Wilt Chamberlain has grabbed the most boards by a rookie, with 1,941 boards in 1959-60.

NAME	REB	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Wilt Chamberlain	1,941	1959-60	PHI	72	46.4	37.6	27.0	2.3				14.8	32.1	46.1				8.0	13.8	58.2	3,338	2,707	168				150
Walt Bellamy	1,500	1961-62	CHI	79	42.3	31.6	19.0	2.7				12.3	23.7	51.9				6.9	10.8	64.4	3,344	2,495	210				281
Wes Unseld	1,491	1968-69	BAL	82	36.2	13.8	18.2	2.6				5.2	10.9	47.6				3.4	5.6	60.5	2,970	1,131	213				276
Elvin Hayes	1,406	1968-69	SDR	82	45.1	28.4	17.1	1.4				11.3	25.4	44.7				5.7	9.1	62.6	3,695	2,327	113				266
Jerry Lucas	1,375	1963-64	CIN	79	41.4	17.7	17.4	2.6				6.9	13.1	52.7				3.9	5.0	77.9	3,273	1,400	204				300
Dave Cowens	1,216	1970-71	BOS	81	38.0	17.0	15.0	2.8				6.8	16.1	42.2				3.4	4.6	73.2	3,076	1,373	228				350
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	1,190	1969-70	MIL	82	43.1	28.8	14.5	4.1				11.4	22.1	51.8				5.9	9.1	65.3	3,534	2,361	337				283
Elmore Smith	1,184	1971-72	BUF	78	40.8	17.3	15.2	1.4				7.4	16.3	45.4				2.5	4.7	53.4	3,186	1,352	111				306
Willis Reed	1,175	1964-65	NYK	80	38.0	19.5	14.7	1.7				7.9	18.2	43.2				3.8	5.1	74.2	3,042	1,560	133				339
Shaquille O'Neal	1,122	1992-93	ORL	81	37.9	23.4	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	3.8	9.0	16.1	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	8.9	59.2	3,071	1,893	152	60	286	307	321
Maurice Stokes	1,094	1955-56	ROC	67	34.7	16.8	16.3	4.9				6.0	17.0	35.4				4.8	6.7	71.4	2,323	1,125	328				276
Gus Johnson	1,064	1963-64	BAL	78	36.5	17.3	13.6	2.2				7.3	17.0	43.0				2.7	4.1	65.8	2,847	1,352	169				321
Elgin Baylor	1,050	1958-59	MIN	70	40.8	24.9	15.0	4.1				8.6	21.2	40.8				7.6	9.8	77.7	2,855	1,742	287				270
Buck Williams	1,005	1981-82	NJN	82	34.5	15.5	12.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	2.9	6.3	10.7	58.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.7	62.4	2,825	1,268	107	84	84	235	285
Larry Smith	994	1980-81	GSW	82	31.4	9.6	12.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.8	3.7	7.2	51.2	0.0	0.0		2.2	3.7	58.8	2,578	785	93	70	63	146	316
Bob Pettit	994	1954-55	MIL	72	36.9	20.4	13.8	3.2				7.2	17.8	40.7				5.9	7.9	75.1	2,659	1,466	229				258
Blake Griffin	989	2010-11	LAC	82	38.0	22.5	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	2.7	8.5	16.8	50.6	0.1	0.3	29.2	5.4	8.5	64.2	3,112	1,845	312	63	45	223	252	-146
David Robinson	983	1989-90	SAS	82	36.6	24.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	3.1	8.4	15.9	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.2	3,002	1,993	164	138	319	257	259
Luke Jackson	980	1964-65	PHI	76	34.1	14.8	12.9	1.2				5.5	13.3	41.4				3.8	5.3	71.3	2,590	1,126	93				251
Tim Duncan	977	1997-98	SAS	82	39.1	21.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	8.6	15.7	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	3,204	1,731	224	55	206	279	254	+429
Hakeem Olajuwon	974	1984-85	HOU	82	35.5	20.6	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	2.9	8.3	15.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.7	61.3	2,914	1,692	111	99	220	234	344
Lloyd Neal	967	1972-73	POR	82	33.2	13.4	11.8	1.8				5.5	11.2	49.4				2.3	3.6	63.8	2,723	1,097	146				305
Ray Felix	958	1953-54	BAL	72	37.1	17.6	13.3	1.1				5.7	13.7	41.7				6.2	9.8	63.8	2,672	1,269	82				253
Pete Cross	949	1970-71	SEA	79	27.8	8.0	12.0	1.4				3.1	7.0	44.2				1.8	2.6	69.0	2,194	630	113				212
Sidney Wicks	943	1971-72	POR	82	39.6	24.5	11.5	4.3				9.6	22.4	42.7				5.4	7.6	71.0	3,245	2,009	350				186