List of NBA single-season rebounding leaders

Last updated April 26, 2024

This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top single-season rebounding averages based on at least 70 games played or 800 rebounds.^[1] 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^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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 ^†^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Orlando Magic	54	785	14.5
25	1979–80	Moses Malone *	Houston Rockets	82	1,190	14.5

Notes

↑ 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.
↑ The 2011–12 season was shortened to 66 games due to the league's lockout.^[2] The qualification of this season's scoring title is to appear in at least 56 games (out of 66) or 644 rebounds.^[1]

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References

1 2 "Rate Statistic Requirements". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
↑ 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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[2] 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.

[4] The 2011–12 season was shortened to 66 games due to the league's lockout.^[2] The qualification of this season's scoring title is to appear in at least 56 games (out of 66) or 644 rebounds.^[1]

[ratereq-1] 1 2 "Rate Statistic Requirements". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2010.

[3] 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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