List of National Basketball Association rookie single-season rebounding leaders
This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top rookie single-season rebounding averages based on at least 70 games played or 800 rebounds. The NBA did not record rebounds until the 1950–51 season.
| ^ | Active NBA player |
| * | Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| Bold | Denotes NBA season leaders |
| Rank | Season | Player | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1 | * | Philadelphia Warriors | 72 | 1,941 | 27.0 | |
| 2 | * | Boston Celtics | 48 | 943 | 19.6 | |
| 3 | * | Chicago Packers | 79 | 1,500 | 19.0 | |
| 4 | * | Baltimore Bullets | 82 | 1,491 | 18.2 | |
| 5 | * | Cincinnati Royals | 79 | 1,375 | 17.4 | |
| 6 | * | San Diego Rockets | 82 | 1,406 | 17.1 | |
| 7 | * | Rochester Royals | 67 | 1,094 | 16.3 | |
| 8 | Buffalo Braves | 78 | 1,184 | 15.2 | ||
| 9 | * | Boston Celtics | 81 | 1,216 | 15.0 | |
| 10 | * | Minneapolis Lakers | 70 | 1,050 | 15.0 | |
| 11 | * | New York Knicks | 80 | 1,175 | 14.7 | |
| 12 | * | Milwaukee Bucks | 82 | 1,190 | 14.5 | |
| 13 | * | Orlando Magic | 81 | 1,122 | 13.9 | |
| 14 | * | Milwaukee Hawks | 72 | 994 | 13.8 | |
| 15 | * | Baltimore Bullets | 78 | 1,064 | 13.6 | |
| 16 | Milwaukee Hawks | 66 | 880 | 13.3 | ||
| 17 | Baltimore Bullets | 72 | 958 | 13.3 | ||
| 18 | Philadelphia 76ers | 76 | 980 | 12.9 | ||
| 19 | New Jersey Nets | 82 | 1,005 | 12.3 | ||
| 20 | * | Denver Nuggets | 71 | 870 | 12.3 |