highest rebound per 36 minutes nba season

Bill Russell has the most rebounds / minutes played / 36 in a season, with 21.33 in 1957-58.

Interpreted as:
highest rebound per 36 minutes with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player NBA season
NAMEREB/(MIN/36)REBMINSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Bill Russell
B. Russell
21.33
1,564
2,640
1957-58
69
38.3
16.6
22.7
2.9
6.6
15.0
44.2
3.3
6.4
51.9
46.5
1,142
202
181
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
20.93
1,941
3,338
1959-60
72
46.4
37.6
27.0
2.3
14.8
32.1
46.1
8.0
13.8
58.2
49.3
2,707
168
150
3Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
20.5
2,149
3,773
1960-61
79
47.8
38.4
27.2
1.9
15.8
31.1
50.9
6.7
13.3
50.4
51.9
3,033
148
130
4Bill Russell
B. Russell
20.35
1,778
3,146
1959-60
74
42.5
18.2
24.0
3.7
7.5
16.1
46.7
3.2
5.3
61.2
49.6
1,350
277
210
5Bill Russell
B. Russell
19.95
1,930
3,482
1963-64
78
44.6
15.0
24.7
4.7
6.0
13.8
43.3
3.0
5.5
55.0
46.1
1,168
370
190
6Bill Russell
B. Russell
19.51
1,878
3,466
1964-65
78
44.4
14.1
24.1
5.3
5.5
12.6
43.8
3.1
5.5
57.3
47.2
1,102
410
204
7Bill Russell
B. Russell
19.48
1,612
2,979
1958-59
70
42.6
16.7
23.0
3.2
6.5
14.2
45.7
3.7
6.1
59.8
49.3
1,168
222
161
8Bill Russell
B. Russell
19.45
1,868
3,458
1960-61
78
44.3
16.9
23.9
3.4
6.8
16.0
42.6
3.3
6.0
55.0
45.4
1,322
268
155
9Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
19.13
1,957
3,682
1966-67
81
45.5
24.1
24.2
7.8
9.7
14.2
68.3
4.8
10.8
44.1
63.7
1,956
630
143
10Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
19.03
2,052
3,882
1961-62
80
48.5
50.4
25.7
2.4
20.0
39.5
50.6
10.4
17.0
61.3
53.6
4,029
192
123
11Bill Russell
B. Russell
18.96
1,843
3,500
1962-63
78
44.9
16.8
23.6
4.5
6.6
15.2
43.2
3.7
6.6
55.5
46.4
1,309
348
189
12Bill Russell
B. Russell
18.91
1,779
3,386
1965-66
78
43.4
12.9
22.8
4.8
5.0
12.1
41.5
2.9
5.2
55.1
44.8
1,005
371
221
13Bill Russell
B. Russell
18.77
1,790
3,433
1961-62
76
45.2
18.9
23.6
4.5
7.6
16.6
45.7
3.8
6.3
59.5
48.9
1,436
341
207
14Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
18.72
1,943
3,737
1965-66
79
47.3
33.5
24.6
5.2
13.6
25.2
54.0
6.3
12.4
51.3
54.7
2,649
414
171
15Bill Russell
B. Russell
18.56
1,700
3,297
1966-67
81
40.7
13.3
21.0
5.8
4.9
10.7
45.4
3.5
5.8
61.0
50.0
1,075
472
258
16Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
18.41
1,946
3,806
1962-63
80
47.6
44.8
24.3
3.4
18.3
34.6
52.8
8.3
13.9
59.3
55.0
3,586
275
136
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
18.32
1,952
3,836
1967-68
82
46.8
24.3
23.8
8.6
10.0
16.8
59.5
4.3
11.4
38.0
55.7
1,992
702
160
18Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
18.32
1,540
3,027
1960-61
76
39.8
27.9
20.3
3.4
10.1
22.6
44.7
7.7
10.6
72.4
51.1
2,120
262
217
19Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
18.25
1,673
3,301
1964-65
TOT
73
45.2
34.7
22.9
3.4
14.6
28.5
51.0
5.6
12.1
46.4
51.3
2,534
250
146
20Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
18.16
1,121
2,222
1967-68
51
43.6
20.5
22.0
4.2
7.5
18.2
41.1
5.5
8.6
64.4
46.6
1,046
215
137
21Walter Dukes
W. Dukes
18.11
1,028
2,044
1960-61
73
28.0
11.7
14.1
1.9
3.9
9.7
40.5
3.8
5.5
70.3
48.4
853
139
313
22Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
18.07
1,491
2,970
1968-69
82
36.2
13.8
18.2
2.6
5.2
10.9
47.6
3.4
5.6
60.5
51.5
1,131
213
276
23Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
18.02
1,382
2,761
1966-67
65
42.5
18.7
21.3
2.6
7.2
16.4
43.7
4.3
6.8
62.9
48.0
1,214
166
183
24Bill Russell
B. Russell
17.69
1,451
2,953
1967-68
78
37.9
12.5
18.6
4.6
4.7
11.0
42.5
3.2
5.9
53.7
46.1
977
357
242
25Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
17.44
1,787
3,689
1963-64
80
46.1
36.9
22.3
5.0
15.1
28.7
52.4
6.8
12.7
53.1
53.7
2,948
403
182
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