highest defensive rebounds per game average

Nikola Jokić has the most defensive rebounds per game this season with 9.4 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest defensive rebounds per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player average this regular season
NAMEDREBSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
9.4
2025-26
42
34.3
28.8
12.5
10.5
1.4
0.8
10.1
17.2
58.4
2.0
4.6
42.1
6.7
8.0
83.6
69.3
3.1
3.7
1,439
1,208
526
442
60
32
157
115
+372
2Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
9.3
2025-26
42
29.0
24.3
11.2
2.9
1.0
2.7
8.4
16.4
51.1
1.8
5.0
35.7
5.8
7.1
80.9
62.2
1.9
2.5
1,216
1,021
469
121
40
115
107
112
+360
3Jalen Johnson
J. Johnson
9.2
2025-26
53
35.8
23.4
10.8
8.1
1.3
0.5
8.6
17.5
49.4
1.6
4.7
34.3
4.5
5.7
78.5
58.4
1.5
3.5
1,896
1,238
570
429
69
27
183
116
+18
4Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
8.7
2025-26
53
31.4
19.9
11.8
2.9
0.9
0.6
6.6
14.0
47.1
1.6
4.4
35.7
5.1
6.0
85.8
59.8
3.1
2.5
1,662
1,056
625
153
46
31
133
187
+323
5Jusuf Nurkić
J. Nurkić
7.8
2025-26
41
26.4
10.9
10.4
4.8
1.3
0.5
4.4
8.7
50.3
0.6
1.7
35.2
1.5
2.8
54.9
54.8
2.6
2.5
1,083
447
425
196
52
22
101
134
-187
6Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
7.8
2025-26
50
31.2
18.3
9.8
2.9
1.0
0.7
6.5
14.5
44.6
1.6
4.8
33.6
3.7
4.8
77.6
55.0
2.0
1.8
1,560
915
489
144
50
34
90
79
+250
7Ivica Zubac
I. Zubac
7.6
2025-26
43
30.9
14.4
11.0
2.2
0.4
0.8
6.1
10.0
61.3
0.0
0.0
2.2
3.1
70.5
63.5
3.4
1.9
1,328
619
473
96
16
36
82
104
-2
8Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
7.4
2025-26
55
31.3
11.2
11.3
1.7
0.7
1.6
4.5
6.4
70.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.1
4.2
50.2
67.6
3.9
1.3
1,721
615
619
91
41
90
73
146
+249
9Paolo Banchero
P. Banchero
7.4
2025-26
45
34.7
21.6
8.5
4.9
0.7
0.7
7.2
16.0
45.2
1.2
3.8
31.6
6.0
7.8
76.8
55.7
1.1
2.8
1,560
972
381
220
31
32
127
86
-24
10Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
7.0
2025-26
43
35.6
33.0
7.8
8.6
1.5
0.5
10.4
22.0
47.3
3.7
10.4
35.2
8.5
10.9
77.9
61.4
0.8
4.2
1,530
1,417
335
371
64
20
181
105
+35
11Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
6.9
2025-26
51
29.2
17.4
8.8
1.7
0.5
1.9
6.4
11.5
55.4
1.3
3.5
35.4
3.4
4.3
78.8
64.9
1.8
1.6
1,490
887
448
86
26
98
81
122
+461
12Nikola Vučević
N. Vučević
6.8
2025-26
TOT
52
30.5
16.5
8.9
3.6
0.7
0.7
6.8
13.5
50.3
1.7
4.5
37.9
1.3
1.5
82.5
58.3
2.2
1.5
1,585
860
465
188
36
35
77
106
-90
13Donovan Clingan
D. Clingan
6.7
2025-26
53
27.4
11.7
11.4
2.1
0.5
1.4
4.5
8.6
52.5
1.0
3.1
32.7
1.6
2.4
67.4
60.5
4.7
1.0
1,452
619
606
109
24
75
55
121
-11
14Jalen Duren
J. Duren
6.7
2025-26
45
27.7
17.8
10.5
1.8
0.9
0.8
7.0
11.1
63.0
0.0
0.0
3.8
5.3
73.0
66.4
3.7
1.8
1,247
803
471
79
41
34
83
127
+303
15Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
6.4
2025-26
44
32.8
17.7
8.6
3.9
0.9
1.9
6.9
13.4
51.4
1.1
3.7
30.1
2.8
4.4
63.9
57.7
2.2
2.1
1,445
777
379
173
39
83
91
111
+162
16Kel'el Ware
K. Ware
6.3
2025-26
54
22.2
11.4
9.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
4.6
8.7
52.8
1.2
2.9
40.4
1.1
1.4
78.1
61.4
3.1
0.9
1,199
614
507
30
41
54
46
84
-55
17Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
6.3
2025-26
55
34.4
19.2
8.4
5.6
1.3
1.6
7.5
14.9
50.1
0.9
3.0
29.9
3.4
4.1
82.3
57.5
2.1
2.7
1,890
1,057
463
308
72
87
149
156
+154
18Josh Hart
J. Hart
6.1
2025-26
45
30.4
11.9
7.5
5.2
1.2
0.3
4.5
9.1
49.4
1.5
3.8
40.0
1.4
1.9
73.6
59.9
1.4
2.0
1,369
536
337
234
52
14
91
112
+149
19Deni Avdija
D. Avdija
6.1
2025-26
47
34.2
25.0
7.2
6.8
0.8
0.6
7.6
16.5
46.3
2.2
6.4
34.1
7.5
9.4
80.0
60.5
1.1
3.9
1,607
1,173
338
318
38
28
184
126
-52
20Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
6.1
2025-26
48
33.8
20.4
9.1
6.3
1.4
1.1
8.0
16.1
49.5
0.6
1.9
29.7
4.0
5.7
69.1
54.9
3.1
3.2
1,622
981
439
302
65
51
153
155
+162
21Jarrett Allen
J. Allen
6.0
2025-26
46
27.4
14.8
8.5
2.0
1.0
0.9
5.8
9.3
62.8
0.0
0.2
10.0
3.1
4.3
73.0
66.2
2.5
1.4
1,260
680
393
90
44
40
63
81
+182
22Deandre Ayton
D. Ayton
5.9
2025-26
47
28.2
13.2
8.4
0.9
0.6
1.0
6.0
9.0
67.1
0.0
0.0
1.2
1.8
65.9
67.7
2.5
1.4
1,327
622
396
42
29
45
64
109
-33
23Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
5.9
2025-26
50
34.3
29.2
7.0
4.8
1.0
0.4
10.9
22.5
48.4
2.0
5.9
34.5
5.4
6.9
77.7
57.2
1.1
3.6
1,713
1,458
351
242
49
20
178
139
+150
24Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
5.8
2025-26
53
31.8
16.1
7.7
3.2
1.1
1.0
6.0
12.2
48.8
2.0
5.3
38.3
2.1
2.8
77.4
59.9
1.9
1.9
1,684
855
409
168
59
53
101
186
-142
25Michael Porter Jr.
M. Porter Jr.
5.8
2025-26
44
32.9
24.5
7.2
3.3
1.0
0.3
8.7
18.4
47.0
3.5
9.4
37.0
3.7
4.4
85.4
60.2
1.3
2.4
1,446
1,079
315
143
45
11
104
97
-129
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rebounds per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.8

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

RPG

12.5

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

APG

10.5

Jokić

Nikola Jokić
Team Rankings

ORTG

122.1

1st

DRTG

117.6

23rd

NETRTG

4.6

8th

3P%

39.4

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
44
14
.759
2
40
16
.714
3.0
3
Nuggets Nuggets
36
22
.621
8.0
4
34
21
.618
8.5
5
34
21
.618
8.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
2/25
@
10:00 PM
Fri
2/27
@
9:30 PM
Sun
3/1
@
3:30 PM
Mon
3/2
@
9:00 PM
Thu
3/5
@
10:00 PM
Last Game
DEN Nuggets

36 - 22

117

Final

128

GSW Warriors

30 - 27

Sun 22 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
42
13
.764
2
36
19
.655
6.0
3
36
21
.632
7.0
4
36
22
.621
7.5
5
34
23
.596
9.0
6
30
26
.536
12.5
7
31
27
.534
12.5
8
29
26
.527
13.0
9
28
31
.475
16.0
10
27
31
.466
16.5
11
24
31
.436
18.0
12
24
33
.421
19.0
13
16
40
.286
26.5
14
15
41
.268
27.5
15
15
43
.259
28.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
44
14
.759
2
40
16
.714
3.0
3
36
22
.621
8.0
4
34
21
.618
8.5
5
34
21
.618
8.5
6
35
22
.614
8.5
7
33
24
.579
10.5
8
30
27
.526
13.5
9
27
29
.482
16.0
10
27
30
.474
16.5
11
21
34
.382
21.5
12
20
36
.357
23.0
13
18
39
.316
25.5
14
16
42
.276
28.0
15
12
46
.207
32.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
1/20
@
66-120
Tue
1/20
@
124-122
Tue
1/20
@
112-104
Tue
1/20
@
122-102
Tue
1/20
@
122-109

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
2/22
@
9:00 PM
Mon
2/23
@
7:00 PM
Mon
2/23
@
8:00 PM
Mon
2/23
@
9:30 PM
Tue
2/24
@
7:00 PM