NBA Honors: Rebounds Leaders, Year by Year
This is the complete list of NBA players that led the league in rebounds, year by year.
Current Rebounds Leader:
Domantas Sabonis
2023-24 Rebounds Leader NBA Honors: Rebounds LeaderRebounds were not recorded and were not an official statistic until the 1950-51 season. From 1950-51 to 1968-69 the leader in rebounds was the player with the best rebound total at the end of the season. Since the 1969-70 season, the NBA rebounds leader is determined by rebounds per game. Wilt Chamberlain, the only player who led the NBA in scoring, assists and rebounds at least once, dominated the boards in 11 seasons and he did it with 3 different franchises (Warriors, 76ers and Lakers). Andre Drummond led the league in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020, always averaging 14 or more rebounds. |
= NBA Champion that same year
NBA Rebounds Leaders Year by Year
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Season |
Player |
Team |
Rebounds Per Game |
Total Rebounds | Games | |
2023-24 | Domantas Sabonis | Sacramento Kings | 13.7 | 1,120 | 82 | |
2022-23 | Domantas Sabonis | Sacramento Kings | 12.3 | 973 | 79 | |
2021-22 | Rudy Gobert | Utah Jazz | 14.7 | 968 | 66 | |
2020-21 | Clint Capela | Atlanta Hawks | 14.3 | 903 | 63 | |
2019-20 | Andre Drummond | Detroit Pistons / Cleveland Cavaliers | 15.2 | 864 | 57 | |
2018-19 | Andre Drummond | Detroit Pistons | 15.6 | 1,232 | 79 | |
2017-18 | Andre Drummond | Detroit Pistons | 16.0 | 1,247 | 78 | |
2016-17 | Hassan Whiteside | Miami Heat | 14.1 | 1,088 | 77 | |
2015-16 | Andre Drummond | Detroit Pistons | 14.8 | 1,198 | 81 | |
2014-15 | DeAndre Jordan | Los Angeles Clippers | 15.0 | 1,226 | 82 | |
2013-14 | DeAndre Jordan | Los Angeles Clippers | 13.6 | 1,114 | 82 | |
2012-13 | Dwight Howard | Los Angeles Lakers | 12.4 | 945 | 76 | |
2011-12 | Dwight Howard | Orlando Magic | 14.5 | 785 | 54 | |
2010-11 | Kevin Love | Minnesota Timberwolves | 15.2 | 1,112 | 73 | |
2009-10 | Dwight Howard | Orlando Magic | 13.2 | 1,082 | 82 |
Season |
Player |
Team |
Rebounds Per Game |
Total Rebounds | Games | |
2008-09 | Dwight Howard | Orlando Magic | 13.8 | 1,093 | 79 | |
2007-08 | Dwight Howard | Orlando Magic | 14.2 | 1,161 | 82 | |
2006-07 | Kevin Garnett | Minnesota Timberwolves | 12.8 | 975 | 76 | |
2005-06 | Kevin Garnett | Minnesota Timberwolves | 12.7 | 966 | 76 | |
2004-05 | Kevin Garnett | Minnesota Timberwolves | 13.5 | 1,108 | 82 | |
2003-04 | Kevin Garnett | Minnesota Timberwolves | 13.9 | 1,139 | 82 | |
2002-03 | Ben Wallace | Detroit Pistons | 15.4 | 1,126 | 73 | |
2001-02 | Ben Wallace | Detroit Pistons | 13.0 | 1,039 | 80 | |
2000-01 | Dikembe Mutombo | Atlanta Hawks / Philadelphia 76ers | 13.5 | 1,015 | 75 | |
1999-00 | Dikembe Mutombo | Atlanta Hawks | 14.1 | 1,157 | 82 | |
1998-99 | Chris Webber | Sacramento Kings | 13.0 | 545 | 42 | |
1997-98 | Dennis Rodman | Chicago Bulls | 15.0 | 1,201 | 80 | |
1996-97 | Dennis Rodman | Chicago Bulls | 16.1 | 883 | 55 | |
1995-96 | Dennis Rodman | Chicago Bulls | 14.9 | 952 | 64 | |
1994-95 | Dennis Rodman | San Antonio Spurs | 16.8 | 823 | 49 | |
1993-94 | Dennis Rodman | San Antonio Spurs | 17.3 | 1,367 | 79 | |
1992-93 | Dennis Rodman | Detroit Pistons | 18.3 | 1,132 | 62 |
Season |
Player |
Team |
Rebounds Per Game |
Total Rebounds | Games | |
1991-92 | Dennis Rodman | Detroit Pistons | 18.7 | 1,530 | 82 | |
1990-91 | David Robinson | San Antonio Spurs | 13.0 | 1,063 | 82 | |
1989-90 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets | 14.0 | 1,149 | 82 | |
1988-89 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets | 13.5 | 1,105 | 82 | |
1987-88 | Michael Cage | Los Angeles Clippers | 13.0 | 938 | 72 | |
1986-87 | Charles Barkley | Philadelphia 76ers | 14.6 | 994 | 68 | |
1985-86 | Bill Laimbeer | Detroit Pistons | 13.1 | 1,075 | 82 | |
1984-85 | Moses Malone | Philadelphia 76ers | 13.1 | 1,031 | 79 | |
1983-84 | Moses Malone | Philadelphia 76ers | 13.4 | 950 | 71 | |
1982-83 | Moses Malone | Philadelphia 76ers | 15.3 | 1,194 | 78 | |
1981-82 | Moses Malone | Houston Rockets | 14.7 | 1,188 | 81 | |
1980-81 | Moses Malone | Houston Rockets | 14.8 | 1,180 | 80 | |
1979-80 | Swen Nater | San Diego Clippers | 15.0 | 1,216 | 81 | |
1978-79 | Moses Malone | Houston Rockets | 17.6 | 1,444 | 82 | |
1977-78 | Truck Robinson | New Orleans Jazz | 15.7 | 1,288 | 82 | |
1976-77 | Bill Walton | Portland Trail Blazers | 14.4 | 934 | 65 | |
1975-76 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers | 16.9 | 1,383 | 82 |
Season |
Player |
Team |
Rebounds Per Game |
Total Rebounds | Games | |
1974-75 | Wes Unseld | Washington Bullets | 14.8 | 1,077 | 73 | |
1973-74 | Elvin Hayes | Capital Bullets | 18.1 | 1,463 | 81 | |
1972-73 | Wilt Chamberlain | Los Angeles Lakers | 18.6 | 1,526 | 82 | |
1971-72 | Wilt Chamberlain | Los Angeles Lakers | 19.2 | 1,572 | 82 | |
1970-71 | Wilt Chamberlain | Los Angeles Lakers | 18.2 | 1,493 | 82 | |
1969-70 | Elvin Hayes | San Diego Rockets | 16.9 | 1,386 | 82 | |
1968-69 | Wilt Chamberlain | Los Angeles Lakers | 21.1 | 1,712 | 81 | |
1967-68 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers | 23.8 | 1,952 | 82 | |
1966-67 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers | 24.2 | 1,957 | 81 | |
1965-66 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers | 24.6 | 1,943 | 79 | |
1964-65 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics | 24.1 | 1,878 | 78 | |
1963-64 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics | 24.7 | 1,930 | 78 | |
1962-63 | Wilt Chamberlain | San Francisco Warriors | 24.3 | 1,946 | 80 | |
1961-62 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia Warriors | 25.7 | 2,052 | 80 | |
1960-61 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia Warriors | 27.2 | 2,149 | 79 | |
1959-60 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia Warriors | 27.0 | 1,941 | 72 | |
1958-59 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics | 23.0 | 1,612 | 70 |
Season |
Player |
Team |
Rebounds Per Game |
Total Rebounds | Games | |
1957-58 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics | 22.7 | 1,564 | 69 | |
1956-57 | Maurice Stokes | Rochester Royals | 17.4 | 1,256 | 72 | |
1955-56 | Bob Pettit | St. Louis Hawks | 16.2 | 1,164 | 72 | |
1954-55 | Neil Johnston | Philadelphia Warriors | 15.1 | 1,085 | 72 | |
1953-54 | Harry Gallatin | New York Knicks | 15.3 | 1,098 | 72 | |
1952-53 | George Mikan | Minneapolis Lakers | 14.4 | 1,007 | 70 | |
1951-52 | Mel Hutchins | Milwaukee Hawks | 13.3 | 880 | 66 | |
1951-52 | Larry Foust | Fort Wayne Pistons | 13.3 | 880 | 66 | |
1950-51 | Dolph Schayes | Syracuse Nationals | 16.4 | 1,080 | 66 |