As a result, Rodman didn’t just lead …

As a result, Rodman didn’t just lead the league in Rebound Rate during his prime seasons, he led it by absolutely absurd margins. In 1994-95 his Rebound Rate of 29.7 was the highest for any season we have data, and given the historical trend line it was a truly Ruthian feat; no other player was above 20 that season. Rodman’s rate was nearly 50 percent higher than the closes competitor, Cleveland’s Tyrone Hill, who clocked in at 19.9. By the way, he did this while playing next to David Robinson; since rebounding is a zero-sum game, the Admiral surely cut into his total a bit. Rodman posting a 26.6 Rebound Rate – the highest in history, except for his mark the year before in San Antonio – while playing for the best team ever is a pretty strong prima facie case that he was rebounding in ways that were actually helping the team and not just hoarding boards for his stat sheet. (Although, certainly, he was guilty of this too.) Those Bulls were also an elite rebounding team overall.