| NBA | |||
| Year | Player, Team | Bpg | |
| 2002-03 | Theo Ratliff, Altlanta | 3,23 | top20 |
| 2001-02 | Ben Wallace, Detroit | 3,48 | top20 |
| 2000-01 | Theo Ratliff, Philadelphia/Altlanta | 3,74 | top20 |
| 1999-00 | Alonzo Mourning, Miami | 3,72 | top20 |
| 1998-99 | Alonzo Mourning, Miami | 3,91 | top20 |
| 1997-98 | Marcus Camby, Toronto | 3.65 | top20 |
| 1996-97 | Shawn Bradley, Phil/NJ | 3.40 | top20 |
| 1995-96 | Dikembe Mutombo, Denver | 4.49 | top20 |
| 1994-95 | Dikembe Mutombo, Denver | 3.94 | top20 |
| 1993-94 | Dikembe Mutombo, Denver | 4.10 | top20 |
| 1992-93 | Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston | 4.17 | top20 |
| 1991-92 | David Robinson, San Antonio | 4.49 | top20 |
| 1990-91 | Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston | 3.95 | top20 |
| 1989-90 | Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston | 4.59 | top20 |
| 1988-89 | Manute Bol, Philadelphia | 4.32 | top20 |
| 1987-88 | Mark Eaton, Utah | 3.71 | top20 |
| 1986-87 | Mark Eaton, Utah | 4.06 | top20 |
| 1985-86 | Manute Bol, Washington | 4.96 | top20 |
| 1984-85 | Mark Eaton, Utah | 5.56 | top20 |
| 1983-84 | Mark Eaton, Utah | 4.28 | top20 |
| 1982-83 | Tree Rollins, Atlanta | 4.29 | top20 |
| 1981-82 | George Johnson, San Antonio | 3.12 | top20 |
| 1980-81 | George Johnson, San Antonio | 3.39 | top20 |
| 1979-80 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA Lakers | 3.41 | top20 |
| 1978-79 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA Lakers | 3.95 | top20 |
| 1977-78 | George Johnson, New Jersey | 3.38 | top20 |
| 1976-77 | Bill Walton, Portland | 3.25 | top20 |
| 1975-76 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA Lakers | 4.12 | top20 |
| 1974-75 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA Lakers | 3.26 | top20 |
| 1973-74 | Elmore Smith, LA Lakers | 4.85 | top20 |