NBA Stats Leaders: Top 10 Rebounding Leaders in NBA history

#4 Elvin Hayes

Hayes' averaged 17.1 rebounds per game as a rookie for the Rockets

Elvin Hayes' college basketball legacy has been written in gold. He scored 39 points in the final game and averaged 31 ppg & 17.2 rpg for the University of Houston to end UCLA's 47-game winning streak in the first televised college basketball game, widely referred to as the "Game of the Century".

He was drafted by the San Diego(Now Houston) Rockets in 1986 and dropped a scoring average which is 5th best all-time by a rookie.

As early as he possibly could, he led the league in rebounding in his second season itself. By the time he hung his basketball boots, he had pulled down 16,279 rebounds which is the 4th most all-time by any player and has a career average of 12.5 rebounds per game. Elvin Ernest Hayes was also a 12-time All-Star and also an integral part of the 1978 championship winning Washington Bullets' team.