1974 NBA Defensive Rebounds Leaders

Sam Lacey led the NBA in defensive rebounds in 1974 with 921, 73 ahead of Bob McAdoo (848). It stands 6th among all single seasons in NBA history.

Led the NBA in 1974 Sam Lacey KCK

921 Defensive Rebounds 73 clear of Bob McAdoo

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#	Player	Team	DREB	GP	MPG	REB	RPG
1	Sam Lacey	KCK	921	81	41.7	1,149	14.2
2	Bob McAdoo	BUF	848	82	43.2	1,155	14.1
3	Elvin Hayes	WAS	783	82	42.3	1,004	12.2
4	Wes Unseld	WAS	759	73	39.8	1,077	14.8
5	Dave Cowens	BOS	729	65	40.5	958	14.7
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	MIL	718	65	42.3	912	14.0
7	BL Bob Lanier	DET	689	76	39.3	914	12.0
8	Paul Silas	BOS	677	82	32.5	1,025	12.5
9	Sidney Wicks	POR	646	82	38.6	877	10.7
10	Nate Thurmond	CHI	645	80	34.5	904	11.3
11	Happy Hairston	LAL	642	74	30.9	946	12.8
12	Clifford Ray	GOS	611	82	30.7	870	10.6
13	Elmore Smith	LAL	600	74	31.6	810	11.0
14	Billy Cunningham	PHL	596	80	35.7	726	9.1
15	CP Curtis Perry	PHX	593	79	34.0	940	11.9
16	CW Cornell Warner	MIL	574	79	31.9	812	10.3
17	Jim Chones	CLE	521	72	33.7	677	9.4
18	Lloyd Neal	POR	501	82	27.8	687	8.4
19	GH Garfield Heard	BUF	481	67	32.1	666	9.9
20	John Drew	ATL	479	78	29.4	836	10.7
21	John Gianelli	NYK	475	80	35.0	689	8.6
22	Jamaal Wilkes	GOS	468	82	30.7	671	8.2
23	Phil Jackson	NYK	463	78	29.3	600	7.7
24	DA Dennis Awtrey	PHX	462	82	34.6	704	8.6
25	Dwight Jones	ATL	461	75	27.8	697	9.3
26	RB Ron Behagen	KCK	446	81	27.2	592	7.3
27	Mike Sojourner	ATL	446	73	29.2	642	8.8
28	SH Spencer Haywood	SEA	432	68	37.2	630	9.3
29	Rudy Tomjanovich	HOU	429	81	38.7	613	7.6
30	Tom Burleson	SEA	417	82	23.0	572	7.0
31	Kevin Kunnert	HOU	417	75	24.0	631	8.4
32	Curtis Rowe	DET	411	82	34.0	585	7.1
33	BD Bob Dandridge	MIL	409	80	37.9	551	6.9
34	Leroy Ellis	PHL	387	82	26.6	582	7.1
35	Walt Frazier	NYK	375	78	41.1	465	6.0
36	Rick Barry	GOS	364	80	40.4	456	5.7
37	JF Jim Fox	SEA	363	75	23.6	491	6.6
38	Jerry Sloan	CHI	361	78	33.0	538	6.9
39	DD Derrek Dickey	GOS	360	80	23.2	550	6.9
40	EC E.C. Coleman	NOJ	360	77	28.3	549	7.1
41	GJ George Johnson	GOS	357	82	17.6	574	7.0
42	Double D Davis	CLE	356	78	25.2	464	6.0
43	Bill Walton	POR	349	35	32.9	441	12.6
44	LM Larry McNeill	KCK	348	80	21.9	497	6.2
45	LG Leonard Gray	SEA	345	75	30.4	478	6.4
46	Steve Mix	PHL	345	46	38.0	500	10.9
47	MB Mike Bantom	PHX	342	82	27.3	553	6.7
48	Don Nelson	BOS	342	79	26.0	469	5.9
49	John Johnson	POR	339	80	31.8	501	6.3
50	Mel Counts	NOJ	339	75	19.0	441	5.9

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