Playoff Rebounds Per Game Leaders Rank Player Games Rebounds RPG* 1 Bill Russell 165 4,104 24.87 2 Dave Cowens 89 1,285 14.44 3 Paul Silas 60 763 12.72 4 Larry Bird 164 1,683 10.26 5 Robert Parish 168 1,649 9.82 6 Tom Heinsohn 104 954 9.17 7 Antoine Walker 16 138 8.63 8 Paul Pierce 16 137 8.56 9 Tony Battie 16 121 7.56 10 Kevin McHale 169 1,253 7.41 11 Ed Macauley 27 197 7.30 12 Bailey Howell 46 330 7.17 13 Arnold Risen 23 164 7.13 14 Bob Harris 17 120 7.06 15 Bob Brannum 22 155 7.05 16 John Havlicek 172 1,186 6.90 17 Gene Conley 33 222 6.73 18 Cedric Maxwell 88 519 5.90 19 Tom Sanders 130 763 5.87 20 Charles Cooper 17 99 5.82 21 Lou Tsioropoulos 11 64 5.82 22 Jack Nichols 37 209 5.65 23 Rodney Rogers 16 88 5.50 24 Jim Loscutoff 58 299 5.16 25 Frank Ramsey 98 494 5.04 26 Bob Cousy 109 546 5.01 27 Emmette Bryant 18 88 4.89 28 Don Nelson 134 647 4.83 29 Ed Pinckney 28 135 4.82 30 Bill Walton 28 134 4.79 * - Minimum of 10 Games Played Record Index