Who are your top 10 rebounders in NBA History?

[Rubio2Gasol]

really? Shaq top 10 rebounder in NBA History?

Why not? Shaq was a great rebounder. he could've have tried harder alot of the time but lets not pretend like the dude wasn't a beast on the boards.

[Champ]

I would add Dave Cowens to the list.

[KOBE143]

1. Dennis Rodman aka the Worm, GOAT rebounder..

[SCdac]

Kevin Willis is an overlooked great rebounder.



In the 1991-1992 season his twenty best rebounding games were:

33 (16 off)
31 (11 off)
24 (7 off)
23 (6 off)
23 (4 off)
22 (6 off)
22 (10 off)
22 (8 off)
21 (6 off)
21 (8 off)
21 (4 off)
21 (3 off)
21 (7 off)
20 (7 off)
20 (8 off)
20 (10 off)
20 (9 off)
20 (8 off)
20 (8 off)
20 (6 off)

91-92 season average: 15.5 rpg, 5.2 orpg, 37 mpg, 81 games

[Whoah10115]

Reggie Evans. lol.

Came here to post this. He's been great for 10 years.

[Whoah10115]

Why not? Shaq was a great rebounder. he could've have tried harder alot of the time but lets not pretend like the dude wasn't a beast on the boards.

He was a great rebounder...I know you say Kevin Love doesn't play defense but he was doing it all year and putting up even better numbers than last year. I think that the argument against Shaq is that he didn't play much defense if he wasn't in the post or getting a block. But I always thought he was strong on the boards. Hard to argue with rebounding numbers, sometimes.


Hakeem, tho, was better. Hakeem is actually very underrated on the boards. He contested every single play, and still got back to put up crazy numbers. He was well over 12 a game for his career when he completed the repeat.

[Unstoppabull]

Wilt and Russell.
And everyone else. OP got it.

[Vertical-24]

While I think guys like Wilt and Bill's rebounding stats are inflated due to era...I can't leave them out.

No general order, but my picks:

Dennis Rodman
Bill Russell
Moses Malone
Charles Barkley
Wilt Chamberlain
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (in his prime)
Dwight Howard
Ben Wallace
Kevin Love
David Robinson

[Whoah10115]

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

Inch for inch.

[pauk]

Wilt and Russell.
And everyone else. OP got it.

Actually, per possession / minute they were not the best.... that was Dennis Rodman..... by very far.... For example....

Dennis Rodman in 1994-95:

16.8 RPG in his 94.6 poss. per game & 32.0 mpg.

Wilt Chamberlain in 1960-61:

27.2 RPG in his ~140 poss. per game & 47.8 mpg.


Dennis Rodman in 1994-95 with ~140 poss. per game & 47.8 mpg:

~37.2 RPG in ~140 poss. per game & 47.8 mpg.

The league back then in the 60s compared to 90s (or today) averaged anything from 30 to about 60 more poss. per game....



Per possession, per minute... Dennis Rodman is factually the GOAT rebounder....

Then you consider his size....

[fpliii]

Actually, per possession / minute they were not the best.... that was Dennis Rodman..... by very far.... For example....

Dennis Rodman in 1994-95:

16.8 RPG in his 94.6 poss. per game & 32.0 mpg.

Wilt Chamberlain in 1960-61:

27.2 RPG in his ~140 poss. per game & 47.8 mpg.


Dennis Rodman in 1994-93 with ~140 poss. per game & 47.8 mpg:

~37.2 RPG in ~140 poss. per game & 47.8 mpg.

Two questions:

1) What's the source for 140 possessions a game?
2) Why do you believe it's safe to assume that rebounds scale linearly with more minutes and possessions?

Not that I agree/disagree with either, but both of those assumptions require pretty sizable leaps of faith.

[dh144498]

Dennis Rodman leads the categories for career ORB%, DRB%, and TRB%.

[plowking]

I think Elton Brand deserves a mention. Hes an absolute beast on the offensive glass, and has been his whole career.

[Pointguard]

KG is getting dogged here. TD is getting more love, when KG has 4 rebounding titles in TD's prime while TD has none. If KG wasn't multitasking like crazy and playing first team all defense with his feet, he would be, unquestionably a top three rebounder with about five or six rebounding titles under his belt. He definitely takes one of Ben Wallace's two rebounding titles. KG was a better rebounder than Wallace in Wallace's prime pretty easily as well.

Psileas, how does rebounding rates work? KG had five straight years where nobody on the team had half as many rebounds as him.

[pauk]

Two questions:

1) What's the source for 140 possessions a game?

Its an estimate...

1960s Wilts & Russells average possessions per game (assertions of up to 146 poss. per game): books.google.com/books?id=jltvUlb5_-YC&pg=PA282&dq=nba+possessions+per+game&hl=sv&sa=X &ei=dQhbUZimJ7OP4gSBqIHgCw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ#v.=onep age&q=nba possessions per game&f=false

Here you can even read assertion of Russell's Celtics averaging up to 152 poss. per game: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/4...ted-nba-legend

I have been reading/finding lots of various facts about 60s average poss. per game through books or internet... the minimum league average was 126 poss. per game and maximum 150+ poss. per game in the 60s...... and Wilts/Russells teams averaged more than any other teams....

We can just estimate, but its very accurate to say that the
60s averaged anything from 30 to 60 more poss. per game compared to 90s (or today)....... this is very factual....

Dennis Rodman's average poss. per game that season for example (1994-95) was 94.6 (pace): http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/1995.html

League averages down until 1974:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...NBA_stats.html

2) Why do you believe it's safe to assume that rebounds scale linearly with more minutes and possessions?

Its just very logical to believe that more possessions = more oppurtunities to score, rebound, pass, block, steal, turnover.....

...and there is evidence of that, as you can see here if you scroll down and compare to 90s league averages (or today): http://www.basketball-reference.com/...NBA_stats.html ...and keep in mind that Russels/Wilts teams averaged much more of almost everything than the league average....

So its not just logical, its also factual....

Not that I agree/disagree with either, but both of those assumptions require pretty sizable leaps of faith.

No, those are facts.... faith is just delusion...




No matter how many poss. per game Wilt/Russell had to work with compared to Rodman they averaged an absolute minimum of 30 more poss. per game (now i am being kind).....

By calculations even if Wilt/Russell averaged as little as 125 poss. per game, its still 31 more poss. per game than Dennis Rodman in the 90s.... Rodman would still come out on top..............