Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Moses Malone averaged the most rebounds per game, with 13.2 per game.

Interpreted as:

best with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games rebounders in the 80s

	NAME	RPG	GP	MPG	PPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Moses Malone M. Malone	13.2	778	37.3	24.5	1.5	0.9	1.4	8.4	17.2	49.1	0.0	0.1	5.7	7.7	9.9	77.5	57.0	5.4	7.8	3.4	29,039	19,082	10,269	1,191	730	1,107	2,659	1,898
2	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	12.2	145	34.5	9.0	3.7	0.8	0.7	3.8	7.4	51.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.3	2.0	65.8	54.4	3.7	8.5	1.7	5,005	1,301	1,767	536	117	97	250	420
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	12.1	386	36.2	23.0	2.0	1.9	3.1	9.0	17.4	51.8	0.0	0.0	5.3	5.0	7.4	67.2	55.7	4.5	7.6	3.0	13,990	8,883	4,677	780	748	1,201	1,175	1,562
4	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	12.0	389	36.8	22.1	3.5	1.6	1.2	7.8	13.5	57.7	0.3	1.3	23.4	6.3	8.5	73.9	64.3	4.6	7.4	3.7	14,297	8,616	4,660	1,377	613	479	1,439	1,426
5	Buck Williams B. Williams	11.9	635	36.4	16.4	1.5	0.9	1.1	6.3	11.4	55.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	3.9	6.0	64.9	58.6	4.1	7.9	2.9	23,100	10,440	7,576	976	599	696	1,811	2,244
6	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	11.3	323	31.5	12.4	2.7	1.0	0.3	4.8	9.9	48.4	0.1	0.3	28.0	2.7	3.8	71.0	53.4	3.8	7.6	3.0	10,172	4,007	3,665	864	325	108	963	1,107
7	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	10.8	734	33.0	14.1	2.1	0.7	1.0	5.6	11.2	50.2	0.1	0.3	29.3	2.7	3.2	83.1	55.6	3.1	7.8	1.7	24,198	10,327	7,957	1,555	512	727	1,227	2,646
8	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	10.8	308	35.1	18.5	3.2	0.8	0.9	6.8	12.0	56.4	0.0	0.1	15.8	5.0	6.9	71.9	61.6	3.4	7.3	3.9	10,824	5,700	3,313	995	240	263	1,186	1,157
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	10.5	325	35.9	23.3	2.5	1.4	0.7	8.9	17.4	51.3	0.0	0.1	16.7	5.5	8.2	66.9	55.6	3.0	7.5	3.5	11,656	7,576	3,412	812	470	224	1,126	1,200
10	Larry Smith L. Smith	10.4	617	29.2	8.5	1.2	0.8	0.6	3.6	6.6	53.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.4	55.0	55.1	4.4	6.0	1.7	18,023	5,225	6,440	723	516	384	1,034	2,244
11	Robert Parish R. Parish	10.4	786	32.9	17.9	1.8	0.8	1.7	7.3	13.4	54.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.4	72.3	58.3	3.3	7.2	2.4	25,841	14,043	8,195	1,419	660	1,346	1,924	2,424
12	Swen Nater S. Nater	10.4	260	27.4	11.3	1.9	0.5	0.4	4.6	8.4	54.6	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.2	2.9	75.1	58.7	3.0	7.4	2.3	7,124	2,949	2,702	490	126	99	587	769
13	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	10.3	795	34.7	16.8	3.4	1.1	1.0	6.2	13.2	47.1	0.1	0.4	31.3	4.2	5.0	85.6	54.6	2.4	7.9	2.4	27,557	13,342	8,192	2,721	871	829	1,878	2,822
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	10.2	717	38.4	25.0	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
15	Roy Tarpley R. Tarpley	9.8	175	24.6	11.3	0.9	1.1	1.1	4.6	9.3	49.6	0.0	0.1	11.1	2.1	2.9	71.3	53.4	3.5	6.2	1.8	4,303	1,982	1,710	155	187	195	318	615
16	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	9.6	526	32.0	15.6	2.3	0.8	1.3	5.8	12.1	48.3	0.0	0.1	11.5	3.9	5.2	74.8	54.2	3.2	6.5	2.7	16,836	8,186	5,058	1,224	435	661	1,403	1,663
17	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	9.6	395	32.2	17.3	2.5	0.9	1.8	7.2	14.6	49.2	0.0	0.1	17.0	2.9	4.4	66.7	52.4	2.8	6.8	3.3	12,718	6,834	3,786	989	362	705	1,292	1,456
18	Clark Kellogg C. Kellogg	9.5	260	32.7	18.9	2.9	1.5	0.4	7.7	15.5	49.7	0.1	0.3	33.8	3.4	4.5	75.7	54.0	3.3	6.3	2.8	8,514	4,918	2,482	764	381	105	731	858
19	Kermit Washington K. Washington	9.3	179	29.3	11.3	1.9	1.0	1.3	4.4	8.0	55.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.9	63.4	58.4	3.4	5.9	1.9	5,251	2,020	1,664	345	171	237	337	634
20	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	9.0	386	34.0	15.1	2.0	0.7	0.5	6.2	12.3	50.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	2.8	4.3	64.9	53.2	2.6	6.4	2.7	13,139	5,847	3,491	769	270	179	1,058	1,158
21	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	9.0	663	30.9	15.4	1.6	0.5	1.8	5.6	8.9	62.7	0.0	0.0	7.7	4.3	5.9	71.9	67.0	2.6	6.4	2.5	20,476	10,233	5,977	1,041	334	1,207	1,671	2,179
22	Michael Cage M. Cage	8.9	385	29.3	10.9	1.3	1.0	0.6	4.0	8.0	50.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.9	71.1	55.5	3.4	5.6	1.7	11,294	4,180	3,434	499	385	243	642	939
23	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	8.8	275	34.3	21.2	1.9	1.3	2.8	8.4	15.8	53.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	72.8	57.4	2.7	6.1	3.5	9,419	5,822	2,422	519	364	776	954	1,082
24	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	8.8	550	34.6	22.1	2.4	1.4	0.8	9.1	18.5	49.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.9	5.5	70.9	52.9	3.2	5.6	2.4	19,052	12,159	4,834	1,345	772	436	1,346	1,974
25	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	8.7	568	30.2	7.0	1.2	0.4	4.2	2.8	6.3	44.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.3	64.9	48.1	2.3	6.4	1.8	17,181	3,969	4,916	693	242	2,391	1,016	2,037