most defensive rebounds by a player in a game 2023

Nikola Jokić had the most defensive boards in a game in 2022-23, with 20 boards against the Hornets on December 18, 2022.

Interpreted as:

most defensive rebounds by a player in a regular-season game 2023

	NAME	DREB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	20	12/18/2022	DEN	vs	CHA	40	40	27	10	2	0	13	26	50.0	2	4	50.0	12	17	70.6	59.7	7	5	4	+20
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	19	1/4/2023	MIL	@	TOR	40	30	21	10	0	1	7	18	38.9	1	3	33.3	15	21	71.4	55.1	2	12	4	+20
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	18	3/7/2023	LAL	vs	MEM	36	30	22	3	0	2	11	17	64.7	1	2	50.0	7	9	77.8	71.6	4	7	2	+24
4	Mason Plumlee M. Plumlee	18	3/2/2023	LAC	@	GSW	29	12	20	2	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	78.5	2	3	2	-11
5	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	18	12/19/2022	SAC	vs	CHA	41	28	23	7	1	0	12	19	63.2	2	2	100.0	2	5	40.0	66.0	5	1	4	+6
6	Anthony Davis A. Davis	18	11/22/2022	LAL	@	PHX	38	37	21	2	5	5	11	17	64.7	0	0		15	16	93.8	77.0	3	6	2	-3
7	Precious Achiuwa P. Achiuwa	18	10/24/2022	TOR	@	MIA	34	10	22	2	0	1	5	12	41.7	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	40.2	4	0	2	+10
8	Anthony Davis A. Davis	17	4/7/2023	LAL	vs	PHX	34	14	21	4	0	3	4	12	33.3	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	46.4	4	1	1	+17
9	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	17	3/27/2023	NOP	@	POR	30	10	21	0	0	2	4	6	66.7	0	0		2	4	50.0	64.4	4	5	5	+28
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	17	2/23/2023	PHI	vs	MEM	39	27	19	6	1	6	7	25	28.0	0	5	0.0	13	17	76.5	41.6	2	2	4	+6
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	17	2/13/2023	LAL	@	POR	31	19	20	1	0	3	8	18	44.4	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	49.2	3	2	3	-10
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	17	1/31/2023	DEN	vs	NOP	38	26	18	15	1	1	10	14	71.4	1	3	33.3	5	5	100.0	80.2	1	5	2	+20
13	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	17	1/19/2023	BOS	vs	GSW	48	34	19	6	3	0	9	27	33.3	4	13	30.8	12	12	100.0	52.7	2	7	2	+7
14	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	17	1/11/2023	WAS	vs	CHI	35	9	20	3	0	0	3	6	50.0	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	65.4	3	4	3	+1
15	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	17	12/30/2022	MIL	vs	MIN	38	43	20	5	1	2	14	23	60.9	1	1	100.0	14	21	66.7	66.7	3	5	3	+9
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	17	12/11/2022	MIL	@	HOU	37	16	18	4	1	2	7	17	41.2	0	2	0.0	2	6	33.3	40.7	1	3	5	-11
17	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	17	11/27/2022	LAC	vs	IND	36	31	29	3	0	3	14	17	82.4	0	0		3	3	100.0	84.6	12	5	6	+13
18	Bobby Portis B. Portis	17	11/5/2022	MIL	vs	OKC	29	12	21	2	0	0	5	15	33.3	2	5	40.0	0	0		40.0	4	1	0	+12
19	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	16	4/7/2023	HOU	@	CHA	32	14	21	3	2	1	4	9	44.4	1	1	100.0	5	6	83.3	60.1	5	4	4	+5
20	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	16	2/11/2023	MIA	@	ORL	43	13	17	6	2	1	5	10	50.0	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	55.3	1	4	2	+13
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	16	1/11/2023	MIL	@	ATL	35	7	18	10	0	1	3	10	30.0	0	0		1	4	25.0	29.8	2	1	5	+15
22	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	16	1/6/2023	CHI	@	PHI	36	19	18	10	0	2	8	14	57.1	2	3	66.7	1	1	100.0	65.8	2	1	1	+16
23	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	16	1/4/2023	PHX	@	CLE	37	15	18	1	1	0	7	12	58.3	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	58.2	2	3	2	-5
24	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	16	1/4/2023	MIL	@	TOR	38	9	19	2	0	2	4	11	36.4	1	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	39.3	3	2	5	+17
25	Julius Randle J. Randle	16	1/2/2023	NYK	vs	PHX	40	28	16	6	1	0	7	18	38.9	4	12	33.3	10	12	83.3	60.1	0	1	3	+12