Kevin Garnett has the most career defensive boards, with 11,453 boards.

Interpreted as:

defensive rebounds by a player record

	NAME	DREB	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	11,453	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	2.2	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	11,406	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	11,232	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	2.4	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
4	Dwight Howard D. Howard	10,476	1,242	31.8	15.7	11.8	1.3	0.9	1.8	5.7	9.7	58.7	0.0	0.1	21.4	4.3	7.6	56.7	60.2	3.3	2.7	39,435	19,485	14,627	1,676	1,081	2,228	3,302	3,912	+2878
5	Robert Parish R. Parish	10,117	1,611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.1	57.1	2.9	2.1	45,704	23,334	14,715	2,180	1,219	2,361	3,183	4,443	+105
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	10,021	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	1.6	51,368	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
7	LeBron James L. James	9,960	1,569	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.1	3.5	59,274	42,297	11,764	11,637	2,350	1,152	5,484	2,791	+7401
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	9,714	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
9	Moses Malone M. Malone	9,481	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	3.1	45,071	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	9,394	1,239	35.3	22.9	10.0	3.5	0.9	2.6	9.4	16.8	56.1	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.0	5.4	73.6	59.5	2.4	2.7	43,787	28,316	12,369	4,302	1,160	3,189	2,527	3,667
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	8,890	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
12	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	8,855	1,183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	3.0	40,594	24,815	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	3,537	4,034	+412
13	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	8,551	1,196	30.8	9.8	10.3	1.0	0.4	2.8	3.5	6.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.1	68.4	57.3	3.2	1.8	36,791	11,729	12,359	1,240	494	3,289	2,173	3,383	+1607
14	Buck Williams B. Williams	8,491	1,307	32.5	12.8	10.0	1.3	0.8	0.8	4.9	8.9	54.9	0.0	0.0	16.7	3.0	4.6	66.4	58.7	3.5	2.1	42,464	16,784	13,017	1,646	1,080	1,100	2,784	4,267	+155
15	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	8,286	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	3.1	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
16	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	8,281	1,282	31.4	9.7	9.5	2.5	1.1	0.3	3.8	8.0	47.1	0.1	0.2	25.3	2.1	2.7	76.1	52.6	3.1	2.2	40,280	12,417	12,205	3,217	1,351	384	2,785	4,421	+171
17	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	8,274	1,107	33.4	15.6	9.8	3.2	1.0	0.9	5.8	12.5	46.4	0.2	0.7	32.8	3.9	4.6	84.9	54.0	2.3	2.3	36,943	17,287	10,816	3,488	1,162	1,048	2,586	3,879
18	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	8,220	1,226	33.4	17.0	9.2	3.2	0.5	1.6	6.5	12.8	50.7	0.1	0.4	36.8	3.9	5.1	75.3	56.5	2.5	2.2	41,001	20,894	11,305	3,925	606	1,941	2,638	2,632	+1826
19	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	7,893	994	31.4	17.2	10.4	2.9	0.8	0.9	7.3	14.7	49.7	0.9	2.7	35.0	1.6	2.1	77.1	54.9	2.5	1.7	31,172	17,068	10,378	2,886	838	851	1,708	2,409	-1554
20	Kevin Willis K. Willis	7,769	1,424	26.9	12.1	8.4	0.9	0.7	0.5	5.0	10.2	48.7	0.0	0.1	21.1	2.1	3.0	71.3	52.5	2.9	1.8	38,362	17,253	11,901	1,328	958	751	2,520	4,172	-825
21	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	7,625	911	31.7	7.3	13.1	1.8	0.7	0.6	3.0	5.8	52.1	0.1	0.4	23.1	1.2	2.0	58.4	54.6	4.8	1.6	28,839	6,683	11,954	1,600	611	531	1,484	2,843	+827
22	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	7,600	1,113	25.1	8.5	9.7	0.9	0.5	1.4	3.5	5.1	67.4	0.0	0.0	15.4	1.6	3.4	47.5	64.4	2.9	1.3	27,890	9,492	10,795	1,045	571	1,567	1,443	2,685	+998
23	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	7,581	1,068	31.8	12.9	9.7	2.0	0.7	0.9	5.2	10.5	49.8	0.2	0.6	32.6	2.3	2.7	83.7	55.2	2.6	1.5	33,956	13,790	10,400	2,184	710	965	1,594	3,633
24	David Robinson D. Robinson	7,414	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
25	Shawn Marion S. Marion	7,369	1,163	34.5	15.2	8.7	1.9	1.5	1.1	6.3	12.9	48.4	0.7	2.1	33.1	2.0	2.5	81.0	54.2	2.3	1.5	40,097	17,700	10,101	2,198	1,759	1,233	1,750	2,535	+1971