first round draft pick to average 10 rebounds per game

Alex Groza grabbed 10.7 boards per game in his career.

Interpreted as:
first round draft pick to average 10 or higher rebounds per game
NAMERPGGPMPGPPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Alex Groza
A. Groza
10.7
66
21.7
2.4
7.5
15.8
47.0
6.7
8.6
78.6
55.2
1,429
709
156
237
2Dolph Schayes
D. Schayes
12.1
932
34.4
18.6
3.0
5.9
15.6
38.0
6.8
8.0
85.4
48.8
29,800
17,366
11,256
2,813
3,207
3Johnny Kerr
J. Kerr
11.2
905
30.7
13.8
2.2
5.4
13.0
41.8
2.9
4.1
72.3
46.7
27,784
12,480
10,092
2,004
2,287
4Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
16.2
792
38.8
26.4
3.0
9.3
21.3
43.6
7.8
10.3
76.1
51.1
30,690
20,880
12,849
2,369
2,529
5Walter Dukes
W. Dukes
11.3
553
26.5
10.4
1.1
3.5
9.4
36.9
3.5
5.0
70.0
45.1
14,671
5,765
6,223
608
2,260
6Maurice Stokes
M. Stokes
17.3
202
37.3
16.4
5.3
6.2
17.7
35.1
4.0
5.8
69.8
40.6
7,544
3,315
3,492
1,062
789
7Bill Russell
B. Russell
22.5
963
42.3
15.1
4.3
5.9
13.4
44.0
3.3
5.8
56.1
47.1
40,726
14,522
21,620
4,100
2,592
8Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
13.5
846
40.0
27.4
4.3
10.3
23.8
43.1
6.8
8.7
78.0
49.4
33,863
23,149
11,463
3,650
2,596
9Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
22.9
1,045
45.8
30.1
4.4
12.1
22.5
54.0
5.8
11.4
51.1
54.7
47,859
31,419
23,924
4,643
2,075
10Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
13.7
1,043
37.3
20.1
2.4
0.7
0.6
7.6
14.7
51.6
4.9
7.8
63.2
55.4
3.4
6.2
38,940
20,941
14,241
2,544
52
48
3,536
11Ray Scott
R. Scott
10.5
684
31.2
14.9
2.4
5.7
14.1
40.5
3.5
4.8
72.0
45.9
21,339
10,184
7,154
1,618
2,035
12Zelmo Beaty
Z. Beaty
10.4
570
32.2
16.0
1.5
0.7
0.4
6.0
12.7
46.9
4.1
5.4
75.0
53.0
1.3
3.4
18,348
9,107
5,949
839
45
29
2,132
13Dave DeBusschere
D. DeBusschere
11.0
875
35.7
16.1
2.9
0.9
0.5
6.5
15.1
43.2
3.0
4.3
69.9
47.2
1.9
8.8
31,202
14,053
9,618
2,497
67
39
2,801
14Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
15.6
829
38.8
17.0
3.3
0.4
0.3
6.9
13.8
49.9
3.2
4.1
78.3
54.4
0.8
4.3
32,131
14,053
12,942
2,730
28
24
2,389
15Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
15.0
964
37.2
15.0
2.7
0.5
2.1
5.7
13.6
42.1
3.5
5.3
66.7
47.0
2.8
6.8
35,881
14,437
14,464
2,575
125
553
2,624
16Billy Cunningham
B. Cunningham
10.1
654
34.3
20.8
4.0
1.2
0.5
7.8
17.5
44.6
5.2
7.2
72.0
50.3
1.6
7.1
22,406
13,626
6,638
2,625
115
45
2,431
17Clyde Lee
C. Lee
10.3
742
26.8
7.7
1.1
0.4
0.3
3.0
7.0
43.2
1.6
2.7
61.4
47.0
3.0
5.5
19,885
5,733
7,626
788
80
64
2,203
18Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
12.5
1,303
38.4
21.0
1.8
1.0
2.0
8.4
18.6
45.2
0.0
0.1
14.7
4.1
6.1
67.0
49.1
3.1
7.8
2.4
50,000
27,313
16,279
2,398
864
1,771
1,358
4,193
19Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
14.0
984
36.4
10.8
3.9
1.1
0.6
4.4
8.7
50.9
0.0
0.0
50.0
1.9
3.0
63.3
53.7
3.5
8.4
1.9
35,832
10,624
13,769
3,822
628
367
579
2,762
20Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
11.2
1,560
36.8
24.6
3.6
0.9
2.6
10.2
18.1
55.9
0.0
0.0
5.6
4.3
6.0
72.1
59.2
2.4
7.6
2.7
57,446
38,387
17,440
5,660
1,160
3,189
2,527
4,657
21Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
13.6
766
38.6
17.6
3.8
1.1
0.9
7.5
16.3
46.0
0.0
0.1
7.1
2.6
3.4
78.3
49.6
3.0
9.8
2.2
29,565
13,516
10,444
2,910
599
488
543
2,920
22Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
10.1
959
33.5
20.1
3.1
1.1
1.5
8.1
15.7
51.4
0.0
0.0
15.4
3.9
5.1
76.7
55.9
2.6
6.8
2.6
32,103
19,248
9,698
3,007
777
1,100
1,112
3,048
23Elmore Smith
E. Smith
10.6
562
31.8
13.4
1.4
0.8
2.9
5.6
11.7
48.2
2.1
3.7
57.9
50.3
2.3
7.1
1.7
17,879
7,541
5,962
808
325
1,183
183
1,941
24Bill Walton
B. Walton
10.5
468
28.3
13.3
3.4
0.8
2.2
5.5
10.5
52.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.4
3.6
66.0
55.1
2.4
8.2
2.7
13,250
6,215
4,923
1,590
380
1,034
865
1,298
25Swen Nater
S. Nater
10.8
489
28.4
12.2
2.0
0.5
0.5
5.0
9.3
53.7
0.0
0.0
25.0
2.2
2.9
76.0
57.7
3.1
7.7
2.4
13,868
5,943
5,297
954
258
226
982
1,501
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EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0