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Rebounding is one of the most important stats in the NBA because it mainly does two things: it completes a good defensive possession and it can also give the team more than one chance to score on the same offensive trip. Some great NBA teams are quite efficient on the glass, though it is not a winning trait by itself.
Last season, the 2020-21 champion Milwaukee Bucks were in the Top 10 in both Offensive and Defensive Rebound Percentage, a solid showing. Giannis Antetokounmpo and company also ranked second in rebounds per game in the regular season.
5 NBA players with the most games with double-digit rebounds
The Bucks also outrebounded their four rivals on the way to the NBA title, which only means that solid rebounding would improve a team's chances of reaching the main goal.
In this article, however, we will not look at collective rebounding, but on an individual level. There have been some magnificent rebounders in the NBA, mainly big men, but also guards like Russell Westbrook and now Luka Doncic.
We will give you the five NBA players with the most games with at least 10 rebounds in league history.
Without further ado, let us start.
#5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 884
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA's all-time scoring leader, but he has done more throughout his career in the league than just scoring. Abdul-Jabbar was a solid rim-protector in the early stages of his career and throughout his prime.
Moreover, he was also an effective rebounder. At 7'2'', Abdul-Jabbar could dominate the glass.
He averaged 11.2 rebounds per game in his 20-year NBA career, and led the NBA once with 16.9 rebounds per game in the 1975-76 season.
The six-time MVP's 17,440 career rebounds rank third in NBA history. Abdul-Jabbar's career high in a single game is 34 rebounds, achieved in a regular-season game in the 1975-76 season.
#4 Elvin Hayes - 913
A Hall-of-Famer and NBA champion, Elvin Hayes was also a great rebounder throughout his career, from 1968 to 1984. His career average of 12.5 rebounds per game ranks 14th in league history.
Hayes had 913 games with double-digit rebounds, and he led the NBA on boards a couple of times.
He won the rebound title for the first time in the 1969-70 NBA season with 16.9 per game, while the second came in the 1973-74 campaign with an average of 18.1 per night.
Hayes is fourth in rebounds in NBA history with 16,279. Hayes' career high in rebounds was 35 in a regular-season game against the New York Knicks in 1971.
#3 Moses Malone - 922
Moses Malone's name should be mentioned a lot more than it usually is during NBA debates. A great center who could be dominant regardless of the cast around him, Malone won three regular-season MVPs, including two consecutive awards with two different teams (he is the only one to do so).
He was also a unique rebounder, as he had 922 games in his NBA career with double-digit rebounds. Malone averaged 12.2 rebounds per game in his NBA career and led the league six times in rebounds per game, the third-most in NBA history.
Malone is also the all-time leader in offensive rebounds (first tracked in the 1973-74 season) and ranks fifth in total rebounds in NBA history (third if we count his ABA stats).
#2 Bill Russell - 932
Bill Russell was certainly one of the best rebounders ever during his playing days. The 11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics is often regarded as one of the best defenders in league history, while his rebounding stats prove that he was too dominant on the glasses.
Russell grabbed 21,620 rebounds in his career and had 10 or more in a single game 932 times (out of 963 career games in 13 seasons).
Russell led the league in rebounds per game five times, and his career average (22.5) is the second-highest in NBA history.
The five-time MVP had 10 seasons averaging 20 or more rebounds per game, which is tied for the all-time record.
#1 Wilt Chamberlain - 1,033
Any time we're discussing NBA records, especially regarding scoring and rebounding, Wilt Chamberlain's name will make an appearance. In terms of scoring, Chamberlain's 100-point game and an entire season averaging over 50 points are easily known by some diehard NBA fans.
Regarding rebounds, Chamberlain is the NBA's all-time leader with 23,924 rebounds throughout his career. He also has the highest career average of rebounds per game with 22.9.
He led the league in rebounding a record 11 times, including four in his first four seasons in the NBA. Chamberlain also holds the record for most rebounds in a single game with 55 on November 24th, 1960.
Chamberlain is tied with Bill Russell for most seasons with an average of 20 rebounds per game or more. In terms of rebounds per game in a single season, the legend has six of the seventh-highest rebounding seasons in league history, with 27.2 in the 1960-61 season being the highest in league history.
To sum it all up, Chamberlain had 1,033 games with at least 10 rebounds in 1,045 regular-season appearances.
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