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.
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| 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 19.2 reb. per game 1968-69 to 1972-73 |
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Notes:
- Stats updated on Jun 13, 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 |
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| 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. | Larry Foust | 10.17 | 3 | 191 | ||||||
| 12. | Anthony Davis | 10.10 | 4 | 194 | ||||||
| 13. | Pau Gasol | 9.88 | 7 | 429 | ||||||
| 14. | Rudy LaRusso | 9.57 | 8 | 582 | ||||||
| 15. | Lamar Odom | 9.45 | 7 | 519 | ||||||
| 16. | Darrall Imhoff | 9.44 | 4 | 316 | ||||||
| 17. | Vern Mikkelsen | 9.41 | 9 | 631 | ||||||
| 18. | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 9.40 | 14 | 1093 | ||||||
| 19. | Bill Bridges | 8.93 | 3 | 154 | ||||||
| 20. | Julius Randle | 8.90 | 4 | 238 | ||||||
| 21. | Dwight Howard | 8.82 | 3 | 205 | ||||||
| 22. | Karl Malone | 8.74 | 1 | 42 | ||||||
| 23. | Vlade Divac | 8.50 | 8 | 535 | ||||||
| 24. | Cornell Warner | 8.33 | 2 | 95 | ||||||
| 25. | LeBron James | 8.10 | 5 | 278 | ||||||
| Player | Rebounds | Seasons | Games | |||||||
| 26. | Sam Perkins | 7.96 | 3 | 185 | ||||||
| 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. | Jim Chones | 7.45 | 2 | 164 | ||||||
| 32. | Maurice Lucas | 7.35 | 1 | 77 | ||||||
| 33. | Gene Wiley | 7.31 | 4 | 300 | ||||||
| Cedric Ceballos | 7.31 | 3 | 144 | |||||||
| 35. | Magic Johnson | 7.24 | 13 | 906 | ||||||
| Jordan Hill | 7.24 | 4 | 178 | |||||||
| 37. | Bob Boozer | 7.03 | 1 | 78 | ||||||
| 38. | Rick Roberson | 7.02 | 2 | 139 | ||||||
| 39. | Russell Westbrook | 6.93 | 2 | 130 | ||||||
| 40. | Mel Counts | 6.90 | 6 | 375 | ||||||
| 41. | Leroy Ellis | 6.83 | 6 | 402 | ||||||
| 42. | Carlos Boozer | 6.79 | 1 | 71 | ||||||
| 43. | Ray Felix | 6.72 | 3 | 189 | ||||||
| 44. | Kermit Washington | 6.70 | 5 | 214 | ||||||
| 45. | JaVale McGee | 6.69 | 2 | 143 | ||||||
| 46. | Jarred Vanderbilt | 6.65 | 1 | 26 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||