NBA Career Rebound Leaders

[robertshaw_1]

1 Wilt Chamberlain
23,924

2 Bill Russell Boston
21,620

3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
17,440

4 Elvin Hayes
16,279

5 Moses Malone
16,212

6 Karl Malone
14,967

7 Robert Parish
14,715

8 Nate Thurmond
14,464

9 Walt Bellamy
14,241

10 Wes Unseld
13,769

11 Hakeem Olajuwon
13,747

12 Buck Williams
13,018

13 Jerry Lucas
12,942

14 Bob Pettit
12,849

15 Charles Barkley
12,546

16 Paul Silas
12,357

17 Dikembe Mutombo
12,326

18 Charles Oakley
12,205

19 Dennis Rodman
11,954

20 Shaquille O'Neal
11,933

[iamgine]

aye, Rodman really best ever!

[Myth]

Your posts are quickly becoming tiresome.

[che guevara]

Thanks for posting all of this. I couldn't have looked it up myself. If only somebody would make a reference for basketball...

[Quizno]

Thanks for posting all of this. I couldn't have looked it up myself. If only somebody would make a reference for basketball...

har har

[godofgods]

Rodman is overrated.

[Bigsmoke]

Moses Malone is the greatest rebounder

[PistonsFan#21]

Moses Malone is the greatest rebounder

No way! He missed easy shots on purpose just to get more offensive rebounds

[Dasher]

No way! He missed easy shots on purpose just to get more offensive rebounds

But he still had to rebound those shots. Those shots that you refer to, were not easy shots. He purposely take tough shots, follow his own shot, which would lead to easy buckets.

[Mikaiel]

Career rebound percentage :

1. Dennis Rodman : 23.44%
2. Swen Nater : 21.39%
3. Dwight Howard : 20.51%
4. Moses Malone : 19.76%
5. Larry Smith : 19.30%
6. Mel Daniels : 19.26%
7. Ben Wallace : 19.12%
8. Dikembe Mutombo : 19.10%
9. Chris Dudley : 18.76%
10. Tim Duncan : 18.44%

Best season rebound percentage :

1. Dennis Rodman : 29.73% (1994-95)
2. Dennis Rodman : 26.56% (1995-96)
3. Dennis Rodman : 26.19% (1991-92)
4. Dennis Rodman : 25.99% (1992-93)
5. Dennis Rodman : 25.74% (1993-94)
6. Dennis Rodman : 25.61% (1996-97)
7. Dennis Rodman : 24.08% (1997-98)
8. Jayson Williams : 23.78% (1995-96)
9. Danny Fortson : 23.70% (1998-99)
10. Swen Nater : 23.48 % (1974-75 )

[97 bulls]

But he still had to rebound those shots. Those shots that you refer to, were not easy shots. He purposely take tough shots, follow his own shot, which would lead to easy buckets.

malone did have a reputation for padding his rebounding stats. and rodman is the greatest rebounder ever.

[Showtime]

What makes Rodman the best isn't his totals, but his rebounding rate. That is, the ratio of available rebounds to the rebounds he gets. During his peak, he was rebounding at a GOAT rate, even higher than Russell.

[97 bulls]

What makes Rodman the best isn't his totals, but his rebounding rate. That is, the ratio of available rebounds to the rebounds he gets. During his peak, he was rebounding at a GOAT rate, even higher than Russell.

not to mention he was 6'8 rebounding against 7"0 centers and great centers too. not scrubs

[JordanL]

Career rebound percentage :

1. Dennis Rodman : 23.44%
2. Swen Nater : 21.39%
3. Dwight Howard : 20.51%
4. Moses Malone : 19.76%
5. Larry Smith : 19.30%
6. Mel Daniels : 19.26%
7. Ben Wallace : 19.12%
8. Dikembe Mutombo : 19.10%
9. Chris Dudley : 18.76%
10. Tim Duncan : 18.44%

Best season rebound percentage :

1. Dennis Rodman : 29.73% (1994-95)
2. Dennis Rodman : 26.56% (1995-96)
3. Dennis Rodman : 26.19% (1991-92)
4. Dennis Rodman : 25.99% (1992-93)
5. Dennis Rodman : 25.74% (1993-94)
6. Dennis Rodman : 25.61% (1996-97)
7. Dennis Rodman : 24.08% (1997-98)
8. Jayson Williams : 23.78% (1995-96)
9. Danny Fortson : 23.70% (1998-99)
10. Swen Nater : 23.48 % (1974-75 )

Owned.

[steve]

No way! He missed easy shots on purpose just to get more offensive rebounds

That's not exactly right. What Moses would do is miss fairly difficult shots to give himself better position for better shots. Using rebounding percentage isn't quite accurate considering that he can only reasonably go back so far. Also, if you're going to accuse Moses of padding his rebounding numbers then you can just as easily put that claim on Rodman as well. There's a story that Sean Elliot likes to tell about the '95 WCF where Rodman refused to go outside and guard Horry because he wanted to grab as many rebounds as possible.