1981-1982 NBA Defensive Rebounds Leaders

Rebounds on the defensive glass

Jack Sikma led the NBA in defensive rebounds in 1981-1982 with 815, 152 ahead of Mychal Thompson (663). It stands 30th among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 2 times Jack Sikma led in defensive rebounds.

RPG REB OREB DREB

Led the NBA in 1981-1982 Jack Sikma SEA

815 Defensive Rebounds 152 clear of Mychal Thompson

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#	Player	Team	DREB	GP	MPG	REB	RPG
1	Jack Sikma	SEA	815	82	37.2	1,038	12.7
2	Mychal Thompson	POR	663	79	39.6	921	11.7
3	Buck Williams	NJN	658	82	34.5	1,005	12.3
4	Larry Bird	BOS	637	77	38.0	837	10.9
5	Moses Malone	HOU	630	81	42.0	1,188	14.7
6	Maurice Lucas	NYK	629	80	33.4	903	11.3
7	Artis Gilmore	CHI	611	82	34.1	835	10.2
8	David Greenwood	CHI	594	82	35.5	786	9.6
9	Robert Parish	BOS	578	80	31.7	866	10.8
10	Rick Mahorn	WAS	555	80	33.3	704	8.8
11	Caldwell Jones	PHL	544	81	30.2	708	8.7
12	Larry Smith	GOS	534	74	29.9	813	11.0
13	Truck Robinson	PHX	519	74	37.1	721	9.7
14	Jeff Ruland	WAS	509	82	27.0	762	9.3
15	Magic Johnson	LAL	499	78	38.3	751	9.6
16	Greg Ballard	WAS	497	79	37.3	633	8.0
17	Dan Roundfield	ATL	494	61	36.3	721	11.8
18	Jeff Wilkins	UTH	491	82	27.7	611	7.5
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LAL	487	76	35.2	659	8.7
20	Elvin Hayes	HOU	480	82	37.0	747	9.1
21	Alvan Adams	PHX	448	79	30.3	586	7.4
22	Tree Rollins	ATL	443	79	25.5	611	7.7
23	Dan Issel	DEN	434	81	30.5	608	7.5
24	Kent Benson	DET	434	75	32.9	653	8.7
25	Jerome Whitehead	SDC	433	72	30.8	664	9.2
26	Herb Williams	IND	430	82	27.8	605	7.4
27	Joe Barry Carroll	GOS	423	76	34.6	633	8.3
28	Calvin Natt	POR	420	75	34.7	613	8.2
29	Dave Corzine	SAN	418	82	26.7	629	7.7
30	Michael Brooks	SDC	417	82	33.5	624	7.6
31	James Edwards	CLE	392	77	33.0	581	7.5
32	Micheal Ray Richardson	NYK	388	82	37.1	565	6.9
33	Clemon Johnson	IND	387	79	25.1	571	7.2
34	Jay Vincent	DAL	383	81	32.4	565	7.0
35	Bill Laimbeer	DET	383	80	22.9	617	7.7
36	Kevin McHale	BOS	365	82	28.4	556	6.8
37	Kenny Carr	DET	364	74	26.0	531	7.2
38	Reggie King	KCK	361	80	32.6	523	6.5
39	James Donaldson	SEA	352	82	20.9	490	6.0
40	Dwight Jones	CHI	351	78	26.2	507	6.5
41	Tom Chambers	SDC	350	81	33.1	561	6.9
42	Wayne Cooper	DAL	350	76	23.9	550	7.2
43	T.R. Dunn	DEN	348	82	30.7	559	6.8
44	Alex English	DEN	348	82	36.8	558	6.8
45	Lonnie Shelton	SEA	348	81	32.9	509	6.3
46	Terry Tyler	DET	339	82	24.3	493	6.0
47	Julius Erving	PHL	337	81	34.4	557	6.9
48	Robert Reid	HOU	336	77	37.8	511	6.6
49	Rich Kelley	PHX	329	81	23.4	497	6.1
50	Bernard King	GOS	329	79	36.2	469	5.9