1982-1983 NBA Defensive Rebounds Leaders

Rebounds on the defensive glass

Moses Malone led the NBA in defensive rebounds in 1982-1983 with 749, 38 ahead of Bill Laimbeer (711). It stands 71st among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 2 times Moses Malone led in defensive rebounds.

RPG REB OREB DREB

Led the NBA in 1982-1983 Moses Malone PHL

749 Defensive Rebounds 38 clear of Bill Laimbeer

Showing Defensive Rebounds and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	DREB	GP	MPG	REB	RPG
1	Moses Malone	PHL	749	78	37.5	1,194	15.3
2	Bill Laimbeer	DET	711	82	35.0	993	12.1
3	Artis Gilmore	SAN	685	82	34.1	984	12.0
4	Larry Bird	BOS	677	79	37.7	870	11.0
5	Cliff T. Robinson	CLE	666	77	33.8	856	11.1
6	Buck Williams	NJN	662	82	36.1	1,027	12.5
7	Jack Sikma	SEA	645	75	34.2	858	11.4
8	Dan Roundfield	ATL	621	77	36.5	880	11.4
9	Rick Mahorn	WAS	608	82	36.9	779	9.5
10	Maurice Lucas	PHX	598	77	33.6	799	10.4
11	Jeff Ruland	WAS	578	79	36.2	871	11.0
12	Mychal Thompson	POR	570	80	37.7	753	9.4
13	Robert Parish	BOS	567	78	31.5	827	10.6
14	David Greenwood	CHI	548	79	29.8	765	9.7
15	Tree Rollins	ATL	533	80	30.9	743	9.3
16	Clark Kellogg	IND	520	81	34.1	860	10.6
17	Dave Corzine	CHI	474	82	30.4	717	8.7
18	Larry Nance	PHX	471	82	35.5	710	8.7
19	Magic Johnson	LAL	469	79	36.8	683	8.6
20	Joe Barry Carroll	GOS	468	79	37.8	688	8.7
21	Truck Robinson	NYK	458	81	30.0	657	8.1
22	Caldwell Jones	HOU	446	82	29.8	668	8.1
23	Dan Issel	DEN	445	80	30.4	596	7.5
24	Pat Cummings	DAL	443	81	28.6	668	8.2
25	Jeff Wilkins	UTH	442	81	28.5	596	7.4
26	Terry Cummings	SDC	441	70	36.2	744	10.6
27	Dan Schayes	DEN	435	82	27.9	635	7.7
28	Herb Williams	IND	432	78	32.2	583	7.5
29	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LAL	425	79	32.3	592	7.5
30	Elvin Hayes	HOU	417	81	28.4	616	7.6
31	Kenny Carr	POR	407	82	28.4	589	7.2
32	Bill Cartwright	NYK	405	82	30.1	590	7.2
33	Alton Lister	MIL	400	80	23.6	568	7.1
34	Wayne Cooper	POR	397	80	26.2	611	7.6
35	Gene Banks	SAN	390	81	33.6	612	7.6
36	Alvan Adams	PHX	387	80	30.6	548	6.9
37	Calvin Natt	POR	385	80	36.0	599	7.5
38	Greg Ballard	WAS	385	78	36.4	508	6.5
39	T.R. Dunn	DEN	384	82	32.2	615	7.5
40	Mark Eaton	UTH	376	81	18.9	462	5.7
41	Jay Vincent	DAL	375	81	33.7	592	7.3
42	James Donaldson	SEA	370	82	21.8	501	6.1
43	George Johnson	IND	369	82	28.0	545	6.6
44	Kurt Rambis	LAL	367	78	23.2	531	6.8
45	Marques Johnson	MIL	366	80	35.7	562	7.0
46	Ben Poquette	UTH	366	75	31.1	521	6.9
47	Terry Tyler	DET	360	82	31.0	540	6.6
48	Mike Mitchell	SAN	349	80	35.0	537	6.7
49	Alex English	DEN	338	82	36.4	601	7.3
50	Kevin McHale	BOS	338	82	28.6	553	6.7