Jack Sikma is the franchise’s leading rebounder with 7,729 rebounds.
Whether it’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the current age, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook before that or players who represented the franchise under its original iteration as the Seattle SuperSonics, the Oklahoma City Thunder have had loads of talent throughout the years.
Here’s who got it done most on the glass since the franchise’s inception in 1967-68:
1. Jack Sikma – 7,729 rebounds
Hall-of-Famer Jack Sikma was an iron man with the SuperSonics, appearing in all 82 games during six different seasons and missing just 23 total games across his nine seasons with the team. With all those games played, the big man racked up a lot of boards. He averaged at least 10.4 rebounds seven times, earning All-Star nods in each of those seasons, while tallying 8.3 and 9.4 rebounds per game in his first and final seasons with Seattle, respectively.
2. Shawn Kemp – 5,978 rebounds
Shawn Kemp starred during his time in Seattle, earning five All-Star appearances and three All-NBA Second Team selections. The 6-foot-10 power forward averaged 15-plus points per game in every campaign after his rookie year, and he was big on the boards, too. He averaged 9.6 rebounds per game across his eight seasons with the SuperSonics, including a career-high 11.4 in 1995-96, and tallied at least 10 per game in all but two seasons.
3. Russell Westbrook – 5,760 rebounds
Not many point guards in NBA history can compare to Russell Westbrook as a rebounder. Statistically the greatest board man ever to play the position, Russell Westbrook did it all for OKC, taking home the 2016-17 MVP award and earning nine All-NBA nods. Westbrook famously leads the NBA in career triple-doubles, a feat he couldn’t have accomplished without tenacity on the boards. At just 6-foot-4, Westbrook tallied 10-plus rebounds per game in three separate seasons for the Thunder, averaging a triple-double in each of those seasons.
4. Nick Collison – 4,701 rebounds
While six SuperSonics had their numbers retired, Nick Collison currently stands as the only Thunder player to have his number retired by the franchise entering the 2026-27 season. Coined “Mr. Thunder,” Collison spent all 14 of his NBA seasons with the franchise, playing four seasons in Seattle and sticking around for another 10 after the franchise’s relocation and rebranding. While he started in just 177 of his 910 career games, Collison’s longevity lands him on this list. His rebounding peaked in the ’06-07 and ’07-08 seasons, when he averaged 8.1 and 9.4 rebounds per game, respectively.
5. Kevin Durant – 4,518 rebounds
While he stands at 6-foot-11, 16-time All-Star Kevin Durant has never played primarily as a big. It was Durant’s prolific scoring that earned him six All-NBA selections with OKC and the MVP award in 2013-14, but KD was quietly getting it done on the glass as well: He averaged seven rebounds per game in his SEA/OKC career, tallying three seasons with at least 7.9 per game.
