In basketball, a rebound is the act of gaining possession of the ball after a missed field goal or free throw. The top 25 players in career rebounds in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women's basketball history are listed below. While the NCAA's current three-division format has been in place since the 1973âÂÂ74 season, the organization did not sponsor women's sports until the 1981âÂÂ82 school year; before that time, women's college sports were governed by the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). The NCAA has officially recorded rebounding statistics since it first sponsored women's basketball.
To be listed in the NCAA record book, a player must have been active in at least three seasons during the era in which the NCAA governed women's sportsâÂÂalthough for those players who qualify for inclusion in the record book, AIAW statistics are included.
The all-time leading rebounder in Division I history is Courtney Paris of Oklahoma, who recorded 2,034 rebounds from 2005âÂÂ06 to 2008âÂÂ09, making her the only D-I women's player to date to surpass the 2,000-rebound mark.
The only player on this list to be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is Cheryl Miller; Sylvia Fowles will officially enter the Hall on September 6, 2025.
Two listed players competed in college basketball for more than the standard four seasons. Lauren Gustin and Elizabeth Kitley both played from 2019âÂÂ20 to 2023âÂÂ24, benefiting from the NCAA's blanket waiver that did not count the 2020âÂÂ21 season, heavily impacted by the public response to COVID-19, against the athletic eligibility of any basketball player. Gustin played her first college season at Salt Lake Community College before transferring to BYU, while Kitley played her entire college career at Virginia Tech.
Four players among the top 25 played at more than one NCAA Division I school: Aneesah Morrow at DePaul and LSU, Ruvanna Campbell at La Salle and UIC, Tracy Claxton at Kansas and Old Dominion, and Angel Reese at Maryland and LSU.
Current through the end of the 2024âÂÂ25 season.