36 in 1984-85, with 12.61.

Interpreted as:

1985-85 highest rebounds per 36 minute with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player

	NAME	REB/(MIN/36)	REB	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	12.61	1,013	2,892	1984-85	DET	82	35.3	17.5	12.4	1.9	0.8	0.9	7.3	14.4	50.6	0.0	0.2	22.2	3.0	3.7	79.7	54.8	3.6	8.8	1.6	1,438	154	69	71	129	308
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	12.55	1,031	2,957	1984-85	PHI	79	37.4	24.6	13.1	1.6	0.8	1.6	7.6	16.3	46.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.3	11.4	81.5	57.7	4.9	8.2	3.6	1,941	130	67	123	286	216
3	Larry Smith L. Smith	12.53	869	2,497	1984-85	GSW	80	31.2	11.1	10.9	1.2	1.0	0.7	4.6	8.6	53.0	0.0	0.0		1.9	3.2	60.5	55.3	5.1	5.8	2.0	887	96	78	54	160	285
4	LaSalle Thompson L. Thompson	12.51	854	2,458	1984-85	KCK	82	30.0	11.8	10.4	1.6	1.2	1.6	4.5	8.5	53.1	0.0	0.0		2.8	3.8	72.1	57.9	3.3	7.1	2.5	965	130	98	128	202	328
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	12.03	974	2,914	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	5.4	6.5	2.9	1,692	111	99	220	234	344
6	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	11.86	927	2,813	1984-85	UTA	82	34.3	9.7	11.3	1.5	0.4	5.6	3.7	8.2	44.9	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.3	71.2	50.2	2.5	8.8	2.5	794	124	36	456	206	312
7	Buck Williams B. Williams	11.37	1,005	3,182	1984-85	NJN	82	38.8	18.2	12.3	2.0	0.8	1.3	7.0	13.3	53.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	4.1	6.6	62.5	56.2	3.9	8.3	2.9	1,491	167	63	110	238	293
8	Wayne Cooper W. Cooper	11.18	631	2,031	1984-85	DEN	80	25.4	12.1	7.9	1.1	0.4	2.5	5.1	10.7	47.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.9	68.5	50.5	2.9	5.0	1.9	969	86	28	197	149	304
9	Alton Lister A. Lister	11.14	647	2,091	1984-85	MIL	81	25.8	9.9	8.0	1.6	0.6	2.1	4.0	7.4	53.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.2	58.8	55.9	2.7	5.3	2.3	798	127	49	167	183	287
10	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	11.05	846	2,756	1984-85	SAS	81	34.0	19.1	10.4	1.6	0.5	2.1	6.6	10.5	62.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	8.0	74.9	68.0	2.9	7.6	3.0	1,548	131	40	173	241	306
11	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	10.84	723	2,402	1984-85	SEA	68	35.3	18.5	10.6	4.2	1.2	1.3	6.8	13.9	48.9	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.9	5.8	85.2	56.4	2.4	8.2	2.4	1,259	285	83	91	160	239
12	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	10.78	703	2,347	1984-85	PHI	82	28.6	14.0	8.6	1.9	1.2	1.0	5.2	9.5	54.5	0.0	0.1	16.7	3.6	4.9	73.3	59.9	3.2	5.3	2.5	1,148	155	95	80	209	301
13	Sam Bowie S. Bowie	10.66	656	2,216	1984-85	POR	76	29.2	10.0	8.6	2.8	0.7	2.7	3.9	7.3	53.7	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.0	71.1	57.8	2.7	5.9	2.3	758	215	55	203	172	278
14	Clark Kellogg C. Kellogg	10.64	724	2,449	1984-85	IND	77	31.8	18.6	9.4	3.2	1.1	0.3	7.3	14.4	50.5	0.1	0.2	50.0	3.9	5.1	76.0	55.7	2.9	6.5	3.0	1,432	244	86	26	231	247
15	Robert Parish R. Parish	10.61	840	2,850	1984-85	BOS	79	36.1	17.6	10.6	1.6	0.7	1.3	7.0	12.9	54.2	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.0	74.3	58.6	3.3	7.3	2.4	1,394	125	56	101	186	223
16	Rick Mahorn R. Mahorn	10.56	608	2,072	1984-85	WAS	77	26.9	6.3	7.9	1.6	0.8	1.4	2.7	5.4	49.9	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.4	68.3	52.6	1.9	5.9	1.7	483	121	59	104	133	308
17	Cliff Levingston C. Levingston	10.1	566	2,017	1984-85	ATL	74	27.3	9.8	7.6	1.4	0.9	0.9	3.9	7.5	52.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	65.3	56.0	3.1	4.5	1.8	727	104	70	69	133	231
18	James Donaldson J. Donaldson	10.05	668	2,392	1984-85	LAC	82	29.2	11.3	8.1	0.6	0.3	1.6	4.3	6.7	63.7	0.0	0.0		2.8	3.7	74.9	67.9	2.0	6.1	2.5	929	48	28	130	206	217
19	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	9.97	704	2,543	1984-85	DAL	79	32.2	18.2	8.9	2.1	0.6	0.3	6.9	14.4	47.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	5.3	83.6	54.5	2.3	6.6	2.2	1,441	169	48	22	170	226
20	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	9.95	853	3,086	1984-85	HOU	82	37.6	22.1	10.4	2.7	1.0	2.0	9.2	18.3	50.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.7	5.5	67.6	53.3	2.8	7.6	4.0	1,809	224	81	168	326	306
21	Kevin McHale K. McHale	9.66	712	2,653	1984-85	BOS	79	33.6	19.8	9.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	7.7	13.4	57.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	5.9	76.0	61.7	2.9	6.1	2.0	1,565	141	28	120	157	234
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	9.59	842	3,161	1984-85	BOS	80	39.5	28.7	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	11.5	22.0	52.2	0.7	1.6	42.7	5.0	5.7	88.2	58.5	2.1	8.5	3.1	2,295	531	129	98	248	208
23	Steve Stipanovich S. Stipanovich	9.55	614	2,315	1984-85	IND	82	28.2	13.7	7.5	2.4	0.9	1.0	5.0	10.6	47.5	0.0	0.1	9.1	3.6	4.5	79.8	54.4	1.7	5.8	2.2	1,126	199	71	78	184	265
24	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	9.47	716	2,722	1984-85	MIL	79	34.5	23.6	9.1	2.9	1.5	0.8	9.6	19.4	49.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.9	74.1	53.6	3.1	6.0	2.4	1,861	228	117	67	190	264
25	Mike Gminski M. Gminski	9.42	633	2,418	1984-85	NJN	81	29.9	12.8	7.8	2.0	0.5	1.1	4.7	10.1	46.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.0	84.1	53.8	2.8	5.0	1.7	1,036	158	38	92	136	135