NBA Players with the Highest Rebounding Averages in Their 20th Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 20th 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 20th year?
Playing for the 2023 Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James averaged 8.3 rebounds in 55 games — the highest rebounds per game average by any NBA player in his 20th season.
Rebounds Per Game, 20th Season
8.3 rpg
LeBron James
(2023 Los Angeles Lakers)
Note: No game minimums were used for this list
Rebounds Per Game in a Player's 20th Season - Full List
Regular Season
| Rebounds | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Ast | Stl | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2023 Lakers) |
8.3 | 457 | 55 | 28.9 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2 | (2015 more than 1 team) |
6.6 | 311 | 47 | 6.9 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| 3 | (2018 Mavericks) |
5.7 | 438 | 77 | 12.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
| 4 | (1989 Lakers) |
4.5 | 334 | 74 | 10.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| 5 | (1996 Hornets) |
4.1 | 303 | 74 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 6 | (2016 Lakers) |
3.7 | 247 | 66 | 17.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| 7 | (2025 Spurs) |
3.6 | 296 | 82 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 8 | (2005 Hawks) |
2.6 | 76 | 29 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 9 | (2018 Kings) |
2.6 | 148 | 58 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| 10 | (2023 Heat) |
1.6 | 11 | 7 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Rebounds | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Ast | Stl | Blk | 3pm |
| 11 | (2026 76ers) |
0.5 | 2 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| 12 | (2020 Nets) |
0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |