WE'VE found the AFL's Russell Westbrook.

Basketball superstar Westbrook this year moved into outright second all-time in the NBA for 'triple-doubles', with the Oklahoma City guard's career total of 141 trailing only Oscar Robertson's 181 for the most ever.

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For the non-basketball fans among you, a triple-double is recorded when a player reaches double digits in three categories – most commonly in points, rebounds and assists. 

There is no perfect way of translating that combination to the AFL's suite of statistics, but we've tried, anyway. 

Here are the three categories we settled on at AFL.com.au: disposals, marks and score involvements. 

Lachie Whitfield's hard running, high disposal count and attacking instincts make him a top triple-double candidate. Picture: AFL Photos 

As always, there was a rigorous debate to reach this point, and Champion Data disagreed with including disposals, but we're going with it, anyway. 

Champion's argument was disposals and score involvements overlap, or double dip, if you like, whereas none of basketball's numbers do.

That's a fair point, but disposals has the best correlation with basketball's points, as in they are the most common statistic in each sport for the most players to reach 10 in. 

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There is a nice symmetry in disposals/points, marks/rebounds and score involvements/assists, too. 

Let's be honest, something like this has to be relatable and fairly achievable, with one other suggested combination being score involvements, tackles and clearances.

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Only 12 players managed that sequence between 2006 and 2019 – and none this season.

In comparison, the disposals, marks and score involvements triple-double occurred 427 times between 2010 and the weekend just gone, including 21 this season. 

Score involvements is a relatively new statistic, so that's why 2010 is the start date.

Giant Lachie Whitfield is the sole player to manage the feat twice this season – giving him three for his career – while Richmond's Jason Castagna was the only one to do it in round 16. 

There were a record-breaking 127 triple-doubles in the recently completed NBA regular season, with Westbrook subsequently adding two more of his own in the playoffs.

1⃣2⃣7⃣ total triple-doubles were recorded throughout the 2018-19 regular season... an NBA record! pic.twitter.com/pWql3dyWjj

— NBA (@NBA) April 12, 2019

Without further ado, here are the AFL's all-time triple-double leaders.

Defenders are sorely lacking – owing mostly to score involvements – with forwards dominating, but Brendon Goddard (10), Dane Swan (seven), and Kade Simpson, Brent Stanton and Brett Deledio (five) are exceptions to the rule.

Isaac Smith, Shaun Grigg, Bryce Gibbs, Mitch Duncan and Jordan Lewis have achieved a triple-double four times apiece as well.

Hopefully, this brightens your day, St Kilda fans. 

St Kilda champion Nick Riewoldt has the most recorded instances of the disposals/marks/score involvements 'triple-double'. Picture: AFL Photos

The unheralded Eagle

Brad Sheppard was one of the hard-luck stories of West Coast's premiership last year, with a hamstring injury in the Eagles' qualifying final ruling him out of the rest of the post-season. 

He is certainly reminding everyone of his quality in 2019, winning the Glendinning-Allan Medal in Saturday night's Western Derby, a week after shutting down Hawk Jack Gunston.

Brad Sheppard flies for a mark over Nat Fyfe. Picture: AFL Photos

Sheppard ranks fourth among general defenders with at least five 40-plus-minute matchups in Champion Data's formula, which rates whether a player holds their opponent to better or worse than their expected performance.

The 28-year-old's rating is plus-28 per cent, meaning he is restricting his opponents to 28 per cent below their expected output.

Sheppard is also third this year for total marks, second for uncontested marks, equal-ninth for long kicks, equal-12th for effective kicks and 12th for rebound 50s.

Hawks do it their way

Anyone who watched the Hawthorn-Collingwood contest would have walked away believing the Hawks largely dominated the game. 

It took a dramatic finish for them to emerge as four-point winners, but interestingly, they lost clearances by 15 and contested possession by 20 to the Magpies.

THE MILESTONE MAN! #AFLHawksPies pic.twitter.com/hiv1qFD0RI

— AFL (@AFL) July 5, 2019

The team in Collingwood's position won three of the previous four times this season that happened, with Melbourne the only other loser – coincidentally to the Pies – in round 12. 

Hawthorn leads the AFL in intercept marks (equal with the Giants) and contested intercept marks, so that certainly helps in a scenario such as this. 

The 'Bounce Brothers'?

We know the Blues Brothers and the Bash Brothers, but how about Essendon's Bounce Brothers?

Irish Bomber Conor McKenna is the runaway leader in bounces this year, his 52 almost doubling that of equal runners-up Adam Saad and Heath Shaw's 28. 

McKenna just went full Gaelic! #AFLDonsHawks pic.twitter.com/hC1yMaiKj3

— AFL (@AFL) June 14, 2019

Saad, of course, is a teammate of McKenna's and has typically dominated this statistic since the latter became a senior regular in 2016. 

Adam Saad, that is special!

He goes long and didn't the Bombers' faithful love it #AFLDonsHawks pic.twitter.com/2gONIUTAni

— AFL (@AFL) June 14, 2019

RUNNING BOUNCE LEADERS (2016-19)

Adam Saad - 271
Heath Shaw - 197
Steven Motlop - 157
Conor McKenna - 151
Adam Treloar - 112 

The BGG (Big Generous Giant)

Forward Harry Himmelberg's been one of Greater Western Sydney's success stories in season 2019. 

Even in defeat to Brisbane on Sunday night, Himmelberg kicked four goals and was directly responsible for two others.

A fourth goal for Harry Himmelberg.#AFLGiantsLions pic.twitter.com/WulSJJJaFo

— AFL (@AFL) July 7, 2019

In fact, the 23-year-old leads the AFL in goal assists this year with 22, from Geelong's Tom Hawkins and fellow Giant Brent Daniels (both on 17). 

On averages, Jake Melksham pips Himmelberg with 1.6 per game to 1.5, but the Demon has played only eight games because of injury.

Highest goal assist averages across a season 2005-2019*

* Minimum 10 games