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List of National Basketball Association top individual rebounding season averages

 
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This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top single-season rebounding averages, of which the top 18 are shared by only Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell. The current NBA minimum requirements for rebounding average, which are used as the criteria for this list, are 70 games played or 800 rebounds. The NBA did not record rebounds until the 1950-51 season.

Rank Season Player Team Games Rebounds RPG
1 1960-61 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia Warriors 79 2149 27.2
2 1959-60 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia Warriors 72 1941 27.0
3 1961-62 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia Warriors 80 2052 25.7
4 1963-64 Bill Russell Boston Celtics 78 1930 24.7
5 1965-66 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia 76ers 79 1943 24.6
6 1962-63 Wilt Chamberlain San Francisco Warriors 80 1946 24.3
7 1966-67 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia 76ers 81 1957 24.2
8 1964-65 Bill Russell Boston Celtics 78 1878 24.1
9 1959-60 Bill Russell Boston Celtics 74 1778 24.0
10 1960-61 Bill Russell Boston Celtics 78 1868 23.9
11 1967-68 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia 76ers 82 1952 23.8
12 1962-63 Bill Russell Boston Celtics 78 1843 23.6
13 1961-62 Bill Russell Boston Celtics 76 1790 23.6
14 1958-59 Bill Russell Boston Celtics 70 1612 23.0
15 1964-65 Wilt Chamberlain SF Warriors/Phil 76ers 73 1673 22.9
16 1965-66 Bill Russell Boston Celtics 78 1779 22.8
17 1957-58 Bill Russell Boston Celtics 69 1564 22.7
18 1963-64 Wilt Chamberlain San Francisco Warriors 80 1787 22.3
19 1967-68 Nate Thurmond San Francisco Warriors 51 1121 22.0
20 1966-67 Nate Thurmond San Francisco Warriors 65 1382 21.3
21 1968-69 Wilt Chamberlain Los Angeles Lakers 81 1712 21.1
22 1965-66 Jerry Lucas Cincinnati Royals 79 1668 21.1
23 1966-67 Bill Russell Boston Celtics 81 1700 21.0
24 1960-61 Bob Pettit St. Louis Hawks 76 1540 20.3
25 1964-65 Jerry Lucas Cincinnati Royals 66 1321 20.0

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Points per game (PPG) • Rookie PPG • Rebounds per game (RPG) • Rookie RPG • Field goal percentage
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