Stat of the Week: The Sacramento Kings’ 40/10 Club
Sep 23, 2022, 10:05 AM
(Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
(Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
For this week’s edition of ‘Stat of the Week’, we’re looking at one of the more exclusive clubs in Sacramento Kings history:
The 40-point, 10-assist club.
Throughout the 75-year history of the Sacramento Kings (previously known as the Kansas City Kings, Kansas City-Omaha Kings, Cincinnati Royals, and Rochester Royals), only five players have scored 40+ points and dished out 10+ assists in a single game:
- Oscar Robertson – 46 times (1960-1970)
- Tiny Archibald – 23 times (1971-1973)
- De’Aaron Fox – 2 times (2020-2022)
- Tom Van Arsdale – 1 time (1971-72)
- Jack Twyman – 1 time (1959-60)
Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson and Tiny Archibald certainly are no strangers to the 40-10 club, as both guards combined to log 69 games with 40+ points and 10+ assists.
Current Kings guard De’Aaron Fox is the most recent player to join the club–and the first player in the Sacramento-era (1985-present) to do so–as the talented guard scored a then-career-high 43 points (17-of-27 from the field) and handed out 13 assists during a loss to the New Orleans Pelicans back on January 17, 2021.
Fox had another 40-10 showing on March 12, 2022 against the Utah Jazz, scoring 41 points to go along with 11 assists in a 134-125 loss in Salt Lake City.
Fox was one of only nine players to post a 40-point, 10-assist stat-line in 2021-22, as the other eight members of the club logged All-Star appearances during February’s NBA All-Star game in Cleveland, Ohio:
- Trae Young (4 times)
- Ja Morant (2 times)
- Nikola Jokic (2 times)
- Darius Garland
- De’Aaron Fox
- Joel Embiid
- Luka Doncic
- Steph Curry
- Devin Booker
If the Kings can pile more wins into the ‘W’ column, Fox will assuredly find himself among his peers in this season’s All-Star game in Salt Lake City, Utah.
