Karl Malone has gotten the most career boards by a forward, with 14,968 boards.

	NAME	REB	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	14,968	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	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
2	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	12,969	1,233	36.1	19.0	10.5	4.0	1.3	1.5	7.6	15.3	49.8	0.1	0.5	28.1	3.6	4.6	78.7	54.9	2.4	8.1	2.3	44,471	23,445	4,952	1,636	1,857	2,847	3,034	+4585
3	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	12,849	792	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0			9.3	21.3	43.6				7.8	10.3	76.1	51.1				30,690	20,880	2,369				2,529
4	Buck Williams B. Williams	12,834	1,266	33.0	13.1	10.1	1.3	0.8	0.9	5.0	9.1	55.0	0.0	0.0	16.7	3.1	4.7	66.3	58.8	3.5	6.6	2.2	41,726	16,582	1,625	1,063	1,085	2,746	4,174	+143
5	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	12,546	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	7.7	3.1	39,330	23,757	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
6	Paul Silas P. Silas	12,357	1,254	27.9	9.4	9.9	2.1	0.6	0.2	3.4	7.9	43.2	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.8	67.3	48.9	3.6	5.6	1.4	34,989	11,782	2,572	358	138	333	3,105
7	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	12,205	1,282	31.4	9.7	9.5	2.5	1.1	0.3	3.8	8.0	47.1	0.1	0.2	25.3	2.1	2.7	76.1	52.6	3.1	6.5	2.2	40,280	12,417	3,217	1,351	384	2,785	4,421	+171
8	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	11,954	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	8.4	1.6	28,839	6,683	1,600	611	531	1,484	2,843	+827
9	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	11,463	846	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3			10.3	23.8	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	49.4				33,863	23,149	3,650				2,596
10	Bill Bridges B. Bridges	11,054	926	33.3	11.9	11.9	2.8	0.7	0.4	4.5	10.2	44.2				2.9	4.1	69.3	49.4	2.6	3.9		30,878	11,012	2,553	69	36		3,375
11	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	11,047	608	42.1	19.1	18.2	3.1			7.7	15.4	49.8				3.8	4.8	78.5	54.6				25,577	11,611	1,865				1,880
12	LeBron James L. James	10,979	1,444	37.8	27.3	7.6	7.5	1.5	0.7	10.0	19.6	51.1	1.7	4.7	35.0	5.6	7.6	73.7	59.5	1.2	6.4	3.5	54,613	39,488	10,816	2,171	1,068	5,041	2,571	+7257
13	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	10,928	975	36.5	18.8	11.2	1.7	1.0	2.0	7.5	16.4	45.8	0.0	0.1	14.7	3.7	5.5	67.6	49.8	3.1	7.8	2.4	35,546	18,317	1,667	864	1,771	1,358	3,199
14	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	10,386	860	34.2	18.8	12.1	3.0			6.0	15.8	38.0				6.8	7.9	85.6	48.7				27,145	16,138	2,599				2,975
15	Kevin Willis K. Willis	9,798	1,022	30.4	14.1	9.6	1.1	0.8	0.6	5.8	11.7	49.6	0.0	0.2	22.2	2.5	3.4	71.1	53.3	3.3	6.2	2.0	31,109	14,399	1,117	768	563	2,095	3,264	-119
16	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	9,748	1,178	31.5	14.1	8.3	2.2	0.7	0.4	5.5	10.0	54.7	0.0	0.1	4.8	3.1	4.5	68.8	58.6	2.7	5.5	2.2	37,161	16,564	2,597	781	484	2,629	3,848	-720
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	9,626	1,292	33.8	21.0	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.4	15.8	47.1	1.2	3.3	37.9	4.9	5.6	88.0	57.6	1.0	6.5	1.7	43,662	27,174	3,138	992	1,055	2,163	3,017	+5779
18	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	9,618	875	35.7	16.1	11.0	2.9	0.9	0.5	6.5	15.1	43.2				3.0	4.3	69.9	47.2	1.9	8.8		31,202	14,053	2,497	67	39		2,801
19	Zach Randolph Z. Randolph	9,498	1,047	30.9	16.6	9.1	1.8	0.7	0.3	6.6	14.1	47.2	0.2	0.6	27.3	3.1	4.1	76.3	52.3	3.0	6.1	2.0	32,372	17,361	1,909	775	285	2,104	2,435	-63
20	A.C. Green	9,473	1,278	28.6	9.6	7.4	1.1	0.8	0.4	3.6	7.2	49.4	0.1	0.4	25.4	2.4	3.3	73.4	55.7	2.6	4.8	1.1	36,552	12,331	1,400	1,033	546	1,434	2,436	-378
21	Bailey Howell B. Howell	9,383	950	32.2	18.7	9.9	2.0			6.9	14.3	48.0				5.0	6.6	76.2	54.4				30,627	17,770	1,853				3,498
22	Shawn Marion S. Marion	9,142	1,082	34.0	14.7	8.4	1.9	1.5	1.0	6.1	12.7	48.0	0.6	1.9	33.1	1.9	2.4	81.0	53.7	2.3	6.2	1.5	36,834	15,931	2,055	1,599	1,096	1,625	2,312	+1559
23	Johnny Green J. Green	9,089	1,057	23.3	11.6	8.6	1.4			4.7	9.5	49.3				2.2	4.0	55.3	51.4				24,617	12,281	1,445				2,855
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	8,974	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	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
25	Horace Grant H. Grant	8,962	1,089	33.4	11.4	8.2	2.3	1.0	1.0	4.8	9.3	50.8	0.0	0.1	6.3	1.9	2.7	69.1	54.0	3.0	5.2	1.1	36,411	12,388	2,471	1,086	1,087	1,252	2,714	+496