<P> College basketball 's all - time leading rebounder is Tom Gola of La Salle . He recorded 2,201 rebounds ( while also amassing 2,462 points ) between 1951 -- 52 and 1954 -- 55 . Gola is also one of seven players in the top 25 who have been enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . The others are Bill Russell , Elvin Hayes , Elgin Baylor , Dave DeBusschere , Wes Unseld and Ralph Sampson . Robert Parish of Centenary , also a Hall of Famer , grabbed 1,820 rebounds which would have placed him fifth all - time . However , due to sanctions related to Parish 's recruitment , the NCAA omitted all Centenary games and statistics from its official records starting with his freshman year of 1972 -- 73 and continuing through the 1977 -- 78 season , two years after Parish 's graduation . </P>
<P> College basketball 's all - time leading rebounder is Tom Gola of La Salle . He recorded 2,201 rebounds ( while also amassing 2,462 points ) between 1951 -- 52 and 1954 -- 55 . Gola is also one of seven players in the top 25 who have been enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . The others are Bill Russell , Elvin Hayes , Elgin Baylor , Dave DeBusschere , Wes Unseld and Ralph Sampson . Robert Parish of Centenary , also a Hall of Famer , grabbed 1,820 rebounds which would have placed him fifth all - time . However , due to sanctions related to Parish 's recruitment , the NCAA omitted all Centenary games and statistics from its official records starting with his freshman year of 1972 -- 73 and continuing through the 1977 -- 78 season , two years after Parish 's graduation . </P>
who holds the record for most rebounds in college basketball
who holds the record for most rebounds in college basketball
Tom Gola of La Salle
Tom Gola of La Salle