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Cavaliers All-Time Rebounds Leaders: Single Regular Season Per Game Average

List with the stats for the top 50 players with the best single season rebounds per game average in Cavaliers history.

Notes: - These stats were updated on April 25, 2024
- Total Rebounds were not recorded until 1950-51, offensive and defensive rebounds until 1973-74.
- This list includes players with some minimum requirements

Cavaliers All-Time Rebounds Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50

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Player
Rebounds
 Total
Rebounds		 Season Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds
1. Carlos Boozer 11.43 857 2004 75 3.07 8.36
2. Cliff Robinson 11.12 856 1983 77 2.47 8.65
3. Kevin Love 11.10 666 2017 60 2.47 8.63
4. Tyrone Hill 10.93 765 1995 70 3.84 7.09
5. Brad Daugherty 10.92 830 1991 76 2.33 8.59
6. Jim Brewer 10.87 891 1976 82 3.63 7.23
7. Jarrett Allen 10.53 811 2024 77 3.16 7.38
8. Brad Daugherty 10.41 760 1992 73 2.62 7.79
9. Cliff Robinson 10.32 753 1984 73 2.14 8.18
10. Kenny Carr 10.31 835 1981 81 3.21 7.10
Player
Rebounds
 Total
Rebounds		 Season Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds
11. Jim Chones 10.29 844 1978 82 2.67 7.62
12. Jim Chones 10.27 842 1979 82 3.17 7.10
13. Brad Daugherty 10.23 726 1993 71 2.31 7.92
14. Tristan Thompson 10.12 577 2020 57 3.96 6.16
15. Tyrone Hill 9.95 736 1997 74 3.50 6.45
16. Kevin Love 9.90 762 2016 77 1.94 7.96
17. Jarrett Allen 9.79 666 2023 68 3.25 6.54
18. Kevin Love 9.77 547 2020 56 0.96 8.80
19. Kevin Love 9.75 731 2015 75 1.89 7.85
20. Clarence Weatherspoon 9.71 796 2001 82 2.72 6.99
Player
Rebounds
 Total
Rebounds		 Season Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds
21. Anderson Varejao 9.68 629 2014 65 2.88 6.80
22. Tristan Thompson 9.43 773 2013 82 3.73 5.70
23. Jim Brewer 9.41 762 1977 81 3.40 6.01
24. Jim Chones 9.40 677 1975 72 2.17 7.24
25. Zydrunas Ilgauskas 9.34 682 2008 73 3.60 5.74
26. Shawn Kemp 9.31 745 1998 80 2.74 6.58
27. Kevin Love 9.25 546 2018 59 1.71 7.54
28. Brad Daugherty 9.21 718 1989 78 2.14 7.06
29. Tristan Thompson 9.20 754 2014 82 3.28 5.91
30. Drew Gooden 9.18 753 2005 82 2.52 6.66
Player
Rebounds
 Total
Rebounds		 Season Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds
31. Tristan Thompson 9.17 715 2017 78 3.67 5.50
32. Jim Chones 9.01 739 1976 82 2.40 6.61
33. Evan Mobley 9.00 711 2023 79 2.37 6.63
Tristan Thompson 9.00 738 2016 82 3.27 5.73
35. Michael Cage 8.89 729 1996 82 3.51 5.38
36. Shawn Kemp 8.84 725 2000 82 2.82 6.02
37. Zydrunas Ilgauskas 8.82 723 1998 82 3.40 5.41
38. Walt Wesley 8.70 713 1971 82 - -
39. J.J. Hickson 8.69 695 2011 80 2.71 5.98
40. Larry Nance 8.68 668 1993 77 2.39 6.29
Player
Rebounds
 Total
Rebounds		 Season Games Offensive
Rebounds		 Defensive
Rebounds
41. Walt Wesley 8.67 711 1972 82 - -
42. LeBron James 8.65 709 2018 82 1.18 7.46
43. LeBron James 8.64 639 2017 74 1.31 7.32
44. Zydrunas Ilgauskas 8.62 672 2005 78 3.83 4.78
45. Larry Nance 8.58 686 1991 80 2.51 6.06
46. Bill Laimbeer 8.56 693 1981 81 3.28 5.27
47. Drew Gooden 8.51 681 2007 80 3.29 5.23
48. Dwight Davis 8.47 644 1974 76 2.29 6.18
49. Brad Daugherty 8.42 665 1988 79 1.91 6.51
Drew Gooden 8.42 665 2006 79 3.00 5.42

Minimum requirements:
1946-47: 40 games
1947-48: 32 games
1948-49: 40 games
1949-50 to 1950-51: 46 games
1951-52: 44 games
1952-53 to 1956-57: 48 games
1957-58 to 1958-59: 55 games
1959-60: 60 games
1960-61: 55 games
1961-62 to 1968-69: 65 games
1969-70 to 1973-74: 70 games
1974-75 to 2012-13: 70 games or 800 rebounds
    with the exceptions of
    1998-99: 43 games or 488 rebounds
    and 2011-12: 56 games or 644 rebounds
2013-14 to present: 58 games
    with the exceptions of
    2019-20: 70% of games played
    and season in progress: 70% of games played
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