Contested vs. Uncontested: who fights hardest for rebounds?

[speeds]

Sorry if this has already been posted. I thought it was interesting to see that the rebounding numbers put up by guys like Durant and James seem to be at least a little bit padded. Several Portland players came up so I thought this thread could go here.

http://stats.nba.com/playerTracking...TED&sortOrder=DES&filters=MIN*GE*20**GP*GE*10

Rebounding Opportunities: The number of times player was within the vicinity (3.5 ft) of a rebound. Measures the number of rebounds a player recovers compared to the number of rebounding chances available as well as whether or not the rebound was contested by an opponent or deferred to a teammate.

Filters: 20mpg, >10 GP

Uncontested rebounds per game:

Jordan LAC 8.4
Aldridge POR 8.3
Love MIN 8.0
Howard HOU 7.9
Cousins SAC 7.7

Contested rebounds per game:

Drummond DET 5.6
Jordan LAC 5.5
Love MIN 4.9
Noah CHI 4.8
Howard HOU 4.7

Uncontested rebounding percentage:

Durant OKC 78
Batum POR 78
James MIA 77
Gay TOR/SAC 77
Aldridge 72

(I haven't run these numbers myself so they may be off)

Contested rebounding percentage:

Kanter UTH 55
Anderson NOP 53
Johnson TOR 50
Lopez POR 50
Hibbert IND 49

 

[B-Roy]

Looks about right. Lopez fights off guys so his teammates can grab rebounds. Consequently, the ones he actually gets are usually fought for.

 

[speeds]

I guess you could make the argument that if Guy X is usually there or thereabouts when an open defensive rebound (late shot clock, etc) is to be collected and is usually the guy to make the outlet pass, team mates won't argue that point and proceed up the court with that expectation.

Contested rebounding stats seem pretty awesome if they are accurate. I don't know if there is a more effort based stat you could come up with?

 

[jlprk]

I was noticing just last night how Aldridge gets half his rebounds in easy wide open situations. Lopez always seems to be in the thick of the fight.