1980-1981 NBA Defensive Rebounds Leaders

Rebounds on the defensive glass

Swen Nater led the NBA with 722 defensive rebounds in the 1980-1981 season, 16 ahead of Moses Malone (706). It stands 99th among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 2 times Swen Nater led in defensive rebounds.

RPG REB OREB DREB

Led the NBA in 1980-1981 Swen Nater SDC

722 Defensive Rebounds 16 clear of Moses Malone

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#	Player	Team	DREB	GP	MPG	REB	RPG
1	Swen Nater	SDC	722	82	34.3	1,017	12.4
2	Moses Malone	HOU	706	80	40.6	1,180	14.8
3	Larry Bird	BOS	704	82	39.5	895	10.9
4	Jack Sikma	SEA	668	82	35.6	852	10.4
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LAL	624	80	37.2	821	10.3
6	Caldwell Jones	PHL	613	81	32.6	813	10.0
7	Artis Gilmore	CHI	608	82	34.5	828	10.1
8	Kenny Carr	CLE	575	81	32.3	835	10.3
9	Truck Robinson	PHX	573	82	37.7	789	9.6
10	Larry Smith	GOS	561	82	31.4	994	12.1
11	Elvin Hayes	WAS	554	81	36.2	789	9.7
12	Reggie King	KCK	551	81	33.9	786	9.7
13	Robert Parish	BOS	532	82	28.0	777	9.5
14	Tom LaGarde	DAL	488	82	32.6	665	8.1
15	Joe Barry Carroll	GOS	485	82	35.6	759	9.3
16	David Greenwood	CHI	481	82	33.0	724	8.8
17	Jim Chones	LAL	477	82	31.2	657	8.0
18	Ben Poquette	UTH	469	82	34.2	629	7.7
19	Wes Unseld	WAS	466	63	32.3	673	10.7
20	Mychal Thompson	POR	463	79	35.3	686	8.7
21	Sam Lacey	KCK	453	82	27.2	584	7.1
22	Bill Cartwright	NYK	452	82	35.7	613	7.5
23	Kermit Washington	POR	450	73	29.0	686	9.4
24	Dan Issel	DEN	447	80	33.0	676	8.5
25	Darryl Dawkins	PHL	439	76	27.5	545	7.2
26	Bill Laimbeer	CLE	427	81	30.4	693	8.6
27	Maurice Lucas	NJN	422	68	31.8	575	8.5
28	Robert Reid	HOU	419	82	36.1	583	7.1
29	James Bailey	SEA	415	82	31.0	607	7.4
30	Greg Ballard	WAS	413	82	31.8	580	7.1
31	Julius Erving	PHL	413	82	35.0	657	8.0
32	Dave Corzine	SAN	408	82	23.9	636	7.8
33	Dan Roundfield	ATL	403	63	33.8	634	10.1
34	Steve Hawes	ATL	396	74	31.2	561	7.6
35	Alvan Adams	PHX	389	75	27.4	546	7.3
36	George Johnson	SAN	387	82	23.6	602	7.3
37	James Edwards	IND	380	81	29.3	571	7.0
38	Alex English	DEN	373	81	38.2	646	8.0
39	Bernard King	GOS	373	81	36.0	551	6.8
40	Micheal Ray Richardson	NYK	372	79	40.2	545	6.9
41	Mitch Kupchak	WAS	371	82	23.6	569	6.9
42	Terry Tyler	DET	369	82	31.1	567	6.9
43	George McGinnis	IND	364	69	26.7	528	7.7
44	Mickey Johnson	MIL	362	82	25.8	545	6.6
45	Cliff T. Robinson	NJN	361	63	28.9	481	7.6
46	Phil Hubbard	DET	350	80	28.6	586	7.3
47	Cedrick Hordges	DEN	338	68	23.5	458	6.7
48	Allan Bristow	UTH	327	82	24.4	430	5.2
49	Mark Olberding	SAN	325	82	29.4	471	5.7
50	Paul Griffin	SAN	321	82	23.5	505	6.2