Between the 1969-70 and 1979-80 seasons, Elvin Hayes got the most rebounds, with 12,461 boards.

Interpreted as:

most rebounds by a player 1969-70 to 1979-80

	NAME	REB	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	12,461	896	41.3	23.2	13.9	2.0	1.2	2.4	9.3	20.7	45.2	0.0	0.2	23.1	4.5	6.7	67.9	49.1	3.5	9.4	2.8	37,046	20,781	1,814	668	1,387	679	2,985
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	12,346	855	40.8	28.3	14.4	4.5	1.2	3.5	11.7	21.0	55.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.9	6.9	71.1	58.7	3.0	10.6	3.5	34,914	24,175	3,811	657	1,875	787	2,615
3	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	11,605	839	36.7	10.7	13.8	4.1	1.1	0.6	4.4	8.7	51.2	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.8	2.9	63.8	53.9	3.6	8.5	2.0	30,830	8,986	3,439	576	331	482	2,315
4	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	10,170	726	39.3	18.2	14.0	3.9	1.2	1.0	7.7	16.8	46.0	0.0	0.2	8.3	2.7	3.5	78.2	49.6	3.1	10.2	2.4	28,551	13,192	2,828	569	473	499	2,783
5	Paul Silas P. Silas	9,173	891	30.4	10.0	10.3	2.4	0.6	0.2	3.6	8.4	43.3	0.0	0.0		2.8	4.0	69.3	49.4	3.6	5.6	1.4	27,085	8,934	2,126	358	138	333	2,255
6	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	8,765	804	34.5	11.6	10.9	3.9	1.5	1.7	4.8	10.9	44.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.7	73.5	48.1	2.5	8.0	2.7	27,743	9,322	3,160	853	977	642	2,823
7	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	8,242	707	35.9	22.5	11.7	3.3	1.2	1.9	9.1	17.9	50.9	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.3	5.6	77.5	55.3	3.1	8.2	3.1	25,379	15,896	2,318	540	888	562	2,300
8	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	7,062	551	35.7	13.9	12.8	2.9	0.5	2.1	5.3	12.3	42.8				3.3	4.8	70.1	48.1	2.8	6.8		19,660	7,659	1,587	125	553		1,494
9	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	6,888	583	39.3	26.8	11.8	2.9	1.2	1.9	10.6	20.9	50.6	0.1	0.4	12.5	5.7	7.5	75.4	55.5	3.0	9.3	4.1	22,922	15,627	1,674	602	937	801	2,010
10	Clifford Ray C. Ray	6,736	718	26.6	7.9	9.4	2.3	0.8	1.1	3.2	6.0	52.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.6	59.2	55.2	2.8	6.2	1.9	19,102	5,664	1,676	477	625	458	2,424
11	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	6,433	646	35.2	20.5	10.0	1.9	0.6	1.2	8.2	17.5	46.6	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.2	5.3	79.8	51.8	2.7	6.1	2.2	22,739	13,270	1,257	298	534	474	1,824
12	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	6,397	711	34.7	17.5	9.0	3.3	1.0	0.7	6.9	15.1	45.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.4	69.3	50.4	2.7	5.7	2.5	24,679	12,477	2,326	552	392	573	2,356
13	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	5,990	716	34.1	17.8	8.4	2.1	0.7	0.4	7.5	14.9	50.3	0.4	1.3	27.8	2.8	3.6	78.3	54.1	2.3	5.5	1.7	24,450	12,780	1,492	355	169	274	1,816
14	Elmore Smith E. Smith	5,962	562	31.8	13.4	10.6	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	808	325	1,183	183	1,941
15	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	5,615	805	35.8	18.9	7.0	3.4	1.3	0.6	7.9	16.2	48.5	0.0	0.2	18.2	3.2	4.1	78.2	52.6	1.8	4.6	3.0	28,783	15,248	2,773	640	292	586	2,861
16	Gar Heard G. Heard	5,528	709	25.3	9.1	7.8	1.5	1.3	1.4	3.8	9.1	41.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.3	64.6	44.8	2.4	6.1	1.2	17,940	6,451	1,098	680	708	268	1,938
17	Otto Moore O. Moore	5,051	608	25.1	8.3	8.3	1.6	0.7	1.2	3.4	7.6	45.5				1.4	2.3	61.9	48.4	1.8	5.5		15,288	5,046	992	186	342		1,593
18	Clyde Lee C. Lee	5,037	521	26.3	6.8	9.7	0.9	0.4	0.3	2.7	6.0	44.7				1.4	2.4	59.1	48.0	3.0	5.5		13,702	3,547	494	80	64		1,479
19	Bill Bridges B. Bridges	5,002	421	33.9	11.0	11.9	2.8	0.7	0.4	4.2	9.2	46.2				2.6	3.7	69.4	51.1	2.6	3.9		14,259	4,652	1,181	69	36		1,458
20	Happy Hairston H. Hairston	4,973	409	34.1	15.0	12.2	2.3	0.8	0.2	5.5	11.3	48.4				4.1	5.2	78.3	55.3	4.2	8.9		13,952	6,152	931	116	28		1,296
21	Tom Boerwinkle T. Boerwinkle	4,856	555	21.7	6.9	8.7	3.3	0.4	0.5	2.8	5.9	47.1				1.3	1.9	68.0	50.9	1.8	4.0	1.2	12,022	3,815	1,829	110	138	26	1,494
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	4,812	258	43.2	16.7	18.7	4.2			6.7	10.9	61.3				3.4	7.0	48.9	60.1				11,146	4,321	1,095				592
23	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	4,603	719	39.8	21.9	6.4	5.8	1.2	0.3	8.7	19.1	45.4				4.5	5.4	83.9	50.9	1.5	3.5	2.5	28,643	15,747	4,185	476	117	204	1,813
24	Moses Malone M. Malone	4,592	305	36.5	20.9	15.1	1.4	0.9	1.6	7.5	14.8	50.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.9	8.1	72.1	56.9	6.5	8.6	3.8	11,143	6,377	414	274	483	846	887
25	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	4,546	468	31.4	16.1	9.7	1.5	0.7	0.8	6.4	13.4	47.5	0.0	0.0		3.4	5.1	67.2	51.6	2.5	7.2	3.4	14,712	7,556	721	321	390	785	1,357