Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, John Havlicek had the most rebounds per game by a guard, with 7.8 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest rpg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a guard in the 1970s

	NAME	RPG	GP	MPG	PPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	7.8	81	41.6	24.2	6.8			9.1	19.6	46.4	6.0	7.1	84.4	53.3				3,369	1,960	635	550				211
2	Jerry Sloan J. Sloan	7.5	408	35.9	13.9	2.4	2.2	0.2	5.6	12.9	43.7	2.6	3.7	70.4	47.8	2.1	4.8		14,641	5,680	3,077	975	381	32		1,448
3	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	6.0	668	39.5	20.2	6.1	1.9	0.2	8.0	16.3	49.0	4.2	5.3	80.0	54.3	1.1	4.3	2.1	26,401	13,502	4,015	4,092	679	62	135	1,734
4	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	5.2	357	38.3	18.1	7.6	1.1	0.1	6.8	14.3	47.9	4.4	5.3	83.3	54.4	1.0	3.0		13,663	6,449	1,846	2,714	77	4		793
5	George Gervin G. Gervin	5.1	162	35.5	28.4	3.2	1.7	1.2	11.2	20.7	53.9	6.0	7.3	82.8	59.3	1.6	3.5	3.7	5,745	4,597	820	521	273	201	592	530
6	Joe Caldwell J. Caldwell	5.0	82	34.8	21.1	3.5			8.2	16.2	50.7	4.6	6.7	68.8	54.9				2,857	1,727	407	287				255
7	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	4.8	746	35.1	11.8	7.0	1.8	0.2	4.4	10.7	41.4	2.9	3.7	78.0	47.6	1.3	3.0	2.1	26,171	8,770	3,596	5,217	767	71	249	2,661
8	Keith Erickson K. Erickson	4.4	76	25.3	9.0	3.2			3.9	9.2	43.0	1.2	1.4	80.9	46.1				1,920	687	337	242				190
9	Randy Smith R. Smith	4.4	574	36.6	19.4	5.4	2.1	0.1	7.9	16.8	47.1	3.6	4.6	78.2	51.5	1.3	3.1	3.3	21,035	11,121	2,529	3,117	1,018	35	541	1,694
10	Jerry West J. West	4.3	320	38.6	26.1	8.7	2.6	0.7	9.6	19.9	48.4	6.8	8.3	82.1	55.4	1.0	2.8		12,351	8,357	1,390	2,769	81	23		767
11	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	4.3	615	38.0	25.0	5.7	1.4	0.3	9.7	21.9	44.1	5.6	6.9	81.9	50.0	1.1	3.5	4.5	23,352	15,359	2,669	3,480	563	102	448	1,786
12	Don Chaney D. Chaney	4.2	662	25.2	9.0	2.3	1.3	0.5	3.6	8.2	44.3	1.7	2.2	78.2	49.1	1.7	2.0	1.1	16,674	5,969	2,794	1,536	461	185	126	1,966
13	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	4.2	746	37.1	18.2	5.1	1.3	0.2	7.8	17.6	44.3	2.6	3.1	83.5	47.9	0.9	2.9	2.7	27,653	13,546	3,143	3,819	587	98	329	1,849
14	David Thompson D. Thompson	4.2	238	36.5	25.7	3.9	1.2	1.0	9.8	19.2	51.3	6.0	7.9	76.6	56.8	1.7	2.5	2.8	8,696	6,122	998	924	276	234	431	629
15	Junior Bridgeman J. Bridgeman	4.1	246	25.4	14.5	2.2	1.0	0.4	6.1	12.6	48.5	2.2	2.7	83.5	52.5	1.4	2.6	1.9	6,249	3,566	1,003	543	242	97	314	607
16	Jeff Mullins J. Mullins	4.1	482	33.1	17.2	4.1	0.8	0.2	7.2	15.1	47.3	2.9	3.4	83.1	51.6	0.8	1.7		15,939	8,287	1,961	1,997	140	37		1,320
17	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	4.0	440	34.2	16.7	7.9	1.3	0.2	5.8	13.2	44.3	5.0	6.3	79.5	52.3	0.8	2.0		15,049	7,346	1,778	3,488	174	26		1,104
18	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	4.0	242	27.2	12.6	2.6	1.4	0.8	4.7	10.6	44.3	3.2	4.5	72.1	50.3	1.9	2.1	2.2	6,593	3,050	970	633	341	205	355	643
19	Bingo Smith B. Smith	4.0	386	24.3	12.0	2.1	0.5	0.2	5.2	11.7	44.7	1.6	2.0	78.3	47.8	0.9	1.8	1.0	9,365	4,651	1,543	825	81	28	156	820
20	Hal Greer H. Greer	4.0	280	33.4	15.9	4.3			6.3	14.4	44.2	3.2	4.0	80.3	49.3				9,342	4,443	1,117	1,201				933
21	Fred Carter F. Carter	3.9	611	30.0	15.2	3.5	1.2	0.2	6.4	15.1	42.5	2.4	3.4	69.3	45.8	1.1	2.7		18,328	9,271	2,381	2,122	371	65		1,740
22	Charlie Scott C. Scott	3.8	491	35.5	19.1	5.0	1.4	0.3	7.8	17.5	44.7	3.5	4.5	77.4	49.2	1.0	2.7	3.1	17,418	9,398	1,868	2,446	561	129	493	1,862
23	Herm Gilliam H. Gilliam	3.8	578	26.0	10.8	3.8	1.3	0.2	4.7	10.6	44.1	1.5	1.9	79.2	47.4	0.9	2.2		15,026	6,252	2,175	2,225	369	49		1,519
24	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	3.8	526	34.6	18.2	3.1	1.7	0.6	7.6	16.9	44.7	3.1	3.8	80.8	49.0	0.9	2.9	1.6	18,184	9,576	1,977	1,646	649	223	98	1,078
25	Phil Smith P. Smith	3.6	379	31.5	17.3	3.9	1.3	0.3	7.0	14.6	48.0	3.3	4.2	79.0	52.7	1.1	2.4	3.1	11,956	6,551	1,360	1,479	477	97	436	969