nba league average rebounds for centers by decade

Centers had 8.2 boards per game in the 1950s.

POSITIONDECADERPGGPMPGPPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Center
1950s
8.2
10,384
26.7
11.3
1.7
4.0
10.2
39.5
3.3
4.6
71.5
46.4
243,627
117,494
85,017
17,137
32,993
2
Center
1960s
9.8
13,936
25.9
12.0
1.7
4.7
10.5
45.1
2.6
4.0
63.8
49.0
361,392
167,656
137,173
24,129
39,915
3
Center
1970s
8.0
29,023
24.6
10.5
1.9
0.7
1.1
4.2
8.8
47.8
2.0
2.9
69.5
51.8
2.2
5.3
2.1
712,809
303,828
232,136
55,550
12,360
21,443
14,030
79,767
4
Center
1980s
6.2
38,404
22.9
9.6
1.4
0.6
1.1
3.8
7.5
50.3
0.0
0.0
19.8
2.1
2.9
72.5
55.0
1.9
4.2
1.6
878,833
370,031
236,744
53,591
21,495
42,096
62,775
107,709
5
Center
1990s
5.6
44,163
21.4
8.3
1.0
0.5
1.1
3.2
6.6
49.2
0.0
0.1
28.6
1.8
2.6
68.6
53.6
1.8
3.8
1.3
945,670
365,614
248,388
44,287
23,414
47,137
57,613
114,448
+162
6
Center
2000s
5.5
51,439
20.8
7.4
0.9
0.5
1.0
2.9
5.9
49.1
0.1
0.2
31.9
1.6
2.3
67.5
53.5
1.8
3.7
1.2
1,071,711
379,914
282,347
44,799
24,517
50,866
59,357
129,676
-4644
7
Center
2010s
6.1
50,043
21.0
8.6
1.2
0.5
0.9
3.4
6.6
51.8
0.1
0.4
33.3
1.6
2.3
68.3
56.2
1.9
4.2
1.2
1,052,705
429,919
304,642
59,624
26,561
46,918
60,024
113,717
-166
8
Center
2020s
6.6
29,619
21.3
9.8
1.7
0.6
0.9
3.9
7.0
55.0
0.5
1.4
34.4
1.7
2.3
71.5
61.3
2.0
4.5
1.2
629,959
291,695
194,679
49,869
17,288
27,360
35,886
64,561
+5980
StatMuse has season-level data for rebounds per game going back to the 1950-51 season.

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52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
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46
36
.561
14.0
7
45
37
.549
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45
37
.549
15.0
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1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
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46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.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
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0