Dennis Rodman's rebounding statistics vs other great rebounders from all eras

[Rose'sACL]

stolen from reddit.

The difference between him and the player with the 2nd most RPG in the seasons that he won the rebounding title:

1992: Rodman 18.7. Kevin Willis 15.5. Difference +3.2 RPG.

1993: Rodman 18.3. Shaq 13.9. Difference +4.4 RPG.

1994: Rodman 17.3. Shaq 13.2. Difference +4.1 RPG.

1995: Rodman 16.8. Mutombo 12.5. Difference +4.3 RPG.

1996: Rodman 14.9. David Robinson 12.2. Difference +2.7 RPG.

1997: Rodman 16.1. Mutombo 11.6. Difference +4.5.

1998: Rodman 15.0. Jayson Williams 13.6. Difference +1.4.

[sdot_thadon]

He was a beast on the glass.

[HoopologyPhD]

I didn't know that Kevin Willis was such as beast, he was putting up nice career highs (18 ppg, 15.5 trb) in his peak season.

[riseagainst]

GOAT rebounder and it's not even close.

[90sgoat]

I didn't know that Kevin Willis was such as beast, he was putting up nice career highs (18 ppg, 15.5 trb) in his peak season.

No one remembers the second best stats like prime Dwight and this guy was third tier 90s big man

[DonDadda59]

I didn't know that Kevin Willis was such as beast, he was putting up nice career highs (18 ppg, 15.5 trb) in his peak season.

The drawback of playing in a stacked era for bigs. No one remembers absolute studs like Willis or Daugherty.

From '91-'95, Willis was a 7fter putting up 18/13...

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

The drawback of playing in a stacked era for bigs. No one remembers absolute studs like Willis or Daugherty.

From '91-'95, Willis was a 7fter putting up 18/13...

Willis is like Dwight Howard with a midrange game. Only difference between them far as impact goes, is that Willis played during the GOAT era for big men (as you said).

And yeah, Daugherty is another underrated beast.

[SouBeachTalents]

Inb4 3ball

[Psileas]

Do you have the link of this graph?

[Sarcastic]

GOAT rebounder and it's not even close.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/..._g_career.html

[SHAQisGOAT]

Very close estimates of Russell and Wilt's TRB%...

Wilt

60 - 20.3

61 - 20.7

62 - 20.0

63 - 20.8

64 - 19.8

65 - 20.3

66 - 20.4

67 - 21.3

68 - 20.1

69 - 20.4

70 - 20.7

71 - 18.4

72 - 20.1

73 - 19.6

Career TRB%: 20.16

Bill

57 - 21.9

58 - 21.3

59 - 19.0

60 - 19.0

61 - 18.6

62 - 19.1

63 - 19.9

64 - 20.9

65 - 20.5

66 - 20.6

67 - 20.7

68 - 19.8

69 - 18.6

Career TRB%: 19.94


Looking at Dennis...

1988 - 18.6

1989 - 19.8

1990 - 19.0

1991 - 21.3

1992 - 26.2

1993 - 26.0

1994 - 25.7

1995 - 29.7

1996 - 26.6

1997 - 25.6

1998 - 24.1

1999 - 22.9

2000 - 23.6

Career TRB%: 23.4

Moses...

1977 - 23.4

1978 - 22.3

1979 - 23.2

1980 - 20.9

1981 - 20.3

1982 - 19.3

1983 - 21.6

1984 - 20.6

1985 - 19.7

1986 - 18.0

1987 - 17.6

1988 - 18.3

1989 - 18.1

1990 - 17.1

1991 - 19.1

1992 - 16.9

1993 - 25.6

1994 - 20.1

1995 - 17.5

Career TRB%: 19.8

Those are the 4 GOAT rebounders ^, in my book.

Swen Nater, in the NBA, got a career high TRB% of 23.0... 20.9 for his NBA career, in 8 seasons playing 28.4 MPG.
Dude's definitely one of the best rebounders ever.

Dwight's career TRB% is 20.7, high was 22.0, playing 35.6 MPG in 11 seasons so far... But his competition, imo, is not on the same level as Malone's or Rodman's; still one of the GOAT rebounders.

Reggie Evans' career TRB% is 21.9 right now, high of 26.7... But only playing 19.2 MPG for his career.


(only mentioned regular-season numbers in this post)

[jayfan]

Shaq should be embarrassed to be as low as he is. Just lazy. He should have owned the rebounding record book.



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[DonDadda59]

Shaq should be embarrassed to be as low as he is. Just lazy. He should have owned the rebounding record book.



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Pretty funny that his rookie year was his best rebounding season. But it makes sense within context. He played with some good-great rebounders at the 4 after that. Horace Grant joined the Magic and Diesel's rebounding #s went down, then after Rodman joined the Lakers in '99 same thing happened.

So it's hard to say if it was him getting fatter and lazier (which he did ) or just him having to do less with better rebounding personnel on his squads.

[GIF REACTION]

One dimensional players like Rodman THRIVED in the illegal defense era. The Illegal Defense rule scheme ensured that defenses had to play single coverage and double aggressively. This created a league where offenses were getting away with playing isolation ball, and effectively too. Defenses had no choice but to sit by as they were dismantled by a one man offense. They couldn't do anything. The rules at the time forced them to play man defense. No zones or principles of such whatsoever. Teams in this era would isolate on the wing for a 1 on 1. This was called the "clear out". Single dimensional players could create offensive spacing because of the Illegal defense rules. Thus, many teams didn't need shooters, and they had rebounders who could sit out at the 3 point line when a clear out was called. Things are different today with no ID. Defenses as a team are much more sophisticated. To beat them, you have to play a 5 man offense game. This requires higher, more well rounded players to play. They need to be able to shoot, pass, rebound, and defend a multiple of positions. Thus, superstar stats have taken a hit.

[DonDadda59]

One dimensional players like Rodman THRIVED in the illegal defense era. The Illegal Defense rule scheme ensured that defenses had to play single coverage and double aggressively. This created a league where offenses were getting away with playing isolation ball, and effectively too. Defenses had no choice but to sit by as they were dismantled by a one man offense. They couldn't do anything. The rules at the time forced them to play man defense. No zones or principles of such whatsoever. Teams in this era would isolate on the wing for a 1 on 1. This was called the "clear out". Single dimensional players could create offensive spacing because of the Illegal defense rules. Thus, many teams didn't need shooters, and they had rebounders who could sit out at the 3 point line when a clear out was called. Things are different today with no ID. Defenses as a team are much more sophisticated. To beat them, you have to play a 5 man offense game. This requires higher, more well rounded players to play. They need to be able to shoot, pass, rebound, and defend a multiple of positions. Thus, superstar stats have taken a hit.

Leave it to this snitch to come in and retard up a thread. What did any of your mental diarrhea have to do with Rodman's rebounding?