most dreb in a game

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

Interpreted as:
most dreb by a player in a regular-season game
NAMEDREBDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
29
12/14/1975
vs
42
27
34
6
2
8
11
17
64.7
5
7
71.4
67.2
5
3
2Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
28
11/17/1973
@
48
43
32
0
15
23
65.2
13
15
86.7
72.6
4
5
3Rony Seikaly
R. Seikaly
26
3/3/1993
vs
40
12
34
4
0
1
6
12
50.0
0
0
0
0
50.0
8
5
2
4Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
25
3/21/2004
vs
47
31
26
2
0
7
14
16
87.5
0
0
3
5
60.0
85.2
1
2
3
+14
5Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
25
11/2/1996
@
45
20
33
2
0
2
5
8
62.5
0
1
0.0
10
14
71.4
70.6
8
3
4
+21
6Herb Williams
H. Williams
25
1/23/1989
vs
40
21
29
1
1
3
9
21
42.9
0
0
3
5
60.0
45.3
4
0
2
7Swen Nater
S. Nater
25
12/14/1979
vs
44
12
32
3
1
1
5
11
45.5
0
0
2
2
100.0
50.5
7
7
4
8Robert Parish
R. Parish
25
3/30/1979
vs
36
30
32
5
1
2
11
20
55.0
8
11
72.7
60.4
7
5
4
9Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
25
12/22/1978
vs
45
24
28
2
0
3
10
17
58.8
4
4
100.0
64.0
3
3
5
10Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
25
2/27/1974
vs
48
24
27
1
11
26
42.3
2
4
50.0
43.2
2
3
11Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
24
4/6/1975
vs
46
11
30
5
5
12
41.7
1
2
50.0
42.7
6
2
12Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
24
3/10/1974
46
29
28
4
1
5
8
17
47.1
13
16
81.3
60.3
4
3
13Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
23
1/4/2025
vs
39
20
23
3
1
4
7
19
36.8
2
12
16.7
4
4
100.0
48.2
0
4
4
0
14Jonas Valančiūnas
J. Valančiūnas
23
3/22/2019
@
41
23
24
3
0
4
10
19
52.6
1
3
33.3
2
4
50.0
55.4
1
4
5
+6
15Dwight Howard
D. Howard
23
1/6/2013
vs
41
14
26
0
1
4
6
7
85.7
0
1
0.0
2
6
33.3
72.6
3
4
3
+5
16Al Jefferson
A. Jefferson
23
1/13/2010
@
49
26
26
1
1
1
12
26
46.2
0
0
2
3
66.7
47.6
3
3
4
+13
17Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
23
1/12/2005
vs
43
19
25
8
0
1
7
20
35.0
0
0
5
8
62.5
40.4
2
3
2
-2
18Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
23
12/5/2003
@
50
33
25
6
1
3
13
29
44.8
3
3
100.0
4
7
57.1
51.4
2
1
5
+8
19Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
23
2/1/2003
@
46
17
25
4
1
5
6
13
46.2
0
0
5
7
71.4
52.9
2
6
2
+2
20Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
23
3/26/1996
vs
51
16
31
0
1
6
5
9
55.6
0
0
6
8
75.0
63.9
8
0
5
21Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
23
1/22/1994
vs
43
8
32
5
1
1
4
8
50.0
0
0
0
0
50.0
9
2
1
22Swen Nater
S. Nater
23
1/8/1980
@
46
9
26
4
0
0
2
8
25.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
42.3
3
2
3
23Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
23
2/3/1978
@
48
37
30
5
0
6
16
27
59.3
5
7
71.4
61.5
7
4
3
24Truck Robinson
T. Robinson
23
10/28/1977
vs
48
37
25
2
1
2
13
19
68.4
11
15
73.3
72.3
2
6
4
25Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
23
12/7/1976
vs
47
42
29
4
13
22
59.1
16
20
80.0
68.2
6
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for defensive rebounds going back to the 1984-85 season.

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