Wilt Chamberlain has the most career boards in the regular-season and playoffs, with 27,837 rebounds.

Interpreted as:

most career rebounds by a player including playoffs

	NAME	REB	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	27,837	1,205	46.0	29.1	23.1	4.4			11.7	21.8	53.8				5.7	11.2	50.5	54.5				55,418	35,026	5,316				2,487
2	Bill Russell B. Russell	25,724	1,128	42.8	15.2	22.8	4.3			5.9	13.5	43.8				3.4	6.0	56.8	47.2				48,223	17,195	4,870				3,138
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	19,921	1,797	36.9	24.6	11.1	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.1	18.2	55.6	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.3	6.0	72.4	58.9	2.4	7.4	2.7	66,297	44,149	6,427	1,349	3,665	2,974	5,454
4	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	17,950	1,643	34.5	19.3	10.9	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.5	14.8	50.5	0.0	0.1	17.2	4.3	6.2	69.5	55.0	2.8	8.1	2.4	56,738	31,668	4,989	1,193	3,588	4,014	4,005	+10000
5	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	17,523	1,399	38.7	21.1	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.5	18.7	45.3	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.2	66.8	49.2	3.2	7.9	2.4	54,160	29,507	2,583	961	1,993	1,482	4,571
6	Moses Malone M. Malone	17,507	1,423	34.3	20.7	12.3	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.2	14.6	49.0	0.0	0.1	10.3	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.7	5.1	7.2	3.0	48,867	29,486	1,932	1,173	1,884	4,019	3,320
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	17,030	1,669	37.6	25.0	10.2	3.5	1.4	0.8	9.1	18.0	50.9	0.1	0.2	26.2	6.6	8.9	74.1	57.0	2.4	7.8	3.0	62,759	41,689	5,858	2,343	1,280	5,074	5,240	+3133
8	Robert Parish R. Parish	16,480	1,795	28.9	14.6	9.2	1.3	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.2	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.6	72.1	56.9	2.9	6.3	2.1	51,881	26,154	2,414	1,364	2,670	3,548	5,060	+102
9	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	16,196	1,605	34.7	17.9	10.1	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.6	49.5	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.4	2.2	7.9	2.2	55,701	28,672	5,916	2,037	2,223	3,521	3,992	+5211
10	Dwight Howard D. Howard	16,100	1,367	31.7	15.7	11.8	1.3	0.9	1.8	5.7	9.6	58.7	0.0	0.1	20.9	4.3	7.6	56.5	60.2	3.4	8.4	2.7	43,380	21,394	1,825	1,175	2,476	3,625	4,379	+2801
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	15,607	1,423	35.1	23.8	11.0	2.5	0.6	2.2	9.4	16.2	57.9	0.0	0.0	4.5	5.0	9.5	52.3	58.2	3.6	7.4	2.8	50,016	33,846	3,608	856	3,191	3,959	4,915	+5525
12	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	15,565	1,045	37.1	14.7	14.9	2.7	0.5	2.0	5.6	13.4	42.1				3.4	5.2	66.4	47.0	2.7	6.7		38,756	15,403	2,802	136	604		2,890
13	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	15,546	1,103	36.9	10.8	14.1	3.9	1.0	0.6	4.4	8.7	50.7	0.0	0.0	42.9	1.9	3.0	63.0	53.5	3.6	8.5	1.9	40,721	11,884	4,275	695	422	648	3,133
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	15,369	1,383	36.1	22.2	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.9	17.2	51.4	0.0	0.1	20.4	4.5	6.3	71.2	55.5	3.3	7.9	3.0	49,971	30,701	3,516	2,407	4,302	4,091	4,945	+535
15	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	14,921	1,089	37.5	20.0	13.7	2.5	0.7	0.6	7.6	14.7	51.4				4.9	7.7	63.3	55.2	3.4	6.2		40,879	21,791	2,680	52	48		3,696
16	LeBron James L. James	14,379	1,858	38.3	27.2	7.7	7.4	1.5	0.8	9.9	19.7	50.5	1.6	4.7	34.7	5.7	7.7	73.7	58.9	1.2	6.5	3.5	71,234	50,539	13,712	2,842	1,435	6,526	3,450	+8677
17	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	14,153	880	38.9	26.3	16.1	3.0			9.2	21.3	43.4				7.8	10.3	76.3	51.0				34,235	23,120	2,610				2,806
18	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	14,128	1,196	36.9	22.2	11.8	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.7	53.8	0.5	1.9	26.5	5.9	8.1	73.3	60.9	4.0	7.8	3.1	44,179	26,590	4,697	1,841	996	3,729	3,695	+533
19	Buck Williams B. Williams	13,958	1,415	32.6	12.7	9.9	1.2	0.8	0.8	4.8	8.8	54.7	0.0	0.0	18.8	3.0	4.6	66.5	58.6	3.4	6.4	2.1	46,174	17,995	1,759	1,170	1,170	2,974	4,653	+157
20	Paul Silas P. Silas	13,884	1,417	28.0	9.1	9.8	2.1	0.6	0.3	3.3	7.7	42.8	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.7	67.5	48.7	3.5	5.7	1.4	39,608	12,906	2,907	439	172	406	3,574
21	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	13,659	901	38.3	16.6	15.2	3.3	0.4	0.3	6.7	13.6	49.7				3.1	4.0	78.3	54.2	0.8	3.9		34,501	14,949	2,944	32	24		2,586
22	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	13,650	1,426	31.8	9.8	9.6	2.5	1.1	0.3	3.8	8.1	47.0	0.1	0.2	26.8	2.1	2.8	76.0	52.5	3.1	6.5	2.2	45,388	13,967	3,500	1,529	426	3,093	4,924	+111
23	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	13,630	1,080	31.1	7.2	12.6	1.7	0.7	0.6	3.0	5.8	51.6	0.1	0.4	22.1	1.2	2.0	57.6	54.1	4.6	8.0	1.6	33,628	7,764	1,805	717	628	1,742	3,473	+954
24	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	13,321	1,297	30.8	9.8	10.3	1.0	0.4	2.7	3.4	6.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.2	68.5	57.4	3.2	7.1	1.8	39,908	12,647	1,318	534	3,540	2,322	3,642	+1536
25	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	13,187	980	40.2	27.3	13.5	4.3			10.3	23.8	43.2				6.7	8.7	77.9	49.5				39,373	26,772	4,191				3,031