most rebounds in 1980s playoffs

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Larry Bird had the most boards in the playoffs, with 1,547 boards.

Interpreted as:
most rebounds by a player in 1980s playoffs
NAMEREBGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Larry Bird
L. Bird
1,547
145
42.6
24.5
10.7
6.4
1.9
0.9
9.2
19.3
47.6
0.5
1.4
35.3
5.7
6.4
89.2
55.5
2.4
8.3
3.2
6,176
3,559
932
277
135
463
421
2Robert Parish
R. Parish
1,372
139
35.3
16.2
9.9
1.3
0.8
1.8
6.5
13.0
50.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.3
4.5
72.3
54.3
3.0
6.9
2.3
4,902
2,258
184
117
257
321
480
3Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
1,220
158
39.3
19.0
7.7
12.4
2.1
0.4
6.8
13.2
51.8
0.1
0.7
20.6
5.1
6.2
82.6
59.4
1.9
5.8
3.6
6,204
2,999
1,965
324
63
571
450
4Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1,188
158
33.7
21.4
7.5
2.8
0.9
2.2
8.7
16.2
53.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.1
5.4
75.7
57.7
2.2
5.3
2.6
5,327
3,380
446
140
354
404
543
5Kevin McHale
K. McHale
1,046
139
34.0
18.7
7.5
1.6
0.4
1.8
7.1
12.6
56.5
0.0
0.0
16.7
4.5
5.8
78.0
61.9
2.9
4.6
2.0
4,729
2,603
225
51
245
284
472
6Moses Malone
M. Malone
1,020
75
41.5
23.8
13.6
1.7
0.9
1.6
8.6
17.9
48.2
0.0
0.1
14.3
6.5
8.4
76.9
54.9
5.1
8.5
2.7
3,116
1,782
124
68
121
205
193
7Bill Laimbeer
B. Laimbeer
731
73
33.9
12.7
10.0
1.9
0.7
0.7
5.1
10.7
48.0
0.3
0.9
32.8
2.1
2.7
79.9
53.5
2.3
7.7
1.4
2,477
927
140
52
52
105
259
8Julius Erving
J. Erving
705
103
36.9
20.6
6.8
4.0
1.6
1.8
7.8
16.5
47.4
0.1
0.3
19.4
4.9
6.3
77.4
53.5
2.4
4.4
3.1
3,800
2,123
416
161
181
323
306
9Kurt Rambis
K. Rambis
627
119
17.9
5.4
5.3
0.8
0.6
0.5
2.2
3.7
59.2
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.6
70.6
62.5
1.6
3.7
1.0
2,127
648
93
72
59
120
316
10Caldwell Jones
C. Jones
609
72
31.5
7.4
8.5
1.3
0.5
1.8
2.9
6.1
47.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.6
2.0
78.9
53.3
2.3
6.2
1.6
2,266
536
90
33
128
114
263
11James Worthy
J. Worthy
607
111
36.5
21.2
5.5
3.2
1.3
0.8
8.9
15.5
57.3
0.1
0.2
22.2
3.4
4.8
71.8
60.4
1.9
3.5
2.1
4,050
2,356
353
139
91
229
289
12Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
562
136
39.1
17.2
4.1
6.2
1.4
0.5
6.5
14.7
43.9
0.2
0.8
23.1
4.1
4.9
82.8
50.9
1.2
2.9
2.7
5,324
2,337
837
194
62
363
432
13Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
553
102
26.8
10.9
5.4
1.9
0.7
0.5
3.7
6.7
54.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.6
4.6
77.7
62.3
2.3
3.1
1.7
2,731
1,116
194
74
50
172
260
14Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
550
159
28.7
9.8
3.5
4.3
1.2
0.6
3.6
7.6
47.3
0.8
1.9
39.8
1.8
2.2
82.5
57.1
0.9
2.6
1.5
4,571
1,558
678
196
92
245
453
15Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
548
84
27.6
12.0
6.5
1.4
0.6
1.0
4.8
9.4
50.4
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.9
65.5
54.1
2.3
4.2
1.6
2,320
1,011
118
52
85
133
262
16Jack Sikma
J. Sikma
542
56
36.3
15.6
9.7
2.9
1.0
0.7
5.8
13.2
44.2
0.1
0.6
22.2
3.8
4.4
86.5
51.5
2.4
7.3
2.1
2,034
874
161
56
40
119
238
17Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
533
43
38.7
27.6
12.4
2.1
1.8
3.4
10.6
19.4
54.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
6.4
9.5
67.3
58.5
4.8
7.6
2.5
1,666
1,186
90
79
147
109
184
18A.C. Green
A.C. Green
470
66
27.9
9.4
7.1
0.7
0.6
0.4
3.3
6.5
50.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.8
3.7
74.3
57.6
2.3
4.8
1.1
1,839
620
49
37
29
70
158
19Alton Lister
A. Lister
465
75
22.2
7.6
6.2
0.9
0.5
1.7
3.0
5.8
51.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.7
2.7
64.2
54.8
2.2
4.0
1.5
1,667
573
67
39
130
113
290
20Sidney Moncrief
S. Moncrief
453
88
35.6
16.5
5.1
3.6
1.2
0.4
5.5
11.5
47.5
0.2
0.6
30.8
5.4
6.7
81.1
57.2
2.1
3.1
2.5
3,135
1,451
315
103
36
221
269
21Rick Mahorn
R. Mahorn
441
74
23.6
6.1
6.0
0.6
0.4
0.6
2.5
5.2
48.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.5
74.5
52.1
1.6
4.4
0.9
1,750
454
44
32
48
69
255
22Bobby Jones
B. Jones
434
97
26.7
11.3
4.5
2.2
1.0
1.3
4.2
7.9
53.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.9
3.5
82.6
59.8
1.6
2.8
1.5
2,594
1,097
209
94
129
148
303
23Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
431
33
37.9
21.2
13.1
3.7
1.8
1.2
7.6
13.3
57.2
0.2
1.0
20.6
5.7
8.2
70.0
62.6
4.5
8.6
4.0
1,250
698
121
59
40
133
131
24Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
428
72
27.3
14.4
5.9
1.1
0.5
1.6
5.7
10.3
55.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.0
4.2
72.3
59.5
1.7
4.2
2.3
1,968
1,037
80
34
116
169
316
25Ralph Sampson
R. Sampson
400
38
34.4
18.7
10.5
2.9
0.9
1.5
7.4
15.0
49.7
0.1
0.2
37.5
3.7
5.3
70.3
54.0
3.3
7.3
3.2
1,307
711
109
35
57
123
157
StatMuse has season-level data for rebounds going back to the 1951 playoffs.

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