Mookie Blaylock had the most rebounds per game by a point guard in 1996-97, with 5.3 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest rpg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games average by a pg in 1996-97

	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	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	5.3	1996-97	ATL	78	39.2	17.4	5.9	2.7	0.3	6.4	14.9	43.2	2.8	7.7	36.6	1.7	2.2	75.3	54.8	1.5	3.8	2.4	3,056	1,354	413	463	212	20	185	141	+585
2	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	4.8	1996-97	TOT	82	37.2	9.9	11.4	1.2	0.1	3.5	8.3	42.6	0.8	2.2	37.1	2.0	2.6	78.9	52.5	1.1	3.7	3.3	3,054	812	395	935	97	12	274	161	-65
3	Gary Payton G. Payton	4.6	1996-97	SEA	82	39.2	21.8	7.1	2.4	0.2	8.6	18.1	47.6	1.5	4.6	31.3	3.1	4.3	71.5	54.5	1.3	3.3	2.6	3,213	1,785	378	583	197	13	215	208	+624
4	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	4.5	1996-97	ORL	59	37.6	20.5	5.6	1.6	0.6	7.1	15.9	44.7	1.4	4.5	31.8	4.8	5.8	82.0	55.4	1.4	3.1	2.5	2,221	1,210	263	332	93	35	145	123	+198
5	Kenny Anderson K. Anderson	4.4	1996-97	POR	82	37.6	17.5	7.1	2.0	0.2	5.9	13.9	42.7	1.6	4.5	36.1	4.1	5.3	76.8	54.0	1.1	3.3	2.4	3,081	1,436	363	584	162	15	193	222	+342
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4.1	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	23.5	7.5	2.1	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
7	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	4.1	1996-97	WAS	82	36.5	17.2	8.9	1.7	0.2	6.3	13.5	46.6	0.2	0.9	16.9	4.5	6.1	73.8	53.3	1.2	2.9	3.3	2,997	1,410	335	727	143	14	270	166	+78
8	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	4.1	1996-97	TOR	81	40.9	20.2	8.8	1.5	0.2	7.0	17.4	40.1	2.2	6.1	35.5	4.1	5.0	82.3	51.6	1.1	3.0	3.6	3,311	1,634	330	709	123	13	288	162	-213
9	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	3.9	1996-97	CLE	78	36.8	19.5	6.3	1.8	0.4	7.4	16.8	43.8	1.3	3.5	37.3	3.4	3.8	90.2	52.6	0.6	3.2	2.3	2,868	1,519	301	490	138	30	178	177	+128
10	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	3.6	1996-97	PHX	70	38.0	20.1	9.3	1.5	0.2	6.3	12.7	49.6	1.3	2.9	44.1	6.3	7.4	85.2	63.1	0.8	2.8	3.1	2,658	1,410	253	653	102	12	217	141	+145
11	David Wesley D. Wesley	3.6	1996-97	BOS	74	40.4	16.8	7.3	2.2	0.2	6.2	13.2	46.8	1.4	3.9	36.0	3.0	3.9	78.1	56.3	0.9	2.7	2.9	2,991	1,240	264	537	162	13	211	221	-407
12	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	3.4	1996-97	MIA	81	38.7	20.3	8.6	1.9	0.1	7.1	17.1	41.5	2.5	7.3	34.4	3.6	4.5	79.9	53.2	0.6	2.8	2.8	3,136	1,644	277	695	151	9	230	165	+535
13	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	3.0	1996-97	TOT	61	28.1	15.9	5.0	1.3	0.3	5.5	12.8	43.0	1.3	3.8	35.1	3.5	4.1	84.5	54.1	0.8	2.2	2.8	1,714	967	182	305	77	19	168	200	-70
14	Chris Childs C. Childs	2.9	1996-97	NYK	65	31.9	9.3	6.1	1.2	0.2	3.2	7.8	41.4	1.1	2.8	38.7	1.7	2.3	75.8	52.6	0.3	2.6	2.8	2,076	605	191	398	78	11	180	213	+163
15	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	2.9	1996-97	LAL	79	37.2	15.3	8.5	0.9	0.1	5.5	13.6	40.2	2.2	5.9	37.8	2.1	2.5	82.5	51.8	0.6	2.3	2.7	2,937	1,206	226	672	75	10	212	110	+256
16	Lindsey Hunter L. Hunter	2.8	1996-97	DET	82	36.9	14.2	1.9	1.6	0.3	5.1	12.7	40.4	2.0	5.7	35.5	1.9	2.5	77.8	51.5	0.7	2.1	1.2	3,023	1,166	233	154	129	24	96	206	+247
17	Greg Anthony G. Anthony	2.8	1996-97	VAN	65	28.7	9.5	6.3	2.0	0.1	3.1	7.8	39.3	1.4	3.7	37.0	2.0	2.7	73.0	52.6	0.4	2.4	2.0	1,863	616	184	407	129	4	129	122	-315
18	Charlie Ward C. Ward	2.8	1996-97	NYK	79	22.3	5.2	4.1	1.1	0.2	1.7	4.3	39.5	0.6	1.9	31.2	1.2	1.6	76.0	52.2	0.6	2.2	1.9	1,763	409	220	326	83	15	147	188	+84
19	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.8	1996-97	UTA	82	35.3	14.4	10.5	2.0	0.2	5.1	9.3	54.8	0.9	2.2	42.2	3.4	4.0	84.6	65.6	0.5	2.2	3.0	2,896	1,183	228	860	166	15	248	194	+658
20	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	2.7	1996-97	MIN	67	34.7	15.8	7.8	1.0	0.3	5.3	13.0	40.8	1.5	4.3	35.4	3.7	5.0	72.7	51.9	0.8	1.9	3.1	2,324	1,057	184	522	67	19	210	159	-157
21	Mark Price M. Price	2.6	1996-97	GSW	70	26.8	11.3	4.9	1.0	0.0	3.8	8.4	44.7	1.6	4.0	39.6	2.2	2.4	90.6	59.7	0.5	2.0	2.3	1,876	793	179	342	67	3	161	100	-111
22	Ron Harper R. Harper	2.5	1996-97	CHI	76	22.9	6.3	2.5	1.1	0.5	2.3	5.3	43.6	0.9	2.5	36.2	0.8	1.1	70.7	54.3	0.6	1.9	0.7	1,740	480	193	191	86	38	50	138	+422
23	Brian Shaw B. Shaw	2.5	1996-97	ORL	77	24.2	7.2	4.1	0.9	0.3	2.5	6.7	36.6	0.8	2.5	32.5	1.4	1.8	79.3	47.8	0.6	1.9	2.2	1,867	552	194	319	67	26	170	197	-348
24	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	2.4	1996-97	MIL	79	29.3	9.7	5.4	1.0	0.1	3.9	7.7	50.2	0.5	1.4	33.3	1.4	2.2	66.7	55.7	0.7	1.7	1.9	2,316	764	193	427	78	10	153	191	-121
25	Travis Best T. Best	2.2	1996-97	IND	76	27.2	9.9	4.2	1.3	0.1	3.6	8.2	44.2	0.8	2.0	36.8	2.0	2.6	75.6	53.3	0.5	1.7	2.0	2,064	754	166	318	98	5	153	221	+98