| NBA | -- | ABA | |||||||
| Year | Player, Team | Rpg | Year | Player | Team | Ppg | |||
| 2002-03 | Ben Wallace, Detroit | 15,4 | 1975-76 | Artis Gilmore | KEN | 15.5 | top25 | ||
| 2001-02 | Ben Wallace, Detroit | 13.0 | top20 | 1974-75 | Swen Nater | SAS | 16.4 | top25 | |
| 2000-01 | Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta | 13,5 | top20 | 1973-74 | Artis Gilmore | KEN | 18.3 | top25 | |
| 1999-00 | Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta | 14,1 | top20 | 1972-73 | Artis Gilmore | KEN | 17.6 | top25 | |
| 1998-99 | Chris Webber, Sacramento | 13.0 | top20 | 1971-72 | Artis Gilmore | KEN | 17.8 | top25 | |
| 1997-98 | Dennis Rodman, Chicago | 15.0 | top20 | 1970-71 | Mel Daniels | IND | 18.0 | top25 | |
| 1996-97 | Dennis Rodman, Chicago | 16.1 | top20 | 1969-70 | Spencer Haywood | DEN | 19.5 | top25 | |
| 1995-96 | Dennis Rodman, Chicago | 14.9 | top20 | 1968-69 | Mel Daniels | IND | 16.5 | top25 | |
| 1994-95 | Dennis Rodman, San Antonio | 16.8 | top20 | 1967-68 | Mel Daniels | MNM | 15.6 | top25 | |
| 1993-94 | Dennis Rodman, San Antonio | 17.3 | top20 | ||||||
| 1992-93 | Dennis Rodman, Detroit | 18.3 | top20 | ||||||
| 1991-92 | Dennis Rodman, Detroit | 18.7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1990-91 | David Robinson, San Antonio | 13.0 | top20 | ||||||
| 1989-90 | Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston | 14.0 | top20 | ||||||
| 1988-89 | Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston | 13.5 | top20 | ||||||
| 1987-88 | Michael Cage, LA Clippers | 13.0 | top20 | ||||||
| 1986-87 | Charles Barkley, Philadelphia | 14.6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1985-86 | Bill Laimbeer, Detroit | 13.1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1984-85 | Moses Malone, Philadelphia | 13.1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1983-84 | Moses Malone, Philadelphia | 13.4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1982-83 | Moses Malone, Philadelphia | 15.3 | top20 | ||||||
| 1981-82 | Moses Malone, Houston | 14.7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1980-81 | Moses Malone, Houston | 14.8 | top20 | ||||||
| 1979-80 | Swen Nater, San Diego | 15.0 | top20 | ||||||
| 1978-79 | Moses Malone, Houston | 17.6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1977-78 | Truck Robinson, New Orleans | 15.7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1976-77 | Bill Walton, Portland | 14.4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1975-76 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA Lakers | 16.9 | top20 | ||||||
| 1974-75 | Wes Unseld, Washington | 14.8 | top20 | ||||||
| 1973-74 | Elvin Hayes, Capital | 18.1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1972-73 | Wilt Chamberlain, Los Angeles | 18.6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1971-72 | Wilt Chamberlain, Los Angeles | 19.2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1970-71 | Wilt Chamberlain, Los Angeles | 18.2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1969-70 | Elvin Hayes, San Diego | 16,9 | top20 | ||||||
| 1968-69 | Wilt Chamberlain, Los Angeles | 21,1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1967-68 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | 23,8 | top20 | ||||||
| 1966-67 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | 24,2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1965-66 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | 24,6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1964-65 | Bill Russell, Boston | 24,1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1963-64 | Bill Russell, Boston | 24,7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1962-63 | Wilt Chamberlain, San Francisco | 24,3 | top20 | ||||||
| 1961-62 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | 25,7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1960-61 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | 27,2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1959-60 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | 27.0 | top20 | ||||||
| 1958-59 | Bill Russell, Boston | 23.0 | top20 | ||||||
| 1957-58 | Bill Russell, Boston | 22,7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1956-57 | Maurice Stokes, Rochester | 17,4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1955-56 | Bob Pettit, St. Louis | 16,2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1954-55 | Neil Johnston, Philadelphia | 15,1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1953-54 | Harry Gallatin, New York | 15,3 | top20 | ||||||
| 1952-53 | George Mikan, Minneapolis | 14,4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1951-52 | Larry Foust, Fort Wayne | 13,3 | top20 | ||||||
| 1950-51 | Dolph Schayes, Syracuse | 16,4 | top20 | ||||||
| Mel Hutchins, Milwaukee | 13,3 | top20 |