NBA Players with the Highest Rebounding Averages in Their 12th Season

Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 12th NBA season, ranked by regular season rebounds per game. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.

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Which NBA player averaged the most rebounds in the Regular Season in his 12th year?

Playing for the 1968 Boston Celtics, Bill Russell averaged 18.6 rebounds in 78 games — the highest rebounds per game average by any NBA player in his 12th season.

Rebounds Per Game, 12th Season

18.6 rpg
Bill Russell
(1968 Boston Celtics)

Note: No game minimums were used for this list / = NBA champion in this season.

Rebounds Per Game in a Player's 12th Season - Top 50

Regular Season

		Rebounds			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Ast	Stl	Blk	3pm
1	Bill Russell (1968 Celtics)	18.6	1,451	78	12.5	4.6	-	-	-
2	Wilt Chamberlain (1971 Lakers)	18.2	1,493	82	20.7	4.3	-	-	-
3	Dennis Rodman (1998 Bulls)	15.0	1,201	80	4.7	2.9	0.6	0.2	0.1
4	Wes Unseld (1980 Bullets)	13.3	1,094	82	9.7	4.5	0.8	0.7	0.0
5	Marcus Camby (2008 Nuggets)	13.1	1,037	79	9.1	3.3	1.1	3.6	0.1
6	Walt Bellamy (1973 Hawks)	13.0	964	74	16.1	2.4	-	-	-
7	Kevin Garnett (2007 Timberwolves)	12.8	975	76	22.4	4.1	1.2	1.7	0.2
8	Paul Silas (1976 Celtics)	12.7	1,025	81	10.7	2.5	0.7	0.4	-
9	Anthony Davis (2024 Lakers)	12.6	961	76	24.7	3.5	1.2	2.3	0.4
10	Dolph Schayes (1961 Nationals)	12.2	960	79	23.6	3.7	-	-	-

		Rebounds			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Ast	Stl	Blk	3pm
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo (2025 Bucks)	11.9	798	67	30.4	6.5	0.9	1.2	0.2
12	Dwight Howard (2016 Rockets)	11.8	835	71	13.7	1.4	1.0	1.6	0.0
13	Charles Barkley (1996 Suns)	11.6	821	71	23.2	3.7	1.6	0.8	0.7
14	Shaquille O'Neal (2004 Lakers)	11.5	769	67	21.5	2.9	0.5	2.5	0.0
15	Nate Thurmond (1975 Bulls)	11.3	904	80	7.9	4.1	0.6	2.4	-
16	Zach Randolph (2013 Grizzlies)	11.2	854	76	15.4	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.0
17	Moses Malone (1988 Bullets)	11.2	884	79	20.3	1.4	0.7	0.9	0.0
18	Elvin Hayes (1980 Bullets)	11.1	896	81	23.0	1.6	0.8	2.3	0.0
19	Nikola Vucevic (2023 Bulls)	11.0	903	82	17.6	3.2	0.7	0.7	1.5
20	LeRoy Ellis (1974 76ers)	11.0	890	81	9.9	2.3	1.1	1.1	-

		Rebounds			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Ast	Stl	Blk	3pm
21	Rudy Gobert (2025 Timberwolves)	10.9	785	72	12.0	1.8	0.8	1.4	0.0
22	Hakeem Olajuwon (1996 Rockets)	10.9	784	72	26.9	3.6	1.6	2.9	0.0
23	Patrick Ewing (1997 Knicks)	10.7	834	78	22.4	2.0	0.9	2.4	0.0
24	Tim Duncan (2009 Spurs)	10.7	800	75	19.3	3.5	0.5	1.7	0.0
25	Dave DeBusschere (1974 Knicks)	10.7	757	71	18.1	3.6	0.9	0.5	-
26	Tyson Chandler (2013 Knicks)	10.7	703	66	10.4	0.9	0.6	1.1	0.0
27	Tyrone Hill (2002 Cavaliers)	10.5	274	26	8.0	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.0
28	Elgin Baylor (1970 Lakers)	10.4	559	54	24.0	5.4	-	-	-
29	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1981 Lakers)	10.3	821	80	26.2	3.4	0.7	2.9	0.0
30	DeAndre Jordan (2020 Nets)	10.0	561	56	8.3	1.9	0.3	0.9	0.0

		Rebounds			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Ast	Stl	Blk	3pm
31	Karl Malone (1997 Jazz)	9.9	809	82	27.4	4.5	1.4	0.6	0.0
32	Kevin Love (2020 Cavaliers)	9.8	547	56	17.6	3.2	0.6	0.3	2.6
33	Charles Oakley (1997 Knicks)	9.8	781	80	10.8	2.8	1.4	0.3	0.1
34	Jusuf Nurkic (2026 Jazz)	9.6	220	23	8.4	3.9	1.5	0.4	0.3
35	Chris Webber (2005 more than 1 team)	9.1	612	67	19.5	4.7	1.4	0.8	0.2
36	P.J. Brown (2005 Hornets)	9.0	737	82	10.8	2.2	0.9	0.6	0.0
37	Andre Drummond (2024 Bulls)	9.0	708	79	8.4	0.5	0.9	0.6	0.0
38	Michael Cage (1996 Cavaliers)	8.9	729	82	6.0	0.6	1.1	1.0	0.0
39	Olden Polynice (1999 Supersonics)	8.9	425	48	7.7	0.9	0.4	0.6	0.0
40	Jonas Valanciunas (2024 Pelicans)	8.8	721	82	12.2	2.1	0.4	0.8	0.5

		Rebounds			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Ast	Stl	Blk	3pm
41	Derrick Coleman (2002 76ers)	8.8	509	58	15.1	1.7	0.7	0.9	0.5
42	Johnny Green (1971 Royals)	8.7	656	75	16.7	1.2	-	-	-
43	Larry Nance (1993 Cavaliers)	8.7	668	77	16.5	2.9	0.7	2.6	0.0
44	Lamar Odom (2011 Lakers)	8.7	710	82	14.4	3.0	0.6	0.7	0.8
45	David Robinson (2001 Spurs)	8.6	691	80	14.4	1.5	1.0	2.5	0.0
46	Pau Gasol (2013 Lakers)	8.6	421	49	13.7	4.1	0.5	1.2	0.2
47	Steven Adams (2026 Rockets)	8.6	163	19	6.3	1.5	0.7	0.7	0.0
48	Antonio McDyess (2008 Pistons)	8.5	666	78	8.8	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.0
49	Robert Parish (1988 Celtics)	8.5	628	74	14.3	1.6	0.7	1.1	0.0
50	Larry Bird (1991 Celtics)	8.5	509	60	19.4	7.2	1.8	1.0	1.3

* The NBA began recording rebounds in 1951, steals and blocks in 1974, and added the 3-point line in 1980.