List of National Basketball Association single-season rebounding leaders
This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top single-season rebounding averages based on at least 70 games played or 800 rebounds.

List of National Basketball Association single-season rebounding leaders

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Table Section Text: This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top single-season rebounding averages based on at least 70 games played or 800 rebounds.

Rank	Season	Player	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG

1	1960–61	Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain*	Philadelphia Warriors	79	2,149	27.2

2	1959–60	Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain*	Philadelphia Warriors	72	1,941	27.0

3	1961–62	Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain*	Philadelphia Warriors	80	2,052	25.7

4	1963–64	Russell, BillBill Russell*	Boston Celtics	78	1,930	24.7

5	1965–66	Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain*	Philadelphia 76ers	79	1,943	24.6

6	1962–63	Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain*	San Francisco Warriors	80	1,946	24.3

7	1966–67	Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain*	Philadelphia 76ers	81	1,957	24.2

8	1964–65	Russell, BillBill Russell*	Boston Celtics	78	1,878	24.1

9	1959–60	Russell, BillBill Russell*	Boston Celtics	74	1,778	24.0

10	1960–61	Russell, BillBill Russell*	Boston Celtics	78	1,868	23.9

11	1967–68	Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain*	Philadelphia 76ers	82	1,952	23.8

12	1962–63	Russell, BillBill Russell*	Boston Celtics	78	1,843	23.6

13	1961–62	Russell, BillBill Russell*	Boston Celtics	76	1,790	23.6

14	1958–59	Russell, BillBill Russell*	Boston Celtics	70	1,612	23.0

15	1964–65	Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain*	Warriors/76ers	73	1,673	22.9

16	1965–66	Russell, BillBill Russell*	Boston Celtics	78	1,779	22.8

17	1957–58	Russell, BillBill Russell*	Boston Celtics	69	1,564	22.7

18	1963–64	Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain*	San Francisco Warriors	80	1,787	22.3

19	1967–68	Thurmond, NateNate Thurmond*	San Francisco Warriors	51	1,121	22.0

20	1966–67	Thurmond, NateNate Thurmond*	San Francisco Warriors	65	1,382	21.3

21	1968–69	Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain*	Los Angeles Lakers	81	1,712	21.1

22	1965–66	Lucas, JerryJerry Lucas*	Cincinnati Royals	79	1,668	21.1

23	1966–67	Russell, BillBill Russell*	Boston Celtics	81	1,700	21.0

24	1960–61	Pettit, BobBob Pettit*	St. Louis Hawks	76	1,540	20.3

25	1964–65	Lucas, JerryJerry Lucas*	Cincinnati Royals	66	1,321	20.0

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Thurmond set a record for rebounds and averaged 21.3 and 22.0 rebounds per game in the 1966–67 and 1967–68 seasons.

final_sentence: Thurmond set a record for rebounds and averaged 21.3 and 22.0 rebounds per game in the 1966–67 and 1967–68 seasons.