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

Active players are listed in bold.
* Indicates member of the Hall of Fame.

Table
Year	Lg	Player	DRB	Tm
2017	NBA	Kevin Love	155	CLE
2016	NBA	Draymond Green	190	GSW
2015	NBA	LeBron James	189	CLE
2014	NBA	Tim Duncan	146	SAS
2013	NBA	Tim Duncan	160	SAS
2012	NBA	Kevin Garnett	175	BOS
2011	NBA	Dirk Nowitzki	159	DAL
2010	NBA	Pau Gasol	163	LAL
2009	NBA	Dwight Howard	254	ORL
2008	NBA	Kevin Garnett	202	BOS
2007	NBA	Tim Duncan	156	SAS
2006	NBA	Dirk Nowitzki	221	DAL
2005	NBA	Tim Duncan	199	SAS
2004	NBA	Ben Wallace	233	DET
2003	NBA	Tim Duncan	273	SAS
2002	NBA	Shaquille O'Neal*	172	LAL
2001	NBA	Dikembe Mutombo*	203	PHI
2000	NBA	Shaquille O'Neal*	236	LAL
1999	NBA	Tim Duncan	140	SAS
1998	NBA	Karl Malone*	170	UTA
1997	NBA	Karl Malone*	168	UTA
1996	NBA	Dennis Rodman*	149	CHI
1995	NBA	Hakeem Olajuwon*	183	HOU
1994	NBA	Patrick Ewing*	205	NYK
1993	NBA	Charles Barkley*	233	PHO
1992	NBA	Karl Malone*	138	UTA
1991	NBA	Magic Johnson*	131	LAL
1990	NBA	Bill Laimbeer	170	DET
1989	NBA	Dennis Rodman*	114	DET
		Bill Laimbeer	114	DET
		Horace Grant	114	CHI
1988	NBA	Bill Laimbeer	178	DET
1987	NBA	Larry Bird*	190	BOS
1986	NBA	Ralph Sampson*	149	HOU
1985	NBA	Robert Parish*	162	BOS
1984	NBA	Larry Bird*	190	BOS
1983	NBA	Moses Malone*	136	PHI
1982	NBA	Caldwell Jones	137	PHI
1981	NBA	Larry Bird*	189	BOS
1980	NBA	Caldwell Jones	135	PHI
1979	NBA	Elvin Hayes*	172	WSB
1978	NBA	Marvin Webster	194	SEA
1977	NBA	Bill Walton*	232	POR
1976	NBA	Dave Cowens*	209	BOS
	ABA	Dan Issel*	108	DNA
1975	NBA	Wes Unseld*	211	WSB
	ABA	George McGinnis*	191	INA
1974	NBA	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	186	MIL
	ABA	Gerald Govan	197	UTS
1973	ABA	Mel Daniels*	178	INA
1971	ABA	Cincinnatus Powell	171	KEN

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