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Lakers All-Time Rebounds Leaders: Single Regular Season Per Game Average

List with the stats for the top 50 players with the best single season rebounds per game average in Lakers history.

Notes: - These stats were updated on March 29, 2024
- Total Rebounds were not recorded until 1950-51, offensive and defensive rebounds until 1973-74.
- This list includes players with some minimum requirements

Lakers All-Time Rebounds Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50

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Player
Rebounds
Total
Rebounds
Season Games Offensive
Rebounds
Defensive
Rebounds
1. Wilt Chamberlain 21.14 1,712 1969 81 - -
2. Elgin Baylor 19.82 1,447 1961 73 - -
3. Wilt Chamberlain 19.17 1,572 1972 82 - -
4. Wilt Chamberlain 18.61 1,526 1973 82 - -
5. Wilt Chamberlain 18.21 1,493 1971 82 - -
6. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16.87 1,383 1976 82 3.32 13.55
7. Elgin Baylor 16.43 1,150 1960 70 - -
8. Elgin Baylor 15.00 1,050 1959 70 - -
9. George Mikan 14.39 1,007 1953 70 - -
10. Elgin Baylor 14.33 1,146 1963 80 - -
Player
Rebounds
Total
Rebounds
Season Games Offensive
Rebounds
Defensive
Rebounds
11. George Mikan 14.28 1,028 1954 72 - -
12. George Mikan 14.09 958 1951 68 - -
13. Clyde Lovellette 13.97 992 1956 71 - -
14. Shaquille O'Neal 13.65 1,078 2000 79 4.25 9.39
15. George Mikan 13.53 866 1952 64 - -
16. Clyde Lovellette 13.51 932 1957 69 - -
17. Happy Hairston 13.51 1,040 1974 77 4.35 9.16
18. Darrall Imhoff 13.33 1,080 1967 81 - -
19. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13.29 1,090 1977 82 3.24 10.05
20. Happy Hairston 13.06 1,045 1972 80 - -
Player
Rebounds
Total
Rebounds
Season Games Offensive
Rebounds
Defensive
Rebounds
21. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12.92 801 1978 62 3.00 9.92
22. Elgin Baylor 12.84 950 1965 74 - -
23. Elgin Baylor 12.83 898 1967 70 - -
24. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12.81 1,025 1979 80 2.59 10.23
25. Happy Hairston 12.78 946 1975 74 4.11 8.68
26. Shaquille O'Neal 12.70 940 2001 74 3.93 8.77
27. Anthony Davis 12.65 860 2024 68 3.15 9.50
28. Dwight Howard 12.43 945 2013 76 3.30 9.13
29. Elgin Baylor 12.22 941 1968 77 - -
30. Larry Foust 12.17 876 1958 72 - -
Player
Rebounds
Total
Rebounds
Season Games Offensive
Rebounds
Defensive
Rebounds
31. Elgin Baylor 12.00 936 1964 78 - -
32. Andrew Bynum 11.82 709 2012 60 3.20 8.62
33. Clyde Lovellette 11.46 802 1955 70 - -
34. Elmore Smith 11.19 906 1974 81 2.52 8.67
35. Walter Dukes 11.18 794 1957 71 - -
36. Vern Mikkelsen 11.18 805 1958 72 - -
37. Elmore Smith 10.95 810 1975 74 2.84 8.11
38. Darrall Imhoff 10.89 893 1968 82 - -
39. Bill Bridges 10.86 782 1973 72 - -
40. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 10.80 886 1980 82 2.32 8.49
Player
Rebounds
Total
Rebounds
Season Games Offensive
Rebounds
Defensive
Rebounds
41. Vlade Divac 10.77 851 1994 79 3.57 7.20
42. Shaquille O'Neal 10.71 525 1999 49 3.82 6.90
43. Lamar Odom 10.64 819 2008 77 2.56 8.08
44. Elgin Baylor 10.59 805 1969 76 - -
45. Pau Gasol 10.43 678 2012 65 2.82 7.62
46. Vlade Divac 10.36 829 1995 80 3.26 7.10
47. Rudy LaRusso 10.35 828 1962 80 - -
48. Vern Mikkelsen 10.32 681 1952 66 - -
49. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 10.26 821 1981 80 2.46 7.80
50. Julius Randle 10.23 829 2016 81 2.12 8.11
= Season in progress

Minimum requirements:
1946-47: 40 games
1947-48: 32 games
1948-49: 40 games
1949-50 to 1950-51: 46 games
1951-52: 44 games
1952-53 to 1956-57: 48 games
1957-58 to 1958-59: 55 games
1959-60: 60 games
1960-61: 55 games
1961-62 to 1968-69: 65 games
1969-70 to 1973-74: 70 games
1974-75 to 2012-13: 70 games or 800 rebounds
    with the exceptions of
    1998-99: 43 games or 488 rebounds
    and 2011-12: 56 games or 644 rebounds
2013-14 to present: 58 games
    with the exceptions of
    2019-20: 70% of games played
    and season in progress: 70% of games played
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