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1980 NBA Defensive Rebounds Leaders

Rebounds on the defensive glass

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Swen Nater led the NBA in defensive rebounds in 1980 with 722, 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.

RPGREBOREBDREB
Swen Nater Led the NBA in 1980 Swen Nater SDC
722 Defensive Rebounds 16 clear of Moses Malone
Showing Defensive Rebounds and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team DREB GP MPG REB RPG
1 Swen Nater 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 Larry Bird BOS 704 82 39.5 895 10.9
4 Jack Sikma Jack Sikma SEA 668 82 35.6 852 10.4
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 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 Artis Gilmore CHI 608 82 34.5 828 10.1
8 Kenny Carr Kenny Carr CLE 575 81 32.3 835 10.3
9 Truck Robinson Truck Robinson PHX 573 82 37.7 789 9.6
10 Larry Smith Larry Smith GOS 561 82 31.4 994 12.1
11 Elvin Hayes 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 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 David Greenwood CHI 481 82 33.1 724 8.8
17 Jim Chones Jim Chones LAL 477 82 31.2 657 8.0
18 Ben Poquette UTH 469 82 34.2 629 7.7
19 Wes Unseld Wes Unseld WAS 466 63 32.3 673 10.7
20 Mychal Thompson POR 463 79 35.3 686 8.7
21 Sam Lacey Sam Lacey KCK 453 82 27.2 584 7.1
22 Bill Cartwright Bill Cartwright NYK 452 82 35.7 613 7.5
23 Kermit Washington Kermit Washington POR 450 73 29.0 686 9.4
24 Dan Issel DEN 447 80 33.0 676 8.5
25 Darryl Dawkins Darryl Dawkins PHL 439 76 27.5 545 7.2
26 Bill Laimbeer Bill Laimbeer CLE 427 81 30.4 693 8.6
27 Maurice Lucas 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 Julius Erving PHL 413 82 35.1 657 8.0
32 Dave Corzine SAN 408 82 23.9 636 7.8
33 Dan Roundfield Dan Roundfield ATL 403 63 33.8 634 10.1
34 Steve Hawes Steve Hawes ATL 396 74 31.2 561 7.6
35 Alvan Adams Alvan Adams PHX 389 75 27.4 546 7.3
36 George Johnson SAN 387 82 23.6 602 7.3
37 James Edwards James Edwards IND 380 81 29.3 571 7.1
38 Alex English DEN 373 81 38.2 646 8.0
39 Bernard King Bernard King GOS 373 81 36.0 551 6.8
40 Micheal Ray Richardson Micheal Ray Richardson NYK 372 79 40.2 545 6.9
41 Mitch Kupchak Mitch Kupchak WAS 371 82 23.6 569 6.9
42 Terry Tyler Terry Tyler DET 369 82 31.1 567 6.9
43 George McGinnis George McGinnis IND 364 69 26.7 528 7.7
44 Mickey Johnson MIL 362 82 25.8 545 6.7
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 Allan Bristow UTH 327 82 24.4 430 5.2
49 Mark Olberding Mark Olberding SAN 325 82 29.4 471 5.7
50 Paul Griffin SAN 321 82 23.5 505 6.2
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