Wilt Chamberlain has averaged the most career rebounds per game by a center, with 22.9 per game.

Interpreted as:

most all-time rebounds per game with a minimum of 400 games played by a c

	NAME	RPG	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	22.9	1,045	45.8	30.1	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				47,859	31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
2	Bill Russell B. Russell	22.5	963	42.3	15.1	4.3			5.9	13.4	44.0				3.3	5.8	56.1	47.1				40,726	14,522	21,620	4,100				2,592
3	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	15.4	888	38.2	15.7	2.8	0.5	2.1	6.0	14.1	42.2				3.7	5.5	67.1	47.2	2.8	6.8		33,915	13,904	13,674	2,489	125	553		2,440
4	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	14.0	984	36.4	10.8	3.9	1.1	0.6	4.4	8.7	50.9	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.9	3.0	63.3	53.7	3.5	8.4	1.9	35,832	10,624	13,769	3,822	628	367	579	2,762
5	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	13.7	1,043	37.3	20.1	2.4	0.7	0.6	7.6	14.7	51.6				4.9	7.8	63.2	55.4	3.4	6.2		38,940	20,941	14,241	2,544	52	48		3,536
6	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	13.6	766	38.6	17.6	3.8	1.1	0.9	7.5	16.3	46.0	0.0	0.1	7.1	2.6	3.4	78.3	49.6	3.0	9.8	2.2	29,565	13,516	10,444	2,910	599	488	543	2,920
7	Willis Reed W. Reed	12.8	415	35.7	18.5	2.0	0.6	1.1	7.5	15.8	47.7				3.5	4.6	75.6	52.1	2.5	4.9		14,833	7,692	5,322	810	12	21		1,452
8	Moses Malone M. Malone	12.2	1,329	33.9	20.6	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	45,071	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
9	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	12.1	908	26.7	12.5	1.2	1.3	1.3	5.2	9.7	54.2	0.0	0.2	12.7	2.0	4.1	48.5	54.4	4.2	8.0	1.8	24,272	11,310	11,011	1,110	1,136	1,151	1,622	2,607	-817
10	Dwight Howard D. Howard	11.9	1,078	31.3	16.0	1.4	0.9	1.8	5.8	9.7	59.6	0.0	0.1	22.2	4.4	7.8	56.0	60.7	3.3	8.5	2.7	33,744	17,212	12,782	1,476	939	1,977	2,920	3,403	+3033
11	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	11.7	834	30.7	12.6	1.4	0.7	2.1	4.7	7.2	65.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	5.0	64.1	67.3	3.4	8.3	1.6	25,589	10,501	9,742	1,129	577	1,725	1,344	2,227	+3450
12	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	11.3	516	35.5	19.4	2.5			6.4	14.4	44.4				6.6	8.6	76.8	53.4				18,298	10,023	5,856	1,269				1,681
13	Walter Dukes W. Dukes	11.3	553	26.5	10.4	1.1			3.5	9.4	36.9				3.5	5.0	70.0	45.1				14,671	5,765	6,223	608				2,260
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	11.2	1,560	36.8	24.6	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
15	Johnny Kerr J. Kerr	11.2	905	30.7	13.8	2.2			5.4	13.0	41.8				2.9	4.1	72.3	46.7				27,784	12,480	10,092	2,004				2,287
16	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	11.1	1,238	35.7	21.8	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
17	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	11.1	649	34.1	23.0	3.2	0.8	1.2	8.4	16.1	52.3	1.7	4.3	40.0	4.4	5.3	83.8	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	22,106	14,948	7,190	2,045	526	775	1,759	2,213	+1288
18	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	11.0	455	31.8	27.6	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.1	50.1	1.2	3.5	34.0	8.3	10.0	82.8	61.3	2.2	8.8	3.4	14,471	12,572	5,002	1,669	413	740	1,554	1,375	+2481
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	10.9	749	31.7	21.8	7.2	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.0	1.1	3.0	35.8	3.9	4.8	82.4	63.8	2.7	8.3	2.9	23,776	16,291	8,199	5,428	957	538	2,189	2,010	+4130
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	10.9	1,207	34.7	23.7	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
21	Swen Nater S. Nater	10.8	489	28.4	12.2	2.0	0.5	0.5	5.0	9.3	53.7	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.2	2.9	76.0	57.7	3.1	7.7	2.4	13,868	5,943	5,297	954	258	226	982	1,501
22	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	10.8	511	24.7	12.6	0.6	0.5	2.2	5.3	9.0	58.6	0.0	0.1	30.8	2.1	3.5	60.5	60.2	3.1	7.7	1.5	12,645	6,450	5,523	326	271	1,143	756	1,341	+313
23	David Robinson D. Robinson	10.6	987	34.7	21.1	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
24	Elmore Smith E. Smith	10.6	562	31.8	13.4	1.4	0.8	2.9	5.6	11.7	48.2				2.1	3.7	57.9	50.3	2.3	7.1	1.7	17,879	7,541	5,962	808	325	1,183	183	1,941
25	Bill Walton B. Walton	10.5	468	28.3	13.3	3.4	0.8	2.2	5.5	10.5	52.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.6	66.0	55.1	2.4	8.2	2.7	13,250	6,215	4,923	1,590	380	1,034	865	1,298