Rebounds per game is a crappy, crappy way to decide the best rebounder — back in Wilt’s/Russell’s/Unseld’s day the game was played at a faster pace and the overall shooting percentages were lower, so there was much more opportunity to get a rebound. With Nate Thurmond, we know at the end of his career (when they finally started tracking offensive rebounds as a stat) he used to grab 19 percent of the available rebounds when he was on the court. Rodman grabbed more than 20 percent of the available boards for 10 years. I can go on and on, but the bottom line is I think he statistically matches up with any rebounder in history.

Rodman was also a very good defender. He was a defensive stopper. If you can board and defend that’s 2/3 of the game. There are plenty of offense only guys in the Hall, guys who played 1/3 of the game.

Dennis Rodman – career 13.12 rpg, ONLY rebounded, terrible offense and poor passer
Wilt Chamberlin – career 22.89 rpg, worst year he averaged 18.2 rpg
Wes Unseld – career 13.99 rpg on knees that prevented him from jumping, more steals and more blocked shots than Rodman, his assists counted for more points than Rodman scored

Wilt Chamberlin was clearly a better rebounder, Unseld arguable better.

wow.. first how is it racial when rodman is black.. and ur really only putting up rodmans pts per game? nothing bout how hes the best rebounder in nba history or the fact that he was a great defender for pistons, bulls and lakers??