1978-1979 NBA Defensive Rebounds Leaders

Moses Malone led the NBA in defensive rebounds in 1978-1979 with 857, 39 ahead of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (818). It stands 15th among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 2 times Moses Malone led in defensive rebounds.

Led the NBA in 1978-1979 Moses Malone HOU

857 Defensive Rebounds 39 clear of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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#	Player	Team	DREB	GP	MPG	REB	RPG
1	Moses Malone	HOU	857	82	41.3	1,444	17.6
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LAL	818	80	39.5	1,025	12.8
3	Jack Sikma	SEA	781	82	36.1	1,013	12.4
4	Artis Gilmore	CHI	750	82	39.8	1,043	12.7
5	RK Rich Kelley	NOJ	723	80	33.8	1,026	12.8
6	Elvin Hayes	WAS	682	82	37.9	994	12.1
7	Robert Parish	GOS	651	76	31.7	916	12.1
8	George McGinnis	DEN	608	76	33.6	864	11.4
9	Jim Chones	CLE	582	82	34.8	842	10.3
10	Caldwell Jones	PHL	570	78	27.8	747	9.6
11	Wes Unseld	WAS	556	77	31.2	830	10.8
12	Dan Roundfield	ATL	539	80	31.7	865	10.8
13	LK Larry Kenon	SAN	530	81	36.4	790	9.8
14	Maurice Lucas	POR	524	69	35.7	716	10.4
15	Sam Lacey	KCK	523	82	32.0	702	8.6
16	Cedric Maxwell	BOS	519	80	37.1	791	9.9
17	James Edwards	IND	514	82	31.0	693	8.5
18	Darryl Dawkins	PHL	508	78	26.1	631	8.1
19	Kermit Washington	SDC	504	82	33.7	800	9.8
20	Dave Cowens	BOS	500	68	37.0	652	9.6
21	Dan Issel	DEN	498	81	33.9	738	9.1
22	Alvan Adams	PHX	485	77	30.7	705	9.2
23	Swen Nater	SDC	483	79	25.4	701	8.9
24	Tom Owens	POR	477	82	34.0	740	9.0
25	MW Marvin Webster	NYK	457	60	33.8	655	10.9
26	BP Billy Paultz	SAN	456	79	26.9	625	7.9
27	ML Mark Landsberger	CHI	450	80	24.5	742	9.3
28	Jamaal Wilkes	LAL	445	82	35.5	609	7.4
29	Terry Tyler	DET	437	82	31.2	648	7.9
30	MJ Mickey Johnson	CHI	434	82	31.6	627	7.6
31	MB Mike Bantom	IND	425	81	31.2	650	8.0
32	BR Bill Robinzine	KCK	420	82	26.6	638	7.8
33	Bernard King	NJN	418	82	34.9	669	8.2
34	LD Leon Douglas	DET	416	78	28.4	664	8.5
35	GJ George Johnson	NJN	415	78	26.4	616	7.9
36	MT Mychal Thompson	POR	406	73	29.4	604	8.3
37	Alex English	IND	402	81	33.3	655	8.1
38	Rudy Tomjanovich	HOU	402	74	35.7	572	7.7
39	Steve Hawes	ATL	401	81	27.2	591	7.3
40	Kent Benson	MIL	397	82	26.0	584	7.1
41	Clifford Ray	GOS	395	82	23.4	608	7.4
42	Marques Johnson	MIL	374	77	36.1	586	7.6
43	MC M.L. Carr	DET	370	80	40.1	589	7.4
44	Tree Rollins	ATL	369	81	23.5	588	7.3
45	Kevin Kunnert	SDC	367	81	20.8	569	7.0
46	Julius Erving	PHL	366	78	35.9	564	7.2
47	Campy Russell	CLE	356	74	38.6	503	6.8
48	RR Robert Reid	HOU	354	82	27.5	483	5.9
49	TK Toby Knight	NYK	347	82	32.5	548	6.7
50	BD Bob Dandridge	WAS	338	78	33.7	447	5.7

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