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This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top single-season rebounding averages based on at least 70 games played or 800 rebounds. The NBA did not record rebounds until the 1950-51 season.

All-time

^ Active NBA player
* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
† Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration
Rank Season Player Team Games Rebounds RPG
1 1960–61 Wilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 79 2,149 27.2
2 1959–60 Wilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 72 1,941 27.0
3 1961–62 Wilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 80 2,052 25.7
4 1963–64 Bill Russell* Boston Celtics 78 1,930 24.7
5 1965–66 Wilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia 76ers 79 1,943 24.6
6 1962–63 Wilt Chamberlain* San Francisco Warriors 80 1,946 24.3
7 1966–67 Wilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia 76ers 81 1,957 24.2
8 1964–65 Bill Russell* Boston Celtics 78 1,878 24.1
9 1959–60 Bill Russell* Boston Celtics 74 1,778 24.0
10 1960–61 Bill Russell* Boston Celtics 78 1,868 23.9
11 1967–68 Wilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia 76ers 82 1,952 23.8
12 1962–63 Bill Russell* Boston Celtics 78 1,843 23.6
13 1961–62 Bill Russell* Boston Celtics 76 1,790 23.6
14 1958–59 Bill Russell* Boston Celtics 70 1,612 23.0
15 1964–65 Wilt Chamberlain* Warriors/76ers 73 1,673 22.9
16 1965–66 Bill Russell* Boston Celtics 78 1,779 22.8
17 1957–58 Bill Russell* Boston Celtics 69 1,564 22.7
18 1963–64 Wilt Chamberlain* San Francisco Warriors 80 1,787 22.3
19 1967–68 Nate Thurmond* San Francisco Warriors 51 1,121 22.0
20 1966–67 Nate Thurmond* San Francisco Warriors 65 1,382 21.3
21 1968–69 Wilt Chamberlain* Los Angeles Lakers 81 1,712 21.1
22 1965–66 Jerry Lucas* Cincinnati Royals 79 1,668 21.1
23 1966–67 Bill Russell* Boston Celtics 81 1,700 21.0
24 1960–61 Bob Pettit* St. Louis Hawks 76 1,540 20.3
25 1964–65 Jerry Lucas* Cincinnati Royals 66 1,321 20.0

Since NBA/ABA Merger (1976)

Rank Season Player Team Games Rebounds RPG
1 1991–92 Dennis Rodman* Detroit Pistons 82 1,530 18.7
2 1992–93 Dennis Rodman* Detroit Pistons 62 1,132 18.3
3 1978–79 Moses Malone* Houston Rockets 82 1,444 17.6
4 1993–94 Dennis Rodman* San Antonio Spurs 79 1,367 17.3
5 2017–18 Andre Drummond^ Detroit Pistons 78 1,247 16.0
6 1977–78 Truck Robinson New Orleans Jazz 81 1,288 15.7
7 2018–19 Andre Drummond^ Detroit Pistons 79 1,232 15.6
8 1991–92 Kevin Willis Atlanta Hawks 81 1,258 15.5
9 2002–03 Ben Wallace* Detroit Pistons 73 1,126 15.4
10 1982–83 Moses Malone* Philadelphia 76ers 78 1,194 15.3
11 2010–11 Kevin Love^ Minnesota Timberwolves 73 1,112 15.2
12 2017–18 DeAndre Jordan^ Los Angeles Clippers 77 1,171 15.2
13 2019–20 Andre Drummond^ Pistons/Cavaliers 57 864 15.2
14 1977–78 Moses Malone* Houston Rockets 59 886 15.0
15 1997–98 Dennis Rodman* Chicago Bulls 80 1,201 15.0
16 1979–80 Swen Nater San Diego Clippers 81 1,216 15.0
17 2014–15 DeAndre Jordan^ Los Angeles Clippers 82 1,226 15.0
18 1995–96 Dennis Rodman* Chicago Bulls 64 952 14.9
19 2015–16 Andre Drummond^ Detroit Pistons 81 1,198 14.8
20 1980–81 Moses Malone* Houston Rockets 80 1,180 14.8
21 2021–22 Rudy Gobert^ Utah Jazz 66 968 14.7
22 1981–82 Moses Malone* Houston Rockets 81 1,188 14.7
23 1986–87 Charles Barkley* Philadelphia 76ers 68 994 14.6
24 2011–12 Dwight Howard Orlando Magic 54 785 14.5
25 1979–80 Moses Malone* Houston Rockets 82 1,190 14.5

See also

Notes

  1. A player is not eligible for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame until he has been fully retired for three calendar years.
  2. The 2011–12 season was shortened to 66 games due to the league's lockout. The qualification of this season's scoring title is to appear in at least 56 games (out of 66) or 644 rebounds.

References

  1. ^ "Rate Statistic Requirements". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  2. Beck, Howard (November 28, 2011). "Two Exhibition Games for N.B.A. Teams". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2011.

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