most defensive rebound average career by a small forward

Larry Bird has averaged the most career defensive rebounds per game by a small forward with 8.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

most defensive rebound with a minimum of 400 games played average career by a small forward

	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	Larry Bird L. Bird	8.0	792	38.5	24.9	10.1	6.3	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.0	0.7	1.8	37.1	4.6	5.2	88.4	56.7	2.1	3.2	30,504	19,719	8,031	4,958	1,406	664	2,504	2,079
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	6.6	981	36.9	27.8	7.2	4.5	1.1	1.1	9.5	18.9	50.6	2.0	5.1	39.1	6.7	7.6	88.5	62.6	0.7	3.2	36,203	27,300	7,106	4,453	1,045	1,121	3,131	1,911	+5422
3	LeBron James L. James	6.4	1,324	37.7	27.3	7.6	7.6	1.5	0.8	10.0	19.8	50.5	1.7	4.9	34.6	5.6	7.6	73.6	58.9	1.1	3.5	49,936	36,124	10,032	10,004	1,959	998	4,654	2,380	+6071
4	Shawn Marion S. Marion	5.8	871	33.7	14.4	8.1	1.8	1.4	1.0	6.0	12.5	47.6	0.6	1.7	33.1	1.9	2.4	81.6	53.2	2.3	1.5	29,363	12,578	7,059	1,600	1,236	845	1,311	1,852	+843
5	Paul George P. George	5.8	692	35.5	22.7	6.6	4.0	1.8	0.4	7.7	17.6	44.0	2.8	7.4	38.5	4.4	5.1	85.8	57.2	0.9	2.9	24,540	15,725	4,599	2,783	1,226	297	2,005	1,886	+2969
6	Clarence Weatherspoon C. Weatherspoon	5.6	449	35.4	15.3	8.1	2.0	1.1	1.0	5.9	12.5	47.4	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.4	4.6	73.2	52.5	2.5	2.1	15,877	6,859	3,622	886	514	461	939	1,043	-445
7	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	5.4	407	27.7	12.8	6.3	3.3	0.8	0.5	4.4	9.6	46.2	1.3	3.8	33.8	2.7	3.5	76.7	57.7	1.0	1.9	11,287	5,218	2,574	1,326	325	187	783	1,021	-656
8	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	5.2	777	31.8	20.5	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.6	7.4	14.9	49.8	1.7	4.3	39.1	4.0	4.6	86.3	60.5	1.2	1.7	24,722	15,967	4,942	2,399	1,344	494	1,310	1,280	+4720
9	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	5.1	478	31.0	15.9	6.2	2.8	0.7	0.7	5.9	12.9	46.0	1.8	5.2	33.9	2.3	2.7	82.9	56.4	1.1	1.6	14,799	7,621	2,956	1,321	351	321	755	888	-1287
10	Armen Gilliam A. Gilliam	5.0	472	31.4	15.7	7.7	1.2	0.7	0.8	6.0	12.2	49.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.6	78.2	55.2	2.6	1.9	14,832	7,396	3,625	583	352	368	915	1,017
11	Grant Hill G. Hill	5.0	961	34.1	16.9	6.2	4.3	1.2	0.6	6.2	13.0	48.2	0.2	0.7	31.7	4.1	5.4	76.9	55.0	1.2	2.4	32,767	16,203	5,932	4,114	1,187	551	2,315	2,231	+1865
12	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	4.9	453	37.2	20.4	7.7	1.8	1.0	0.4	8.0	17.3	46.1	0.8	2.3	34.5	3.6	5.0	73.1	52.3	2.8	1.9	16,873	9,222	3,493	799	463	175	868	1,087	-762
13	Juwan Howard J. Howard	4.8	452	36.1	17.1	7.0	3.2	0.9	0.3	7.0	14.6	47.9	0.0	0.1	11.8	3.1	4.2	72.9	51.9	2.2	2.8	16,336	7,722	3,145	1,424	410	141	1,246	1,489	-377
14	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	4.6	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	2.8	41,069	18,940	7,494	6,135	2,307	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
15	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	4.6	688	36.8	20.7	6.1	2.7	1.2	0.6	8.1	17.6	45.9	0.9	2.6	34.0	3.6	4.4	82.0	52.9	1.5	3.1	25,346	14,234	4,189	1,879	826	389	2,147	1,847	+10
16	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	4.6	453	31.4	21.6	5.6	3.3	1.0	0.4	8.1	16.9	48.1	2.0	5.7	35.2	3.3	4.4	75.1	57.3	1.0	2.5	14,215	9,786	2,544	1,506	460	170	1,112	1,126	+1639
17	Donyell Marshall D. Marshall	4.6	519	27.1	12.0	6.8	1.6	0.8	0.9	4.6	10.7	43.4	0.6	2.0	31.5	2.1	2.9	72.4	50.1	2.2	1.6	14,050	6,214	3,510	834	437	488	820	1,211	-992
18	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	4.6	911	35.1	23.2	6.2	3.0	1.0	0.5	8.3	18.4	45.1	1.1	3.3	33.7	5.5	6.8	80.8	54.3	1.7	2.7	31,957	21,177	5,691	2,717	934	447	2,419	2,602	+844
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	4.6	980	33.2	18.6	5.3	3.4	1.2	0.5	6.1	13.5	45.4	1.5	4.0	37.5	4.8	6.0	80.5	57.6	0.8	2.4	32,545	18,186	5,236	3,316	1,194	501	2,395	2,633	+2898
20	Calvin Natt C. Natt	4.5	424	32.1	16.5	6.9	2.0	0.9	0.3	6.5	12.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	22.2	3.5	4.6	75.6	57.8	2.4	2.1	13,601	6,988	2,923	855	378	142	905	1,016
21	Julius Erving J. Erving	4.5	702	34.6	22.8	7.1	4.0	1.9	1.6	9.0	17.6	51.2	0.0	0.2	25.3	4.8	6.2	77.4	56.2	2.5	3.1	24,285	16,019	4,967	2,785	1,319	1,117	1,951	1,953
22	Lionel Simmons L. Simmons	4.5	454	29.7	12.8	6.2	3.3	1.1	0.8	4.9	11.4	43.3	0.1	0.3	30.5	2.9	3.7	77.1	49.2	1.8	2.2	13,472	5,833	2,833	1,498	514	361	982	1,106	-104
23	Rodney McCray R. McCray	4.5	768	32.4	11.7	6.6	3.6	0.8	0.6	4.6	9.1	50.3	0.1	0.3	26.0	2.5	3.3	76.1	55.6	2.1	1.8	24,876	9,014	5,087	2,750	585	493	1,419	1,734
24	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	4.4	526	34.9	19.1	6.2	3.5	1.3	0.6	7.9	16.4	48.0	0.0	0.2	16.7	3.3	4.2	80.1	52.4	1.7	2.7	18,370	10,062	3,245	1,821	661	303	630	1,798
25	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	4.4	616	34.2	20.1	7.1	3.6	1.3	0.8	8.3	16.0	51.9	0.0	0.2	16.9	3.4	4.7	73.6	55.6	2.7	2.3	21,089	12,367	4,401	2,219	781	475	1,444	1,552

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RPG

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DRTG

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36.2

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	43	14	.754
2	Celtics	38	19	.667	5.0
3	Knicks	37	22	.627	7.0
4	Cavaliers	37	22	.627	7.0
5	Raptors	34	25	.576	10.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 2/27	BKN	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Sun 3/1	PHI	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Mon 3/2	BOS	@	MIL	7:30 PM
Wed 3/4	CHA	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 3/6	DAL	@	BOS	7:00 PM

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38 - 19

Final

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33 - 26

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.5

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.6

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.5

Jokić

11.7

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.5

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.9

Wembanyama

2.0

Sarr

1.9

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

3.6

Dončić

3.5

Ball

3.5

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TS% Leaders

69.3

Jokić

67.9

Antetokounmpo

67.8

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.1

120.7

119.3

119.1

118.5

118.3

DRtg Rankings

107.8

109.2

111.2

112.3

112.4

112.6

NetRtg Rankings

11.3

7.9

7.8

6.6

5.8

5.5

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13-47

15-44

15-42

16-41

17-42

18-40

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,797.9

Maxey

2,685.1

Johnson

2,621.2

Jokić

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,839.8

Johnson

2,826.5

Maxey

2,792

Jokić

USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.7

Brown

33.7

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.4

Maxey

37.2

Thompson

36.5

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FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.82

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.94

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.53

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Best Record ATS

37-22

35-23-1

33-24

34-25

32-25-1

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Worst Record ATS

23-37

25-35

24-33

25-34

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25-33-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	43	14	.754
2	Celtics	38	19	.667	5.0
3	Knicks	37	22	.627	7.0
4	Cavaliers	37	22	.627	7.0
5	Raptors	34	25	.576	10.0
6	76ers	32	26	.552	11.5
7	Magic	31	26	.544	12.0
8	Heat	31	28	.525	13.0
9	Hawks	29	31	.483	15.5
10	Hornets	28	31	.475	16.0
11	Bucks	25	31	.446	17.5
12	Bulls	24	35	.407	20.0
13	Wizards	16	41	.281	27.0
14	Nets	15	42	.263	28.0
15	Pacers	15	44	.254	29.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	45	15	.750
2	Spurs	42	16	.724	2.0
3	Rockets	36	21	.632	7.5
4	Nuggets	36	22	.621	8.0
5	Timberwolves	36	23	.610	8.5
6	Lakers	34	23	.596	9.5
7	Suns	33	26	.559	11.5
8	Warriors	31	28	.525	13.5
9	Trail Blazers	28	31	.475	16.5
10	Clippers	27	30	.474	16.5
11	Grizzlies	21	36	.368	22.5
12	Mavericks	21	36	.368	22.5
13	Jazz	18	40	.310	26.0
14	Pelicans	17	42	.288	27.5
15	Kings	13	47	.217	32.0