Top 5 power forwards in Detroit Pistons history

Dennis Rodman

Placing Dennis Rodman at third on the all time list of Pistons power forwards could be controversial for a couple of reasons.

The first potential issue is that he played a lot of time at small forward early in his career.

However, in his final two seasons he played pretty much permanently as power forward and he averaged a mind-boggling 18.7 and 18.3 rebounds while doing so.

The second potential controversy stems from these stats; Rodman was so good at what he did it’s almost criminal that he’s only third.

However, Rodman was very much a bit part player in his first few years. He didn’t truly emerge into a beast until the latter half of his career in Detroit.

Across his seven seasons he averaged a pedestrian 8.8 points, 11.5 rebounds and 1.3 assist.

His 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons are incredible though.

To average 18.5 rebounds across two seasons is insane and likely to never be replicated, even with a rebounding machine like Andre Drummond on the team.

Rodman went on to average similarly crazy rebounding numbers at the San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls.

Even at the age of 38 on the Dallas Mavericks he managed to average 14.3 rebounds.

He is 2nd all time for the Pistons in offensive rebounds (2,395) and 3rd for defensive rebounds (3,904).

Rodman’s rebounding truly made him a once in a lifetime player.