mvp season with most rebounds per game

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

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mvp season with most rebounds per game by a player
NAMERPGMVPSEASONTMGPMPGPPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
27.0
1
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
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
24.6
1
1965-66
79
47.3
33.5
5.2
13.6
25.2
54.0
6.3
12.4
51.3
54.7
3,737
2,649
1,943
414
171
3Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
24.2
1
1966-67
81
45.5
24.1
7.8
9.7
14.2
68.3
4.8
10.8
44.1
63.7
3,682
1,956
1,957
630
143
4Bill Russell
B. Russell
24.1
1
1964-65
78
44.4
14.1
5.3
5.5
12.6
43.8
3.1
5.5
57.3
47.2
3,466
1,102
1,878
410
204
5Bill Russell
B. Russell
23.9
1
1960-61
78
44.3
16.9
3.4
6.8
16.0
42.6
3.3
6.0
55.0
45.4
3,458
1,322
1,868
268
155
6Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
23.8
1
1967-68
82
46.8
24.3
8.6
10.0
16.8
59.5
4.3
11.4
38.0
55.7
3,836
1,992
1,952
702
160
7Bill Russell
B. Russell
23.6
1
1962-63
78
44.9
16.8
4.5
6.6
15.2
43.2
3.7
6.6
55.5
46.4
3,500
1,309
1,843
348
189
8Bill Russell
B. Russell
23.6
1
1961-62
76
45.2
18.9
4.5
7.6
16.6
45.7
3.8
6.3
59.5
48.9
3,433
1,436
1,790
341
207
9Bill Russell
B. Russell
22.7
1
1957-58
69
38.3
16.6
2.9
6.6
15.0
44.2
3.3
6.4
51.9
46.5
2,640
1,142
1,564
202
181
10Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
18.2
1
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
11Moses Malone
M. Malone
17.6
1
1978-79
82
41.3
24.8
1.8
1.0
1.5
8.7
16.2
54.0
7.3
9.9
73.9
60.4
7.2
10.5
4.0
3,390
2,031
1,444
147
79
119
326
223
12Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
16.9
1
1975-76
82
41.2
27.7
5.0
1.5
4.1
11.1
21.1
52.9
5.5
7.8
70.3
56.7
3.3
13.5
3,379
2,275
1,383
413
119
338
292
13Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
16.6
1
1971-72
81
44.2
34.8
4.6
14.3
24.9
57.4
6.2
9.0
68.9
60.3
3,583
2,822
1,346
370
235
14Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
16.4
1
1958-59
72
39.9
29.2
3.1
10.0
22.8
43.8
9.3
12.2
75.9
51.9
2,873
2,105
1,182
221
200
15Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
16.2
1
1972-73
82
41.8
20.5
4.1
9.0
20.0
45.2
2.5
3.2
77.9
48.1
3,425
1,684
1,329
333
311
16Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
16.2
1
1955-56
72
38.8
25.7
2.6
9.0
20.9
42.9
7.7
10.5
73.6
50.2
2,794
1,849
1,164
189
202
17Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
16.0
1
1970-71
82
40.1
31.7
3.3
13.0
22.5
57.7
5.7
8.3
69.0
60.6
3,288
2,596
1,311
272
264
18Moses Malone
M. Malone
15.3
1
1982-83
78
37.5
24.5
1.3
1.1
2.0
8.4
16.7
50.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.7
10.1
76.1
57.8
5.7
9.6
3.4
2,922
1,908
1,194
101
89
157
264
206
19Moses Malone
M. Malone
14.7
1
1981-82
81
42.0
31.1
1.8
0.9
1.5
11.7
22.5
51.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
7.8
10.2
76.2
57.6
6.9
7.8
3.6
3,398
2,520
1,188
142
76
125
294
208
20Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
14.5
1
1973-74
81
43.8
27.0
4.8
1.4
3.5
11.7
21.7
53.9
3.6
5.2
70.2
56.4
3.5
11.0
3,548
2,191
1,178
386
112
283
238
21Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
14.1
1
1974-75
82
43.2
34.5
2.2
1.1
2.1
13.4
26.1
51.2
7.8
9.7
80.5
56.9
3.7
10.3
3,539
2,831
1,155
179
92
174
278
22Willis Reed
W. Reed
13.9
1
1969-70
81
38.1
21.7
2.0
8.7
17.1
50.7
4.3
5.7
75.6
55.2
3,089
1,755
1,126
161
287
23Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
13.9
1
2003-04
82
39.4
24.2
5.0
1.5
2.2
9.8
19.6
49.9
0.1
0.5
25.6
4.5
5.7
79.1
54.7
3.0
10.9
2.6
3,231
1,987
1,139
409
120
178
212
202
+614
24Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
13.8
1
2021-22
74
33.4
27.1
7.9
1.5
0.9
10.3
17.7
58.3
1.3
3.9
33.7
5.1
6.3
81.0
66.1
2.8
11.0
3.8
2,475
2,004
1,019
584
109
63
281
191
+442
25Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
13.6
1
1999-00
79
40.0
29.7
3.8
0.5
3.0
12.1
21.1
57.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.5
10.4
52.4
57.8
4.3
9.4
2.8
3,163
2,344
1,078
299
36
239
223
255
+706
StatMuse has season-level data for rebounds per game going back to the 1950-51 season.

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22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
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.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
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6
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7
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8
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32
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.207
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.780
2
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62
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.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
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38.0
12
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38.0
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