6 players are tied for the most defensive rebounds in a playoff game, with 20 boards. The first three are Anthony Davis and Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Garnett 2 times.

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most defensive rebounds by a player in a playoff game

	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	Anthony Davis A. Davis	20	4/27/2024	LAL	vs	DEN	42	25	23	6	0	1	11	17	64.7	0	0		3	4	75.0	66.6	3	1	4	+11
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	20	5/19/2019	MIL	@	TOR	45	12	23	7	1	4	5	16	31.3	0	3	0.0	2	7	28.6	31.4	3	8	6	+3
3	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	20	5/19/2004	MIN	vs	SAC	46	32	21	2	4	5	12	23	52.2	1	1	100.0	7	11	63.6	57.5	1	2	1	+1
4	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	20	4/21/2004	MIN	vs	DEN	44	20	22	10	1	3	9	27	33.3	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	35.9	2	2	1	+12
5	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	20	4/25/2003	SAS	@	PHX	41	11	23	6	0	3	3	6	50.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	63.7	3	4	5	+15
6	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	20	5/14/2002	SAS	@	LAL	45	34	25	4	1	2	11	23	47.8	0	0		12	14	85.7	58.3	5	6	5	-4
7	Bill Walton B. Walton	20	6/5/1977	POR	vs	PHI	42	20	23	7	0	8	8	15	53.3				4	5	80.0	58.1	3		4
8	Bill Walton B. Walton	20	6/3/1977	POR	@	PHI	39	14	24	3	0	2	6	11	54.5				2	2	100.0	58.9	4		4
9	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	20	5/1/1977	BOS	@	PHI	46	11	27	1			5	16	31.3				1	2	50.0	32.6	7		3
10	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	20	4/22/1975	BOS	@	HOU	48	31	24	6	2	2	12	24	50.0				7	8	87.5	56.3	4		3
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	19	5/2/2023	LAL	@	GSW	44	30	23	5	0	4	11	19	57.9	0	2	0.0	8	8	100.0	66.6	4	1	2	+1
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	19	6/14/2021	PHI	@	ATL	36	17	21	4	0	0	4	20	20.0	1	4	25.0	8	8	100.0	36.1	2	4	3	0
13	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	19	6/10/2021	UTA	vs	LAC	36	13	20	0	2	3	4	5	80.0	0	0		5	7	71.4	80.4	1	3	4	+14
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	19	9/15/2020	DEN	@	LAC	40	16	22	13	2	3	5	13	38.5	0	4	0.0	6	6	100.0	51.2	3	5	4	+22
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	19	5/19/2006	DAL	vs	SAS	46	26	21	5	1	0	9	16	56.3	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	66.6	2	3	1	-7
16	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	19	5/22/2004	DET	@	IND	39	11	22	5	1	5	5	11	45.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	46.3	3	1	5	0
17	Jim Jackson J. Jackson	19	4/25/2004	HOU	vs	LAL	50	16	20	1	1	1	6	13	46.2	1	7	14.3	3	3	100.0	55.9	1	4	1	-9
18	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	19	4/29/2003	IND	vs	BOS	50	19	22	1	1	3	7	16	43.8	0	0		5	7	71.4	49.8	3	3	3	+9
19	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	19	4/22/2003	MIN	vs	LAL	43	35	20	7	2	1	15	21	71.4	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	74.0	1	2	3	+30
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	19	6/9/2000	LAL	vs	IND	46	40	24	4	0	3	11	18	61.1	0	0		18	39	46.2	56.9	5	2	5	+14
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	19	4/30/1988	HOU	@	DAL	43	41	26	2	3	4	15	27	55.6	0	0		11	14	78.6	61.8	7	3	4
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	19	4/23/1980	BOS	@	PHI	47	22	21	4	4	0	9	21	42.9	3	4	75.0	1	2	50.0	50.3	2	2	4
23	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	19	4/15/1977	WAS	@	CLE	47	21	23	2	1	1	8	19	42.1				5	6	83.3	48.5	4		5
24	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	19	4/28/1976	BOS	@	BUF	48	29	26	8			12	24	50.0				5	5	100.0	55.3	7		5
25	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	19	4/13/1975	KCO	vs	CHI	47	6	20	4	1	2	3	9	33.3				0	0		33.3	1		3

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