most rebounds per game rookie all-time

Wilt Chamberlain has the most rebounds per game by a rookie, with 27.0 per game in 1959-60.

Interpreted as:
most rebounds per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games rookie all-time
NAMERPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
27.0
1959-60
72
46.4
37.6
2.3
14.8
32.1
46.1
8.0
13.8
58.2
49.3
3,338
2,707
1,941
168
150
2Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
19.0
1961-62
79
42.3
31.6
2.7
12.3
23.7
51.9
6.9
10.8
64.4
55.4
3,344
2,495
1,500
210
281
3Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
18.2
1968-69
82
36.2
13.8
2.6
5.2
10.9
47.6
3.4
5.6
60.5
51.5
2,970
1,131
1,491
213
276
4Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
17.4
1963-64
79
41.4
17.7
2.6
6.9
13.1
52.7
3.9
5.0
77.9
57.8
3,273
1,400
1,375
204
300
5Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
17.1
1968-69
82
45.1
28.4
1.4
11.3
25.4
44.7
5.7
9.1
62.6
48.3
3,695
2,327
1,406
113
266
6Maurice Stokes
M. Stokes
16.3
1955-56
67
34.7
16.8
4.9
6.0
17.0
35.4
4.8
6.7
71.4
42.2
2,323
1,125
1,094
328
276
7Elmore Smith
E. Smith
15.2
1971-72
78
40.8
17.3
1.4
7.4
16.3
45.4
2.5
4.7
53.4
47.1
3,186
1,352
1,184
111
306
8Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
15.0
1970-71
81
38.0
17.0
2.8
6.8
16.1
42.2
3.4
4.6
73.2
46.8
3,076
1,373
1,216
228
350
9Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
15.0
1958-59
70
40.8
24.9
4.1
8.6
21.2
40.8
7.6
9.8
77.7
48.8
2,855
1,742
1,050
287
270
10Willis Reed
W. Reed
14.7
1964-65
80
38.0
19.5
1.7
7.9
18.2
43.2
3.8
5.1
74.2
47.7
3,042
1,560
1,175
133
339
11Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
14.5
1969-70
82
43.1
28.8
4.1
11.4
22.1
51.8
5.9
9.1
65.3
55.2
3,534
2,361
1,190
337
283
12Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
13.9
1992-93
81
37.9
23.4
1.9
0.7
3.5
9.0
16.1
56.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.3
8.9
59.2
58.4
4.2
9.6
3.8
3,071
1,893
1,122
152
60
286
307
321
13Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
13.8
1954-55
72
36.9
20.4
3.2
7.2
17.8
40.7
5.9
7.9
75.1
48.0
2,659
1,466
994
229
258
14Gus Johnson
G. Johnson
13.6
1963-64
78
36.5
17.3
2.2
7.3
17.0
43.0
2.7
4.1
65.8
46.0
2,847
1,352
1,064
169
321
15Mel Hutchins
M. Hutchins
13.3
1951-52
66
39.7
9.2
2.9
3.5
9.6
36.5
2.2
3.4
64.4
41.5
2,618
607
880
190
192
16Ray Felix
R. Felix
13.3
1953-54
72
37.1
17.6
1.1
5.7
13.7
41.7
6.2
9.8
63.8
49.1
2,672
1,269
958
82
253
17Luke Jackson
L. Jackson
12.9
1964-65
76
34.1
14.8
1.2
5.5
13.3
41.4
3.8
5.3
71.3
47.3
2,590
1,126
980
93
251
18Buck Williams
B. Williams
12.3
1981-82
82
34.5
15.5
1.3
1.0
1.0
6.3
10.7
58.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
4.7
62.4
60.3
4.2
8.0
2.9
2,825
1,268
1,005
107
84
84
235
285
19Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
12.3
1991-92
71
38.3
16.6
2.2
0.6
3.0
6.0
12.2
49.3
0.0
0.0
4.5
7.0
64.2
54.0
4.5
7.8
3.5
2,716
1,177
870
156
43
210
252
273
20Larry Smith
L. Smith
12.1
1980-81
82
31.4
9.6
1.1
0.9
0.8
3.7
7.2
51.2
0.0
0.0
2.2
3.7
58.8
54.0
5.3
6.8
1.8
2,578
785
994
93
70
63
146
316
21Blake Griffin
B. Griffin
12.1
2010-11
82
38.0
22.5
3.8
0.8
0.5
8.5
16.8
50.6
0.1
0.3
29.2
5.4
8.5
64.2
54.9
3.3
8.8
2.7
3,112
1,845
989
312
63
45
223
252
-146
22Pete Cross
P. Cross
12.0
1970-71
79
27.8
8.0
1.4
3.1
7.0
44.2
1.8
2.6
69.0
49.0
2,194
630
949
113
212
23David Robinson
D. Robinson
12.0
1989-90
82
36.6
24.3
2.0
1.7
3.9
8.4
15.9
53.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.5
10.2
73.2
59.7
3.7
8.3
3.1
3,002
1,993
983
164
138
319
257
259
24Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
11.9
1997-98
82
39.1
21.1
2.7
0.7
2.5
8.6
15.7
54.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.9
5.9
66.2
57.7
3.3
8.6
3.4
3,204
1,731
977
224
55
206
279
254
+429
25Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
11.9
1984-85
82
35.5
20.6
1.4
1.2
2.7
8.3
15.3
53.8
0.0
0.0
4.1
6.7
61.3
56.4
5.4
6.5
2.9
2,914
1,692
974
111
99
220
234
344
StatMuse has season-level data for rebounds per game going back to the 1950-51 season.

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.720
2
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25
.667
4.0
3
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27
.640
6.0
4
47
28
.627
7.0
5
42
32
.568
11.5
6
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.566
11.5
7
41
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.547
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.527
14.5
9
40
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.526
14.5
10
39
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.520
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Bucks Bucks - e
29
45
.392
24.5
12
Bulls Bulls - e
29
46
.387
25.0
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18
57
.240
36.0
14
17
58
.227
37.0
15
17
58
.227
37.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
60
16
.789
2
Spurs Spurs - y
57
18
.760
2.5
3
49
26
.653
10.5
4
48
28
.632
12.0
5
46
29
.613
13.5
6
45
29
.608
14.0
7
42
33
.560
17.5
8
39
36
.520
20.5
9
38
38
.500
22.0
10
36
39
.480
23.5
11
25
50
.333
34.5
12
25
51
.329
35.0
13
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.320
35.5
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21
55
.276
39.0
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19
57
.250
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