Between October 27, 1975 and October 27, 2025, Shaquille O'Neal has averaged the most rebounds per game by a rookie, with 13.9 per game in 1992-93.

	NAME	RPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	13.9	1992-93	ORL	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
2	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	12.3	1991-92	DEN	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
3	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	12.1	2010-11	LAC	82	37.9	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	3,111	1,845	989	312	63	45	223	252	-146
4	David Robinson D. Robinson	12.0	1989-90	SAS	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
5	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	11.9	1997-98	SAS	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
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	11.9	1984-85	HOU	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	341
7	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	11.1	1983-84	HOU	82	32.8	21.0	2.0	0.8	2.4	8.7	16.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.5	5.3	66.1	55.1	3.6	7.6	3.6	2,693	1,720	913	163	69	197	294	339
8	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	11.0	1991-92	CHA	82	37.2	19.2	3.6	1.0	0.6	7.5	15.3	49.0	0.1	0.3	22.7	4.1	5.0	82.9	54.8	3.9	7.0	2.0	3,047	1,576	899	292	81	51	160	225
9	Emeka Okafor E. Okafor	10.9	2004-05	CHA	73	35.6	15.1	0.9	0.8	1.7	6.1	13.7	44.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.7	60.9	47.9	3.8	7.1	1.7	2,600	1,105	795	64	62	125	125	214	-344
10	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	10.7	1982-83	SDC	70	36.2	23.7	2.5			9.8	18.7	52.3	0.0			4.2	5.9	70.7	55.7				2,535	1,660	746	177				294
11	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	10.6	2023-24	SAS	71	29.7	21.4	3.9	1.2	3.6	7.8	16.7	46.5	1.8	5.5	32.5	4.1	5.2	79.6	56.5	2.3	8.4	3.7	2,106	1,522	755	274	88	254	260	153	-142
12	Clark Kellogg C. Kellogg	10.6	1982-83	IND	81	34.1	20.1	2.8			8.4	17.5	47.9	0.0			3.2	4.3	74.1	51.6				2,763	1,625	860	223				298
13	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	10.5	2015-16	MIN	82	32.0	18.3	2.0	0.7	1.7	7.6	14.1	54.2	0.4	1.1	34.1	2.7	3.4	81.1	59.0	2.8	7.7	2.2	2,626	1,503	858	161	58	138	183	245	-131
14	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	10.3	1992-93	CHA	78	33.9	21.0	1.0	0.3	3.5	7.3	14.3	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.3	8.1	78.1	58.6	3.4	6.9	3.0	2,644	1,639	805	76	27	271	236	286
15	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	10.3	2018-19	PHX	71	30.7	16.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	7.2	12.3	58.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.7	74.6	60.8	3.1	7.1	1.8	2,183	1,159	729	125	61	67	126	209	-383
16	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	10.3	1990-91	NJN	74	35.2	18.4	2.2	1.0	1.3	6.9	14.9	46.7	0.2	0.5	34.2	4.4	6.0	73.1	52.7	3.6	6.6	2.9	2,602	1,364	759	163	71	99	217	217
17	Dwight Howard D. Howard	10.0	2004-05	ORL	82	32.6	12.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	4.3	8.3	52.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	5.0	67.1	57.1	3.5	6.5	2.0	2,670	981	823	75	77	136	165	232	-179
18	Elton Brand E. Brand	10.0	1999-00	CHI	81	37.0	20.1	1.9	0.8	1.6	7.8	16.1	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	6.6	68.5	52.8	4.3	5.7	2.8	2,999	1,627	810	155	66	132	228	259	-647
19	Al Horford A. Horford	9.7	2007-08	ATL	81	31.4	10.1	1.5	0.7	0.9	4.1	8.2	49.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.9	2.6	73.1	53.9	3.1	6.6	1.7	2,540	821	785	124	60	76	137	267	-111
20	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	9.6	1992-93	WAS	81	34.5	14.7	3.8	1.7	0.4	6.0	14.0	42.6	0.5	1.7	28.1	2.2	3.5	64.4	47.2	2.7	6.9	2.8	2,795	1,187	781	306	134	35	230	195
21	Chris Webber C. Webber	9.1	1993-94	GSW	76	32.1	17.5	3.6	1.2	2.2	7.5	13.6	55.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.5	4.7	53.2	55.9	4.0	5.1	2.7	2,438	1,333	694	272	93	164	206	247
22	LaPhonso Ellis L. Ellis	9.1	1992-93	DEN	82	33.5	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.4	5.9	11.7	50.4	0.0	0.2	15.4	2.9	3.9	74.8	54.9	3.3	5.7	1.9	2,749	1,205	744	151	72	111	153	293
23	Kevin Love K. Love	9.1	2008-09	MIN	81	25.3	11.1	1.0	0.4	0.6	3.9	8.5	45.9	0.0	0.2	10.5	3.3	4.1	78.9	53.8	3.4	5.7	1.5	2,048	899	734	84	35	50	118	205	-270
24	Antoine Walker A. Walker	9.0	1996-97	BOS	82	36.2	17.5	3.2	1.3	0.6	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.6	1.9	32.7	2.8	4.5	63.1	47.4	3.5	5.5	2.8	2,970	1,435	741	262	105	53	230	271	-559
25	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	9.0	1985-86	NYK	50	35.4	20.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	7.7	16.3	47.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	73.9	52.5	2.5	6.5	3.4	1,771	998	451	102	54	103	168	191