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

^	Active NBA player
*	Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
†	Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration
§	1st time eligible for Hall of Fame in 2025^[2]
‡	Denotes season currently ongoing in 2025–26

Rank	Season	Player	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1	1960–61	Wilt Chamberlain*	Philadelphia Warriors	79	2,149	27.2
2	1959–60	Wilt Chamberlain* (2)	Philadelphia Warriors	72	1,941	27.0
3	1961–62	Wilt Chamberlain* (3)	Philadelphia Warriors	80	2,052	25.7
4	1963–64	Bill Russell*	Boston Celtics	78	1,930	24.7
5	1965–66	Wilt Chamberlain* (4)	Philadelphia 76ers	79	1,943	24.6
6	1962–63	Wilt Chamberlain* (5)	San Francisco Warriors	80	1,946	24.3
7	1966–67	Wilt Chamberlain* (6)	Philadelphia 76ers	81	1,957	24.2
8	1964–65	Bill Russell* (2)	Boston Celtics	78	1,878	24.1
9	1959–60	Bill Russell* (3)	Boston Celtics	74	1,778	24.0
10	1960–61	Bill Russell* (4)	Boston Celtics	78	1,868	24.0
11	1967–68	Wilt Chamberlain* (7)	Philadelphia 76ers	82	1,952	23.8
12	1962–63	Bill Russell* (5)	Boston Celtics	78	1,843	23.6
13	1961–62	Bill Russell* (6)	Boston Celtics	76	1,790	23.6
14	1958–59	Bill Russell* (7)	Boston Celtics	70	1,612	23.0
15	1964–65	Wilt Chamberlain* (8)	Warriors/76ers	73	1,673	22.9
16	1965–66	Bill Russell* (8)	Boston Celtics	78	1,779	22.8
17	1957–58	Bill Russell* (9)	Boston Celtics	69	1,564	22.7
18	1963–64	Wilt Chamberlain* (9)	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* (2)	San Francisco Warriors	65	1,382	21.3
21	1968–69	Wilt Chamberlain* (10)	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* (10)	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* (2)	Cincinnati Royals	66	1,321	20.0

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