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Rockets 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 Rockets 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
Rockets 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 |
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1. | Moses Malone | 17.61 | 1,444 | 1979 | 82 | 7.16 | 10.45 | ||||
2. | Elvin Hayes | 17.15 | 1,406 | 1969 | 82 | - | - | ||||
3. | Elvin Hayes | 16.90 | 1,386 | 1970 | 82 | - | - | ||||
4. | Elvin Hayes | 16.61 | 1,362 | 1971 | 82 | - | - | ||||
5. | Moses Malone | 15.02 | 886 | 1978 | 59 | 6.44 | 8.58 | ||||
6. | Moses Malone | 14.75 | 1,180 | 1981 | 80 | 5.93 | 8.83 | ||||
7. | Moses Malone | 14.67 | 1,188 | 1982 | 81 | 6.89 | 7.78 | ||||
8. | Elvin Hayes | 14.60 | 1,197 | 1972 | 82 | - | - | ||||
9. | Moses Malone | 14.51 | 1,190 | 1980 | 82 | 6.99 | 7.52 | ||||
10. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 14.01 | 1,149 | 1990 | 82 | 3.65 | 10.37 |
Player |
Rebounds |
Total Rebounds |
Season | Games | Offensive Rebounds |
Defensive Rebounds |
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11. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 13.48 | 1,105 | 1989 | 82 | 4.12 | 9.35 | ||||
12. | Moses Malone | 13.39 | 1,071 | 1977 | 80 | 5.46 | 7.93 | ||||
13. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 13.02 | 1,068 | 1993 | 82 | 3.45 | 9.57 | ||||
14. | Clint Capela | 12.66 | 848 | 2019 | 67 | 4.45 | 8.21 | ||||
15. | Charles Barkley | 12.29 | 516 | 1999 | 42 | 3.98 | 8.31 | ||||
16. | Dwight Howard | 12.20 | 866 | 2014 | 71 | 3.25 | 8.94 | ||||
17. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 12.14 | 959 | 1988 | 79 | 3.82 | 8.32 | ||||
18. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 12.07 | 845 | 1992 | 70 | 3.51 | 8.56 | ||||
19. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 11.94 | 955 | 1994 | 80 | 2.86 | 9.08 | ||||
20. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 11.88 | 974 | 1985 | 82 | 5.37 | 6.51 |
Player |
Rebounds |
Total Rebounds |
Season | Games | Offensive Rebounds |
Defensive Rebounds |
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21. | Rudy Tomjanovich | 11.83 | 923 | 1972 | 78 | - | - | ||||
22. | Dwight Howard | 11.76 | 835 | 2016 | 71 | 3.35 | 8.41 | ||||
23. | Toby Kimball | 11.69 | 947 | 1968 | 81 | - | - | ||||
24. | Zaid Abdul-Aziz | 11.68 | 923 | 1974 | 79 | 3.28 | 8.41 | ||||
25. | Omer Asik | 11.66 | 956 | 2013 | 82 | 3.35 | 8.30 | ||||
26. | Rudy Tomjanovich | 11.58 | 938 | 1973 | 81 | - | - | ||||
27. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 11.44 | 858 | 1987 | 75 | 4.20 | 7.24 | ||||
28. | Ralph Sampson | 11.13 | 913 | 1984 | 82 | 3.57 | 7.56 | ||||
29. | Ralph Sampson | 11.13 | 879 | 1986 | 79 | 3.27 | 7.86 | ||||
30. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 10.89 | 784 | 1996 | 72 | 2.44 | 8.44 |
Player |
Rebounds |
Total Rebounds |
Season | Games | Offensive Rebounds |
Defensive Rebounds |
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31. | Clint Capela | 10.84 | 802 | 2018 | 74 | 3.26 | 7.58 | ||||
32. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 10.76 | 775 | 1995 | 72 | 2.39 | 8.38 | ||||
33. | Otis Thorpe | 10.61 | 870 | 1994 | 82 | 3.30 | 7.30 | ||||
34. | Otto Moore | 10.59 | 868 | 1973 | 82 | - | - | ||||
35. | Otis Thorpe | 10.51 | 862 | 1992 | 82 | 3.48 | 7.04 | ||||
36. | Ralph Sampson | 10.40 | 853 | 1985 | 82 | 2.77 | 7.63 | ||||
37. | Otis Thorpe | 10.32 | 846 | 1991 | 82 | 3.50 | 6.82 | ||||
38. | Don Kojis | 10.29 | 710 | 1968 | 69 | - | - | ||||
39. | Christian Wood | 10.09 | 686 | 2022 | 68 | 1.62 | 8.47 | ||||
40. | Yao Ming | 9.88 | 761 | 2009 | 77 | 2.65 | 7.23 |
Player |
Rebounds |
Total Rebounds |
Season | Games | Offensive Rebounds |
Defensive Rebounds |
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41. | Kevin Kunnert | 9.84 | 787 | 1976 | 80 | 3.34 | 6.50 | ||||
42. | Otis Thorpe | 9.60 | 787 | 1989 | 82 | 3.32 | 6.28 | ||||
43. | Don Kojis | 9.58 | 776 | 1969 | 81 | - | - | ||||
44. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 9.56 | 478 | 1999 | 50 | 2.12 | 7.44 | ||||
45. | Alperen Sengun | 9.35 | 589 | 2024 | 63 | 2.90 | 6.44 | ||||
46. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 9.18 | 716 | 1997 | 78 | 2.22 | 6.96 | ||||
47. | Elvin Hayes | 9.11 | 747 | 1982 | 82 | 3.26 | 5.85 | ||||
48. | Alperen Sengun | 9.04 | 678 | 2023 | 75 | 3.23 | 5.81 | ||||
49. | John Block | 9.01 | 703 | 1969 | 78 | - | - | ||||
50. | Yao Ming | 8.96 | 735 | 2004 | 82 | 2.40 | 6.56 |
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