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Rockets 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 Rockets history.

Notes: - These stats were updated on December 14, 2025
- Total Rebounds were not recorded until 1950-51, offensive and defensive rebounds until 1973-74.
- This list includes players with some minimum requirements

Rockets 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. Moses Malone 17.61 1,444 1979 82 7.16 10.45
2. Elvin Hayes 17.15 1,406 1969 82 - -
3. Elvin Hayes 16.90 1,386 1970 82 - -
4. Elvin Hayes 16.61 1,362 1971 82 - -
5. Moses Malone 15.02 886 1978 59 6.44 8.58
6. Moses Malone 14.75 1,180 1981 80 5.93 8.83
7. Moses Malone 14.67 1,188 1982 81 6.89 7.78
8. Elvin Hayes 14.60 1,197 1972 82 - -
9. Moses Malone 14.51 1,190 1980 82 6.99 7.52
10. Hakeem Olajuwon 14.01 1,149 1990 82 3.65 10.37
Player
Rebounds
 Total
Rebounds		 Season Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds
11. Hakeem Olajuwon 13.48 1,105 1989 82 4.12 9.35
12. Moses Malone 13.39 1,071 1977 80 5.46 7.93
13. Hakeem Olajuwon 13.02 1,068 1993 82 3.45 9.57
14. Clint Capela 12.66 848 2019 67 4.45 8.21
15. Charles Barkley 12.29 516 1999 42 3.98 8.31
16. Dwight Howard 12.20 866 2014 71 3.25 8.94
17. Hakeem Olajuwon 12.14 959 1988 79 3.82 8.32
18. Hakeem Olajuwon 12.07 845 1992 70 3.51 8.56
19. Hakeem Olajuwon 11.94 955 1994 80 2.86 9.08
20. Hakeem Olajuwon 11.88 974 1985 82 5.37 6.51
Player
Rebounds
 Total
Rebounds		 Season Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds
21. Rudy Tomjanovich 11.83 923 1972 78 - -
22. Dwight Howard 11.76 835 2016 71 3.35 8.41
23. Toby Kimball 11.69 947 1968 81 - -
24. Zaid Abdul-Aziz 11.68 923 1974 79 3.28 8.41
25. Omer Asik 11.66 956 2013 82 3.35 8.30
26. Rudy Tomjanovich 11.58 938 1973 81 - -
27. Hakeem Olajuwon 11.44 858 1987 75 4.20 7.24
28. Ralph Sampson 11.13 913 1984 82 3.57 7.56
29. Ralph Sampson 11.13 879 1986 79 3.27 7.86
30. Hakeem Olajuwon 10.89 784 1996 72 2.44 8.44
Player
Rebounds
 Total
Rebounds		 Season Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds
31. Clint Capela 10.84 802 2018 74 3.26 7.58
32. Hakeem Olajuwon 10.76 775 1995 72 2.39 8.38
33. Otis Thorpe 10.61 870 1994 82 3.30 7.30
34. Otto Moore 10.59 868 1973 82 - -
35. Otis Thorpe 10.51 862 1992 82 3.48 7.04
36. Ralph Sampson 10.40 853 1985 82 2.77 7.63
37. Alperen Sengun 10.34 786 2025 76 3.45 6.89
38. Otis Thorpe 10.32 846 1991 82 3.50 6.82
39. Don Kojis 10.29 710 1968 69 - -
40. Christian Wood 10.09 686 2022 68 1.62 8.47
Player
Rebounds
 Total
Rebounds		 Season Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds
41. Yao Ming 9.88 761 2009 77 2.65 7.23
42. Kevin Kunnert 9.84 787 1976 80 3.34 6.50
43. Otis Thorpe 9.60 787 1989 82 3.32 6.28
44. Don Kojis 9.58 776 1969 81 - -
45. Hakeem Olajuwon 9.56 478 1999 50 2.12 7.44
46. Alperen Sengun 9.40 188 2026 20 3.00 6.40
47. Alperen Sengun 9.35 589 2024 63 2.90 6.44
48. Hakeem Olajuwon 9.18 716 1997 78 2.22 6.96
49. Elvin Hayes 9.11 747 1982 82 3.26 5.85
50. Steven Adams 9.06 163 2026 18 4.72 4.33
= 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 (16 games)
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