title: List of National Basketball Association single-season rebounding leaders
text: # List of National Basketball Association single-season rebounding leaders
  
  This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top single-season rebounding averages based on at least 70 games played or 800 rebounds. The NBA did not record rebounds until the 1950-51 season.
  
  | ^ | Active NBA player |
  | - | - |
  | * | Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
  | Rank | Season | Player | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
  | 1 | 1960–61 | Wilt Chamberlain* | Philadelphia Warriors | 79 | 2,149 | 27.2 |
  | 2 | 1959–60 | Wilt Chamberlain* | Philadelphia Warriors | 72 | 1,941 | 27.0 |
  | 3 | 1961–62 | Wilt Chamberlain* | Philadelphia Warriors | 80 | 2,052 | 25.7 |
  | 4 | 1963–64 | Bill Russell* | Boston Celtics | 78 | 1,930 | 24.7 |
  | 5 | 1965–66 | Wilt Chamberlain* | Philadelphia 76ers | 79 | 1,943 | 24.6 |
  | 6 | 1962–63 | Wilt Chamberlain* | San Francisco Warriors | 80 | 1,946 | 24.3 |
  | 7 | 1966–67 | Wilt Chamberlain* | Philadelphia 76ers | 81 | 1,957 | 24.2 |
  | 8 | 1964–65 | Bill Russell* | Boston Celtics | 78 | 1,878 | 24.1 |
  | 9 | 1959–60 | Bill Russell* | Boston Celtics | 74 | 1,778 | 24.0 |
  | 10 | 1960–61 | Bill Russell* | Boston Celtics | 78 | 1,868 | 23.9 |
  | 11 | 1967–68 | Wilt Chamberlain* | Philadelphia 76ers | 82 | 1,952 | 23.8 |
  | 12 | 1962–63 | Bill Russell* | Boston Celtics | 78 | 1,843 | 23.6 |
  | 13 | 1961–62 | Bill Russell* | Boston Celtics | 76 | 1,790 | 23.6 |
  | 14 | 1958–59 | Bill Russell* | Boston Celtics | 70 | 1,612 | 23.0 |
  | 15 | 1964–65 | Wilt Chamberlain* | Warriors/76ers | 73 | 1,673 | 22.9 |
  | 16 | 1965–66 | Bill Russell* | Boston Celtics | 78 | 1,779 | 22.8 |
  | 17 | 1957–58 | Bill Russell* | Boston Celtics | 69 | 1,564 | 22.7 |
  | 18 | 1963–64 | Wilt Chamberlain* | San Francisco Warriors | 80 | 1,787 | 22.3 |
  | 19 | 1967–68 | Nate Thurmond* | San Francisco Warriors | 51 | 1,121 | 22.0 |
  | 20 | 1966–67 | Nate Thurmond* | San Francisco Warriors | 65 | 1,382 | 21.3 |
  | 21 | 1968–69 | Wilt Chamberlain* | Los Angeles Lakers | 81 | 1,712 | 21.1 |
  | 22 | 1965–66 | Jerry Lucas* | Cincinnati Royals | 79 | 1,668 | 21.1 |
  | 23 | 1966–67 | Bill Russell* | Boston Celtics | 81 | 1,700 | 21.0 |
  | 24 | 1960–61 | Bob Pettit* | St. Louis Hawks | 76 | 1,540 | 20.3 |
  | 25 | 1964–65 | Jerry Lucas* | Cincinnati Royals | 66 | 1,321 | 20.0 |
  