List of National Basketball Association top rookie rebounding averages

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NBA minimum requirements for rebounding average are 70 games played or 800 rebounds.

Rank Season Player Team Games Rebounds RPG
1 1959-60 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia Warriors 72 1941 27.0
2 1956-57 Bill Russell Boston Celtics 48 943 19.6
3 1961-62 Walt Bellamy Chicago Packers 79 1500 19.0
4 1968-69 Wes Unseld Baltimore Bullets 82 1491 18.2
5 1963-64 Jerry Lucas Cincinnati Royals 79 1375 17.4
6 1968-69 Elvin Hayes San Diego Rockets 82 1406 17.1
7 1955-56 Maurice Stokes Rochester Royals 67 1094 16.3
8 1971-72 Elmore Smith Buffalo Braves 78 1184 15.2
9 1970-71 Dave Cowens Boston Celtics 81 1216 15.0
10 1958-59 Elgin Baylor Minneapolis Lakers 70 1050 15.0
11 1964-65 Willis Reed New York Knicks 80 1175 14.7
12 1969-70 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Milwaukee Bucks 82 1190 14.5
13 1992-93 Shaquille O'Neal Orlando Magic 81 1122 13.9
14 1954-55 Bob Pettit St. Louis Hawks 72 994 13.8
15 1963-64 Gus Johnson Baltimore Bullets 78 1064 13.6
16 1951-52 Mel Hutchins Milwaukee Hawks 66 880 13.3
17 1953-54 Ray Felix Baltimore Bullets 72 958 13.3

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