Well, these are career rebounds, so you can also count playoffs. So as long as your team makes a deep playoff run every year for 2 decades straight, you can knock that down to a nice and easy 12.5 rebounds a game! 😅 Keep in mind that includes every single game of your rookie season and your 40-year-old season!
@@spookysquirtle It's okay, we'll just need everybody to block at the same rate Wilt used to block (probably in the neighborhood of 6 or 7/game), and grab it every single time.
Dennis Rodman had 11,954 rebounds in his career. He was just a few hundred rebounds shy of reaching this list when he retired. Ben Wallace was a bit further down the list. He had 10,482 rebounds in his career.
Howard was much higher than I expected. Watched him come up with the Magic. If he had only been more serious about his job. Nice to see Moses Malone so high on the list. Was a super hard worker. No Rodman? That was a surprise.
How? That should be common sense. People still spread the bs narrative that he fell off a cliff after leaving Orlando and it’s complete nonsense. The guy averaged an easy 15 and 10 for nearly a decade after leaving Orlando and before the last few seasons as he’s played less minutes, he never averaged under 10 pts and 10 rebounds in his entire career. He was also the fastest player to reach every major rebounding milestone up until like 8K rebounds as well as having a ridiculous amount of career 20-20 games. If not anything else, the one thing he always was dominant at was rebounding.
@@Seikjinno he wasn’t. He never even averaged over a steak a game. Dennis just didn’t have as long a career as he could’ve, which is why he’s not that high. He came in at 24 or 25 yrs old as well.
Rodman is not on the list because this is life time rebounds. Rodman only got 11,900+ rebounds because he did not play long enough or enough games, but he has a 13.3 rebounds per game, and that is amazing!!
every time I hear Shaq say he was more dominant than Wilt I look forward to seeing one of these listings. Wilt is the greatest scorer (when they wanted him to score), rebounder, and shot blocker the game has ever seen.
@@Alijahboi No. Wilt strength (bench press >500 pounds) and endurance (he could play 45/48 minutes per game) would have destroyed even Shaq, that could also not run that fast.
Wilt was an intelligent player. When they asked him to pass more, concentrate on defensive rebounds and protect the rim he did that. The judgement on him is always too heavy. But is a fact that the teams that he lead to the titles (Phila 67 and Lakers 72) are still considered among the strongest ten ever.
Will be hard for anyone to pass wilt. The way the game was played they chucked up poor shots early in the shot clock. Now days teams play at a more controlled pace and make a lot more shots. Wilt averaged 22.9 for his career and had a game with 55 rebounds. Yeah good luck everyone lol. Wilt has so many silly records.
@@giorondon303 I think both of them could with the right training and sports medicine. Bill Russell was a world-class high jumper who jumped over 6 ft 9 before anyone had jumped 7ft and at his peak was able to run baseline-to-baseline with the best guards in his day. Wilt Chamberlain was simply an unbelievable all-around athlete who could dunk on a 12-foot hoop and on a standard 10 foot hoop from around the free-throw line. If memory serves, he set school records in the shot put and spent several of his post-NBA years being one of the top semi professional volleyball players in the country.
@@giorondon303 You don't know Wilt. The dude was the strongest player to EVER play. And one of, if not the fastest aswell. Imagine beating a running back in a sprint race? Wilt did it twice against one of the best running backs in history. Wilt benched 500 pounds PLUS in his prime and still benched 465 pounds at age 59. In comparison, Shaq benched 450 pounds in his prime.
Correct me if i am wrong, but could it be that Nate Thurmond and Elvin Hayes are two of the most underrated players of all time? Like many 70s players, wes Unseld etc they seem to be largely forgotten.
70s nba was some of the worst quality the league has ever seen, to the point of nearly killing the entire game. Major drug issues mixed with lack of defense, lack of focus on training, pace of play issues
@@Fettman07 Your wrong, the 80's were the drug years. I saw Nate Thurmond play. He was one of the 1st to block Jabbar's hook shots. See who Jabbar thought were the best defenders on him. Wilt also played during that time.
@@stargells1384… the 70’s was the time when many players smoked quite a bit of weed, coke became a big issue in the late 70’s and carried over into the 80’s. Magic & Bird - who were not users & focused on teamwork and excellent playmaking - turned the league around in the early to mid 80’s and Jordan’s arrival turned the NBA into a globally popular sport. Weed made a comeback in the 90’s, PEDs have been a factor since the late 90’s.
Would be good when the list stops moving at the top, if it scrolled down to see where the movement is - to see who newer players are catching up to if they’re not catching the ones right at the top.
Wes was a rebound scientist; he just got his body in the right place at the right time like no other. Interesting stat modifier: rebounds per inch of height. I was super blessed to grow up in DC watching Wes and the Big E. If they hadn’t shared the court, I wonder how many more rebounds one or the other would have had. On the other hand, their skills so complimented each other, it raised the game of each. #BulletsFever
Wilt 22.9 rpg out of 114 potential rebounds in a game, vs Rodman's 13.1/85.37. That's 20.1% for Chamberlain and 15.3% for Rodman, so don't blame me for going with the Stilt.
The easiest way to look at many of these records is to look at the top 10 or 15. If most or almost none of the players played in the past decade (or even past two decades) then thats a good sign the record will never be broken.
Amazing how that list pretty much didn’t change after the 80’s-90’s. That shows how much the game changed. It’s no longer somebody’s job to go get the ball.
Surprised both Ewing and David Robinson never even made an appearance on this list. Wilt’s record will never be broken. No big man will ever play long enough to get close. In case anyone is wondering, Lebron has 11046 rebounds so he’s not even halfway there despite playing much longer.
@@keithjoseph128 well no, I'm objectively right. The highest FG% Wilt saw was 46% across the league. He never played with a 3 point shot. Meaning most rebounds would've been in the key. The NBA has averaged 47.5% which doesn't sound like a lot more. But an effect fg% of 55% for the past decade. Wilt being 'the only tall player' is a bullshti narrative to discredit him. But saying the quality of shooting wasn't vastly different is not. Getting 22rpg for your whole career is still insanity regardless of whatever calibre the league was in. But definitely wouldn't be near that today.
It's not that simple. Of course if you're going against defensive monsters like Wilt or Russell your FG % won't be that high, but Boston and the few good teams Chamberlain played with shot 48% or better, in fact the average of said teams during his 14 seasons career, including 69-70, shot 45% FG which is only 1% lower than the league average during Lew Alcindor/Kareem's first decade in the NBA. Why his first 10 seasons you say? Because I'm taking into account the time before the introduction of the 3-pt line in 1979, so long rebounds, which you're right are quite different than driving to the basket or even mid-range shots, don't skew the calculation. Now according to basketball-reference pace during Wilt's times was 119.2 or 10 more possessions per game than during Kareem's first 10 seasons (109.17). Unfortunately there's no record of blocks or steals during Wilt's career so we only have estimations about how intimidating him and Russell were to their opponents, but we do know on average a single team would try 101.4 shots in a game, and even considering not a single one of them was swatted out of bounds that's 114 potential rebounds per game, considering 56.2% of them were misses. During Kareem's 1st decade the number of potential rebounds/game is 101.6, but despite being the all-time 3rd best rebounder his 14.8 rpg average during that span is significantly lower than Wilt's 22.9 rpg. How Wilt managed to have 8 more rebounds per game isn't explained solely by the worse shooting percentage and has more to do with Chamberlain's incredible stamina, will to always be there for the team (never fouled out because he thought the only reason he shouldn't be able to play was being sick or injured), and discipline on both ends of the floor. Except for his free throws of course, but then without that blemish in his game the subject of who the best bball player ever would've been settled already long ago.
Given their accomplishments, the top 2 rebounders are Russell and Wilt. From the players I've watched, 3-10 are, in no particular order: Dave DeBusschere Paul Silas Dennis Rodman Karl Malone Maurice Lucas Dave Cowens Willis Reed Moses Malone
Lots of three point attempts in the modern game. Three point misses tend to produce long rebounds that make it hard for a single player to track down. The game is spread out more with less action close in where the centers used to dominate.
Yep and all these so called fan think they know it all.. Mant have no clue and are over 50 years old.. Wilt had a game against Boston and Bill Russell.. Wilt had 55 rebounds in that game..woebegone folks ask Russell who the goat was he said simple. Wilt period. Most have no idea how great wilt was..
why is WILT not the GOAT, the best rebounder, top 5 in assist, top 10 in scoring, one of the best block record . Numbers dont lie, if people say championship then it should be Bill Rusell not MJ.
Among other things, Wilt is the only NBA player to have ever recorded a quintuple double..more than 10 each rebounds, points, assists, blocked shots, and steals
Mike is like a combination of Wilt and Russell. Russell was not a dominant and clutch scorer and Wilt inspite of many opportunities won only two championships. It's not that complicated.
This appears to only include NBA stats, and excludes ABA stats. Nothing wrong with that, just needs to be pointed out. A few spots would be different if both were counted. (Moses Malone would be 3rd instead of 5th for example)
Todays game have hindered players like Dwight Howard, Andre Drummond and DeAndre Jordan from breaking into the top 15, Howard made it to number 10, but could've easily made it to sixth and maybe higher
Dennis Rodman spent his entire career playing defense and getting rebounds. He had a zero offensive mindset. With that being said, he STILL couldn’t come close to Wilt. Think about that for a minute…
Yea the pace of the game was entirely different for their generations. People shot like 30% on average during Wilts era meaning there were way more rebounds to get, not to mention a man of his build being an anomaly back then. Nowadays and even in rodmans era we have many freaks of nature in the nba and the competition is way more balanced for someone like Wilt.
@@satchelito1514The league shooting percent during Wilt’s career ranged from 41-45%. While the average during 2000-2023 was between 44-46%. Not that huge of a difference. The big difference was shots per game, which ranged from 95-108 during Wilt’s day, and 81-88 over the last 23 years.
@@derfeus was exaggerating but earlier in wilts career they were shooting in the high 30% range and my point still stands. More missed shots equals more rebounds and more shots taken. They weren’t nearly as athletic or talented so freaks like Wilt and Bill Russel were able to do whatever the hell they wanted. Due to the popularity of dudes like Jordan, Shaq and AI the NBA has been flooded with talent for the last 20-30 years. The level of competition is waaaaayyy higher. Wilt would not stand out like he did then. That is a fact.
Slower pace and although impressive, Rodman grabbing about 15.4% available rebounds every single game, doesn't hold a candle against Wilt's 20% (1/5 of all rebounds in the games he played went to Chamberlain, let that sink in...)
Athletically, they're both ahead of any time. Bill had a possibility of winning a Medal at the Olympics in high jumping. Could only play in one sport back then, even though he qualified for the team. Wilt's over all physical prowess is still beyond what any player since has been. A guy the same height as Porzingis who ran a 4.4 40 at 290 pounds at his KC Chiefs tryout. Who could dunk from the FT line, had a max reach of 13'3", who could run a half mile under 2 minutes. Was the strongest NBA player ever. I could go on. Played 48.5 mpg one season and averaged 47.3 mpg in the playoffs. So both would be great in ANY era.
@@zethloveless7238 Out of 32 current and future HOF forwards I looked at, Rodman came in 1st in avg. rebounds per 36 minutes played, at 14.9. That figure also leads ALL centers except for Russell and Wilt.
You’re right about that. That means it was unnecessary to crop off part of some of the players names. If the x-axis were at zero, that wouldn’t have needed to be done.
Dennis Rodman isn't on here because of 2 reasons. His first season was age 25 so he didn't have the early prime years as a lot of the others on this list and he wasn't the elite rebounder we remember him for until the 90's. Not saying he wasn't good before that but not the 15 rebounds a game type.
Out of 32 current and future HOF forwards I looked at, Rodman came in 1st in avg. rebounds per 36 minutes played, at 14.9. That figure also leads ALL centers except for Russell and Wilt.
could it be there were a lot more missed shots...and did Wilt and BR get credit with a rebound if they were at the rim, missed a shot, took another, missed, took another etc...thats a lot of rebounds....
@@MrBluesmeister What’s idiotic is your being oblivious to that fact. And how do you surmise that I’m a LeQueen fan from my statement? Are you stupid? He’s ruined the league beyond repair. And look at these stats. Tim Duncan, a power forward, is the last one to put up any decent numbers. Guys like Jokic and Embiid are good players, but they will never be like Kareem, Shaq, and Hakeem. The center is dead in modern ball. Wake up and cope.
@@MrBluesmeister What a stupid comment. Evidently you can’t make a sensible connection. How does that make me a LeQueen fan? That guy has ruined the league beyond repair. Jokic and Embiid are great players but they will never be a Kareem, Shaq or Hakeem. The center is dead. Cope.
Wilt has record bc of era and no defensive 3 second rule. Rodman is the goat at rebounding. And plenty of bigs would have had numbers like wilt playing back then like duncan, david robinson, shaq, dwight howard. Wilt also was playing against 6'6" centers and just waited under the rim for his teammates to toss up bricks. This is why the nba should have had the 3 sec def rule all along or never should have created it cuz wilts numbers make him look like a god and his records cant be broken with the rule.
Wah,wah, wah! I wanted to be nice but then I thought, no he’s an idiot give him shit for being stupid as well. Do some homework junior! The league had many big men at the time. Of course this is before they turned it into today’s pussy ball.
Fun fact: King James and The Point God (LeBron James and Chris Paul) are the only players in NBA history with 20K+ points, 10k+ assist, 5k+ rebounds and 2K+ Steals They are still the only players if you just include points and assist but I figured their rebound and steal totals are worth noting
This is for a combination of reasons, one I will mention. A lot of the NBA back then was made up of construction workers. LOL The NBA is more talented offensively than ever before.
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To break Wilt’s record you’d have to average 14.6 rebounds per game for 20 years … and play 82 games per season. One of the safer records.
Well, these are career rebounds, so you can also count playoffs. So as long as your team makes a deep playoff run every year for 2 decades straight, you can knock that down to a nice and easy 12.5 rebounds a game! 😅 Keep in mind that includes every single game of your rookie season and your 40-year-old season!
@@fattaman777also you would have to stay in shape to even play that long
plus as shooting percentages go up and spacing increases there will be less and less rebounds to grab, pretty untouchable
@@spookysquirtle It's okay, we'll just need everybody to block at the same rate Wilt used to block (probably in the neighborhood of 6 or 7/game), and grab it every single time.
career dont count playoffs@@fattaman777
Wilt is the real GOAT.
FACTS MACHINE
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Facts
No he isn't
@@billmorrison9068 yes he is. If you knew ANYTHING about him you'd know it. You're probably an MJ or LeBron DK rider.
So Wilt the Stilt has held the record since the early 1970s. And the biggest surprise: Dennis Rodman is not even on the list!!
True. Ben Wallace neither.
Wilt didnt even play long
Dennis Rodman had 11,954 rebounds in his career. He was just a few hundred rebounds shy of reaching this list when he retired. Ben Wallace was a bit further down the list. He had 10,482 rebounds in his career.
@@ibperson7765 BS, he is still top 10 of Minutes Played.
@@edwells4769 Youre right. And im very surprised. Also seeing he played more years than i thought
Safe to say that Wilt's rebound record and Stockton's steals record will never be touched.
Which rebound record? He holds 21 of them 🤣
@@ircreg8639 All of them 😂
Other records very difficult to beat are Jabbar's field of goals made, Stockton's assists, Karl Malone's free throws attempted and made.
Howard was much higher than I expected. Watched him come up with the Magic. If he had only been more serious about his job. Nice to see Moses Malone so high on the list. Was a super hard worker. No Rodman? That was a surprise.
Played too few seasons. Started his career at age 25
Dennis not on this list was a shock, but Dennis was a Monster on Steals mostly
How? That should be common sense. People still spread the bs narrative that he fell off a cliff after leaving Orlando and it’s complete nonsense. The guy averaged an easy 15 and 10 for nearly a decade after leaving Orlando and before the last few seasons as he’s played less minutes, he never averaged under 10 pts and 10 rebounds in his entire career. He was also the fastest player to reach every major rebounding milestone up until like 8K rebounds as well as having a ridiculous amount of career 20-20 games. If not anything else, the one thing he always was dominant at was rebounding.
@@Seikjinno he wasn’t. He never even averaged over a steak a game. Dennis just didn’t have as long a career as he could’ve, which is why he’s not that high. He came in at 24 or 25 yrs old as well.
Rodman is not on the list because this is life time rebounds. Rodman only got 11,900+ rebounds because he did not play long enough or enough games, but he has a 13.3 rebounds per game, and that is amazing!!
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And people want to down Wilts name... that's the number that will never be touched... that's crazy.💯💯💯
AGAINST PLUMBERS AND JANITORS
@@dggjr1759 Was Bill Russell a plumber or a janitor? Just asking because I'm not sure.
Partially because there are much fewer rebounding opportunities today.
And he didnt play long
@dggjr1759 yet the modern day players who who didn't play aganist plumbers by your logic haven't surpassed him yet
every time I hear Shaq say he was more dominant than Wilt I look forward to seeing one of these listings. Wilt is the greatest scorer (when they wanted him to score), rebounder, and shot blocker the game has ever seen.
Shaq ain’t shit
Shaq would shit on every person wilt played with and shit on him too
@@Alijahboi No. Wilt strength (bench press >500 pounds) and endurance (he could play 45/48 minutes per game) would have destroyed even Shaq, that could also not run that fast.
@@lukasfontana7589 shaq has 100 pounds on him and and like the same strength in there peak
Wilt was an intelligent player. When they asked him to pass more, concentrate on defensive rebounds and protect the rim he did that. The judgement on him is always too heavy. But is a fact that the teams that he lead to the titles (Phila 67 and Lakers 72) are still considered among the strongest ten ever.
Will be hard for anyone to pass wilt. The way the game was played they chucked up poor shots early in the shot clock. Now days teams play at a more controlled pace and make a lot more shots. Wilt averaged 22.9 for his career and had a game with 55 rebounds. Yeah good luck everyone lol. Wilt has so many silly records.
GOAT!
Surprised Dennis Rodman is not on here!
Hype sells post 1990. Rodman was great for his size, but not the best rebounder by a long way.
This is false Rodman had 11,954 and he never hit this list
He is 23rd all time on the list
Shocked that Alonzo Mourning only had over 7,000.
He is 4th all time in OREBs which are the real deal.
Wilt and Russell 🥶
They would not play good right now in todays league
@@giorondon303 I think both of them could with the right training and sports medicine. Bill Russell was a world-class high jumper who jumped over 6 ft 9 before anyone had jumped 7ft and at his peak was able to run baseline-to-baseline with the best guards in his day. Wilt Chamberlain was simply an unbelievable all-around athlete who could dunk on a 12-foot hoop and on a standard 10 foot hoop from around the free-throw line. If memory serves, he set school records in the shot put and spent several of his post-NBA years being one of the top semi professional volleyball players in the country.
@@giorondon303 They would have access to the same advances in medicine, nutrition, training, analytics, et al. Comparing generations is meaningless.
@@giorondon303 You don't know Wilt. The dude was the strongest player to EVER play. And one of, if not the fastest aswell.
Imagine beating a running back in a sprint race? Wilt did it twice against one of the best running backs in history.
Wilt benched 500 pounds PLUS in his prime and still benched 465 pounds at age 59. In comparison, Shaq benched 450 pounds in his prime.
@@11DNA11Wilt benched Shaq in Shaq prime.
Correct me if i am wrong, but could it be that Nate Thurmond and Elvin Hayes are two of the most underrated players of all time? Like many 70s players, wes Unseld etc they seem to be largely forgotten.
Elvin Hayes was one of the all-time great scorers also.
70s nba was some of the worst quality the league has ever seen, to the point of nearly killing the entire game. Major drug issues mixed with lack of defense, lack of focus on training, pace of play issues
@@Fettman07 Your wrong, the 80's were the drug years. I saw Nate Thurmond play. He was one of the 1st to block Jabbar's hook shots. See who Jabbar thought were the best defenders on him. Wilt also played during that time.
@@stargells1384… the 70’s was the time when many players smoked quite a bit of weed, coke became a big issue in the late 70’s and carried over into the 80’s. Magic & Bird - who were not users & focused on teamwork and excellent playmaking - turned the league around in the early to mid 80’s and Jordan’s arrival turned the NBA into a globally popular sport. Weed made a comeback in the 90’s, PEDs have been a factor since the late 90’s.
You aren't wrong.
Would be good when the list stops moving at the top, if it scrolled down to see where the movement is - to see who newer players are catching up to if they’re not catching the ones right at the top.
Wes Unseld was only 6'7" impressive.
And he didn't play bully ball.
Wes was a rebound scientist; he just got his body in the right place at the right time like no other.
Interesting stat modifier: rebounds per inch of height.
I was super blessed to grow up in DC watching Wes and the Big E. If they hadn’t shared the court, I wonder how many more rebounds one or the other would have had. On the other hand, their skills so complimented each other, it raised the game of each.
#BulletsFever
Ok, who was shocked not to see Dennis Rodman appear?
Me!
For real
Everybody.
Whatever, he is the rebound goat !😅
Wilt 22.9 rpg out of 114 potential rebounds in a game, vs Rodman's 13.1/85.37. That's 20.1% for Chamberlain and 15.3% for Rodman, so don't blame me for going with the Stilt.
Dolph Schayes was also a strong runner on the career points board as well! What a player he must've been back in the day!
The easiest way to look at many of these records is to look at the top 10 or 15. If most or almost none of the players played in the past decade (or even past two decades) then thats a good sign the record will never be broken.
Amazing how that list pretty much didn’t change after the 80’s-90’s. That shows how much the game changed. It’s no longer somebody’s job to go get the ball.
Surprised both Ewing and David Robinson never even made an appearance on this list. Wilt’s record will never be broken. No big man will ever play long enough to get close. In case anyone is wondering, Lebron has 11046 rebounds so he’s not even halfway there despite playing much longer.
This record will never fall simply because of the massive difference in shots attempted per game
and shots missed
True, but a prime Wilt today would still get the most rebounds.
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@@keithjoseph128 well no, I'm objectively right. The highest FG% Wilt saw was 46% across the league. He never played with a 3 point shot. Meaning most rebounds would've been in the key.
The NBA has averaged 47.5% which doesn't sound like a lot more. But an effect fg% of 55% for the past decade.
Wilt being 'the only tall player' is a bullshti narrative to discredit him. But saying the quality of shooting wasn't vastly different is not.
Getting 22rpg for your whole career is still insanity regardless of whatever calibre the league was in. But definitely wouldn't be near that today.
It's not that simple. Of course if you're going against defensive monsters like Wilt or Russell your FG % won't be that high, but Boston and the few good teams Chamberlain played with shot 48% or better, in fact the average of said teams during his 14 seasons career, including 69-70, shot 45% FG which is only 1% lower than the league average during Lew Alcindor/Kareem's first decade in the NBA. Why his first 10 seasons you say? Because I'm taking into account the time before the introduction of the 3-pt line in 1979, so long rebounds, which you're right are quite different than driving to the basket or even mid-range shots, don't skew the calculation. Now according to basketball-reference pace during Wilt's times was 119.2 or 10 more possessions per game than during Kareem's first 10 seasons (109.17). Unfortunately there's no record of blocks or steals during Wilt's career so we only have estimations about how intimidating him and Russell were to their opponents, but we do know on average a single team would try 101.4 shots in a game, and even considering not a single one of them was swatted out of bounds that's 114 potential rebounds per game, considering 56.2% of them were misses. During Kareem's 1st decade the number of potential rebounds/game is 101.6, but despite being the all-time 3rd best rebounder his 14.8 rpg average during that span is significantly lower than Wilt's 22.9 rpg. How Wilt managed to have 8 more rebounds per game isn't explained solely by the worse shooting percentage and has more to do with Chamberlain's incredible stamina, will to always be there for the team (never fouled out because he thought the only reason he shouldn't be able to play was being sick or injured), and discipline on both ends of the floor. Except for his free throws of course, but then without that blemish in his game the subject of who the best bball player ever would've been settled already long ago.
This was cool as to watch👍🤙🤟💙 Very surprised Dennis Rodmans name didn't pop up. Wilt is the bomb man what a big unit he was💪🏆🥇.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is impressive, hè appear in every NBA top 10
He played forever, in four decades.
I consider him one if not the greatest player of all time
Over MJ and LBJ. Stats don’t lie bro.
@@acornsucks2111 Three.
@@godzilla0974How is Kareem stats better than Jordan’s?
@@Jutrzen two….
People dont realize wilt was 7'1 and could jump out of the gym, he was great at everything
Given their accomplishments, the top 2 rebounders are Russell and Wilt. From the players I've watched, 3-10 are, in no particular order:
Dave DeBusschere
Paul Silas
Dennis Rodman
Karl Malone
Maurice Lucas
Dave Cowens
Willis Reed
Moses Malone
Whats really amazing to me is that at only 6'7" Wes Unseld had over 13,700 rebounds. That's impressive!!!!! 👍🏀
He averaged 13.8 boards every 36 minutes played. Only centers with more were Russel (19.0), Wilt (18.0), and Drummond (16.4).
Another unbreakable record by Wilt. But people don’t think he’s the goat! Crazy!
Let's put it this way: How can there be the GOAT in a team sport, where there are 5 different roles/positions?
Russell actually outrebounded Wilt per 36 minutes played, 19.1 to 18.0.
Dolph Schayes always there
I like how Russell want Wilt just came in and immediately were like “yeah… those records ain’t shit. Just wait.”
That’s actually mind blowing Wilts rebounding record it’s been held since the early 70s
Wilt Chamberlain Rules
Wilt was the GOAT before shoe sales became the prime factor
Russell was the goat
Lots of three point attempts in the modern game. Three point misses tend to produce long rebounds that make it hard for a single player to track down. The game is spread out more with less action close in where the centers used to dominate.
Yep and all these so called fan think they know it all.. Mant have no clue and are over 50 years old.. Wilt had a game against Boston and Bill Russell.. Wilt had 55 rebounds in that game..woebegone folks ask Russell who the goat was he said simple. Wilt period. Most have no idea how great wilt was..
Interesting.
Rodman could’ve been #1
But he was busy partying
Count Moses’ ABA numbers and see what happens…
He would be third at 17,834.
As well as dr js, and artis gilmores
Olajuwon was always in the top 10 in 5 different categories, including scoring, every season.
I think that same top 2 is for blocks and blocks per game.
why is WILT not the GOAT, the best rebounder, top 5 in assist, top 10 in scoring, one of the best block record . Numbers dont lie, if people say championship then it should be Bill Rusell not MJ.
This ain’t track and field. Goat status isn’t attained by having pretty numbers and personal bests.
@@TheIcemanthomasso is Rusell the goat?
I have no doubts Wilt has the block record by a large margin, maybe even wider margin than rebounds.
Among other things, Wilt is the only NBA player to have ever recorded a quintuple double..more than 10 each rebounds, points, assists, blocked shots, and steals
Mike is like a combination of Wilt and Russell. Russell was not a dominant and clutch scorer and Wilt inspite of many opportunities won only two championships. It's not that complicated.
Also getting more rebounds because players in older times missed more often. You can’t get a rebound of a made shot
Wilt had 22.9 rebounds/game out of a potential maximum of 114 (20%), but Rodman's 13.1 out of 85 (15.4%) is still lower.
@@Ometecuhtli Russell outrebounded Wilt per 36 minutes played; 19.1 to 18.0. Rodman averaged 14.9 per 36 minutes played.
This appears to only include NBA stats, and excludes ABA stats. Nothing wrong with that, just needs to be pointed out. A few spots would be different if both were counted. (Moses Malone would be 3rd instead of 5th for example)
Shocked to see Barkley with 12K. And he’s 6’6”
Wes Unseld was only 6'7" and I don't think he could jump like Barkley.
Barkley was like 6'4" & 3/4
Size doesn’t matter as much as “want to” when rebounding!
@@ckobo84 that’s even more impressive
Barkley was a rebounding machine especially on the offensive glass. He is 5th all time and OREBs are the true stat.
We were all impressed by LeBron breaking a 40 year record, this one is 5@ with nobody in sight.
Stats like these have to be per game to be meaningful. Players who played when the league had less teams are at a disadvantage
If the ABA stats are included, Moses moves to number 3 with 17834 and Gilmore to number 5 with 16330
Maybe include college and high-school stats, too?
Wilt & kareem for ever
I thought Wes unseld played in the 50’s and the 60’s for some reason
Todays game have hindered players like Dwight Howard, Andre Drummond and DeAndre Jordan from breaking into the top 15, Howard made it to number 10, but could've easily made it to sixth and maybe higher
The music is awfully annoying.
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These are all classic big men. The league has to change to get to allow anyone to hang around the rim and get boards. Its gonna be a while IMHO.
Dennis Rodman spent his entire career playing defense and getting rebounds. He had a zero offensive mindset.
With that being said, he STILL couldn’t come close to Wilt.
Think about that for a minute…
Yea the pace of the game was entirely different for their generations. People shot like 30% on average during Wilts era meaning there were way more rebounds to get, not to mention a man of his build being an anomaly back then. Nowadays and even in rodmans era we have many freaks of nature in the nba and the competition is way more balanced for someone like Wilt.
@@satchelito1514The league shooting percent during Wilt’s career ranged from 41-45%. While the average during 2000-2023 was between 44-46%. Not that huge of a difference. The big difference was shots per game, which ranged from 95-108 during Wilt’s day, and 81-88 over the last 23 years.
@@derfeus was exaggerating but earlier in wilts career they were shooting in the high 30% range and my point still stands. More missed shots equals more rebounds and more shots taken. They weren’t nearly as athletic or talented so freaks like Wilt and Bill Russel were able to do whatever the hell they wanted. Due to the popularity of dudes like Jordan, Shaq and AI the NBA has been flooded with talent for the last 20-30 years. The level of competition is waaaaayyy higher. Wilt would not stand out like he did then. That is a fact.
@@satchelito1514
They didn't shoot in the "high 30% range"
They shot in the low 40 to mid 40 range...
@@11DNA11 nah they were literally shooting mid to high 30% range when Wilt entered the league
Wonder where the Joker finishes at
Nevermind Wilt, no one will ever surpass Bill Russells rebounds either.
Russell actually outrebounded Wilt per 36 minutes played, 19.1 to 18.0.
Shows you how dominant Wilt was.
how different the game was that days
Totally different game without 3 second def rule
Russell outrebounded Wilt per 36 minutes played; 19.1 to 18.0.
I’m surprised Dennis Rodman don’t hold the record
Even not on the list. We should give a rebound ring to him ourselves😂🤘🏿
@@Martyy.00 😂😂😂
Slower pace and although impressive, Rodman grabbing about 15.4% available rebounds every single game, doesn't hold a candle against Wilt's 20% (1/5 of all rebounds in the games he played went to Chamberlain, let that sink in...)
Different rules, different times. Walt had like no competition in a matter of size and strenght.
He wouldn't today, either.
Only Wemby has a shot at this record
Rebounds per game would still be Wilt's followed closely by Russell with the rest far behind!
Russell actually outrebounded Wilt per 36 minutes played; 19.1 to 18.0.
rodman ?
No Rodman?
Crazy how far ahead of their era competition Wilt & Bill was
If it's never been broken they dominated era's they didn't play in as well
Athletically, they're both ahead of any time. Bill had a possibility of winning a Medal at the Olympics in high jumping. Could only play in one sport back then, even though he qualified for the team. Wilt's over all physical prowess is still beyond what any player since has been. A guy the same height as Porzingis who ran a 4.4 40 at 290 pounds at his KC Chiefs tryout. Who could dunk from the FT line, had a max reach of 13'3", who could run a half mile under 2 minutes. Was the strongest NBA player ever. I could go on. Played 48.5 mpg one season and averaged 47.3 mpg in the playoffs. So both would be great in ANY era.
Wilts rebounding numbers nobody will break it.
You need to average 22 rebounds for 14 seasons. To break chamberlains record of rebounds.
bill had more rebounds than points
He was probably one of if not the best defender ever. Bill played his role very well.
I thought Rodman would be amongst it
Played too short of a career.
Y’all do realize how old Rodman was when he enters the league right?
I thought Rodman had 10k ?
Where's Rodman?
Rodman had 11,954 rebounds when he retired. The 15th place on this list at the time was Charles Barkley with 12,546.
Dennis ????
Nope. Rodman played to short of a career. He was old asl when he was drafted
Where is Dennis Rodman, the "Greatest Rebounder of All Time"? :-)
Hint… he was not 😅
@@zethloveless7238 Out of 32 current and future HOF forwards I looked at, Rodman came in 1st in avg. rebounds per 36 minutes played, at 14.9. That figure also leads ALL centers except for Russell and Wilt.
@@ron88303 in other words you took all that time to figure out he was not the greatest.
The magnitude is way off when you don't fix the x-axis at zero.
You’re right about that. That means it was unnecessary to crop off part of some of the players names. If the x-axis were at zero, that wouldn’t have needed to be done.
riiiiiiiight, coz it makes total ense to list every player here who ever got a rebound ...
Think before clicking "send"!
@@k.b.7718 Nobody is recommending that.
Dennis Rodman isn't on here because of 2 reasons. His first season was age 25 so he didn't have the early prime years as a lot of the others on this list and he wasn't the elite rebounder we remember him for until the 90's. Not saying he wasn't good before that but not the 15 rebounds a game type.
Out of 32 current and future HOF forwards I looked at, Rodman came in 1st in avg. rebounds per 36 minutes played, at 14.9. That figure also leads ALL centers except for Russell and Wilt.
This is false
Rodman had 11,954 career rebounds and he never hit the list
This shit not accurate
Pay attention junior, Fat Shaq is at the bottom with 13,099. Apparently Fruitcake Rodman didn’t get as many as you thought.
@@MrBluesmeister Shaq did have 13,099 correct
And Rodman had 11,954 do your research
He is 23rd all time on the list
Shaq is 15
Dennis is 23
List is correct, Rodman never reached top 15.
No Michael Jordan or LeBron James?
Jordan was a guard. James has averaged 7.1 rebounds per 36 minutes played, which is way down the list.
could it be there were a lot more missed shots...and did Wilt and BR get credit with a rebound if they were at the rim, missed a shot, took another, missed, took another etc...thats a lot of rebounds....
Just goes to show that the center is dead in modern ball.
Perhaps the most idiotic statement ever. Evidently you don’t pay much attention to reality. Are you a LeFlop fan boy?
@@MrBluesmeister What’s idiotic is your being oblivious to that fact. And how do you surmise that I’m a LeQueen fan from my statement? Are you stupid? He’s ruined the league beyond repair. And look at these stats. Tim Duncan, a power forward, is the last one to put up any decent numbers. Guys like Jokic and Embiid are good players, but they will never be like Kareem, Shaq, and Hakeem. The center is dead in modern ball. Wake up and cope.
@@MrBluesmeister What a stupid comment. Evidently you can’t make a sensible connection. How does that make me a LeQueen fan? That guy has ruined the league beyond repair. Jokic and Embiid are great players but they will never be a Kareem, Shaq or Hakeem. The center is dead. Cope.
@@MrBluesmeister Maybe not dead; neutered would be more accurate. Today's game is basically just a shoot around.
LeClown Blames 🤣🤣
What happend?
Wilt has record bc of era and no defensive 3 second rule. Rodman is the goat at rebounding. And plenty of bigs would have had numbers like wilt playing back then like duncan, david robinson, shaq, dwight howard. Wilt also was playing against 6'6" centers and just waited under the rim for his teammates to toss up bricks. This is why the nba should have had the 3 sec def rule all along or never should have created it cuz wilts numbers make him look like a god and his records cant be broken with the rule.
Wah,wah, wah! I wanted to be nice but then I thought, no he’s an idiot give him shit for being stupid as well. Do some homework junior! The league had many big men at the time. Of course this is before they turned it into today’s pussy ball.
Um many of the centers that Wilt played against were 6'9" to 6'11". Bill Russell, Walt Bellamy, Willis Reed, Nate Thurmond, Lew Alcindor, etc!!!!
Charles Barkley (6'6 at best) has more rebounds than Manute, Muresan and Mark Eaton combined bucko, so you clearly have no idea how rebounding works.
Low basketball IQ.
Still dennis the menace is the best rebounder
HOW??
@@russelturner5771 wdym how? Total rebounds doesnt matters at all..
@@al3463 Uh! Yeah it does. Next you're going to tell me total points, assists etc. don't matter either.
Wilt and Russell were by far better.
@@Ometecuhtli i agree, they were better players, not better rebounders though.
Fun fact: King James and The Point God (LeBron James and Chris Paul) are the only players in NBA history with 20K+ points, 10k+ assist, 5k+ rebounds and 2K+ Steals
They are still the only players if you just include points and assist but I figured their rebound and steal totals are worth noting
This is for a combination of reasons, one I will mention. A lot of the NBA back then was made up of construction workers. LOL The NBA is more talented offensively than ever before.
How is DRod not on the list
Dennis rodman is nowhere on the list. What a surprise
Not a surprise at all. He was an old ass rookie. Came In at like 24 or 25. So his career was fairly short..
He could have been but he self destructed towards the end. It's his own fault.
In Today's nba, nobody needs a rebound, cause the most shots going in😅
Not true.
Tell Kevon Mooney that.
💩 defense too
NBA shooting percentage in 1970’s was 46.2, in 2010’s it was 45.6. So more missed shots isn’t the reason.
Wilt took on average one fifth of the available rebounds every single game he played in. Who, other than Russell, even comes close to that?