Offensive Rebound %
The share of available offensive rebounds a player or team grabs. It measures how often they win the ball back after their own missed shot.
What Offensive Rebound measures
Raw offensive rebound totals reward teams that miss more, since more misses mean more chances. Offensive rebound % fixes that by measuring the share of available boards. It answers a cleaner question: when you miss, how often do you get a second try? Those second chances are among the most efficient points in the game, because they come against a broken defense.
How Offensive Rebound is calculated
ORB% = Team Offensive Rebounds ÷ (Team Offensive Rebounds + Opponent Defensive Rebounds) × 100
ORB%: Offensive Rebound Percentage / ORB: Offensive Rebounds / OREB_opp: Opponent Defensive Rebounds
The catch
Crashing the glass costs you transition defense
Every player sent to the offensive boards is one fewer getting back. Teams with elite offensive rebound rates often give up more fast breaks. The trade is real and tactical. Some coaches deliberately choose not to crash, to keep the other team from running.
The number depends on who you play
A team facing weak defensive rebounders gets more chances. A team that always meets elite ones gets fewer, no matter how hard it crashes. Offensive rebound % is fair over a full season, but in any single game it is shaped heavily by the opponent.
Seen in a game
Crvena Zvezda reclaimed 35.1% of their own misses in 2025–26, the best rate in the EuroLeague, more than one in three. At 21-18 they were not among the elite teams, but that constant supply of second chances gave them extra possessions no defense wanted to hand over. Among individuals, Nikola Milutinov of Olympiacos led everyone at 3.1 offensive rebounds a game, doing the same work one man at a time.
Common questions
- What is offensive rebound percentage?
Offensive rebound percentage is the share of available offensive rebounds a player or team grabs while on the floor. It measures rebounding skill independent of pace or minutes.
- How is offensive rebound percentage calculated?
Divide offensive rebounds by the offensive rebounds that were available (the team's misses that could be rebounded) during the player's time on court.
- Why use offensive rebound percentage instead of rebounds per game?
Rebounds per game reward players who play more minutes on faster, higher-shot teams. The percentage adjusts for opportunity, so it fairly compares a starter and a bench big.
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