List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season rebounding leaders

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In basketball, a rebound is the act of gaining possession of the ball after a missed field goal or free throw. The National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I rebounding title is awarded to the player with the highest rebounds per game (rpg) average in a given season. However, from 1956 through 1962, the rebounding leader was determined by the highest individual recoveries out of the total by both teams in all games (meaning the highest percentage of the total possible rebounds determined the winner, not the per game average). The NCAA did not split into its current divisions format until August 1973.[1] From 1906 to 1955, there were no classifications to the NCAA nor its predecessor, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS).[1] Then, from 1956 to 1973, colleges were classified as either "NCAA University Division (Major College)" or "NCAA College Division (Small College)".[1] The NCAA's official men's basketball media guide recognizes rebounding champions beginning with the 1950–51 season.[2]

Charlie Slack of Marshall owns the Division I record for a single-season rebounding average (25.6), which he accomplished in 1954–55.[2][3] The all-time career rebounds record holder—Tom Gola of La Salle—never won an NCAA Division I rebounding title despite grabbing 2,201 rebounds.[4] In the official NCAA men's basketball record books, a distinction is drawn between the pre-1973 era and the post-1973 era.[2] One reason is that because of the split into the three Divisions in use today (Divisions I, II and III), many of the rebounds accumulated in the pre-1973 era were against less–talented opponents that would be considered Division II, III or even NAIA in today's hierarchy. Although the 1972–73 season was before the divisional split, the NCAA officially considers that season to be "post-1973" because of the adoption of freshman eligibility for varsity play in all NCAA sports effective in August 1972. Therefore, Kermit Washington of American is the post-1973 Division I single-season rpg record holder. He averaged 20.4 rebounds in 1972–73.[2]

Nine players have earned multiple rebounding titles: Leroy Wright, Jerry Lucas, Artis Gilmore, Kermit Washington, Xavier McDaniel, Paul Millsap, O. D. Anosike, Alan Williams, and Oscar Tshiebwe.[2] Of these, only Millsap earned three NCAA Division I rebounding titles, which he accomplished from 2004 to 2006.[5] He also skipped his senior season to enter the National Basketball Association (NBA) early, so had he stayed at Louisiana Tech he may have won the rebounding title a fourth time. Eight players who won Division I rebounding titles have been enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Elgin Baylor,[6] Artis Gilmore, Jerry Lucas,[7] Hakeem Olajuwon,[8] David Robinson,[9] Spencer Haywood, Shaquille O'Neal, and Tim Duncan.

Three players who have led the NCAA in rebounds also led the association in scoring as well. Xavier McDaniel was the first to accomplish the feat in the 1984–85 season. That season he averaged 27.2 points and 14.8 rebounds per game for Wichita State University.[10] In 1988–89, Loyola Marymount's Hank Gathers lead the nation with 32.7 points and 13.7 rebounds per game.[11] The last player to lead the country in both categories was Kurt Thomas of Texas Christian University. His 28.9 points and 14.6 rebounds per game topped the NCAA in the 1994–95 season.[12] Gathers was a junior; the other two were seniors.

Six players who have led the NCAA in rebounds were born outside United States territory, and a seventh was born in a United States insular area. Hakeem Olajuwon, the leader in 1983–84, was born in Nigeria; 2009–10 leader Artsiom Parakhouski was born in the Byelorussian SSR of the Soviet Union, which would become the independent country of Belarus in his childhood; 2015–16 leader Egidijus Mockevičius was born in Lithuania; 2016–17 leader Angel Delgado was born in the Dominican Republic; 2020–21 leader Fardaws Aimaq was born in Canada; and the two-time leader Oscar Tshiebwe (2021–22 and 2022–23) was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Duncan, the 1996–97 leader, was born in the United States Virgin Islands and is a U.S. citizen by birth.

Key[edit]

Rebounding leaders[edit]

A light-skinned black man wearing a white t-shirt that says "California" smiles as he flexes his arms for the camera.
Hank Gathers led the NCAA in both scoring and rebounding in 1989.
David Robinson is a Hall of Famer.
Shaquille O'Neal led Division I in 1991.
A black man wearing a blue button-down shirt sits and poses for a picture at a wooden table.
Kurt Thomas was the rebounding champion in 1995.
Paul Millsap, the only three-time rebounding champion.
Michael Beasley led the nation as a freshman in 2008.

All schools are listed under their current athletic brand names, which do not always match those used by a program in a given season.

Season Player Pos. Cl. Team Games
played 		Rebounds RPG Ref.
1950–51 Ernie Beck G So Penn 27 556 20.6 [13]
1951–52 Bill Hannon C So Army 17 355 20.9 [13]
1952–53 Ed Conlin G/F So Fordham 26 612 23.5 [13]
1953–54 Art Quimby C Jr UConn 26 588 22.6 [14]
1954–55 Charlie Slack F Jr Marshall 21 538 25.6 [3]
1955–56 Joe Holup F/C Sr George Washington 26 604 .256[n 1] [15]
1956–57 Elgin Baylor* F Jr Seattle 25 508 .235[n 1] [16]
1957–58 Alex "Boo" Ellis F Sr Niagara 25 536 .262[n 1] [17]
1958–59 Leroy Wright F/C Jr Pacific 26 652 .238[n 1] [18]
1959–60 Leroy Wright (2) F/C Sr Pacific 17 380 .234[n 1] [18]
1960–61 Jerry Lucas* F/C Jr Ohio State 27 470 .198[n 1] [19]
1961–62 Jerry Lucas* (2) F/C Sr Ohio State 28 499 .211[n 1] [19]
1962–63 Paul Silas F Sr Creighton 27 557 20.6 [20]
1963–64 Bob Pelkington C Sr Xavier 26 567 21.8 [21]
1964–65 Toby Kimball F Sr UConn 23 483 21.0 [22]
1965–66 Jim Ware F Sr Oklahoma City 29 607 20.9 [2]
1966–67 Dick Cunningham C Jr Murray State 22 479 21.8 [23]
1967–68 Neal Walk C Jr Florida 25 494 19.8 [24]
1968–69 Spencer Haywood* F/C So Detroit Mercy 22 472 21.5 [25]
1969–70 Artis Gilmore* C Jr Jacksonville 28 621 22.2 [26]
1970–71 Artis Gilmore* (2) C Sr Jacksonville 26 603 23.2 [26]
1971–72 Kermit Washington F Jr American 23 455 19.8 [2]
1972–73 Kermit Washington (2) F Sr American 25 511 20.4 [2]
1973–74 Marvin Barnes F/C Sr Providence 32 597 18.7 [27]
1974–75 Robert Parish*[n 2] C Jr Centenary 29 447 15.4 [29]
1974–75 John Irving F/C So Hofstra 21 323 15.3 [31]
1975–76 Robert Parish* (2)[n 2] C Sr Centenary 27 485 18.0 [29]
1975–76 Sam Pellom F/C So Buffalo 26 420 16.2 [31]
1976–77 Glenn Mosley F Sr Seton Hall 29 473 16.3 [32]
1977–78 Ken Williams F Sr North Texas 28 411 14.7 [13]
1978–79 Monti Davis F Jr Tennessee State 26 421 16.2 [33]
1979–80 Larry Smith C/F Sr Alcorn State 26 392 15.1 [34]
1980–81 Darryl Watson F Sr Mississippi Valley State 27 379 14.0 [2]
1981–82 LaSalle Thompson C/F Jr Texas 27 365 13.5 [35]
1982–83 Xavier McDaniel F So Wichita State 28 403 14.4 [36]
1983–84 Akeem Olajuwon* C Jr Houston 37 500 13.5 [37]
1984–85 Xavier McDaniel (2) F Sr Wichita State 31 460 14.8 [36]
1985–86 David Robinson* C Jr Navy 35 455 13.0 [38]
1986–87 Jerome Lane F So Pittsburgh 33 444 13.5 [39]
1987–88 Kenny Miller C Fr Loyola Chicago 29 395 13.6 [40]
1988–89 Hank Gathers F Jr Loyola Marymount 31 426 13.7 [41]
1989–90 Anthony Bonner F/C Sr Saint Louis 33 456 13.8 [42]
1990–91 Shaquille O'Neal* C So LSU 28 411 14.7 [43]
1991–92 Popeye Jones F Sr Murray State 30 431 14.4 [44]
1992–93 Warren Kidd F Sr Middle Tennessee 26 386 14.8 [45]
1993–94 Jerome Lambert F Jr Baylor 24 355 14.8 [13]
1994–95 Kurt Thomas C Sr TCU 27 393 14.6 [46]
1995–96 Marcus Mann F Sr Mississippi Valley State 29 394 13.6 [47]
1996–97 Tim Duncan* C Sr Wake Forest 31 457 14.7 [48]
1997–98 Ryan Perryman F Sr Dayton 33 412 12.5 [49]
1998–99 Ian McGinnis F So Dartmouth 26 317 12.2
1999–00 Darren Phillip F Sr Fairfield 29 405 14.0 [50]
2000–01 Chris Marcus C So Western Kentucky 31 374 12.1 [51]
2001–02 Jeremy Bishop F Jr Quinnipiac 29 347 12.0 [2]
2002–03 Brandon Hunter C/F Sr Ohio 30 378 12.6 [52]
2003–04 Paul Millsap F Fr Louisiana Tech 30 374 12.5 [53]
2004–05 Paul Millsap (2) F So Louisiana Tech 29 360 12.4 [53]
2005–06 Paul Millsap (3) F Jr Louisiana Tech 33 438 13.3 [53]
2006–07 Rashad Jones-Jennings F/C Sr Little Rock 30 392 13.1 [31]
2007–08 Michael Beasley F Fr Kansas State 33 408 12.4 [54]
2008–09 Blake Griffin F So Oklahoma 35 504 14.4 [55]
2009–10 Artsiom Parakhouski C Sr Radford 31 414 13.4 [56]
2010–11 Kenneth Faried F/C Sr Morehead State 35 508 14.5 [57]
2011–12 O. D. Anosike F Jr Siena 31 388 12.5 [58]
2012–13 O. D. Anosike (2) F Sr Siena 32 364 11.4 [58]
2013–14 Alan Williams C Jr UC Santa Barbara 28 322 11.5 [59]
2014–15 Alan Williams (2) C Sr UC Santa Barbara 26 308 11.8 [59]
2015–16 Egidijus Mockevičius C Sr Evansville 34 474 13.9 [60]
2016–17 Ángel Delgado C Jr Seton Hall 33 431 13.1 [61]
2017–18 Devontae Cacok F Jr UNC Wilmington 32 431 13.5 [62]
2018–19 Nico Carvacho F/C Jr Colorado State 32 412 12.9 [63]
2019–20 Kevin Marfo F Jr Quinnipiac 30 399 13.3 [64]
2020–21 Fardaws Aimaq C So Utah Valley 22 330 15.0 [65]
2021–22 Oscar Tshiebwe F/C Jr Kentucky 34 516 15.2 [66]
2022–23 Oscar Tshiebwe (2) F/C Sr Kentucky 32 437 13.7 [66]
2023–24 Enrique Freeman F Gr Akron 35 453 12.9 [67]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g From 1956 through 1962, the rebounding leader was determined by the highest individual recoveries out of the total by both teams in all games.[2]
  2. ^ a b Robert Parish of Centenary, also a Hall of Famer,[28] had rebounding totals that would have led Division I in two seasons—15.4 per game in 1974–75 and 18.0 in 1975–76.[29] However, due to sanctions related to Parish's recruitment, the NCAA omitted all Centenary games and statistics from its official records starting with his freshman year of 1972–73 and continuing through the 1977–78 season, two years after Parish's graduation.[30]

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