Single Season Rebounds Leaders Rank Player Season Games Rebounds RPG 1 Bill Russell 1963-64 78 1,930 24.7 2 Bill Russell 1964-65 78 1,878 24.1 3 Bill Russell 1960-61 78 1,868 23.9 4 Bill Russell 1962-63 78 1,843 23.6 5 Bill Russell 1961-62 76 1,790 23.6 6 Bill Russell 1965-66 78 1,779 22.8 7 Bill Russell 1959-60 74 1,778 24.0 8 Bill Russell 1966-67 81 1,700 21.0 9 Bill Russell 1958-59 70 1,612 23.0 10 Bill Russell 1957-58 69 1,564 22.7 11 Bill Russell 1968-69 77 1,484 19.3 12 Bill Russell 1967-68 78 1,451 18.6 13 Dave Cowens 1972-73 82 1,329 16.2 14 Dave Cowens 1973-74 80 1,257 15.7 15 Dave Cowens 1975-76 78 1,246 16.0 16 Dave Cowens 1970-71 81 1,216 15.0 17 Dave Cowens 1971-72 79 1,203 15.2 18 Dave Cowens 1977-78 77 1,078 14.0 19 Paul Silas 1972-73 80 1,039 13.0 20 Paul Silas 1975-76 81 1,025 12.7 20 Paul Silas 1974-75 82 1,025 12.5 22 Robert Parish 1988-89 80 996 12.5 23 Dave Cowens 1974-75 65 958 14.7 24 Bill Russell 1956-57 48 943 19.6 25 Paul Silas 1973-74 82 915 11.2 26 Larry Bird 1980-81 82 895 10.9 27 Larry Bird 1982-83 79 870 11.0 28 Robert Parish 1981-82 80 866 10.8 29 Robert Parish 1983-84 80 857 10.7 30 Robert Parish 1990-91 81 856 10.6 Record Index