Dave Cowens has the most career defensive rebounds per game with 9.8 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest dreb per game with a minimum of 400 games played by a player in NBA career

	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	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	9.8	524	37.9	17.1	12.8	4.0	1.1	0.9	7.2	15.7	46.3	0.0	0.1	7.1	2.6	3.3	80.3	50.1	3.0	2.2	19,878	8,970	6,696	2,104	599	488	543	1,945
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	8.8	454	31.8	27.6	11.0	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.1	50.1	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	10.0	82.8	61.3	2.2	3.4	14,448	12,547	4,995	1,664	413	739	1,551	1,371	+2472
3	Dwight Howard D. Howard	8.4	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
4	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	8.4	591	34.6	8.7	11.9	4.1	1.1	0.6	3.7	7.0	52.1	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.4	2.2	62.5	54.4	3.5	1.9	20,468	5,141	7,059	2,400	628	367	579	1,615
5	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	8.4	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
6	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	8.3	833	30.7	12.6	11.7	1.4	0.7	2.1	4.7	7.2	65.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	5.0	64.1	67.3	3.4	1.6	25,550	10,492	9,736	1,127	577	1,723	1,341	2,224	+3443
7	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	8.3	648	34.1	23.1	11.1	3.2	0.8	1.2	8.5	16.2	52.3	1.7	4.3	40.0	4.4	5.3	83.7	62.4	2.8	2.7	22,071	14,940	7,178	2,044	525	774	1,756	2,208	+1288
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	8.3	748	31.7	21.8	10.9	7.2	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.0	1.1	3.0	35.8	3.9	4.8	82.4	63.8	2.7	2.9	23,748	16,270	8,187	5,418	955	538	2,187	2,006	+4105
9	Bill Walton B. Walton	8.2	468	28.3	13.3	10.5	3.4	0.8	2.2	5.5	10.5	52.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.6	66.0	55.1	2.4	2.7	13,250	6,215	4,923	1,590	380	1,034	865	1,298
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	8.1	862	32.9	24.0	10.0	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.1	0.6	2.2	28.5	5.8	8.3	69.3	61.1	1.9	3.0	28,331	20,646	8,578	4,309	963	1,067	2,595	2,538	+3037
11	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	8.1	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
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	8.0	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	8.0	791	34.4	24.1	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.3	52.2	0.5	1.6	29.5	5.6	7.1	79.4	59.2	2.7	2.0	27,225	19,078	8,463	2,020	1,040	1,821	1,582	1,853	+905
14	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	8.0	907	26.7	12.5	12.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	5.2	9.7	54.1	0.0	0.2	12.7	2.0	4.1	48.5	54.4	4.2	1.8	24,261	11,304	11,001	1,110	1,136	1,150	1,622	2,606	-812
15	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	8.0	975	31.4	17.2	10.5	2.9	0.8	0.9	7.3	14.7	49.8	0.9	2.7	34.9	1.6	2.1	77.1	55.0	2.5	1.7	30,600	16,779	10,209	2,825	824	845	1,677	2,365	-1453
16	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	7.9	648	30.8	16.1	10.7	4.9	0.8	0.5	6.3	11.2	56.0	0.5	1.4	34.7	3.0	4.1	72.9	61.6	2.7	2.6	19,963	10,423	6,906	3,165	498	297	1,666	2,026	+708
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	7.8	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
18	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	7.8	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
19	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	7.8	894	36.0	18.6	10.9	1.7	1.0	2.0	7.4	16.1	46.0	0.0	0.1	14.7	3.7	5.5	67.6	50.0	3.1	2.4	32,199	16,600	9,751	1,540	864	1,771	1,358	2,967
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	7.7	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
21	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	7.7	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
22	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	7.7	452	34.9	28.7	8.6	8.2	1.2	0.5	9.7	20.7	46.8	3.1	8.8	35.0	6.2	8.3	75.1	58.9	0.9	3.9	15,787	12,970	3,904	3,717	558	204	1,783	1,033	+1246
23	Swen Nater S. Nater	7.7	489	28.4	12.2	10.8	2.0	0.5	0.5	5.0	9.3	53.7	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.2	2.9	76.0	57.7	3.1	2.4	13,868	5,943	5,297	954	258	226	982	1,501
24	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	7.7	511	24.7	12.6	10.8	0.6	0.5	2.2	5.3	9.0	58.6	0.0	0.1	30.8	2.1	3.5	60.5	60.2	3.1	1.5	12,645	6,450	5,523	326	271	1,143	756	1,341	+313
25	Kevin Love K. Love	7.6	952	28.9	16.2	10.0	2.3	0.6	0.4	5.3	12.2	43.8	1.8	4.8	36.9	3.8	4.6	82.8	57.1	2.3	1.8	27,505	15,421	9,497	2,172	577	368	1,679	1,841	+751