1973 NBA Defensive Rebounds Leaders

Elvin Hayes led the NBA in defensive rebounds in 1973 with 1,109, 116 ahead of Dave Cowens (993). It stands 2nd among all single seasons in NBA history.

Led the NBA in 1973 Elvin Hayes CAP

1,109 Defensive Rebounds 116 clear of Dave Cowens

Showing Defensive Rebounds and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	DREB	GP	MPG	REB	RPG
1	Elvin Hayes	CAP	1,109	81	44.5	1,463	18.1
2	Dave Cowens	BOS	993	80	41.9	1,257	15.7
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	MIL	891	81	43.8	1,178	14.5
4	Bob McAdoo	BUF	836	74	43.0	1,117	15.1
5	BL Bob Lanier	DET	805	81	37.6	1,074	13.3
6	Sam Lacey	KCK	762	79	39.3	1,055	13.4
7	Happy Hairston	LAL	705	77	34.2	1,040	13.5
8	Elmore Smith	LAL	702	81	36.1	906	11.2
9	Clifford Ray	CHI	692	80	32.9	977	12.2
10	SH Spencer Haywood	SEA	689	75	40.5	1,007	13.4
11	GH Garfield Heard	BUF	677	81	35.7	947	11.7
12	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	HOU	664	79	31.1	923	11.7
13	Nate Thurmond	GOS	629	62	39.7	878	14.2
14	Dave DeBusschere	NYK	623	71	38.0	757	10.7
15	Neal Walk	PHX	602	82	31.1	837	10.2
16	Leroy Ellis	PHL	598	81	35.0	890	11.0
17	Paul Silas	BOS	581	82	31.7	915	11.2
18	Steve Mix	PHL	559	82	36.2	864	10.5
19	JW Jim Washington	ATL	528	73	34.5	735	10.1
20	Sidney Wicks	POR	488	75	38.0	684	9.1
21	Rudy Tomjanovich	HOU	487	80	40.3	717	9.0
22	Walt Bellamy	ATL	476	77	31.7	740	9.6
23	JF Jim Fox	SEA	470	78	27.9	714	9.2
24	Double D Davis	CLE	470	76	32.6	644	8.5
25	CP Curtis Perry	MIL	461	81	29.5	703	8.7
26	Rick Roberson	POR	450	69	29.9	701	10.2
27	Rick Barry	GOS	437	80	36.5	540	6.8
28	Walt Frazier	NYK	416	80	41.7	536	6.7
29	Clyde Lee	GOS	410	54	30.4	598	11.1
30	Jerry Sloan	CHI	406	77	37.1	556	7.2
31	Steve Patterson	CLE	396	76	25.1	619	8.1
32	Jim McMillian	BUF	394	82	40.5	610	7.4
33	RB Ron Behagen	KCK	379	80	25.7	567	7.1
34	Toby Kimball	PHL	367	75	21.2	552	7.4
35	Wes Unseld	CAP	365	56	30.8	517	9.2
36	BD Bob Dandridge	MIL	362	71	35.5	479	6.8
37	Phil Jackson	NYK	355	82	25.0	478	5.8
38	John Johnson	POR	355	69	33.1	515	7.5
39	John Havlicek	BOS	349	76	40.7	487	6.4
40	Curtis Rowe	DET	348	82	30.5	515	6.3
41	MB Mike Bantom	PHX	347	76	26.1	519	6.8
42	Lloyd Neal	POR	344	80	19.0	494	6.2
43	CM Cliff Meely	HOU	336	77	22.8	439	5.7
44	GJ George Johnson	GOS	332	66	19.6	522	7.9
45	Keith Erickson	PHX	320	66	30.8	414	6.3
46	JB Jim Brewer	CLE	317	82	22.7	524	6.4
47	DA Don Adams	DET	315	74	31.1	448	6.1
48	Jerry Lucas	NYK	312	73	22.3	374	5.1
49	Bob Love	CHI	309	82	40.2	492	6.0
50	Dwight Jones	ATL	309	74	19.6	454	6.1

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