NBA Players with the Highest Rebounding Averages in Their 19th Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 19th NBA season, ranked by regular season rebounds per game. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.
Which NBA player averaged the most rebounds in the Regular Season in his 19th year?
Playing for the 2004 Los Angeles Lakers, Karl Malone averaged 8.7 rebounds in 42 games — the highest rebounds per game average by any NBA player in his 19th season.
Rebounds Per Game, 19th Season
8.7 rpg
Karl Malone
(2004 Los Angeles Lakers)
Note: No game minimums were used for this list / 
= NBA champion in this season.
Rebounds Per Game in a Player's 19th Season - Full List
Regular Season
| Rebounds | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Ast | Stl | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2004 Lakers) |
8.7 | 367 | 42 | 13.2 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2 | (2022 Lakers) |
8.2 | 459 | 56 | 30.3 | 6.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| 3 | (2016 Spurs) |
7.3 | 447 | 61 | 8.6 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| 4 | (2014 Nets) |
6.6 | 358 | 54 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 5 | (2017 Mavericks) |
6.5 | 353 | 54 | 14.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| 6 | (1988 Lakers) |
6.0 | 478 | 80 | 14.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| 7 | (2015 Lakers) |
5.7 | 199 | 35 | 22.3 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| 8 | (2011 Celtics) |
4.8 | 178 | 37 | 9.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| 9 | (2026 Warriors) |
4.4 | 57 | 13 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| 10 | (1995 Hornets) |
4.3 | 350 | 81 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Rebounds | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Ast | Stl | Blk | 3pm |
| 11 | (2013 Knicks) |
4.3 | 323 | 76 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| 12 | (2022 Lakers) |
4.2 | 288 | 69 | 13.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 13 | (2024 Warriors) |
3.9 | 225 | 58 | 9.2 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| 14 | (2017 Grizzlies) |
3.1 | 227 | 73 | 8.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 15 | (1995 Spurs) |
2.7 | 46 | 17 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 16 | (2020 Rockets) |
2.5 | 66 | 26 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 17 | (2003 Jazz) |
2.5 | 201 | 82 | 10.8 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 18 | (2023 Warriors) |
2.1 | 17 | 8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 19 | (2004 Spurs) |
2.0 | 98 | 48 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 20 | (2022 Heat) |
1.9 | 25 | 13 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Rebounds | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Ast | Stl | Blk | 3pm |
| 21 | (2017 Clippers) |
1.9 | 48 | 25 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| 22 | (2025 76ers) |
1.9 | 67 | 35 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 23 | (2026 Timberwolves) |
1.8 | 44 | 24 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| 24 | (1996 Bulls) |
1.4 | 40 | 28 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 25 | (2019 Suns) |
1.3 | 85 | 64 | 7.9 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| 26 | (2013 Heat) |
1.1 | 8 | 7 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 27 | (2018 Bucks) |
0.9 | 48 | 51 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 28 | (2004 Rockets) |
0.7 | 5 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |