Most rebounds through the first 20 games of an NBA season since 1969-70
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Wilt Chamberlain leads with 408 rebounds through his first 20 games of 1970-71, first of 18,660 player-seasons since 1969-70.
| # | Player and seasons | Value |
|---|---|---|
 Wilt Chamberlain (1970-71 LAL)1970-71 | 408 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain (1971-72 LAL)1971-72 | 399 | |
 Dennis Rodman (1993-94 SAS)1993-94 | 376 | |
 Elvin Hayes (1973-74 CAP)1973-74 | 372 | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1975-76 LAL)1975-76 | 371 | |
 Dennis Rodman (1992-93 DET)1992-93 | 367 | |
 Nate Thurmond (1969-70 SFW)1969-70 | 352 | |
 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1971-72 MIL)1971-72 | 347 | |
 Kevin Willis (1991-92 ATL)1991-92 | 345 | |
| Jerry Lucas (1970-71 SFW)1970-71 | 342 | |
| Andre Drummond (2019-20 DET)2019-20 | 341 | |
| Andre Drummond (2015-16 DET)2015-16 | 340 | |
 Elvin Hayes (1969-70 SDR)1969-70 | 336 | |
| Gus Johnson (1969-70 BLT)1969-70 | 333 | |
 Bill Walton (1976-77 POR)1976-77 | 330 | |
| Andre Drummond (2018-19 DET)2018-19 | 327 | |
| Wes Unseld (1972-73 BLT)1972-73 | 327 | |
 Jayson Williams (1996-97 NJN)1996-97 | 326 | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1970-71 MIL)1970-71 | 325 | |
 Moses Malone (1982-83 PHI)1982-83 | 322 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain (1972-73 LAL)1972-73 | 322 | |
 Truck Robinson (1977-78 NOJ)1977-78 | 321 | |
| Moses Malone (1979-80 HOU)1979-80 | 317 | |
 Sam Lacey (1974-75 KCK)1974-75 | 317 | |
 Dave Cowens (1975-76 BOS)1975-76 | 316 |
Method
- The data has rebounds for every game since 1969-70, so 2,825 player-seasons from before then aren't here.
- 871 player-seasons aren't here because a game in their window has no line recorded.