highest rpg career before 1977

Before 1976-77, Wilt Chamberlain had the most rebounds per game, with 22.9 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest rpg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player career before 1977
NAMERPGGPMPGPPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Wilt 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
2Bill 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
3Maurice 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
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
5Jerry 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
6Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
15.6
600
38.2
12.1
3.8
1.2
0.7
4.9
9.8
50.1
2.2
3.5
63.8
53.1
3.6
9.1
22,917
7,233
9,340
2,282
255
143
1,651
7Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
15.6
549
42.5
30.0
4.4
1.3
3.7
12.4
22.8
54.5
5.2
7.5
69.6
57.6
3.3
11.9
23,333
16,486
8,544
2,421
296
833
1,725
8Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
15.5
465
40.4
19.1
3.8
1.2
1.1
8.1
17.8
45.6
2.9
3.7
76.5
49.1
3.7
11.8
18,772
8,872
7,209
1,781
276
245
1,826
9Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
15.4
915
38.1
15.5
2.7
0.5
2.1
5.9
14.1
42.2
3.6
5.4
66.8
47.1
2.8
7.2
34,884
14,169
14,090
2,492
109
472
2,496
10Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
15.1
652
42.7
24.4
2.1
1.4
2.6
9.8
22.3
44.2
4.7
7.0
67.5
48.1
3.2
10.5
27,843
15,920
9,873
1,348
348
629
2,009
11Walt 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
12Elgin 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
13George Mikan
G. Mikan
13.4
311
34.4
21.2
2.7
7.4
18.6
40.0
6.3
8.1
78.5
47.9
8,350
6,593
4,167
830
1,305
14Bill Walton
B. Walton
13.0
86
33.0
14.8
4.5
0.9
2.0
6.1
12.5
48.5
2.6
4.2
62.2
51.3
2.6
10.4
2,840
1,271
1,122
387
78
176
259
15Willis Reed
W. Reed
12.9
650
35.5
18.7
1.8
0.6
1.1
7.5
15.7
47.6
3.8
5.1
74.7
52.3
2.5
4.9
23,073
12,183
8,414
1,186
12
21
2,411
16Gus Johnson
G. Johnson
12.7
581
34.7
17.1
2.7
7.1
16.1
44.0
2.9
4.2
69.9
47.6
20,140
9,944
7,379
1,541
2,037
17Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
12.6
314
40.2
28.5
2.6
1.2
2.5
11.2
22.3
50.2
6.1
7.8
78.5
55.5
3.5
10.3
12,614
8,960
3,965
803
273
580
1,084
18George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
12.6
77
38.3
23.0
4.7
2.6
0.5
8.4
20.2
41.7
6.2
8.3
74.0
48.2
3.4
9.2
2,946
1,769
967
359
198
41
334
19Sam Lacey
S. Lacey
12.5
482
37.3
12.8
3.3
1.6
2.0
5.4
12.5
43.6
2.0
2.7
73.0
47.0
3.1
10.3
17,978
6,179
6,042
1,584
397
486
1,651
20Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
12.4
464
35.9
22.1
3.4
1.2
2.3
9.0
18.1
49.7
4.2
5.4
77.3
54.1
3.2
9.2
16,656
10,275
5,736
1,564
264
505
1,560
21Elmore Smith
E. Smith
12.2
387
36.4
14.9
1.8
1.0
3.6
6.3
13.3
47.9
2.2
4.0
56.4
49.8
2.6
8.6
14,087
5,777
4,739
695
233
847
1,433
22Dolph 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
23Spencer Haywood
S. Haywood
12.0
404
39.7
24.0
2.1
0.8
1.3
9.3
20.3
46.0
5.3
6.6
80.4
51.6
3.4
8.0
16,048
9,680
4,832
861
172
294
1,131
24Bill Bridges
B. Bridges
11.9
926
33.3
11.9
2.8
0.7
0.4
4.5
10.2
44.2
2.9
4.1
69.3
49.4
2.6
3.9
30,878
11,012
11,054
2,553
69
36
3,375
25Harry Gallatin
H. Gallatin
11.9
562
31.9
13.5
1.9
4.3
10.5
40.4
5.0
6.5
77.8
50.6
15,813
7,606
6,684
1,089
1,744
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.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
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26
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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
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.561
14.0
7
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45
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.549
15.0
8
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45
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15.0
9
44
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.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
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22
60
.268
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60
.268
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