NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Playoff Leaders and Records for Offensive Rebounds Per Game

Active players are listed in bold
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Year Lg Player ORB/G Tm
2026 NBA Deandre Ayton 3.70 LAL
2025 NBA Jalen Duren 4.33 DET
2024 NBA Jonas Valančiūnas 4.50 NOP
2023 NBA Mitchell Robinson 5.00 NYK
2022 NBA Jonas Valančiūnas 5.50 NOP
2021 NBA Tristan Thompson 5.80 BOS
2020 NBA Steven Adams 4.86 OKC
2019 NBA Andre Drummond 5.00 DET
2018 NBA Rudy Gobert 3.91 UTA
2017 NBA Thaddeus Young 5.50 IND
2016 NBA Dwight Howard* 5.20 HOU
2015 NBA Tyson Chandler 5.40 DAL
2014 NBA Dwight Howard* 4.50 HOU
2013 NBA Roy Hibbert 4.74 IND
2012 NBA Glen Davis 4.60 ORL
2011 NBA Dwight Howard* 4.50 ORL
2010 NBA Joakim Noah 4.00 CHI
    Pau Gasol* 4.00 LAL
2009 NBA Dwight Howard* 4.30 ORL
2008 NBA Dwight Howard* 6.00 ORL
2007 NBA Nenê 4.40 DEN
2006 NBA Elton Brand 4.25 LAC
2005 NBA Tyson Chandler 4.83 CHI
2004 NBA Joe Smith 4.60 MIL
    Antoine Walker 4.60 DAL
2003 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 5.25 LAL
2002 NBA Kevin Garnett* 5.33 MIN
2001 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 5.69 LAL
2000 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 5.17 LAL
1999 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 5.50 LAL
1998 NBA Jayson Williams 6.67 NJN
1997 NBA Dean Garrett 6.33 MIN
1996 NBA Dennis Rodman* 5.44 CHI
1995 NBA Dennis Rodman* 4.93 SAS
1994 NBA Dennis Rodman* 8.00 SAS
1993 NBA A.C. Green 5.20 LAL
1992 NBA Shawn Kemp 5.22 SEA
1991 NBA Charles Oakley 5.00 NYK
1990 NBA Charles Barkley* 6.60 PHI
1989 NBA Karl Malone* 7.33 UTA
1988 NBA Roy Tarpley 5.18 DAL
1987 NBA Larry Smith 6.10 GSW
1986 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 5.05 HOU
1985 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 6.60 HOU
1984 NBA Buck Williams 5.18 NJN
1983 NBA Moses Malone* 5.38 PHI
1982 NBA Moses Malone* 9.33 HOU
1981 NBA Moses Malone* 5.95 HOU
1980 NBA Moses Malone* 6.00 HOU
1979 NBA Moses Malone* 12.50 HOU
1978 NBA Elvin Hayes* 4.90 WSB
1977 NBA Moses Malone* 7.00 HOU
1976 NBA Dave Cowens* 4.83 BOS
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 5.00 KEN
    Julius Erving* 5.00 NYA
1975 NBA Dave Cowens* 4.45 BOS
  ABA Moses Malone* 7.83 UTS
1974 NBA Elvin Hayes* 4.43 CAP
  ABA Tim Bassett 7.83 SDA
1973 ABA Dave Robisch 6.00 DNR
1972 ABA Julius Keye 6.43 DNR
1971 ABA Gerald Govan 6.75 MMP
1970 ABA Spencer Haywood* 6.58 DNR
1969 ABA Mel Daniels* 4.41 INA
1968 ABA Byron Beck 5.80 DNR