LAUSANNE (Switzerland) - Triple-doubles have become a coveted benchmark in basketball, and now USA's Tyran Stokes has added his name to the short list of players to achieve the feat at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup.
Stokes delivered an all-around gem in USA's dominant 140-67 victory over Jordan, finishing with 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists - becoming the first USA player ever to record a triple-double in U19 World Cup history.
"It's an accomplishment to have a triple-double at a U19 World Cup," said Stokes. "It's kind of hard to do that, especially when you’re going in and out as subs.
"Being able to do that in limited minutes is good. It shows that I can be a team player and help us win."
This marks just the sixth documented triple-double in U19 World Cup history, joining the elite company of Efthimios Rentzias (1995), Dario Saric (2013), Nikita Mikhailovskii (2019), Haowen Guo (2019), and John Harper Jr. (2021).
Stoke's triple-double is also the first officially recorded in the Final Phase.
Triple-Doubles at the U19 World Cup*
No. | Player | Team | Game | Stats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Efthimios Rentzias | GRE | vs AUS, 22/07/1995 | 33 points, 21 rebounds, 10 blocks |
2 | Dario Saric | CRO | vs KOR, 27/06/2013 | 32 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists |
3 | Nikita Mikhailovskii | RUS | vs GRE, 30/06/2019 | 20 points, 13 rebounds, 12 assists |
4 | Haowen Guo | CHN | vs PUR, 02/07/2019 | 34 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists |
5 | John Harper Jr | JPN | vs KOR, 11/07/2021 | 10 points, 13 rebounds, 13 assists |
6 | Tyran Stokes | USA | vs JOR, 02/07/2025 | 19 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists |
Stokes also swiped 7 steals, tying for the fourth-most ever in a single game at the tournament.
Top 10 Steals at the U19 World Cup**
| Player (Team) | Opponent | Date | Steals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Pepe Sanchez (ARG) | Nigeria 102-70 | 7/13/1995 | 9 |
2. | Carlos Almeida (ANG) | Nigeria 74-78 | 7/19/1995 | 8 |
| Luca Severini (ITA) | Spain 83-77 | 7/4/2015 | 8 |
| Jermaine Miranda Perez (PUR) | China 94-99 | 7/2/2019 | 8 |
4. | Tyran Stokes tied with 13 players |
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| 7 |
With this performance, Stokes not only made history - he did it in style.
*The first four FIBA U19 World Cups (1979, 1983, 1987 and 1991) included only points among the three triple-double stats (assists and rebounds). Blocks have only been recorded since 2003.
**Dating back to the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 1995
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