Lakers Top 50 Players for Single Playoffs Rebounds Average in the NBA Playoffs

Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers players with the best average in single playoffs rebounds in the NBA Playoffs.

Lakers Historical Records and Statistics:
Rebounds in the NBA Playoffs

Single Season Average

In this page you can find the top 50 list with the best rebounding averages in single Playoffs editions in Lakers history. The list includes both the Minneapolis Lakers and the Los Angeles Lakers players.

All 5 years of Wilt Chamberlain as a Laker cover the first 5 spots of this list.

Other rebounders with many apperances are Elgin Baylor, Shaquille O'Neal (7 of his 8 playoffs with the Lakers) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol are the only 2011-12 Lakers on the historic top 50 in rebound average in the Playoffs.
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain
24.7 reb. per game
in the 1969 Playoffs

Notes:
- Stats updated on Jan 18, 2025.
- Total Rebounds were not recorded until 1950-51, steals, blocks, offensive and defensive rebounds until 1973-74, turnovers until 1977-78 and 3-pointers started in 1979-80.

Lakers Top 50 Players for Single Playoffs Rebounds Average

Player		 Rebounds Playoffs Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds		 Assists Points
1. Wilt Chamberlain 24.67 1969 18 2.56 13.89
2. Wilt Chamberlain 22.53 1973 17 3.53 10.41
3. Wilt Chamberlain 22.17 1970 18 4.50 22.11
4. Wilt Chamberlain 21.00 1972 15 3.27 14.67
5. Wilt Chamberlain 20.17 1971 12 4.42 18.33
6. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 17.73 1977 11 4.64 13.09 4.09 34.64
7. Elgin Baylor 17.69 1962 13 3.62 38.62
8. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16.67 1981 3 4.33 12.33 4.00 26.67
9. George Mikan 15.92 1952 13 2.77 23.62
10. Anthony Davis 15.60 2024 5 3.00 12.60 4.00 27.80
11. Shaquille O'Neal 15.44 2001 16 5.69 9.75 3.19 30.44
12. Shaquille O'Neal 15.43 2000 23 5.17 10.26 3.09 30.74
13. George Mikan 15.42 1953 12 1.92 19.83
14. Elgin Baylor 15.25 1961 12 4.58 38.08
15. Shaquille O'Neal 14.83 2003 12 5.25 9.58 3.67 27.00
Player		 Rebounds Playoffs Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds		 Assists Points
16. Walter Dukes 14.80 1957 5 1.00 13.60
17. A.C. Green 14.60 1993 5 5.20 9.40 2.60 9.80
18. Elgin Baylor 14.53 1968 15 4.00 28.53
19. Gene Wiley 14.36 1965 11 2.09 7.00
20. Elgin Baylor 14.11 1960 9 3.44 33.44
21. Elgin Baylor 14.07 1966 14 3.71 26.79
22. Anthony Davis 14.06 2023 16 2.38 11.69 2.56 22.56
23. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13.67 1978 3 4.67 9.00 3.67 27.00
Magic Johnson 13.67 1981 3 2.67 11.00 7.00 17.00
25. Elgin Baylor 13.62 1963 13 4.46 32.62
26. Shaquille O'Neal 13.23 2004 22 4.14 9.09 2.50 21.50
27. George Mikan 13.15 1954 13 1.92 19.38
28. Happy Hairston 13.13 1972 15 2.07 13.47
29. Elgin Baylor 13.00 1967 3 3.00 23.67
Lamar Odom 13.00 2007 5 4.00 9.00 2.20 19.40
Player		 Rebounds Playoffs Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds		 Assists Points
31. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12.63 1979 8 2.25 10.38 4.75 28.50
32. Shaquille O'Neal 12.58 2002 19 3.53 9.05 2.84 28.47
33. Darrall Imhoff 12.33 1967 3 1.67 10.00
34. Leroy Ellis 12.09 1965 11 0.64 14.36
35. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12.07 1980 15 3.40 8.67 3.07 31.93
36. Elgin Baylor 12.00 1959 13 3.31 25.46
37. Shaquille O'Neal 11.63 1999 8 5.50 6.13 2.25 26.63
38. Elgin Baylor 11.60 1964 5 5.60 24.20
39. Pau Gasol 11.50 2013 4 1.75 9.75 6.50 14.00
40. Magic Johnson 11.29 1982 14 3.86 7.43 9.29 17.36
41. Vern Mikkelsen 11.14 1955 7 1.86 13.71
Jim Pollard 11.14 1955 7 2.00 14.14
43. Pau Gasol 11.09 2010 23 4.00 7.09 3.52 19.57
44. Andrew Bynum 11.08 2012 12 3.83 7.25 1.50 16.67
45. Andre Drummond 11.00 2021 5 3.80 7.20 0.00 9.00
Player		 Rebounds Playoffs Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds		 Assists Points
Lamar Odom 11.00 2006 7 2.14 8.86 4.86 19.14
47. Darrall Imhoff 10.87 1968 15 2.00 7.60
48. Pau Gasol 10.83 2009 23 2.96 7.87 2.52 18.26
49. Gene Wiley 10.78 1963 9 1.22 3.33
50. LeBron James 10.76 2020 21 1.33 9.43 8.76 27.62
51. Dwight Howard 10.75 2013 4 2.50 8.25 1.00 17.00
52. Elmore Smith 10.60 1974 5 3.80 6.80 1.20 19.20
53. George Mikan 10.57 1951 7 1.29 24.00
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