Dan Issel had the most rebounds per game with fewer than 8.9 rebounds per game and 41+ games played in 1976-77, with 8.8 per game.

Interpreted as:

most <8.9 rpg in 1977 41+ gp by a player

	NAME	RPG	GP	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Dan Issel D. Issel	8.8	79	1976-77	DEN	31.7	22.3	2.2	1.2	0.4	8.4	16.2	51.5	5.6	7.1	79.7	57.8	2.7	6.1	2,507	1,765	696	177	91	29	246
2	Richard Washington R. Washington	8.5	82	1976-77	KCK	27.6	13.0	1.0	0.8	1.1	5.4	12.6	43.1	2.2	3.1	69.7	46.7	2.5	6.1	2,265	1,069	698	85	63	90	324
3	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	8.5	61	1976-77	IND	27.0	13.9	1.1	1.0	2.1	5.6	12.0	46.6	2.7	3.9	68.6	50.5	2.9	5.6	1,645	848	518	69	61	131	243
4	Julius Erving J. Erving	8.5	82	1976-77	PHI	35.9	21.6	3.7	1.9	1.4	8.4	16.7	49.9	4.9	6.3	77.7	55.3	2.3	6.1	2,940	1,770	695	306	159	113	251
5	Darnell Hillman D. Hillman	8.5	82	1976-77	IND	28.1	10.7	2.0	1.2	1.3	4.4	9.9	44.3	2.0	3.0	66.0	47.9	2.8	5.7	2,302	879	693	166	95	106	353
6	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	8.4	81	1976-77	HOU	38.6	21.6	2.1	0.7	0.3	9.0	17.7	51.0	3.5	4.2	83.9	55.2	2.1	6.3	3,130	1,753	684	172	57	27	198
7	Tim Bassett T. Bassett	8.4	76	1976-77	NYN	32.1	9.0	1.4	1.3	0.7	3.9	9.7	39.6	1.3	2.3	57.1	42.1	2.3	6.1	2,442	687	641	109	95	53	246
8	Jim Chones J. Chones	8.4	82	1976-77	CLE	29.0	12.9	1.3	0.4	0.9	5.5	11.9	46.3	1.9	2.6	73.1	49.5	2.5	5.9	2,378	1,055	688	104	32	77	258
9	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	8.4	82	1976-77	SAS	32.9	15.6	2.7	0.7	2.1	6.4	13.4	47.3	2.9	3.9	74.4	51.5	2.3	6.0	2,694	1,280	687	223	55	173	262
10	Bobby Jones B. Jones	8.3	82	1976-77	DEN	29.5	15.1	3.2	2.3	2.0	6.1	10.7	57.0	2.9	4.0	71.7	60.5	2.1	6.1	2,419	1,238	678	264	186	162	238
11	Kevin Kunnert K. Kunnert	8.3	81	1976-77	HOU	25.3	9.4	1.9	0.4	1.3	4.1	8.5	48.6	1.1	1.6	73.8	51.3	2.6	5.7	2,050	759	669	154	35	105	361
12	Joe Meriweather J. Meriweather	8.2	73	1976-77	ATL	28.3	11.2	1.1	0.6	1.1	4.4	8.3	52.6	2.5	3.5	71.4	57.0	3.0	5.2	2,068	820	596	82	41	82	324
13	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	8.1	82	1976-77	PHI	24.7	6.0	1.1	0.5	2.4	2.6	5.2	50.7	0.8	1.4	55.2	52.0	2.3	5.8	2,023	494	666	92	43	200	301
14	Clifford Ray C. Ray	8.0	77	1976-77	GSW	26.2	8.2	1.5	1.0	1.1	3.4	5.8	58.4	1.4	2.6	52.8	58.7	2.6	5.4	2,018	631	615	112	74	81	242
15	Otto Moore O. Moore	7.9	81	1976-77	NOJ	25.7	5.9	2.2	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.9	40.5	1.1	1.7	67.9	44.5	2.1	5.8	2,084	477	636	181	54	117	231
16	George Johnson G. Johnson	7.8	78	1976-77	TOT	21.2	6.0	1.3	0.5	2.3	2.5	5.5	46.2	0.9	1.3	72.4	49.5	2.6	5.2	1,652	467	611	104	37	177	246
17	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	7.7	76	1976-77	NOJ	19.8	6.9	2.7	0.6	0.8	2.4	5.1	47.7	2.1	2.6	79.2	55.4	2.8	5.0	1,505	524	587	208	45	63	244
18	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	7.7	82	1976-77	NYK	25.7	11.6	1.8	1.5	1.2	4.9	10.2	47.6	1.9	2.7	70.7	51.1	2.7	5.0	2,104	955	633	149	125	98	363
19	M.L. Carr	7.7	82	1976-77	DET	32.2	13.3	2.2	2.0	0.7	5.4	11.4	47.6	2.5	3.4	73.5	51.8	2.6	5.1	2,643	1,091	631	181	165	58	287
20	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	7.6	49	1976-77	CLE	20.3	5.5	1.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.0	40.7	1.4	2.2	64.2	45.8	2.5	5.2	997	268	374	83	16	81	128
21	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	7.6	77	1976-77	BUF	36.6	20.3	1.9	1.2	0.2	7.1	13.6	52.0	6.2	7.6	81.8	60.1	3.3	4.4	2,816	1,564	587	144	91	15	215
22	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	7.6	76	1976-77	GSW	33.9	17.7	2.8	1.7	0.2	7.2	15.1	47.8	3.3	4.1	79.7	52.3	2.0	5.6	2,579	1,343	578	211	127	16	222
23	Wil Jones W. Jones	7.6	80	1976-77	IND	33.9	13.0	2.4	1.3	1.0	5.5	12.7	43.0	2.1	2.8	74.4	46.6	2.7	4.8	2,709	1,042	604	189	102	80	305
24	Paul Silas P. Silas	7.5	81	1976-77	DEN	24.2	7.2	1.6	0.7	0.3	2.5	7.1	36.0	2.1	3.1	66.7	42.5	2.9	4.6	1,959	582	606	132	58	23	183
25	Billy Knight B. Knight	7.5	78	1976-77	IND	40.0	26.6	3.3	1.5	0.2	10.7	21.6	49.3	5.3	6.5	81.6	54.3	2.9	4.6	3,117	2,075	582	260	117	19	197