowa Hawkeyes superstar Caitlin Clark recorded 30-point triple-doubles in back-to-back games.
• Only seven players have accomplished this feat across the NBA, WNBA, and DI this century.

Caitlin Clark joined elite company to start 2022.

Four days after dropping 30 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists against the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the Iowa Hawkeyes superstar came away with a 35-13-11 stat line against the Minnesota Golden Gophers to become the first player in men's or women's NCAA Division I history to record back-to-back 30-point triple-doubles.

An unprecedented feat at the collegiate level, scoring 30 or more points while pulling down 10+ rebounds and 10+ assists in consecutive showings is rare even in the pros. Since the turn of the century — two years before Clark was born — only seven basketball players across the NBA, WNBA, and DI college basketball have achieved the feat.

You may be familiar with some of the names on that exclusive list. In addition to Clark, only Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Luka Dončić, and Giannis Antetokounmpo — all multi-time NBA All-Stars — have recorded 30-10-10 stat lines in succession.

Not a bad group for a 20-year-old sophomore to join.

The 6-foot guard was a second-team All-America selection last year after scoring a DI-high 26.6 points per game. Her freshman season in Iowa came to an end in the Sweet Sixteen, where the fifth-seeded Hawkeyes lost to Paige Bueckers and the No. 1 UConn Huskies.

Clark's sophomore season is looking similarly spectacular towards the end of January. She once against leads Division I — both men and women — with 25.7 points per game. And this year, her contributions are spread more evenly across the box score.

Whereas she recorded just one triple-double over the 2020-2021 campaign, Clark has notched a DI-leading four triple-doubles just 16 games into this season. No men's player has recorded multiple triple-doubles this season, and only one other women's player has had more than one triple-double this year.

Clark and No. 23 Iowa have a tough road ahead of them in the Big Ten, home to four additional top-25 teams and several others with NCAA tournament aspirations. But with their young phenom leading the conference with 7.6 assists per game and 89.7% free-throw shooting while ranking sixth in rebounding and leading the entire nation in scoring, the Hawkeyes are candidates to shock the world.

Or, at the very least, put on a show night-in and night-out.