most dreb per game by player in nba history

Dave Cowens has averaged the most career defensive rebounds per game with 9.8 per game.

Interpreted as:

most dreb per game with a minimum of 400 games played by player in NBA history

	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	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	9.8	524	37.9	17.1	12.8	4.0	1.1	0.9	7.2	15.7	46.3	0.0	0.1	7.1	2.6	3.3	80.3	50.1	3.0	2.2	19,878	8,970	6,696	2,104	599	488	543	1,945
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	8.8	452	31.9	27.7	11.0	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.1	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	10.0	82.8	61.3	2.2	3.4	14,408	12,523	4,987	1,658	411	738	1,547	1,369	+2490
3	Dwight Howard D. Howard	8.4	1,242	31.8	15.7	11.8	1.3	0.9	1.8	5.7	9.7	58.7	0.0	0.1	21.4	4.3	7.6	56.7	60.2	3.3	2.7	39,435	19,485	14,627	1,676	1,081	2,228	3,302	3,912	+2878
4	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	8.4	591	34.6	8.7	11.9	4.1	1.1	0.6	3.7	7.0	52.1	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.4	2.2	62.5	54.4	3.5	1.9	20,468	5,141	7,059	2,400	628	367	579	1,615
5	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	8.4	911	31.7	7.3	13.1	1.8	0.7	0.6	3.0	5.8	52.1	0.1	0.4	23.1	1.2	2.0	58.4	54.6	4.8	1.6	28,839	6,683	11,954	1,600	611	531	1,484	2,843	+827
6	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	8.3	829	30.7	12.6	11.7	1.4	0.7	2.1	4.7	7.2	65.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	5.0	64.1	67.3	3.4	1.6	25,430	10,458	9,700	1,123	576	1,718	1,338	2,209	+3461
7	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	8.3	645	34.1	23.1	11.1	3.2	0.8	1.2	8.5	16.2	52.4	1.7	4.3	40.0	4.4	5.3	83.7	62.4	2.8	2.7	21,971	14,880	7,136	2,037	523	771	1,745	2,197	+1278
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	8.3	745	31.7	21.8	10.9	7.2	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.0	1.1	3.0	36.0	3.9	4.8	82.4	63.8	2.7	2.9	23,639	16,210	8,141	5,383	949	536	2,177	1,996	+4071
9	Bill Walton B. Walton	8.2	468	28.3	13.3	10.5	3.4	0.8	2.2	5.5	10.5	52.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.6	66.0	55.1	2.4	2.7	13,250	6,215	4,923	1,590	380	1,034	865	1,298
10	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	8.1	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	2.4	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	8.1	859	32.9	23.9	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.1	0.6	2.2	28.4	5.8	8.3	69.3	61.1	1.9	3.0	28,233	20,538	8,530	4,288	961	1,064	2,586	2,531	+3014
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	8.0	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	8.0	787	34.4	24.1	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.3	52.2	0.5	1.6	29.6	5.6	7.0	79.4	59.2	2.7	2.0	27,082	18,978	8,416	2,009	1,033	1,815	1,573	1,840	+929
14	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	8.0	904	26.8	12.5	12.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	5.2	9.7	54.2	0.0	0.2	12.9	2.0	4.1	48.6	54.4	4.2	1.8	24,219	11,293	10,981	1,107	1,133	1,148	1,622	2,599	-817
15	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	8.0	972	31.4	17.2	10.5	2.9	0.8	0.9	7.3	14.7	49.7	0.9	2.7	34.8	1.6	2.1	77.0	54.9	2.5	1.7	30,502	16,719	10,170	2,812	821	844	1,669	2,357	-1468
16	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	7.9	646	30.8	16.1	10.7	4.9	0.8	0.5	6.3	11.2	56.0	0.5	1.4	34.7	3.0	4.1	72.9	61.6	2.7	2.6	19,896	10,401	6,880	3,161	495	297	1,662	2,018	+723
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	7.8	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
18	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	7.8	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	2.2	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
19	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	7.8	894	36.0	18.6	10.9	1.7	1.0	2.0	7.4	16.1	46.0	0.0	0.1	14.7	3.7	5.5	67.6	50.0	3.1	2.4	32,199	16,600	9,751	1,540	864	1,771	1,358	2,967
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	7.7	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
21	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	7.7	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	3.1	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
22	Swen Nater S. Nater	7.7	489	28.4	12.2	10.8	2.0	0.5	0.5	5.0	9.3	53.7	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.2	2.9	76.0	57.7	3.1	2.4	13,868	5,943	5,297	954	258	226	982	1,501
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	7.7	450	34.9	28.6	8.6	8.2	1.2	0.5	9.7	20.7	46.8	3.1	8.8	35.0	6.2	8.2	75.1	58.8	0.9	3.9	15,711	12,878	3,881	3,700	556	203	1,777	1,028	+1236
24	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	7.7	511	24.7	12.6	10.8	0.6	0.5	2.2	5.3	9.0	58.6	0.0	0.1	30.8	2.1	3.5	60.5	60.2	3.1	1.5	12,645	6,450	5,523	326	271	1,143	756	1,341	+313
25	Kevin Love K. Love	7.6	952	28.9	16.2	10.0	2.3	0.6	0.4	5.3	12.2	43.8	1.8	4.8	36.9	3.8	4.6	82.8	57.1	2.3	1.8	27,505	15,421	9,497	2,172	577	368	1,679	1,841	+751