1978-79 NBA Regular Season: Total Rebounds Leaders
Information about which players led the NBA with more total rebounds in the 1978-1979 Regular Season, including leaders, average, totals and games played.
Who had the most total rebounds in the 1978-79 Regular Season?
Playing for the Houston Rockets, Moses Malone led the NBA with a total of 1,444 rebounds in 82 games.
Total Rebounds Leaders - TOP 50
1978-79 Regular Season
| Rebounds | ||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 1 | (Rockets) |
1,444 | 17.6 | 82 |
| 2 | (Bulls) |
1,043 | 12.7 | 82 |
| 3 | (Jazz) |
1,026 | 12.8 | 80 |
| 4 | (Lakers) |
1,025 | 12.8 | 80 |
| 5 | (Supersonics) |
1,013 | 12.4 | 82 |
| 6 | (Bullets) |
994 | 12.1 | 82 |
| 7 | (Warriors) |
916 | 12.1 | 76 |
| 8 | (Hawks) |
865 | 10.8 | 80 |
| 9 | (Nuggets) |
864 | 11.4 | 76 |
| 10 | (Cavaliers) |
842 | 10.3 | 82 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 11 | (Bullets) |
830 | 10.8 | 77 |
| 12 | (2 teams) |
802 | 11.6 | 69 |
| 13 | (Clippers) |
800 | 9.8 | 82 |
| 14 | (Celtics) |
791 | 9.9 | 80 |
| 15 | (Spurs) |
790 | 9.8 | 81 |
| 16 | (76ers) |
747 | 9.6 | 78 |
| 17 | (Bulls) |
742 | 9.3 | 80 |
| 18 | (Trail Blazers) |
740 | 9.0 | 82 |
| 19 | (Nuggets) |
738 | 9.1 | 81 |
| 20 | (Trail Blazers) |
716 | 10.4 | 69 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 21 | (Suns) |
705 | 9.2 | 77 |
| 22 | (Kings) |
702 | 8.6 | 82 |
| 23 | (Clippers) |
701 | 8.9 | 79 |
| 24 | (Pacers) |
693 | 8.5 | 82 |
| 25 | (Nets) |
669 | 8.2 | 82 |
| 26 | (Pistons) |
664 | 8.5 | 78 |
| 27 | (Pacers) |
655 | 8.1 | 81 |
(Knicks) |
655 | 10.9 | 60 | |
| 29 | (Celtics) |
652 | 9.6 | 68 |
| 30 | (Pacers) |
650 | 8.0 | 81 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 31 | (Pistons) |
648 | 7.9 | 82 |
| 32 | (Kings) |
638 | 7.8 | 82 |
| 33 | (76ers) |
631 | 8.1 | 78 |
| 34 | (Bulls) |
627 | 7.6 | 82 |
| 35 | (Spurs) |
625 | 7.9 | 79 |
| 36 | (Nets) |
616 | 7.9 | 78 |
| 37 | (Lakers) |
609 | 7.4 | 82 |
| 38 | (Warriors) |
608 | 7.4 | 82 |
| 39 | (Trail Blazers) |
604 | 8.3 | 73 |
| 40 | (Hawks) |
591 | 7.3 | 81 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 41 | (Pistons) |
589 | 7.4 | 80 |
| 42 | (Hawks) |
588 | 7.3 | 81 |
| 43 | (Bucks) |
586 | 7.6 | 77 |
| 44 | (Bucks) |
584 | 7.1 | 82 |
| 45 | (Supersonics) |
575 | 7.0 | 82 |
| 46 | (Rockets) |
572 | 7.7 | 74 |
| 47 | (Clippers) |
569 | 7.0 | 81 |
| 48 | (76ers) |
564 | 7.2 | 78 |
| 49 | (Knicks) |
548 | 6.7 | 82 |
| 50 | (Nuggets) |
538 | 6.8 | 79 |