Dwight Howard has gotten the most career defensive rebounds by a player younger than 30, with 7,583 boards.
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most defensive rebounds before turning 30 years old by a player| 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 |  | D. Howard | 7,583 | 824 | 35.6 | 18.1 | 12.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 6.4 | 11.1 | 57.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 10.4 | 5.2 | 9.0 | 57.3 | 59.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 29,310 | 14,876 | 10,504 | 1,250 | 810 | 1,739 | 2,540 | 2,724 | +2945 |
| 2 |  | K. Garnett | 7,179 | 851 | 38.2 | 20.4 | 11.2 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 16.5 | 49.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 29.7 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 77.3 | 54.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 32,540 | 17,337 | 9,567 | 3,833 | 1,193 | 1,450 | 2,182 | 2,171 | +2444 |
| 3 |  | A. Drummond | 6,572 | 785 | 28.2 | 13.2 | 12.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 5.5 | 10.2 | 54.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 12.8 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 47.5 | 54.2 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 22,116 | 10,337 | 9,963 | 1,036 | 1,021 | 1,082 | 1,486 | 2,365 | -598 |
| 4 |  | G. Antetokounmpo | 6,460 | 811 | 32.8 | 23.6 | 9.8 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 8.6 | 15.7 | 54.7 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 28.6 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 69.9 | 61.0 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 26,606 | 19,121 | 7,953 | 3,981 | 913 | 1,011 | 2,446 | 2,426 | +2695 |
| 5 |  | N. Jokić | 5,936 | 724 | 31.5 | 21.5 | 10.9 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 14.8 | 55.9 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 36.0 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 82.7 | 63.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 22,830 | 15,597 | 7,866 | 5,169 | 911 | 523 | 2,100 | 1,942 | +3948 |
| 6 |  | T. Duncan | 5,879 | 666 | 37.9 | 22.1 | 12.0 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 8.4 | 16.7 | 50.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 20.4 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 68.5 | 55.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 25,240 | 14,689 | 8,020 | 2,092 | 529 | 1,650 | 1,928 | 1,833 | +4841 |
| 7 |  | D. Jordan | 5,553 | 750 | 28.1 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 67.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 44.6 | 63.3 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 21,045 | 7,078 | 7,988 | 557 | 448 | 1,276 | 982 | 2,015 | +1719 |
| 8 |  | D. Nowitzki | 5,520 | 758 | 36.5 | 22.4 | 8.6 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 16.4 | 47.1 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 37.9 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 87.0 | 58.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 27,642 | 16,990 | 6,501 | 2,050 | 715 | 794 | 1,461 | 2,002 | +4402 |
| 9 |  | K. Towns | 5,447 | 657 | 34.0 | 23.0 | 11.1 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 8.4 | 16.2 | 52.2 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 39.9 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 83.9 | 62.4 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 22,367 | 15,141 | 7,286 | 2,077 | 535 | 782 | 1,775 | 2,242 | +1367 |
| 10 |  | S. O'Neal | 5,440 | 654 | 37.8 | 27.6 | 12.3 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 11.0 | 19.1 | 57.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 10.5 | 53.1 | 58.2 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 24,727 | 18,060 | 8,057 | 1,856 | 476 | 1,744 | 1,888 | 2,225 | +2725 |
| 11 |  | D. Sabonis | 5,283 | 665 | 30.8 | 16.1 | 10.7 | 4.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 11.3 | 55.9 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 34.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 72.9 | 61.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 20,462 | 10,702 | 7,096 | 3,239 | 513 | 301 | 1,713 | 2,084 | +546 |
| 12 |  | H. Olajuwon | 5,283 | 630 | 36.8 | 23.0 | 12.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 9.1 | 17.7 | 51.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 69.8 | 55.5 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 23,176 | 14,481 | 7,898 | 1,409 | 1,223 | 2,243 | 1,954 | 2,497 | |
| 13 |  | K. Love | 5,273 | 635 | 32.2 | 18.3 | 11.3 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 6.1 | 13.6 | 44.4 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 37.0 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 82.4 | 56.9 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 20,424 | 11,632 | 7,158 | 1,470 | 447 | 298 | 1,229 | 1,355 | +861 |
| 14 |  | K. Malone | 5,210 | 652 | 37.2 | 26.1 | 10.9 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 9.6 | 18.2 | 52.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 25.8 | 6.8 | 9.4 | 72.2 | 58.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 24,235 | 16,987 | 7,118 | 1,857 | 914 | 489 | 2,162 | 2,213 | |
| 15 |  | L. James | 5,190 | 871 | 39.5 | 27.4 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 9.9 | 19.8 | 49.6 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 34.2 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 74.7 | 58.1 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 34,364 | 23,901 | 6,239 | 6,011 | 1,483 | 698 | 2,906 | 1,615 | +4650 |
| 16 |  | R. Gobert | 5,096 | 611 | 30.0 | 12.4 | 11.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 65.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 63.8 | 67.1 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 18,300 | 7,592 | 7,119 | 807 | 412 | 1,357 | 1,008 | 1,579 | +2730 |
| 17 |  | S. Marion | 5,056 | 676 | 37.8 | 18.3 | 10.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 7.4 | 15.3 | 48.1 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 34.1 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 82.1 | 54.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 25,551 | 12,363 | 6,795 | 1,372 | 1,275 | 909 | 1,087 | 1,737 | +2093 |
| 18 |  | A. Davis | 5,028 | 646 | 34.3 | 24.0 | 10.3 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 9.0 | 17.3 | 51.8 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 30.1 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 79.5 | 58.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 22,175 | 15,485 | 6,684 | 1,521 | 867 | 1,503 | 1,276 | 1,532 | +637 |
| 19 |  | C. Bosh | 5,007 | 784 | 36.0 | 19.2 | 8.7 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 6.9 | 13.9 | 49.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 31.2 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 80.0 | 57.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 28,218 | 15,082 | 6,825 | 1,557 | 636 | 857 | 1,610 | 1,960 | +2046 |
| 20 |  | K. Durant | 4,911 | 771 | 37.1 | 27.1 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 9.2 | 18.8 | 49.0 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 38.4 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 88.2 | 61.1 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 28,603 | 20,913 | 5,495 | 3,029 | 890 | 857 | 2,428 | 1,463 | +3022 |
| 21 |  | J. Smith | 4,857 | 855 | 33.2 | 14.9 | 7.7 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 12.9 | 45.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 28.5 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 63.3 | 50.6 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 28,403 | 12,767 | 6,541 | 2,730 | 1,057 | 1,691 | 2,148 | 2,381 | -194 |
| 22 | | A. Jefferson | 4,842 | 733 | 31.1 | 17.0 | 9.1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 7.3 | 14.6 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 71.3 | 53.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 22,829 | 12,489 | 6,682 | 1,139 | 532 | 962 | 1,091 | 1,968 | -1775 |
| 23 |  | C. Barkley | 4,831 | 657 | 37.4 | 23.4 | 11.7 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 8.3 | 14.6 | 57.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 24.8 | 6.4 | 8.7 | 73.3 | 63.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 24,542 | 15,396 | 7,691 | 2,515 | 1,073 | 661 | 2,278 | 2,157 | |
| 24 |  | J. Randle | 4,827 | 659 | 32.1 | 19.2 | 9.3 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 14.7 | 47.1 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 33.3 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 75.0 | 55.9 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 21,133 | 12,620 | 6,126 | 2,461 | 453 | 269 | 1,850 | 2,024 | -1106 |
| 25 |  | S. Kemp | 4,691 | 757 | 30.6 | 16.7 | 9.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 6.0 | 11.8 | 50.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 27.8 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 73.6 | 57.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 23,187 | 12,661 | 7,224 | 1,412 | 940 | 1,102 | 2,230 | 2,892 | +728 |
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