Who are your top 10 rebounders in NBA History?

[k0kakw0rld]

Dennis Rodman

[Round Mound]

In Terms of Efficiently Scoring and Dominating That Way and Then Rebounding To Add To The Table? Id Go With Wilt The Stilt and Sir Charles

[kshutts1]

Moses Malone was so good that he made OP mention him twice.

And to people saying "era specific rebounders"... please. No such thing as an era-specific rebounder. No matter the era, it's about positioning, timing, hard work and length, in that order.

[pauk]

1. Dennis Rodman
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. Bill Russell
4. Moses Malone
5. Charles Barkley
6. Dwight Howard
7. Kevin Love
8. Hakeem Olajuwon
9. Tim Duncan
10. Shaquille O'Neal


Pound for Pound: Dennis Rodman & Charles Barkley.

[JellyBean]

My Top 10 Rebounders in NBA History:

Moses Malone
Dennis Rodman
Buck Wiliams
Bill Russell
Artis Gilmore
Wilt Chamberlain
Jack Sikma
Wes Unsled
Larry Smith
Nate Thurmond

[Sarcastic]

How can Barkley be pound for pound one of the best ever, when he is the fattest one of all?



If you really wanna know who is the pound for pound best rebounder, it's either Oscar Robertson or Fat Lever.


Fat Lever had a 4 year stretch of averaging 8 - 9 rpg, and he weighed only 170 pounds.

[Overdrive]

It depends if you mean greatest rebounder or era-specific rebounders.....Some of those on your list are era-specific players that may be dropped for future players.

The ones in bold are the players that I believe are Era-Specific players:

Bill Russell - only successful in his era. Wasn't built very tough but a very good leader.

Wilt Chamberlain
Moses Malone
Bill Walton- would not make a team today or at least the last 20 years of NBA history.

Moses Malone
Dennis Rodman- era-specific especially when a 6 feet 7 inch guy leads the league in rebounds.

Charles Barkley- era-specific as well, no way a 6 feet 4 player leads the league in rebounds in the future. Tells you about the competition.

Ben Wallace
Dwight Howard
Kevin Love

Why is Russell era specific and not Wilt?

Why do you disregard Barkley and Rodman, when infact Ben Wallace, another 6'7" guy, posted great rebounding numbers during his prime - the same time your idol, who you want to prob up with this whole era specific remarks, had his?

[Psileas]

Going by rebounding rates, there will appear plenty of role players who had never spent serious energy on offense, players who played 20-25 mpg and players who rarely contested shots, prefering to just go for the rebound, apart from the often mentioned size-athleticism advantages of some. I tend to leave out as many of these cases as I can, although rarely will you find someone who fulfills all the aspects.

Approximate list (bonuses):
1. Wilt (multiple records, energy spent on offense, contested lots of shots, rarely rested)
2. Rodman (highest rebounding rates, small size, rebounded great even with declined athleticism)
3. Russell (contested lots of shots, multiple records, spent more time out of the paint than most centers, rarely rested)
4. M.Malone (offensive rebounding (official) records, energy spent on offense)
5. Howard (contests shots, plays some offensive role)
6. Love (plays outside the paint a lot, has offense, not very athletic)
7. Barkley (shortest player in the list, still rebounded great with declined health and athleticism, energy spent on offense)
8. Unseld (short, not a leaper)
9. B.Wallace (short, contested shots)
10. Hakeem (energy spent on offense, contested many shots)

[UtahJazzFan88]

Reggie Evans has to be at least in the discussion, he just has never really had proper minutes on the court mainly due to his offensive liability.

[Walker]

I wouldn't consider him top 10 but Shawn Marion is one of the best of the current era.
Even after losing his hops he can still get it done.

[Hoiids]

I think Chris Bosh deserves some love on this list.

[Mrofir]

Why is Russell era specific and not Wilt?

Why do you disregard Barkley and Rodman, when infact Ben Wallace, another 6'7" guy, posted great rebounding numbers during his prime - the same time your idol, who you want to prob up with this whole era specific remarks, had his?

wasn't ben wallace on the detroit pistons team that embarrassed LA in the finals in 2004?

I really think empire is just trolling permanently

[dh144498]

wasn't ben wallace on the detroit pistons team that embarrassed LA in the finals in 2004?

I really think empire is just trolling permanently

except he didn't say Wallace was an era-specific player, idiot...

[zizozain]

1. Dennis Rodman
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. Bill Russell
4. Moses Malone
5. Charles Barkley
6. Dwight Howard
7. Kevin Love
8. Hakeem Olajuwon
9. Tim Duncan
10. Shaquille O'Neal


Pound for Pound: Dennis Rodman & Charles Barkley.

really? Shaq top 10 rebounder in NBA History?

[Carbine]

Rebounding should not be gauged by raw rebounding numbers.

It should be gauged by how good you are as a traffic rebounder and how well you box out.