Who has the most defensive rebounds in a game?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sets an NBA single-game record with 29 defensive rebounds against Detroit (prior to 1973-74, offensive and defensive rebounds were counted collectively).

Interpreted as:
Who has the most defensive rebounds in a regular season game?
NAME DATE TM OPP DREB MIN PTS +/- REB AST STL BLK 3PM FG% FT% TOV FGM FGA 3PA 3P% FTM FTA PF
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
12/14/1975
LAL LAL
vs. DET vs. DET
29
42
27
34
6
2
8
64.7
71.4
11
17
5
7
3
2 Elvin Hayes
Elvin Hayes
11/17/1973
CAP CAP
@ ATL @ ATL
28
48
43
32
0
65.2
86.7
15
23
13
15
5
3 Rony Seikaly
Rony Seikaly
3/3/1993
MIA MIA
vs. WAS vs. WAS
26
40
12
34
4
0
1
0
50.0
5
6
12
0
0
0
2
4 Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal
3/21/2004
LAL LAL
vs. MIL vs. MIL
25
47
31
14
26
2
0
7
0
87.5
60.0
2
14
16
0
3
5
3
5 Charles Barkley
Charles Barkley
11/2/1996
HOU HOU
@ PHX @ PHX
25
45
20
21
33
2
0
2
0
62.5
71.4
3
5
8
1
0.0
10
14
4
6 Herb Williams
Herb Williams
1/23/1989
IND IND
vs. DEN vs. DEN
25
40
21
29
1
1
3
0
42.9
60.0
0
9
21
0
3
5
2
7 Swen Nater
Swen Nater
12/14/1979
SDC SDC
vs. DEN vs. DEN
25
44
12
32
3
1
1
0
45.5
100.0
7
5
11
0
2
2
4
8 Robert Parish
Robert Parish
3/30/1979
GSW GSW
vs. NYK vs. NYK
25
36
30
32
5
1
2
55.0
72.7
5
11
20
8
11
4
9 Artis Gilmore
Artis Gilmore
12/22/1978
CHI CHI
vs. SAS vs. SAS
25
45
24
28
2
0
3
58.8
100.0
10
17
4
4
5
10 Elvin Hayes
Elvin Hayes
2/27/1974
CAP CAP
vs. SEA vs. SEA
25
48
24
27
1
42.3
50.0
11
26
2
4
3
11 Wes Unseld
Wes Unseld
4/6/1975
WAS WAS
vs. NOJ vs. NOJ
24
46
11
30
5
41.7
50.0
5
12
1
2
2
12 Bob McAdoo
Bob McAdoo
3/10/1974
BUF BUF
POR POR
24
46
29
28
4
1
5
47.1
81.3
8
17
13
16
3
13 Jonas Valanciunas
Jonas Valanciunas
3/22/2019
MEM MEM
@ ORL @ ORL
23
41
23
6
24
3
0
4
1
52.6
50.0
4
10
19
3
33.3
2
4
5
14 Dwight Howard
Dwight Howard
1/6/2013
LAL LAL
vs. DEN vs. DEN
23
41
14
5
26
0
1
4
0
85.7
33.3
4
6
7
1
0.0
2
6
3
15 Al Jefferson
Al Jefferson
1/13/2010
MIN MIN
@ HOU @ HOU
23
49
26
13
26
1
1
1
0
46.2
66.7
3
12
26
0
2
3
4
16 Kevin Garnett
Kevin Garnett
1/12/2005
MIN MIN
vs. ORL vs. ORL
23
43
19
-2
25
8
0
1
0
35.0
62.5
3
7
20
0
5
8
2
17 Kevin Garnett
Kevin Garnett
12/5/2003
MIN MIN
@ SAC @ SAC
23
50
33
8
25
6
1
3
3
44.8
57.1
1
13
29
3
100.0
4
7
5
18 Tim Duncan
Tim Duncan
2/1/2003
SAS SAS
@ MIA @ MIA
23
46
17
2
25
4
1
5
0
46.2
71.4
6
6
13
0
5
7
2
19 Dikembe Mutombo
Dikembe Mutombo
3/26/1996
DEN DEN
vs. CHA vs. CHA
23
51
16
31
0
1
6
0
55.6
75.0
0
5
9
0
6
8
5
20 Dennis Rodman
Dennis Rodman
1/22/1994
SAS SAS
vs. DAL vs. DAL
23
43
8
32
5
1
1
0
50.0
2
4
8
0
0
0
1
21 Swen Nater
Swen Nater
1/8/1980
SDC SDC
@ KCK @ KCK
23
46
9
26
4
0
0
0
25.0
83.3
2
2
8
0
5
6
3
22 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2/3/1978
LAL LAL
@ NJN @ NJN
23
48
37
30
5
0
6
59.3
71.4
4
16
27
5
7
3
23 Truck Robinson
Truck Robinson
10/28/1977
NOJ NOJ
vs. PHX vs. PHX
23
48
37
25
2
1
2
68.4
73.3
6
13
19
11
15
4
24 Bob McAdoo
Bob McAdoo
12/7/1976
BUF BUF
vs. IND vs. IND
23
47
42
29
4
59.1
80.0
13
22
16
20
4
25 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
11/7/1976
LAL LAL
vs. KCK vs. KCK
23
40
24
24
8
0
3
68.8
50.0
11
16
2
4
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for defensive rebounds going back to the 1984-85 season.

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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0