Players Who Averaged 20 Points and 10 Rebounds a game in one season

Blake Griffin, Kevin Love, and Dwight Howard are on pace to have another season averaging at least 20 points and 10 rebounds a game. Before this season, it occurred 298 times, with Shaquille O'Neal (13), Kareem Abdul-Jabaar(12), Wilt Chamberlain(12), and Hakeem Olajuwon(12) topping the list. Many basketball players in this prestigious list have solidified their careers as consistent scorers and/or rebounders, or are mere outliers in careers not as memorable.

Clark Kellogg - 1982-83 Indiana Pacers

Points Per Game (PPG)	Rebounds Per Game (RPG)	Minutes Per Game (MPG)	Games Played
20.1	10.6	34.1	81

Today, Clark Kellogg is known as a CBS College Basketball color commentator with some quotes I am sure he does not want to repeat again. He has said quotes such as:

• "He sized him up and sprayed him from deep" -- 2011 NCAA Championships


• "He gets that guy behind him and takes him for a ride" -- March 2009


• "Kansas clearly the overall #1 and a slight favorite, but the group is clearly a bang bus ... -- 2010 NCAA Championships

Not many know about his short stint in the NBA. Drafted in the 1st round by the Indiana Pacers in 1982, he averaged 20.1 points and 10.6 rebounds a game while starting 81 games. After that year, he had 2 more respectable seasons before being plagued with chronic knee problems forcing him to retire in 1987. He played in 260 games starting in 241 of the games. People of the early 80's may remember him by his nickname "Special K".

Jeff Ruland - 1983-84 Washington Bullets

Points Per Game (PPG)	Rebounds Per Game (RPG)	Minutes Per Game (MPG)	Games Played
22.3	12.3	41.4	75

Jeff Ruland was a 6'11" 280 pound center who had a successful 3 years at Iona University in the late 1970s. He was drafted as the 25th pick by the Golden State Warriors in 1980, but opted to play in Barcelona. In 1981, he made his debut with the Washington Bullets as a backup behind veteran Spencer Haywood. Jeff had his career year in the 1983-84 season when he played a whopping 41 minutes per game averaging 22 points and 12 rebounds per game.

The following year he suffered a broken bone in his foot while playing in only 37 games. Unfortunately due to the injury, he was never able to come back his peak form the previous year and was plagued by injuries. He attempted a comeback in 1991-92, but suffered an achilles injury involving a luggage accident. Jeff Ruland played in a total of 332 NBA games, starting in 189 games.

Roy Tarpley - 1990-91 Dallas Mavericks

Points Per Game (PPG)	Rebounds Per Game (RPG)	Minutes Per Game (MPG)	Games Played
20.4	11.0	34.2	5

We can make a case that Roy should not be mentioned in this blog piece, but Roy was an interesting character. Roy Tarpley was a talented basketball player who made his name known at the University of Michigan in the mid 1980s. He was selected in the 1st round 7th overall by the Dallas Mavericks in 1986. Roy was an integral part of the Mavericks bench in the late 1980s, but however broke multiple NBA alcohol and drug abuse policies causing him to be expelled from the NBA in 1991.

After a stint in the USBL and two years playing professional basketball in Greece, he made a return to the NBA in 1994, but was permanently banned from the NBA in 1995 for breaking multiple NBA alcohol policies and a court-imposed personal aftercare program. He would make multiple stints in the Europe, China, Russia, and the CBA before retiring from basketball in 2006. Roy played in a total of 280 total NBA games, starting in 57 of the games. Here are some hilights of Roy Tarpley with the Dallas Mavericks: