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

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

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

Single Season Average

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

Wilt Chamberlain is at the top of the list with his 1968-69 season. Being Chamberlain the all-time NBA rebounder it's no surprise that his 5 seasons with the Lakers are on the top 7 of this list. Other rebounders with many apperances are Elgin Baylor, Shaquille O'Neal and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum are the only players from the 2011-12 roster on the Lakers historic top 50 in rebounds per game.
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain
21.1 reb. per game
in 1968-69

Notes:
- Stats updated on Dec 05, 2024.
- 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 Regular Season Rebounds Average
Player Rebounds Season Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds		 Assists Points
1. Wilt Chamberlain 21.14 1969 81 4.52 20.54
2. Elgin Baylor 19.82 1961 73 5.08 34.77
3. Wilt Chamberlain 19.17 1972 82 4.01 14.79
4. Wilt Chamberlain 18.61 1973 82 4.45 13.22
5. Elgin Baylor 18.58 1962 48 4.63 38.25
6. Wilt Chamberlain 18.42 1970 12 4.08 27.33
7. Wilt Chamberlain 18.21 1971 82 4.29 20.68
8. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16.87 1976 82 3.32 13.55 5.04 27.74
9. Elgin Baylor 16.43 1960 70 3.47 29.63
10. Elgin Baylor 15.00 1959 70 4.10 24.89
11. George Mikan 14.39 1953 70 2.87 20.60
12. Elgin Baylor 14.33 1963 80 4.83 33.99
13. George Mikan 14.28 1954 72 2.42 18.14
14. George Mikan 14.09 1951 68 3.06 28.41
15. Clyde Lovellette 13.97 1956 71 2.31 21.49
16. Shaquille O'Neal 13.65 2000 79 4.25 9.39 3.78 29.67
17. George Mikan 13.53 1952 64 3.03 23.80
18. Clyde Lovellette 13.51 1957 69 2.01 20.78
Happy Hairston 13.51 1974 77 4.35 9.16 2.70 14.45
20. Darrall Imhoff 13.33 1967 81 2.74 10.70
21. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13.29 1977 82 3.24 10.05 3.89 26.24
22. Happy Hairston 13.21 1973 28 2.43 16.29
23. Happy Hairston 13.06 1972 80 2.41 13.09
24. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12.92 1978 62 3.00 9.92 4.34 25.81
25. Elgin Baylor 12.84 1965 74 3.78 27.15
Player Rebounds Season Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds		 Assists Points
26. Elgin Baylor 12.83 1967 70 3.07 26.60
27. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12.81 1979 80 2.59 10.23 5.39 23.79
28. Happy Hairston 12.78 1975 74 4.11 8.68 2.34 10.26
29. Shaquille O'Neal 12.70 2001 74 3.93 8.77 3.74 28.72
30. Anthony Davis 12.64 2024 76 3.14 9.50 3.50 24.68
31. Shaquille O'Neal 12.55 1997 51 3.82 8.73 3.12 26.20
32. Anthony Davis 12.54 2023 56 3.48 9.05 2.64 25.91
33. Happy Hairston 12.49 1970 55 2.00 20.60
34. Dwight Howard 12.43 2013 76 3.30 9.13 1.42 17.05
35. Elgin Baylor 12.22 1968 77 4.61 26.00
36. Larry Foust 12.17 1958 72 1.50 16.81
37. Elgin Baylor 12.00 1964 78 4.45 25.42
38. Andrew Bynum 11.82 2012 60 3.20 8.62 1.42 18.72
39. Shaquille O'Neal 11.48 2004 67 3.67 7.81 2.93 21.48
40. Clyde Lovellette 11.46 1955 70 1.43 18.73
41. Shaquille O'Neal 11.35 1998 60 3.47 7.88 2.37 28.32
42. Pau Gasol 11.29 2010 65 3.74 7.55 3.35 18.31
Anthony Davis 11.29 2025 21 2.48 8.81 3.38 26.86
44. Dennis Rodman 11.22 1999 23 2.70 8.52 1.30 2.13
45. Elmore Smith 11.19 1974 81 2.52 8.67 1.85 12.53
46. Walter Dukes 11.18 1957 71 0.76 10.14
Vern Mikkelsen 11.18 1958 72 2.31 17.33
48. Kermit Washington 11.16 1978 25 4.40 6.76 1.20 11.52
49. Shaquille O'Neal 11.07 2003 67 3.87 7.21 3.07 27.48
50. Elmore Smith 10.95 1975 74 2.84 8.11 1.96 10.86
51. Darrall Imhoff 10.89 1968 82 2.51 9.30
52. Bill Bridges 10.86 1973 72 2.72 9.79
53. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 10.80 1980 82 2.32 8.49 4.52 24.80
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