Most rebounds through the first 41 games of an NBA season since 1969-70
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Wilt Chamberlain leads with 826 rebounds through his first 41 games of 1971-72, first of 15,341 player-seasons since 1969-70.
| # | Player and seasons | Value |
|---|---|---|
 Wilt Chamberlain (1971-72 LAL)1971-72 | 826 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain (1970-71 LAL)1970-71 | 789 | |
 Elvin Hayes (1973-74 CAP)1973-74 | 776 | |
 Dennis Rodman (1992-93 DET)1992-93 | 773 | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1975-76 LAL)1975-76 | 771 | |
 Nate Thurmond (1969-70 SFW)1969-70 | 733 | |
 Dennis Rodman (1993-94 SAS)1993-94 | 730 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain (1972-73 LAL)1972-73 | 724 | |
| Dennis Rodman (1994-95 SAS)1994-95 | 720 | |
 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1971-72 MIL)1971-72 | 720 | |
| Dennis Rodman (1991-92 DET)1991-92 | 717 | |
 Moses Malone (1978-79 HOU)1978-79 | 710 | |
| Nate Thurmond (1972-73 GSW)1972-73 | 682 | |
| Wes Unseld (1970-71 BLT)1970-71 | 680 | |
| Elvin Hayes (1969-70 SDR)1969-70 | 672 | |
 Dave Cowens (1975-76 BOS)1975-76 | 667 | |
| Jerry Lucas (1970-71 SFW)1970-71 | 667 | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1972-73 MIL)1972-73 | 667 | |
 Truck Robinson (1977-78 NOJ)1977-78 | 665 | |
| Elvin Hayes (1970-71 SDR)1970-71 | 660 | |
| Wes Unseld (1972-73 BLT)1972-73 | 660 | |
| Dave Cowens (1973-74 BOS)1973-74 | 658 | |
 Dennis Rodman (1996-97 CHI)1996-97 | 654 | |
 Kevin Willis (1991-92 ATL)1991-92 | 650 | |
| Wes Unseld (1969-70 BLT)1969-70 | 650 |
Method
- The data has rebounds for every game since 1969-70, so 2,825 player-seasons from before then aren't here.
- 1,106 player-seasons aren't here because a game in their window has no line recorded.