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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.[1] The NBA did not record rebounds until the 1950–51 season.

Statistics accurate as of March 2, 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)

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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§[a] Orlando Magic 54 785 14.5
25 1979–80 Moses Malone* Houston Rockets 82 1,190 14.5
  1. ^ The 2011–12 season was shortened to 66 games due to the league's lockout.[3] The qualification of this season's scoring title is to appear in at least 56 games (out of 66) or 644 rebounds.[1]
  1. ^ a b "Rate Statistic Requirements". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  2. ^ "2025 Hall of Fame Candidates". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  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.