NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Defensive Rebounds Per 36 Minutes

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Season Lg Player DRB/36 MP Tm
2024-25 NBA Domantas Sabonis 10.45 SAC
2023-24 NBA Andre Drummond 11.80 CHI
2022-23 NBA Andre Drummond 12.98 CHI
2021-22 NBA Rudy Gobert 12.35 UTA
2020-21 NBA Rudy Gobert 11.85 UTA
2019-20 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 13.45 MIL
2018-19 NBA Hassan Whiteside 12.04 MIA
2017-18 NBA DeAndre Jordan 12.50 LAC
2016-17 NBA Andre Drummond 11.51 DET
2015-16 NBA DeAndre Jordan 10.97 LAC
2014-15 NBA DeAndre Jordan 10.58 LAC
2013-14 NBA Andrew Bogut 9.95 GSW
2012-13 NBA Reggie Evans 11.49 BRK
2011-12 NBA Dwight Howard 10.17 ORL
2010-11 NBA Kevin Love 10.78 MIN
2009-10 NBA Dwight Howard 10.10 ORL
2008-09 NBA Troy Murphy 10.37 IND
2007-08 NBA Marcus Camby 10.53 DEN
2006-07 NBA Marcus Camby 9.91 DEN
2005-06 NBA Kevin Garnett* 9.16 MIN
2004-05 NBA Kevin Garnett* 9.93 MIN
2003-04 NBA Kevin Garnett* 9.96 MIN
2002-03 NBA Ben Wallace* 10.44 DET
2001-02 NBA Danny Fortson 9.89 GSW
2000-01 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 9.84 TOT
1999-00 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 10.29 ATL
1998-99 NBA Danny Fortson 9.43 DEN
1997-98 NBA Dennis Rodman* 9.83 CHI
1996-97 NBA Ervin Johnson 9.45 DEN
1995-96 NBA Dennis Rodman* 10.28 CHI
1994-95 NBA Jayson Williams 9.02 NJN
1993-94 NBA Dennis Rodman* 11.01 SAS
1992-93 NBA Dennis Rodman* 11.43 DET
1991-92 NBA Dennis Rodman* 10.98 DET
1990-91 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 9.62 HOU
1989-90 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 9.80 HOU
1988-89 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 9.13 HOU
1987-88 NBA Charles Oakley 9.46 CHI
1986-87 NBA Charles Oakley 9.36 CHI
1985-86 NBA Bill Laimbeer 9.59 DET
1984-85 NBA Mark Eaton 9.21 UTA
1983-84 NBA Cliff Robinson 8.95 CLE
1982-83 NBA Moses Malone* 9.23 PHI
1981-82 NBA Jack Sikma* 9.62 SEA
1980-81 NBA Swen Nater 9.25 SDC
1979-80 NBA Swen Nater 10.88 SDC
1978-79 NBA Robert Parish* 9.72 GSW
1977-78 NBA Truck Robinson 9.80 NOJ
1976-77 NBA Bill Walton* 11.50 POR
1975-76 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 11.84 LAL
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 9.87 KEN
1974-75 NBA Earl Williams 10.38 PHO
  ABA Swen Nater 12.08 SAA
1973-74 NBA Elvin Hayes* 11.08 CAP
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 10.90 KEN
1972-73 ABA Artis Gilmore* 10.56 KEN
1971-72 ABA Mel Daniels* 11.08 INA
1970-71 ABA Mel Daniels* 12.28 INA
1969-70 ABA Mel Daniels* 12.31 INA
1968-69 ABA Mel Daniels* 10.71 INA
1967-68 ABA John Beasley 8.92 DLC