Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Wilt Chamberlain got the most rebounds per game when playing 200+ games, with 18.7 per game.

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Chamberlain Malone Abdul-Jabbar Cowens Hayes Unseld Walton Gilmore Thurmond Johnson McAdoo Hairston Lanier Bridges Reed McGinnis Bellamy Cunningham Nater Lacey Lucas Silas Haywood DeBusschere Smith Lucas Kenon 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 18.7 15.3 14.8 14.6 14.2 13.9 13.5 12.9 12.8 12.6 12.2 12.2 11.9 11.9 11.7 11.5 11.5 11.4 11.3 11.2 11.2 10.8 10.7 10.7 10.6 10.4 10.2
NAME GP RPG MPG PPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
Wilt Chamberlain illustration Wilt Chamberlain
258 18.7 43.2 16.7 4.2 6.7 10.9 61.3 3.4 7.0 48.9 11,146 4,321 4,812 1,095 592
Moses Malone illustration Moses Malone
223 15.3 35.9 19.1 1.2 0.9 1.7 3.9 6.8 13.3 51.2 5.5 7.6 72.1 8,003 4,258 3,402 267 194 376 546 677
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar illustration Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
773 14.8 41.1 28.6 4.5 1.3 3.5 3.5 11.8 21.5 55.1 5.0 7.1 70.6 31,771 22,141 11,460 3,440 576 1,595 490 2,399
Dave Cowens illustration Dave Cowens
660 14.6 40.0 18.6 4.0 1.2 1.0 2.7 7.9 17.1 46.1 2.8 3.6 78.2 26,392 12,252 9,636 2,622 500 412 391 2,567
Elvin Hayes illustration Elvin Hayes
815 14.2 41.5 23.2 2.1 1.2 2.5 2.8 9.3 20.7 45.1 4.6 6.7 67.7 33,863 18,922 11,565 1,685 606 1,198 464 2,676
Wes Unseld illustration Wes Unseld
757 13.9 36.8 10.8 4.1 1.1 0.6 2.1 4.5 8.7 51.2 1.9 2.9 63.5 27,857 8,192 10,511 3,073 511 270 329 2,066
Bill Walton illustration Bill Walton
209 13.5 33.7 17.1 4.4 1.0 2.6 3.6 7.0 13.8 51.0 3.0 4.5 67.4 7,033 3,578 2,822 923 204 533 206 578
Artis Gilmore illustration Artis Gilmore
246 12.9 37.4 21.7 3.0 0.6 2.2 4.1 8.2 14.9 55.4 5.3 7.5 70.1 9,209 5,346 3,184 736 136 540 676 807
Nate Thurmond illustration Nate Thurmond
551 12.8 35.7 13.9 2.9 0.5 2.1 5.3 12.3 42.8 3.3 4.8 70.1 19,660 7,659 7,062 1,587 125 553 1,494
Gus Johnson illustration Gus Johnson
204 12.6 32.1 14.5 2.6 6.1 13.8 44.1 2.3 3.2 72.5 6,542 2,967 2,576 538 642
Bob McAdoo illustration Bob McAdoo
525 12.2 39.7 27.4 2.8 1.2 2.0 4.1 10.8 21.2 50.9 5.9 7.8 75.6 20,825 14,405 6,421 1,474 529 872 563 1,832
Happy Hairston illustration Happy Hairston
409 12.2 34.1 15.0 2.3 0.8 0.2 5.5 11.3 48.4 4.1 5.2 78.3 13,952 6,152 4,973 931 116 28 1,296
Bob Lanier illustration Bob Lanier
644 11.9 36.1 22.8 3.3 1.2 2.0 3.4 9.3 18.3 50.6 4.3 5.6 77.5 23,248 14,686 7,690 2,134 466 799 400 2,100
Bill Bridges illustration Bill Bridges
421 11.9 33.9 11.0 2.8 0.7 0.4 4.2 9.2 46.2 2.6 3.7 69.4 14,259 4,652 5,002 1,181 69 36 1,458
Willis Reed illustration Willis Reed
253 11.7 34.3 17.4 1.9 0.6 1.1 7.1 14.8 48.0 3.2 4.2 76.4 8,683 4,399 2,956 487 12 21 799
George McGinnis illustration George McGinnis
310 11.5 34.8 21.8 4.0 2.0 0.5 4.3 8.1 17.9 45.1 5.7 8.2 69.9 10,800 6,761 3,552 1,238 627 157 658 1,241
Walt Bellamy illustration Walt Bellamy
395 11.5 33.9 14.8 2.5 0.7 0.6 5.6 11.0 51.2 3.6 6.1 58.2 13,379 5,855 4,525 1,003 52 48 1,264
Billy Cunningham illustration Billy Cunningham
337 11.4 37.6 22.4 5.2 1.2 0.5 8.5 18.8 45.4 5.4 7.3 73.6 12,683 7,554 3,838 1,739 115 45 1,281
Swen Nater illustration Swen Nater
229 11.3 29.4 13.1 2.0 0.6 0.6 2.5 5.4 10.2 52.9 2.2 2.9 77.0 6,744 2,994 2,595 464 132 127 395 732
Sam Lacey illustration Sam Lacey
723 11.2 35.0 11.9 3.7 1.5 1.8 2.7 4.9 11.2 44.1 2.0 2.8 73.4 25,331 8,579 8,120 2,700 742 868 431 2,516
Jerry Lucas illustration Jerry Lucas
368 11.2 33.2 13.6 3.6 0.4 0.3 5.6 11.2 50.2 2.3 2.9 78.1 12,225 4,987 4,111 1,331 28 24 872
Paul Silas illustration Paul Silas
809 10.8 31.5 10.7 2.5 0.7 0.3 1.5 3.9 8.9 43.5 2.9 4.2 69.4 25,490 8,619 8,737 2,060 333 133 250 2,135
Spencer Haywood illustration Spencer Haywood
570 10.7 37.2 22.0 2.0 0.7 1.2 2.5 8.7 18.8 46.5 4.5 5.6 80.0 21,195 12,534 6,087 1,164 263 477 340 1,627
Dave DeBusschere illustration Dave DeBusschere
388 10.7 36.4 15.9 3.1 0.9 0.5 6.8 15.4 43.9 2.4 3.4 72.1 14,116 6,188 4,136 1,217 67 39 1,137
Elmore Smith illustration Elmore Smith
562 10.6 31.8 13.4 1.4 0.8 2.9 1.7 5.6 11.7 48.2 2.1 3.7 57.9 17,879 7,541 5,962 808 325 1,183 183 1,941
StatMuse has season-level data for rebounds per game going back to the 1950-51 season.

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