But averaging a triple-double, both then and now, is almost unbelievably cool. And if you want to find a statistical feat as difficult and as cool as what Westbrook did this season, you would be hard-pressed to outdo Rickey Henderson’s 1982 season for the Oakland A’s.

It was not Henderson’s best season (that would be 1990) or the one in which he scored the most runs (1985). His team did not win the World Series, and he was below his career averages in several categories.

But in 1982, despite everyone’s knowing that he had the green light when he reached base, Henderson stole 130 bases. It is a number that was impossible to comprehend then (it was more than the combined total of 10 teams’ steals that season) and is even harder to fathom now (it is more than the number stolen by 26 teams last season).

The record took Henderson an incredible 172 attempts. The risk inherent in trying to steal a lot of bases was long ago decided to be too great, and no player has attempted even 100 steals since 1988, so the thought of a player matching Henderson now seems ridiculous. That said, the thought of someone matching Robertson was ridiculous until Westbrook came along. — BENJAMIN HOFFMAN