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

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Season Lg Player DRB/G Tm
2024-25 NBA Domantas Sabonis 10.07 SAC
2023-24 NBA Domantas Sabonis 10.07 SAC
2022-23 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 9.60 MIL
2021-22 NBA Rudy Gobert 11.02 UTA
2020-21 NBA Rudy Gobert 10.14 UTA
2019-20 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 11.37 MIL
2018-19 NBA Joel Embiid 11.11 PHI
2017-18 NBA DeAndre Jordan 10.94 LAC
2016-17 NBA Hassan Whiteside 10.32 MIA
2015-16 NBA DeAndre Jordan 10.29 LAC
2014-15 NBA DeAndre Jordan 10.11 LAC
2013-14 NBA Kevin Love 9.60 MIN
2012-13 NBA Dwight Howard 9.13 LAL
2011-12 NBA Dwight Howard 10.83 ORL
2010-11 NBA Kevin Love 10.71 MIN
2009-10 NBA Dwight Howard 9.73 ORL
2008-09 NBA Troy Murphy 9.79 IND
2007-08 NBA Dwight Howard 10.76 ORL
2006-07 NBA Kevin Garnett* 10.42 MIN
2005-06 NBA Kevin Garnett* 9.89 MIN
2004-05 NBA Kevin Garnett* 10.50 MIN
2003-04 NBA Kevin Garnett* 10.90 MIN
2002-03 NBA Ben Wallace* 11.41 DET
2001-02 NBA Tim Duncan* 9.44 SAS
2000-01 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 9.44 TOT
1999-00 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 10.40 ATL
1998-99 NBA Chris Webber* 9.43 SAC
1997-98 NBA Dennis Rodman* 9.75 CHI
1996-97 NBA Dennis Rodman* 10.24 CHI
1995-96 NBA Dennis Rodman* 9.31 CHI
1994-95 NBA Dennis Rodman* 11.20 SAS
1993-94 NBA Dennis Rodman* 11.57 SAS
1992-93 NBA Dennis Rodman* 12.34 DET
1991-92 NBA Dennis Rodman* 12.28 DET
1990-91 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 9.84 HOU
1989-90 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 10.37 HOU
1988-89 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 9.35 HOU
1987-88 NBA Charles Oakley 9.02 CHI
1986-87 NBA Charles Oakley 9.45 CHI
1985-86 NBA Bill Laimbeer 9.39 DET
1984-85 NBA Mark Eaton 8.78 UTA
1983-84 NBA Jeff Ruland 8.76 WSB
1982-83 NBA Moses Malone* 9.60 PHI
1981-82 NBA Jack Sikma* 9.94 SEA
1980-81 NBA Moses Malone* 8.82 HOU
1979-80 NBA Swen Nater 10.67 SDC
1978-79 NBA Moses Malone* 10.45 HOU
1977-78 NBA Truck Robinson 12.07 NOJ
1976-77 NBA Bill Walton* 11.12 POR
1975-76 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 13.55 LAL
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 10.73 KEN
1974-75 NBA Sam Lacey 11.37 KCO
  ABA Swen Nater 11.67 SAA
1973-74 NBA Elvin Hayes* 13.69 CAP
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 12.62 KEN
1972-73 ABA Artis Gilmore* 12.23 KEN
1971-72 ABA Artis Gilmore* 12.74 KEN
1970-71 ABA Mel Daniels* 13.18 INA
1969-70 ABA Spencer Haywood* 13.14 DNR
1968-69 ABA Mel Daniels* 11.49 INA
1967-68 ABA John Beasley 9.14 DLC