rookies with highest offensive rebounds per game

Hakeem Olajuwon has gotten the most offensive rebounds per game by a rookie with 5.4 per game in 1984-85.

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rookies with highest offensive rebounds per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games

	NAME	OREB	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	5.4	1984-85	HOU	82	35.5	20.6	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	8.3	15.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.7	61.3	56.4	6.5	2.9	2,914	1,692	974	111	99	220	234	344
2	Larry Smith L. Smith	5.3	1980-81	GSW	82	31.4	9.6	12.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	3.7	7.2	51.2	0.0	0.0		2.2	3.7	58.8	54.0	6.8	1.8	2,578	785	994	93	70	63	146	316
3	John Drew J. Drew	4.6	1974-75	ATL	78	29.3	18.5	10.7	1.8	1.5	0.5	6.8	15.8	42.8				5.0	7.0	71.3	49.1	6.1		2,289	1,442	836	138	119	39		274
4	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	4.5	1991-92	DEN	71	38.3	16.6	12.3	2.2	0.6	3.0	6.0	12.2	49.3	0.0	0.0		4.5	7.0	64.2	54.0	7.8	3.5	2,716	1,177	870	156	43	210	252	273
5	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	4.3	1982-83	SDC	70	36.2	23.7	10.6	2.5	1.8	0.9	9.8	18.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.9	70.9	55.7	6.3	2.9	2,531	1,660	744	177	129	62	204	294
6	Elton Brand E. Brand	4.3	1999-00	CHI	81	37.0	20.1	10.0	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	5.7	2.8	2,999	1,627	810	155	66	132	228	259	-647
7	Buck Williams B. Williams	4.2	1981-82	NJN	82	34.5	15.5	12.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	6.3	10.7	58.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.7	62.4	60.3	8.0	2.9	2,825	1,268	1,005	107	84	84	235	285
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4.2	1992-93	ORL	81	37.9	23.4	13.9	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	9.6	3.8	3,071	1,893	1,122	152	60	286	307	321
9	Clark Kellogg C. Kellogg	4.2	1982-83	IND	81	34.1	20.1	10.6	2.8	1.7	0.5	8.4	17.5	47.9	0.0	0.2	22.2	3.2	4.3	74.1	51.6	6.4	2.7	2,761	1,625	860	223	141	43	217	298
10	Chris Webber C. Webber	4.0	1993-94	GSW	76	32.1	17.5	9.1	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	5.1	2.7	2,438	1,333	694	272	93	164	206	247
11	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	3.9	1991-92	CHA	82	37.2	19.2	11.0	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	7.0	2.0	3,047	1,576	899	292	81	51	160	225
12	Emeka Okafor E. Okafor	3.8	2004-05	CHA	73	35.6	15.1	10.9	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	7.1	1.7	2,600	1,105	795	64	62	125	125	214	-344
13	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	3.7	1985-86	SEA	82	33.0	17.1	8.0	2.4	1.2	0.5	7.0	14.3	49.0	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.0	4.4	68.7	52.5	4.2	3.0	2,706	1,404	655	193	101	37	248	305
14	David Robinson D. Robinson	3.7	1989-90	SAS	82	36.6	24.3	12.0	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	8.3	3.1	3,002	1,993	983	164	138	319	257	259
15	Popeye Jones P. Jones	3.7	1993-94	DAL	81	21.9	5.8	7.5	1.2	0.8	0.4	2.4	5.0	47.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.3	72.9	51.5	3.8	1.2	1,773	468	605	99	61	31	94	246
16	Joe Smith J. Smith	3.7	1995-96	GSW	82	34.4	15.3	8.7	1.0	1.0	1.6	5.7	12.5	45.8	0.1	0.3	35.7	3.7	4.8	77.3	52.3	5.1	1.7	2,821	1,251	717	79	85	134	138	224
17	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	3.7	1977-78	MIL	80	34.6	19.5	10.6	2.4	1.2	1.3	7.9	15.1	52.2				3.8	5.1	73.6	56.3	6.9	2.2	2,765	1,557	847	190	92	103	175	221
18	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	3.6	1990-91	NJN	74	35.2	18.4	10.3	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	6.6	2.9	2,602	1,364	759	163	71	99	217	217
19	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	3.6	1983-84	HOU	82	32.8	21.0	11.1	2.0	0.9	2.4	8.7	16.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.5	5.3	66.1	55.1	7.6	3.6	2,693	1,720	913	163	70	197	294	339
20	Zach Edey Z. Edey	3.5	2024-25	MEM	66	21.5	9.2	8.3	1.0	0.5	1.3	3.8	6.6	58.0	0.3	0.8	34.6	1.4	1.9	70.9	62.4	4.8	1.3	1,416	610	548	65	36	85	88	182	+164
21	Antoine Walker A. Walker	3.5	1996-97	BOS	82	36.2	17.5	9.0	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	5.5	2.8	2,970	1,435	741	262	105	53	230	271	-559
22	Dwight Howard D. Howard	3.5	2004-05	ORL	82	32.6	12.0	10.0	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	6.5	2.0	2,670	981	823	75	77	136	165	232	-179
23	Yves Missi Y. Missi	3.5	2024-25	NOP	73	26.8	9.1	8.2	1.4	0.5	1.3	3.7	6.7	54.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.8	62.3	57.2	4.7	1.1	1,956	665	601	99	37	98	82	145	-514
24	Jalen Duren J. Duren	3.4	2022-23	DET	67	24.9	9.1	8.9	1.1	0.7	0.9	3.9	5.9	64.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.3	61.1	65.5	5.5	1.4	1,670	612	595	75	44	59	92	182	-279
25	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Z. Ilgauskas	3.4	1997-98	CLE	82	29.0	13.9	8.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	5.5	10.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.8	3.7	76.2	56.4	5.4	1.8	2,379	1,139	723	71	52	135	146	288	+211

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