Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has grabbed the most defensive rebounds in a game, with 29 boards against the Pistons on December 14, 1975.

most defensive rebounds in a game
Interpreted as:
most defensive rebounds by a player in a regular-season game
12/14/1975 Abdul-Jabbar 11/17/1973 Hayes 3/3/1993 Seikaly 3/21/2004 O'Neal 11/2/1996 Barkley 1/23/1989 Williams 12/14/1979 Nater 3/30/1979 Parish 12/22/1978 Gilmore 2/27/1974 Hayes 4/6/1975 Unseld 3/10/1974 McAdoo 3/22/2019 Valanciunas 1/6/2013 Howard 1/13/2010 Jefferson 1/12/2005 Garnett 12/5/2003 Garnett 2/1/2003 Duncan 3/26/1996 Mutombo 1/22/1994 Rodman 1/8/1980 Nater 2/3/1978 Abdul-Jabbar 10/28/1977 Robinson 12/7/1976 McAdoo 11/7/1976 Abdul-Jabbar 1/2/1974 Cowens 12/2/1973 Hayes 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 29 28 26 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23
NAME DREB DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% PF +/-
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 29 12/14/1975
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
42 27 34 6 2 8 11 17 64.7 5 7 71.4 3
Elvin Hayes Elvin Hayes 28 11/17/1973
CAP CAP
@
ATL ATL
48 43 32 0 15 23 65.2 13 15 86.7 5
Rony Seikaly Rony Seikaly 26 3/3/1993
MIA MIA
vs
WAS WAS
40 12 34 4 0 1 5 6 12 50.0 0 0 0 0 2
Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille O'Neal 25 3/21/2004
LAL LAL
vs
MIL MIL
47 31 26 2 0 7 2 14 16 87.5 0 0 3 5 60.0 3 +14
Charles Barkley Charles Barkley 25 11/2/1996
HOU HOU
@
PHX PHX
45 20 33 2 0 2 3 5 8 62.5 0 1 0.0 10 14 71.4 4 +21
Herb Williams Herb Williams 25 1/23/1989
IND IND
vs
DEN DEN
40 21 29 1 1 3 0 9 21 42.9 0 0 3 5 60.0 2
Swen Nater Swen Nater 25 12/14/1979
SDC SDC
vs
DEN DEN
44 12 32 3 1 1 7 5 11 45.5 0 0 2 2 100.0 4
Robert Parish Robert Parish 25 3/30/1979
GSW GSW
vs
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36 30 32 5 1 2 5 11 20 55.0 8 11 72.7 4
Artis Gilmore Artis Gilmore 25 12/22/1978
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vs
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45 24 28 2 0 3 3 10 17 58.8 4 4 100.0 5
Elvin Hayes Elvin Hayes 25 2/27/1974
CAP CAP
vs
SEA SEA
48 24 27 1 11 26 42.3 2 4 50.0 3
Wes Unseld Wes Unseld 24 4/6/1975
WAS WAS
vs
NOJ NOJ
46 11 30 5 5 12 41.7 1 2 50.0 2
Bob McAdoo Bob McAdoo 24 3/10/1974
BUF BUF
POR POR
46 29 28 4 1 5 8 17 47.1 13 16 81.3 3
Jonas Valanciunas Jonas Valanciunas 23 3/22/2019
MEM MEM
@
ORL ORL
41 23 24 3 0 4 4 10 19 52.6 1 3 33.3 2 4 50.0 5 +6
Dwight Howard Dwight Howard 23 1/6/2013
LAL LAL
vs
DEN DEN
41 14 26 0 1 4 4 6 7 85.7 0 1 0.0 2 6 33.3 3 +5
Al Jefferson Al Jefferson 23 1/13/2010
MIN MIN
@
HOU HOU
49 26 26 1 1 1 3 12 26 46.2 0 0 2 3 66.7 4 +13
Kevin Garnett Kevin Garnett 23 1/12/2005
MIN MIN
vs
ORL ORL
43 19 25 8 0 1 3 7 20 35.0 0 0 5 8 62.5 2 -2
Kevin Garnett Kevin Garnett 23 12/5/2003
MIN MIN
@
SAC SAC
50 33 25 6 1 3 1 13 29 44.8 3 3 100.0 4 7 57.1 5 +8
Tim Duncan Tim Duncan 23 2/1/2003
SAS SAS
@
MIA MIA
46 17 25 4 1 5 6 6 13 46.2 0 0 5 7 71.4 2 +2
Dikembe Mutombo Dikembe Mutombo 23 3/26/1996
DEN DEN
vs
CHA CHA
51 16 31 0 1 6 0 5 9 55.6 0 0 6 8 75.0 5
Dennis Rodman Dennis Rodman 23 1/22/1994
SAS SAS
vs
DAL DAL
43 8 32 5 1 1 2 4 8 50.0 0 0 0 0 1
Swen Nater Swen Nater 23 1/8/1980
SDC SDC
@
KCK KCK
46 9 26 4 0 0 2 2 8 25.0 0 0 5 6 83.3 3
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 23 2/3/1978
LAL LAL
@
NJN NJN
48 37 30 5 0 6 4 16 27 59.3 5 7 71.4 3
Truck Robinson Truck Robinson 23 10/28/1977
NOJ NOJ
vs
PHX PHX
48 37 25 2 1 2 6 13 19 68.4 11 15 73.3 4
Bob McAdoo Bob McAdoo 23 12/7/1976
BUF BUF
vs
IND IND
47 42 29 4 13 22 59.1 16 20 80.0 4
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 23 11/7/1976
LAL LAL
vs
KCK KCK
40 24 24 8 0 3 11 16 68.8 2 4 50.0 2
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