NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Playoff Leaders and Records for Defensive Rebounds Per 100 Possessions

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Year Lg Player DRB/100 Poss Tm
2025 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 15.39 MIL
2024 NBA Anthony Davis 15.26 LAL
2023 NBA Kevon Looney 15.94 GSW
2022 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 15.67 MIL
2021 NBA Joel Embiid 13.41 PHI
2020 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 16.76 MIL
2019 NBA Andrew Bogut 14.05 GSW
2018 NBA Jonas Valančiūnas 15.56 TOR
2017 NBA DeAndre Jordan 15.38 LAC
2016 NBA DeAndre Jordan 17.59 LAC
2015 NBA Dwight Howard 14.50 HOU
2014 NBA Chris Andersen 14.23 MIA
2013 NBA Kevin Garnett* 18.98 BOS
2012 NBA Reggie Evans 16.36 LAC
2011 NBA Dwight Howard 14.18 ORL
2010 NBA Marcus Camby 13.58 POR
2009 NBA Dwight Howard 15.14 ORL
2008 NBA Tim Duncan* 14.98 SAS
2007 NBA Marcus Camby 18.46 DEN
2006 NBA Corey Maggette 14.13 LAC
2005 NBA Marcus Camby 14.96 DEN
2004 NBA Kevin Garnett* 15.30 MIN
2003 NBA Jermaine O'Neal 16.09 IND
2002 NBA Ben Wallace* 15.38 DET
2001 NBA David Robinson* 14.93 SAS
2000 NBA Dale Davis 13.60 IND
1999 NBA Arvydas Sabonis* 14.80 POR
1998 NBA David Robinson* 13.54 SAS
1997 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 11.79 ATL
1996 NBA Dennis Rodman* 13.29 CHI
1995 NBA Dennis Rodman* 16.09 SAS
1994 NBA Kevin Willis 12.18 ATL
1993 NBA Derrick Coleman 12.54 NJN
1992 NBA Dennis Rodman* 12.57 DET
1991 NBA Karl Malone* 12.71 UTA
1990 NBA Bill Laimbeer 13.26 DET
1989 NBA Dennis Rodman* 15.05 DET
1988 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 14.61 HOU
1987 NBA Bill Laimbeer 11.61 DET
1986 NBA Bill Walton* 13.08 BOS
1985 NBA Ralph Sampson* 13.89 HOU
1984 NBA Bill Laimbeer 13.88 DET
1983 NBA Moses Malone* 12.82 PHI
1982 NBA James Donaldson 13.14 SEA
1981 NBA Larry Bird* 12.63 BOS
1980 NBA Alvan Adams 11.24 PHO
1979 NBA Tree Rollins 12.52 ATL
1978 NBA Darryl Dawkins 12.48 PHI
1977 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 14.29 LAL
1976 NBA Dave Cowens* 12.38 BOS
  ABA Marvin Webster 13.70 DNA
1975 NBA Sam Lacey 14.73 KCO
  ABA Swen Nater 15.52 SAA
1974 NBA Bob Lanier* 13.46 DET
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 13.90 KEN

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