There was a time when the Interiors They determined the fate of a party, in which he was the pillar on which a project and a team will be based and the main producer in all senses. In the middle of the triple and space age, the figure of the great classic was in the background. However, as success rates improve error will always exist, rebounding will always be one of the most underrated and most defining aspects of achieving victory.
Controlling the ball after a missed shot is essential to success for a number of reasons, it allows for a second chance around the rim if it’s offensive and gives the option to attack an advantage if it’s defensive.
Figures like Wilt Chamberlain or Bill Russell they built a large part of their legacy around this part of the game and others like it Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld or Walt Bellamy they lived with and for the rejections. We take a look at the all-time best in sacks and career average.
The complete list of the top rebounders in the NBA
| Position | Player | Total | Half |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | withering chamberlain | 23,934 | 22.9 |
| 2 | Bill Russell | 21,620 | 22.5 |
| 3 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 17,440 | 11.2 |
| 4 | Elvin Hayes | 16,279 | 12.5 |
| 5 | Moses Malone | 16,212 | 12.2 |
| 6 | Tim Duncan | 15,091 | 10.8 |
| 7 | Karl Malone | 14,698 | 10.1 |
| 8 | Robert Parish | 14,715 | 9.1 |
| 9 | kevin garnett | 14,662 | 10.0 |
| 10 | Dwight Howard | 14,627 | 11.8 |
| eleven | Nate Thurmond | 14,464 | 15.0 |
| 12 |
Walt Bellamy |
14.241 | 13.7 |
| 13 | Wes Unseld | 13,769 | 14.0 |
| 14 |
Hakeem Olajuwon |
13,748 |
11.1 |
| fifteen |
Shaquille O’Neal |
13,099 |
10.9 |
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#5: Moses Malone
If statistics from the ABA were calculated for the NBA’s historical rankings, the sadly late Moses Malone would have been third on the list with 17,834 rebounds. A tireless player in the fight for every shared ball that crossed the sky and that corresponded in the attacking sector as well as a treasure of his 27,409 points.
What stands out the most in Big Mo’s case is that he is the player who has grabbed the most offensive rebounds in all of history, with the asterisk counting since 1983, amassing a total of 6,731. He is also one of the players in history who has accumulated the highest available rebound percentage in his entire career, getting 19.8%.
#4: Elvin Hayes
A worker on the boards, always on the lookout for any opportunity to grab the rebound, Hayes has made the most of his long career to place his name among some of the greatest players of all time and key figures in their teams. A key figure in understanding the Bullets’ success in the 1970s alongside Wes Unseld, they formed an unbeatable defensive duo.
His career length clouds his per game averages and rebounding averages (15.8%), but it does not diminish her at all for what she has achieved.
#3: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
All-time leading scorer, the player with the most MVPs in history and the third highest rebounder in the NBA. A legend in every way who made the most of his 2.18 height to grab every possible rebound with almost no effort.
It would not be strange in those days when Abdul-Jabbar would sign a double-double with more than 20 reboundssomething that as his career progressed and along with it his age gradually decreased, thus affecting his averages just like Hayes.
#2: Bill Russell
A player that stats will never do justice to. A tireless winner and one of the best defenders of all time in the league, he led the Boston Celtics for more than 10 years and made them an unstoppable rim protection machine.
The numbers don’t reflect how important Bill Russell was on the rebound when the speed and the number of possessions was very high. It is worth asking what would be inside if we lived in the age of statistics like today.
#1: Wilt Chamberlain
The record in all aspects of the offense is also in rebounding, as evidenced by his 23,924 catches that translate into 19.4% of the rebounds available in all games played, the fourth best data of all time in this sense.
Added to that Chamberlain holds the record for most rebounds in a single game, with 55 signed in November 1960 and who also has 7 of the top 10 individual seasons in rebounds per game. A legend.
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