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1981 NBA Defensive Rebounds Leaders

Rebounds on the defensive glass

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Jack Sikma led the NBA in defensive rebounds in 1981 with 815, 152 ahead of Mychal Thompson (663). It stands 30th among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 2 times Jack Sikma led in defensive rebounds.

RPGREBOREBDREB
Jack Sikma Led the NBA in 1981 Jack Sikma SEA
815 Defensive Rebounds 152 clear of Mychal Thompson
Showing Defensive Rebounds and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team DREB GP MPG REB RPG
1 Jack Sikma Jack Sikma SEA 815 82 37.2 1,038 12.7
2 Mychal Thompson POR 663 79 39.6 921 11.7
3 Buck Williams Buck Williams NJN 658 82 34.5 1,005 12.3
4 Larry Bird Larry Bird BOS 637 77 38.0 837 10.9
5 Moses Malone HOU 630 81 42.0 1,188 14.7
6 Maurice Lucas Maurice Lucas NYK 629 80 33.4 903 11.3
7 Artis Gilmore Artis Gilmore CHI 611 82 34.1 835 10.2
8 David Greenwood David Greenwood CHI 594 82 35.5 786 9.6
9 Robert Parish BOS 578 80 31.7 866 10.8
10 Rick Mahorn Rick Mahorn WAS 555 80 33.3 704 8.8
11 Caldwell Jones PHL 544 81 30.2 708 8.7
12 Larry Smith Larry Smith GOS 534 74 29.9 813 11.0
13 Truck Robinson Truck Robinson PHX 519 74 37.1 721 9.7
14 Jeff Ruland WAS 509 82 27.0 762 9.3
15 Magic Johnson Magic Johnson LAL 499 78 38.4 751 9.6
16 Greg Ballard WAS 497 79 37.3 633 8.0
17 Dan Roundfield Dan Roundfield ATL 494 61 36.3 721 11.8
18 Jeff Wilkins UTH 491 82 27.7 611 7.5
19 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL 487 76 35.2 659 8.7
20 Elvin Hayes Elvin Hayes HOU 480 82 37.0 747 9.1
21 Alvan Adams Alvan Adams PHX 448 79 30.3 586 7.4
22 Tree Rollins Tree Rollins ATL 443 79 25.5 611 7.7
23 Dan Issel DEN 434 81 30.5 608 7.5
24 Kent Benson Kent Benson DET 434 75 32.9 653 8.7
25 Jerome Whitehead SDC 433 72 30.8 664 9.2
26 Herb Williams Herb Williams IND 430 82 27.8 605 7.4
27 Joe Barry Carroll GOS 423 76 34.6 633 8.3
28 Calvin Natt POR 420 75 34.7 613 8.2
29 Dave Corzine SAN 418 82 26.7 629 7.7
30 Michael Brooks Michael Brooks SDC 417 82 33.5 624 7.6
31 James Edwards James Edwards CLE 392 77 33.0 581 7.6
32 Micheal Ray Richardson Micheal Ray Richardson NYK 388 82 37.1 565 6.9
33 Clemon Johnson IND 387 79 25.1 571 7.2
34 Jay Vincent DAL 383 81 32.4 565 7.0
35 Bill Laimbeer Bill Laimbeer DET 383 80 22.9 617 7.7
36 Kevin McHale Kevin McHale BOS 365 82 28.4 556 6.8
37 Kenny Carr Kenny Carr DET 364 74 26.0 531 7.2
38 Reggie King KCK 361 80 32.6 523 6.5
39 James Donaldson SEA 352 82 20.9 490 6.0
40 Dwight Jones Dwight Jones CHI 351 78 26.2 507 6.5
41 Tom Chambers SDC 350 81 33.1 561 6.9
42 Wayne Cooper DAL 350 76 23.9 550 7.2
43 T.R. Dunn DEN 348 82 30.7 559 6.8
44 Alex English DEN 348 82 36.8 558 6.8
45 Lonnie Shelton Lonnie Shelton SEA 348 81 32.9 509 6.3
46 Terry Tyler Terry Tyler DET 339 82 24.3 493 6.0
47 Julius Erving Julius Erving PHL 337 81 34.4 557 6.9
48 Robert Reid HOU 336 77 37.8 511 6.6
49 Rich Kelley PHX 329 81 23.4 497 6.1
50 Bernard King Bernard King GOS 329 79 36.2 469 5.9
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