Washington Wizards guard Russell Westbrook's triple-doubles are not empty stats. After all, in those games where he recorded a triple-double, his teams have won more often than not.

Westbrook became the NBA's triple-double king on Monday after recording his 182nd triple-double, surpassing Oscar Robertson's record of 181. While it did come on a narrow 125-124 loss to the Atlanta Hawks, his record in those 182 games is at 136-46.

As Marc Stein of The New York Times noted, that's a 74.7 winning percentage for the Wizards star.

A lot has been said about Russell Westbrook's triple-doubles. In fact, at one point early in his career, some experts have called him a stat-padder for chasing stats and not really focusing on winning.

However, as the numbers show it, Brodie does impact winning when he is at his usual triple-double self.

For what it's worth, Stephen A. Smith of ESPN recently criticized the Wizards vet for not being able to win any championship despite his ability to dominate and put up insane numbers. Sure enough, Brodie has shown him that he does play to win and not chase numbers contrary to what many haters believe.

Of course, the journey is not yet over for Brodie. After all, he has yet to win an NBA title. However, the focus for him now is to lead the Wizards to the playoffs–which they are more than capable of achieving in the East with Russ tearing opposing defenses apart with his scoring and playmaking.

Russ is a winner, and the numbers don't lie.