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

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Year Lg Player DRB/36 MP Tm
2025 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 11.11 MIL
2024 NBA Anthony Davis 10.90 LAL
2023 NBA Kevon Looney 12.07 GSW
2022 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 11.57 MIL
2021 NBA Joel Embiid 10.08 PHI
2020 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 12.61 MIL
2019 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 10.30 MIL
2018 NBA Jonas Valančiūnas 11.07 TOR
2017 NBA Dwight Howard 10.55 ATL
2016 NBA DeAndre Jordan 12.36 LAC
2015 NBA Dwight Howard 11.04 HOU
2014 NBA DeAndre Jordan 9.77 LAC
2013 NBA Kevin Garnett* 12.40 BOS
2012 NBA Reggie Evans 10.91 LAC
2011 NBA Dwight Howard 9.21 ORL
2010 NBA Marcus Camby 8.90 POR
2009 NBA Carlos Boozer 10.45 UTA
2008 NBA Tim Duncan* 10.05 SAS
2007 NBA Marcus Camby 12.13 DEN
2006 NBA Corey Maggette 9.86 LAC
2005 NBA Marcus Camby 10.17 DEN
2004 NBA Kevin Garnett* 10.30 MIN
2003 NBA Kevin Garnett* 11.28 MIN
2002 NBA Ben Wallace* 9.97 DET
2001 NBA David Robinson* 10.03 SAS
2000 NBA Dale Davis 9.08 IND
1999 NBA Charles Barkley* 9.63 HOU
1998 NBA David Robinson* 8.77 SAS
1997 NBA Shawn Kemp 7.82 SEA
1996 NBA Dennis Rodman* 8.65 CHI
1995 NBA Dennis Rodman* 10.82 SAS
1994 NBA Charles Barkley* 8.13 PHO
1993 NBA Derrick Coleman 8.64 NJN
1992 NBA Dennis Rodman* 8.08 DET
1991 NBA David Robinson* 9.33 SAS
1990 NBA Bill Laimbeer 9.18 DET
1989 NBA Dennis Rodman* 10.03 DET
1988 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 10.44 HOU
1987 NBA Kurt Rambis 8.54 LAL
1986 NBA Bill Walton* 9.65 BOS
1985 NBA Ralph Sampson* 10.82 HOU
1984 NBA Bill Laimbeer 10.47 DET
1983 NBA Artis Gilmore* 9.43 SAS
1982 NBA James Donaldson 9.33 SEA
1981 NBA Larry Bird* 9.07 BOS
1980 NBA Alvan Adams 8.46 PHO
1979 NBA Caldwell Jones 9.45 PHI
1978 NBA Darryl Dawkins 10.20 PHI
1977 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 11.10 LAL
1976 NBA Dave Cowens* 9.43 BOS
  ABA Marvin Webster 10.92 DNA
1975 NBA Sam Lacey 10.77 KCO
  ABA Swen Nater 11.54 SAA
1974 NBA Gar Heard 9.90 BUF
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 10.67 KEN
1973 ABA Gerald Govan 10.15 UTS
1972 ABA Mel Daniels* 9.92 INA
1971 ABA Ira Harge 11.28 FLO
1970 ABA Mel Daniels* 11.75 INA
1969 ABA Mel Daniels* 10.23 INA
1968 ABA Byron Beck 5.85 DNR