Lakers Top 50 Players for Career Rebounds Average in the NBA Regular Season

Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers players with the best average in career rebounds in the NBA Regular Season.

Lakers Historical Records and Statistics:
Rebounds in the NBA Regular Season

Career Average

In this page you can find the top 50 list with the best career rebound averages. The list includes both the Minneapolis Lakers and the Los Angeles Lakers players.

Wilt Chamberlain, who have the best career average in NBA history with 22.9 rebounds per game, averaged 19.2 rebounds in his 5 seasons as a Laker. The best career average for the franchise.

Second is Elgin Baylor, who despite leading the franchise in total rebounds, played 14 seasons for the team and his average is 6 rebounds lower than Chamberlain's.

Pau Gasol, and Andrew Bynum are the 2011-12 Lakers players included on this list.

Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain

19.2 reb. per game
1968-69 to 1972-73

Notes:
- Stats updated on Mar 23, 2023.
- 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.
- In this case, Seasons and Games only include seasons since 1951.

Lakers Top 50 Players for Career Rebounds Average in the NBA Regular Season

Player Rebounds Seasons Games
1. Wilt Chamberlain 19.24 5 339
2. Elgin Baylor 13.55 14 846
3. George Mikan 13.40 5 311
4. Happy Hairston 12.40 6 394
5. Shaquille O'Neal 11.85 8 514
6. Dennis Rodman 11.22 1 23
7. Walter Dukes 11.18 1 71
8. Clyde Lovellette 11.15 4 282
9. Elmore Smith 11.07 2 155
10. Andre Drummond 10.19 1 21
11. Anthony Davis 9.95 4 185
12. Pau Gasol 9.88 7 429
13. Rudy LaRusso 9.57 8 582
14. Lamar Odom 9.45 7 519
15. Darrall Imhoff 9.44 4 316
16. Vern Mikkelsen 9.41 9 631
17. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 9.40 14 1093
18. Bill Bridges 8.93 3 154
19. Julius Randle 8.90 4 238
20. Dwight Howard 8.82 3 205
21. Karl Malone 8.74 1 42
22. Vlade Divac 8.50 8 535
23. Cornell Warner 8.33 2 95
24. LeBron James 8.11 5 270
25. Sam Perkins 7.96 3 185
Player Rebounds Seasons Games
26. Larry Foust 7.87 3 191
27. Andrew Bynum 7.85 7 392
28. Jim Pollard 7.80 5 319
29. A.C. Green 7.66 9 735
30. Ed Davis 7.59 1 79
31. Jarred Vanderbilt 7.47 1 17
32. Jim Chones 7.45 2 164
33. Maurice Lucas 7.35 1 77
34. Gene Wiley 7.31 4 300
Cedric Ceballos 7.31 3 144
36. Magic Johnson 7.24 13 906
Jordan Hill 7.24 4 178
38. Bob Boozer 7.03 1 78
39. Rick Roberson 7.02 2 139
40. Russell Westbrook 6.93 2 130
41. Mel Counts 6.90 6 375
42. Leroy Ellis 6.83 6 402
43. Carlos Boozer 6.79 1 71
44. Ray Felix 6.72 3 189
45. Kermit Washington 6.70 5 214
46. JaVale McGee 6.69 2 143
47. Jemerrio Jones 6.50 2 8
48. Adrian Dantley 6.43 2 116
49. Connie Hawkins 6.32 2 114
50. Samaki Walker 6.24 2 136
Kwame Brown 6.24 3 136
52. Montrezl Harrell 6.20 1 69
53. Lonzo Ball 6.17 2 99