NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Playoff Leaders and Records for Defensive Rebounds Per Game

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Year Lg Player DRB/G Tm
2026 NBA Nikola Jokić 11.67 DEN
2025 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 11.60 MIL
2024 NBA Anthony Davis 12.60 LAL
2023 NBA Anthony Davis 11.69 LAL
2022 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 12.00 MIL
2021 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 10.00 MIL
2020 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 10.78 MIL
2019 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 9.80 MIL
2018 NBA Anthony Davis 10.78 NOP
2017 NBA DeAndre Jordan 10.86 LAC
2016 NBA DeAndre Jordan 11.33 LAC
2015 NBA Dwight Howard* 10.35 HOU
2014 NBA Joakim Noah 9.80 CHI
2013 NBA Kevin Garnett* 12.17 BOS
2012 NBA Josh Smith 11.60 ATL
2011 NBA Dwight Howard* 11.00 ORL
2010 NBA Carlos Boozer 9.90 UTA
2009 NBA Dwight Howard* 11.04 ORL
2008 NBA Tim Duncan* 10.94 SAS
2007 NBA Marcus Camby 12.40 DEN
2006 NBA Dirk Nowitzki* 9.61 DAL
2005 NBA Marcus Camby 10.40 DEN
2004 NBA Kevin Garnett* 12.44 MIN
2003 NBA Kevin Garnett* 13.83 MIN
2002 NBA Tim Duncan* 11.33 SAS
2001 NBA Tim Duncan* 10.31 SAS
2000 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 10.26 LAL
1999 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 9.89 ATL
1998 NBA David Robinson* 9.56 SAS
1997 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 8.60 ATL
1996 NBA Patrick Ewing* 9.25 NYK
1995 NBA Karl Malone* 10.20 UTA
1994 NBA Charles Barkley* 9.60 PHO
1993 NBA Derrick Coleman 10.80 NJN
1992 NBA Karl Malone* 8.62 UTA
1991 NBA Karl Malone* 10.78 UTA
1990 NBA Charles Barkley* 8.90 PHI
1989 NBA Tom Chambers 9.08 PHO
1988 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 11.75 HOU
1987 NBA Bill Laimbeer 8.40 DET
1986 NBA Charles Barkley* 10.75 PHI
1985 NBA Ralph Sampson* 11.60 HOU
1984 NBA Moses Malone* 9.80 PHI
1983 NBA Moses Malone* 10.46 PHI
1982 NBA Larry Bird* 9.75 BOS
1981 NBA Larry Bird* 11.12 BOS
1980 NBA Larry Bird* 8.78 BOS
1979 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 10.38 LAL
1978 NBA Maurice Lucas 9.33 POR
1977 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 13.09 LAL
1976 NBA Dave Cowens* 11.61 BOS
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 10.20 KEN
1975 NBA Sam Lacey 13.17 KCO
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 12.60 KEN
1974 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 11.62 MIL
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 12.75 KEN
1973 ABA Mel Daniels* 9.89 INA
1972 ABA Mel Daniels* 10.25 INA
1971 ABA Mel Daniels* 12.73 INA
1970 ABA Spencer Haywood* 13.17 DNR
1969 ABA Mel Daniels* 9.53 INA