Hakeem Olajuwon got the most rebounds per game in 1988-89, with 13.5 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA rebounds with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders 1989

	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	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	13.5	1988-89	HOU	82	36.9	24.8	1.8	2.6	3.4	9.6	19.0	50.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.5	8.0	69.6	55.2	4.1	9.4	3.4	3,024	2,034	1,105	149	213	282	275	329
2	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	12.5	1988-89	PHI	79	39.1	25.8	4.1	1.6	0.8	8.9	15.3	57.9	0.4	2.1	21.6	7.6	10.1	75.3	65.3	5.1	7.4	3.2	3,088	2,037	986	325	126	67	254	262
3	Robert Parish R. Parish	12.5	1988-89	BOS	80	35.5	18.6	2.2	1.0	1.5	7.5	13.1	57.0	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.1	71.9	60.7	4.3	8.2	2.5	2,840	1,486	996	175	79	116	200	209
4	Moses Malone M. Malone	11.8	1988-89	ATL	81	35.5	20.2	1.4	1.0	1.2	6.6	13.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.9	8.8	78.9	58.1	4.8	7.0	3.0	2,878	1,637	956	112	79	100	245	154
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	10.7	1988-89	UTA	80	39.1	29.1	2.7	1.8	0.9	10.1	19.5	51.9	0.1	0.2	31.3	8.8	11.5	76.6	59.2	3.2	7.4	3.6	3,126	2,326	853	219	144	70	285	286
6	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	10.5	1988-89	NYK	82	31.8	12.9	2.3	1.3	0.2	5.2	10.2	51.0	0.1	0.6	25.0	2.4	3.1	77.3	56.0	4.2	6.3	3.0	2,604	1,061	861	187	104	14	248	270
7	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	10.3	1988-89	UTA	82	35.5	6.2	1.0	0.5	3.8	2.3	5.0	46.2	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.4	66.0	51.3	2.8	7.5	1.7	2,914	508	843	83	40	315	142	290
8	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	9.6	1988-89	HOU	82	38.2	16.7	2.5	1.0	0.5	6.4	11.7	54.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.5	72.9	59.1	3.3	6.3	2.7	3,135	1,370	787	202	82	37	225	259
9	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	9.6	1988-89	DET	81	32.6	13.7	2.2	0.6	1.2	5.5	11.1	49.9	0.4	1.1	34.9	2.2	2.6	84.0	55.7	1.7	7.9	1.6	2,640	1,106	776	177	51	100	129	259
10	Michael Cage M. Cage	9.6	1988-89	SEA	80	31.7	10.3	1.6	1.2	0.7	3.9	7.9	49.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.3	74.3	55.3	3.5	6.1	1.6	2,536	825	765	126	92	52	124	184
11	LaSalle Thompson L. Thompson	9.4	1988-89	TOT	76	30.6	13.9	1.1	1.0	1.2	5.5	11.2	48.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.7	80.8	54.4	2.9	6.5	2.4	2,329	1,059	718	81	79	94	179	285
12	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	9.4	1988-89	DET	82	26.9	9.0	1.2	0.7	0.9	3.9	6.5	59.5	0.1	0.3	23.1	1.2	1.9	62.6	61.3	4.0	5.4	1.5	2,208	735	772	99	55	76	126	292
13	Buck Williams B. Williams	9.4	1988-89	NJN	74	33.1	13.0	1.1	0.8	0.5	5.0	9.5	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.3	66.6	56.9	3.4	6.0	1.9	2,446	959	696	78	61	36	142	223
14	Mike Gminski M. Gminski	9.4	1988-89	PHI	82	33.4	17.2	1.7	0.6	1.3	6.8	14.2	47.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.6	4.2	87.1	53.5	2.6	6.8	1.6	2,739	1,409	769	138	46	106	129	142
15	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	9.4	1988-89	CHA	75	29.8	11.1	2.1	1.3	0.8	4.3	8.4	51.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.3	73.4	56.5	3.6	5.8	2.0	2,233	832	703	159	100	57	148	208
16	Fat Lever F. Lever	9.3	1988-89	DEN	71	38.7	19.8	7.9	2.7	0.3	7.9	17.2	45.7	0.3	0.9	34.8	3.8	4.8	78.5	51.3	2.6	6.7	2.2	2,745	1,409	662	559	195	20	157	178
17	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	9.3	1988-89	NYK	80	36.2	22.7	2.4	1.5	3.5	9.1	16.0	56.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	74.6	60.7	2.7	6.6	3.3	2,896	1,815	740	188	117	281	266	311
18	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	9.2	1988-89	CLE	78	36.2	18.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	7.0	13.0	53.8	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.9	6.7	73.7	59.4	2.1	7.1	2.9	2,821	1,475	718	285	63	40	230	175
19	A.C. Green	9.0	1988-89	LAL	82	30.6	13.3	1.3	1.1	0.7	4.9	9.2	52.9	0.0	0.2	23.5	3.4	4.4	78.6	59.4	3.1	5.9	1.5	2,510	1,088	739	103	94	55	119	172
20	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	8.8	1988-89	DAL	78	36.7	15.0	1.6	1.0	1.2	5.7	12.3	46.4	0.1	0.5	18.4	3.5	4.2	83.3	53.0	3.0	5.8	1.8	2,860	1,171	688	127	76	92	141	224
21	Benoit Benjamin B. Benjamin	8.8	1988-89	LAC	79	32.7	16.4	2.0	0.7	2.8	6.2	11.5	54.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.4	74.4	59.3	2.1	6.7	3.0	2,585	1,299	696	157	57	221	237	221
22	Horace Grant H. Grant	8.6	1988-89	CHI	79	35.6	12.0	2.1	1.1	0.8	5.1	9.9	51.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.5	70.4	54.7	3.0	5.6	1.6	2,809	950	681	168	86	62	128	251
23	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	8.4	1988-89	PHX	81	37.1	25.7	2.9	1.1	0.7	9.6	20.3	47.1	0.3	1.1	32.6	6.3	7.4	85.1	54.7	1.8	6.7	2.9	3,002	2,085	684	231	87	55	231	271
24	Ken Norman K. Norman	8.3	1988-89	LAC	80	37.8	18.1	3.5	1.3	0.8	8.0	15.9	50.2	0.1	0.3	19.0	2.1	3.4	63.0	52.2	3.1	5.3	2.6	3,020	1,450	667	277	106	66	206	223
25	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	8.3	1988-89	POR	76	35.7	17.5	3.2	1.8	1.1	7.0	15.0	46.9	0.1	0.3	28.6	3.4	4.9	69.4	51.1	3.2	5.0	2.2	2,716	1,330	629	243	137	84	167	277