Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Wilt Chamberlain averaged the most rebounds per game, with 18.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

rebounds with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leaders 1970s

	NAME	RPG	GP	MPG	PPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	18.7	258	43.2	16.7	4.2			6.7	10.9	61.3	3.4	7.0	48.9	60.1				11,146	4,321	4,812	1,095				592
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	15.3	223	35.9	19.1	1.2	0.9	1.7	6.8	13.3	51.2	5.5	7.6	72.1	57.4	6.3	9.0	3.9	8,003	4,258	3,402	267	194	376	546	677
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	14.8	773	41.1	28.6	4.5	1.3	3.5	11.8	21.5	55.1	5.0	7.1	70.6	58.3	3.1	11.0	3.5	31,771	22,141	11,460	3,440	576	1,595	490	2,399
4	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	14.6	660	40.0	18.6	4.0	1.2	1.0	7.9	17.1	46.1	2.8	3.6	78.2	49.7	3.3	10.8	2.7	26,392	12,252	9,636	2,622	500	412	391	2,567
5	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	14.2	815	41.5	23.2	2.1	1.2	2.5	9.3	20.7	45.1	4.6	6.7	67.7	49.1	3.5	9.7	2.8	33,863	18,922	11,565	1,685	606	1,198	464	2,676
6	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	13.9	757	36.8	10.8	4.1	1.1	0.6	4.5	8.7	51.2	1.9	2.9	63.5	53.9	3.5	8.4	2.1	27,857	8,192	10,511	3,073	511	270	329	2,066
7	Bill Walton B. Walton	13.5	209	33.7	17.1	4.4	1.0	2.6	7.0	13.8	51.0	3.0	4.5	67.4	54.2	2.6	10.9	3.6	7,033	3,578	2,822	923	204	533	206	578
8	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	12.9	246	37.4	21.7	3.0	0.6	2.2	8.2	14.9	55.4	5.3	7.5	70.1	59.8	3.8	9.2	4.1	9,209	5,346	3,184	736	136	540	676	807
9	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	12.8	551	35.7	13.9	2.9	0.5	2.1	5.3	12.3	42.8	3.3	4.8	70.1	48.1	2.8	6.8		19,660	7,659	7,062	1,587	125	553		1,494
10	Gus Johnson G. Johnson	12.6	204	32.1	14.5	2.6			6.1	13.8	44.1	2.3	3.2	72.5	47.7				6,542	2,967	2,576	538				642
11	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	12.2	525	39.7	27.4	2.8	1.2	2.0	10.8	21.2	50.9	5.9	7.8	75.6	55.7	3.1	9.7	4.1	20,825	14,405	6,421	1,474	529	872	563	1,832
12	Happy Hairston H. Hairston	12.2	409	34.1	15.0	2.3	0.8	0.2	5.5	11.3	48.4	4.1	5.2	78.3	55.3	4.2	8.9		13,952	6,152	4,973	931	116	28		1,296
13	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	11.9	644	36.1	22.8	3.3	1.2	2.0	9.3	18.3	50.6	4.3	5.6	77.5	55.1	3.2	8.5	3.4	23,248	14,686	7,690	2,134	466	799	400	2,100
14	Bill Bridges B. Bridges	11.9	421	33.9	11.0	2.8	0.7	0.4	4.2	9.2	46.2	2.6	3.7	69.4	51.1	2.6	3.9		14,259	4,652	5,002	1,181	69	36		1,458
15	Willis Reed W. Reed	11.7	253	34.3	17.4	1.9	0.6	1.1	7.1	14.8	48.0	3.2	4.2	76.4	52.3	2.5	4.9		8,683	4,399	2,956	487	12	21		799
16	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	11.5	310	34.8	21.8	4.0	2.0	0.5	8.1	17.9	45.1	5.7	8.2	69.9	50.9	3.6	7.8	4.3	10,800	6,761	3,552	1,238	627	157	658	1,241
17	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	11.5	395	33.9	14.8	2.5	0.7	0.6	5.6	11.0	51.2	3.6	6.1	58.2	54.1	3.4	6.2		13,379	5,855	4,525	1,003	52	48		1,264
18	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	11.4	337	37.6	22.4	5.2	1.2	0.5	8.5	18.8	45.4	5.4	7.3	73.6	51.0	1.6	7.1		12,683	7,554	3,838	1,739	115	45		1,281
19	Swen Nater S. Nater	11.3	229	29.4	13.1	2.0	0.6	0.6	5.4	10.2	52.9	2.2	2.9	77.0	56.7	3.3	8.0	2.5	6,744	2,994	2,595	464	132	127	395	732
20	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	11.2	723	35.0	11.9	3.7	1.5	1.8	4.9	11.2	44.1	2.0	2.8	73.4	48.0	2.6	8.4	2.7	25,331	8,579	8,120	2,700	742	868	431	2,516
21	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	11.2	368	33.2	13.6	3.6	0.4	0.3	5.6	11.2	50.2	2.3	2.9	78.1	54.1	0.8	4.3		12,225	4,987	4,111	1,331	28	24		872
22	Paul Silas P. Silas	10.8	809	31.5	10.7	2.5	0.7	0.3	3.9	8.9	43.5	2.9	4.2	69.4	49.7	3.7	6.1	1.5	25,490	8,619	8,737	2,060	333	133	250	2,135
23	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	10.7	570	37.2	22.0	2.0	0.7	1.2	8.7	18.8	46.5	4.5	5.6	80.0	51.7	2.9	6.8	2.5	21,195	12,534	6,087	1,164	263	477	340	1,627
24	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	10.7	388	36.4	15.9	3.1	0.9	0.5	6.8	15.4	43.9	2.4	3.4	72.1	47.2	1.9	8.8		14,116	6,188	4,136	1,217	67	39		1,137
25	Elmore Smith E. Smith	10.6	562	31.8	13.4	1.4	0.8	2.9	5.6	11.7	48.2	2.1	3.7	57.9	50.3	2.3	7.1	1.7	17,879	7,541	5,962	808	325	1,183	183	1,941