1979-1980 NBA Defensive Rebounds Leaders

Swen Nater led the NBA in defensive rebounds in 1979-1980 with 864, 104 ahead of Wes Unseld (760). It stands 12th among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 2 times Swen Nater led in defensive rebounds.

Led the NBA in 1979-1980 Swen Nater SDC

864 Defensive Rebounds 104 clear of Wes Unseld

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#	Player	Team	DREB	GP	MPG	REB	RPG
1	Swen Nater	SDC	864	81	35.3	1,216	15.0
2	Wes Unseld	WAS	760	82	36.3	1,094	13.3
3	Caldwell Jones	PHL	731	80	34.6	950	11.9
4	Jack Sikma	SEA	710	82	34.1	908	11.1
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LAL	696	82	38.3	886	10.8
6	Larry Bird	BOS	636	82	36.0	852	10.4
7	Elvin Hayes	WAS	627	81	39.3	896	11.1
8	Moses Malone	HOU	617	82	38.3	1,190	14.5
9	Truck Robinson	PHX	557	82	33.0	770	9.4
10	David Greenwood	CHI	550	82	34.0	773	9.4
11	Dan Roundfield	ATL	544	81	32.0	837	10.3
12	Robert Parish	GOS	536	72	29.4	783	10.9
13	Bill Cartwright	NYK	532	82	38.4	726	8.9
14	Kermit Washington	POR	517	80	33.2	842	10.5
15	LK Larry Kenon	SAN	517	78	35.9	775	9.9
16	Darryl Dawkins	PHL	496	80	31.8	693	8.7
17	Tree Rollins	ATL	491	82	25.9	774	9.4
18	Dan Issel	DEN	483	82	35.8	719	8.8
19	Sam Lacey	KCK	473	81	29.8	645	8.0
20	Alvan Adams	PHX	451	75	28.9	609	8.1
21	BP Ben Poquette	UTH	436	82	28.6	560	6.8
22	DR Dave Robisch	CLE	433	82	32.6	658	8.0
23	Magic Johnson	LAL	430	77	36.3	596	7.7
24	MJ Mickey Johnson	IND	423	82	32.3	681	8.3
25	Jim Chones	LAL	421	82	29.2	564	6.9
26	Cedric Maxwell	BOS	420	80	34.3	704	8.8
27	GJ George Johnson	NJN	410	81	26.2	602	7.4
28	Dave Cowens	BOS	408	66	32.7	534	8.1
29	James Edwards	IND	399	82	28.2	578	7.0
30	Terry Tyler	DET	399	82	32.6	627	7.6
31	GB Greg Ballard	WAS	398	82	29.7	638	7.8
32	GJ George Johnson	DEN	394	75	25.8	584	7.8
33	Kenny Carr	CLE	389	79	23.3	588	7.4
34	Micheal Ray Richardson	NYK	388	82	37.3	539	6.6
35	Mike Mitchell	CLE	385	82	34.2	591	7.2
36	Tom Owens	POR	384	76	30.8	573	7.5
37	Lonnie Shelton	SEA	383	76	29.5	582	7.7
38	RK Reggie King	KCK	382	82	25.0	566	6.9
39	Bob McAdoo	DET	367	58	36.2	467	8.1
40	Julius Erving	PHL	361	78	36.1	576	7.4
41	Jamaal Wilkes	LAL	349	82	37.9	525	6.4
42	Marques Johnson	MIL	349	77	34.9	566	7.4
43	Steve Hawes	ATL	348	82	22.6	496	6.0
44	JB Joe Bryant	SDC	345	81	28.7	516	6.4
45	Clifford Ray	GOS	344	81	20.8	466	5.8
46	Allan Bristow	UTH	342	82	28.1	512	6.2
47	BR Bill Robinzine	KCK	342	81	23.7	526	6.5
48	Alex English	DEN	336	78	30.8	605	7.8
49	Mark Olberding	SAN	335	75	28.1	418	5.6
50	Adrian Dantley	UTH	333	68	39.3	516	7.6

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