Roy Tarpley - Dead at 50

Tarpley was one of the greatest rebounders I ever saw.  He was great on one leg, great on drugs, great drunk or hung over.  He was just generally one of the best players I ever saw. 

Of course he got suspended and then kicked out of the league, but he continued to excel in foreign leagues on the court, if not off the court.

So what stats do I have to support my claim that Roy Tarpley was so great?  He led the league one year in offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds and total rebounds.  Very, very difficult to do.

If you search the period of 1984-1996 for 20 point 20 rebound games, you get Olajuwon and Barkley and Karl Malone with multiple games.....and also something like 6 by Roy Tarpley (despite low games played and low minutes per game). 

How about Rebound Percentage?  Well, in the last 30 years, here are the guys who scored more than 7 points per game and had a rebound percentage over 20 for the season:

1	Dwight Howard	2006	2014	TOT	NBA	8 seasons
2	Marcus Camby	2001	2010	TOT	NBA	5
3	Danny Fortson	1999	2005	TOT	NBA	4
4	Kevin Love	2009	2013	MIN	NBA	4
5	Dennis Rodman*	1991	1995	TOT	NBA	4
6	Roy Tarpley	1987	1990	DAL	NBA	4
7	Charles Barkley*	1987	1998	TOT	NBA	3
8	Andre Drummond	2013	2015	DET	NBA	3
9	Charles Oakley	1986	1988	CHI	NBA	3
10	Jayson Williams	1996	1998	NJN	NBA	3 Those are probably your best combo rebounders with any offensive ability over the past 30 years (Rodman, by the way, really went off the deep end and had 6 seasons where he had 20+ rebound percentage, but under 7 ppg.)