# List of NBA 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. The NBA did not record rebounds until the 1950–51 season.
    Statistics accurate as of March 2, 2025.

## All-time

| ^ | Active NBA player |
| * | Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| § | 1st time eligible for Hall of Fame in 2025 |
| 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 |