NBA TOP REBOUNDERS ALL TIME.

10. Dwight Howard
     - Career RPG: 12.7
     -  Best RPG For an Entire Season: 14.2
     -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxDKVkXawsk
Although he'll likely finish second behind Kevin Love Last year, Dwight Howard is still considered by many to be the league's best rebounder.
He led the NBA in boards in each of the past three seasons, and he's only had one season in the NBA in which he failed to average at least 12 rebounds per game.
If this man were transported to the '50s and '60s, he'd have a real good shot at breaking Wilt Chamberlain's record for the highest rebound per game average for a single season (27.2)

9. Wes Unseld
    - Career RPG: 14.0
    - Best RPG For an Entire Season: 18.2
    - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w_r5VxCBzg
 Wes Unseld played 13 seasons in the NBA. He averaged double figures in rebounding in 12 of those seasons.
His career average of 14 rebounds per game is seventh all-time and he led the league in boards in 1975 with 14.8 per game.

8. Charles Barkley
     - Career RPG: 11.7
     - Best RPG For an Entire Season: 14.6
     - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi-oVrsJ_20
The number of rebounds Charles Barkley grabbed is truly amazing for a 6'6" man playing in the '80s and '90s.
He used a of combination strength, instincts and sheer determination to become one of the 10 best rebounders of all-time.
Barkley averaged 8.6 rebounds per game during his rookie year, and then went on to average double figures in that category in each of the next 15 seasons. He led the league in 1987 by pulling down 14.6 boards per game

  

7. Nate Thurmond
    - Career RPG: 15.0
    - Best RPG For an Entire Season: 22.0
    - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyPYVp9f4Ag
In Nate Thurmond's first 12 seasons, he averaged over 16 rebounds per game eight times, over 18 a game five times, and over 20 rebounds per game twice.
With a career average of 15 rebounds per game (fifth all-time), it's hard to believe he never led the league in rebounding.

6. Moses Malone
    - Career RPG: 12.3
    - Best RPG For an Entire Season: 17.6
    - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1xlhGg-lCo
From 1979 to 1985, Moses Malone led the NBA in rebounding in six out of seven seasons. He averaged double figures in rebounding in 14 straight seasons

5. Jerry Lucas
    - Career RPG: 15.6
    - Best RPG For an Entire Season: 21.1
    - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baMS2VvkdSA
Jerry Lucas is fourth all-time in career rebounds per game. He had eight straight seasons in which he averaged at least 14 rebounds per game and nine straight seasons of at least 13 per game

4. Shaquille O'neal
    - Career RPG: 10.9
    - Best RPG For an Entire Season: 13.9
    - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Y04iVvK7o
Shaq's rebounding numbers have taken a hit over the last few years as a result of no longer being the premier player on the four different teams he's played for.
However, during the first half of his career, Shaquille O'Neal was arguably the most dominant player the NBA has ever had.
He averaged double figures in rebounding in each of his first 13 seasons in the '90s and 2000s. Just imagine how ridiculous his numbers would have been had he played in Wilt Chamberlain or Moses Malone's eras.
He's 7'1" and he's spent most of his career over 300 pounds, and he physically dominated some of the best athletes in human history for over a decade.

3. Bill Russel
   - Career RPG: 22.5
   - Best RPG For an Entire Season: 24.7
   - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKFRS7CBTUc
Bill Russell is considered by many to be the greatest defensive player in the history of the game, and every coach will tell you the defensive stand isn't over until you secure the rebound.
No player personified this concept quite as well as Russell. He's second all-time in career rebounds per game and total rebounds

2. Wilt Chamberlain
    - Career RPG: 22.9
    - Best RPG For an Entire Season: 27.2
    - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzmOQtGSPfA
Wilt Chamberlain owns plenty of rebounding records. He's first all-time in total rebounds and career rebounds per game.
He's also responsible for six of the top 10 greatest single-season rebounding averages (including his record setting average of 27.2 in 1961).
The only thing that is keeping him out of the top spot on this list is the era in which he played.
Chamberlain's numbers are nothing short of spectacular, but there will always be a question mark as to how he would perform in a league filled with scores of 7-footers and modern athletes

1. Dennis Rodman
    - Career RPG: 13.1
    - Best RPG For an Entire Season: 18.7
    - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzaNrS3hlYU
Dennis Rodman's dominance as a rebounder is unparalleled.
He played during the '90s, when there were plenty of great athletes and big men who could rebound.
Even though he was just 6'7", he completely dominated every rebounding matchup he was faced with.
His career total rebounding percentage is first all-time, and he's the only player who played in the '80s or later with a career rebounding average of over 13 per game.
From 1992 to 1998, he led the league in rebounding for seven straight seasons. Over that stretch, he averaged 16.7 rebounds per game.
Rodman had superb instincts and possessed nearly perfect rebounding fundamentals, but the most important ingredient to his success as a rebounder was his determination and the attitude he had, which led him to believe that every rebound was his

 

 

 

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