Karl-Anthony Towns has grabbed the most defensive boards in a game this season, with 17 boards versus the Heat on Sunday.

Interpreted as:

NBA most defensive rebounds by a player in one regular-season game this season

	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	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	17	10/26/2025	NYK	@	MIA	36	15	18	2	1	2	6	14	42.9	2	8	25.0	1	2	50.0	50.4	1	3	5	+2
2	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	14	10/26/2025	MIN	vs	IND	34	14	18	1	0	2	6	7	85.7	0	0		2	7	28.6	69.4	4	1	2	+6
3	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	14	10/23/2025	OKC	@	IND	37	5	14	2	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		1	3	33.3	47.0	0	2	5	+6
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	14	10/22/2025	SAS	@	DAL	30	40	15	1	1	3	15	21	71.4	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	77.4	1	0	4	+31
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	10/27/2025	DEN	@	MIN	36	25	19	10	2	1	9	10	90.0	0	0		7	7	100.0	95.6	6	3	4	+17
6	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	13	10/27/2025	SAS	vs	TOR	31	24	15	4	1	1	7	8	87.5	0	0		10	10	100.0	96.8	2	4	1	+35
7	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	13	10/27/2025	CHI	vs	ATL	34	17	17	9	2	0	7	11	63.6	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	71.5	4	3	3	+11
8	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	13	10/26/2025	SAS	vs	BKN	36	31	14	4	3	6	9	21	42.9	3	6	50.0	10	15	66.7	56.2	1	2	3	+13
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	10/25/2025	DEN	vs	PHX	32	14	14	15	3	0	5	8	62.5	0	3	0.0	4	4	100.0	71.7	1	5	3	+27
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	13	10/24/2025	MIL	@	TOR	38	31	20	7	0	1	11	14	78.6	2	2	100.0	7	12	58.3	80.4	7	5	2	+18
11	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	12	10/28/2025	SAC	@	OKC	35	10	18	3	1	1	5	15	33.3	0	2	0.0	0	0		33.3	6	5	4	-15
12	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	12	10/28/2025	OKC	vs	SAC	31	4	14	3	1	2	2	3	66.7	0	0		0	1	0.0	58.1	2	2	1	-5
13	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	12	10/27/2025	CHI	vs	ATL	33	18	13	5	1	1	7	14	50.0	2	5	40.0	2	4	50.0	57.1	1	3	0	+3
14	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	12	10/26/2025	MIA	vs	NYK	38	19	13	3	1	0	5	15	33.3	1	5	20.0	8	8	100.0	51.3	1	6	1	+10
15	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	12	10/23/2025	IND	vs	OKC	44	32	15	4	1	0	12	25	48.0	3	6	50.0	5	12	41.7	52.8	3	1	1	-8
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	10/23/2025	DEN	@	GSW	41	21	13	10	1	1	8	23	34.8	2	13	15.4	3	4	75.0	42.4	1	2	3	-10
17	OG Anunoby	12	10/22/2025	NYK	vs	CLE	38	24	14	2	3	1	9	17	52.9	4	9	44.4	2	4	50.0	64.0	2	4	0	+10
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	12	10/22/2025	MIL	vs	WAS	27	37	14	5	0	0	16	26	61.5	1	3	33.3	4	7	57.1	63.6	2	2	4	+10
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	12	10/21/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	41	43	12	9	2	1	17	27	63.0	2	10	20.0	7	10	70.0	68.5	0	3	1	-8
20	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	11	10/29/2025	CHI	vs	SAC	33	13	14	7	1	0	5	12	41.7	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	50.5	3	0	1	+16
21	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	11	10/25/2025	ATL	vs	OKC	35	11	12	4	1	1	5	12	41.7	1	5	20.0	0	0		45.8	1	0	4	-22
22	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	11	10/22/2025	ORL	vs	MIA	35	24	11	1	1	1	7	17	41.2	1	3	33.3	9	12	75.0	53.9	0	2	1	-2
23	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	10	10/29/2025	SAC	@	CHI	32	18	11	6	1	0	8	14	57.1	1	4	25.0	1	2	50.0	60.5	1	2	4	-21
24	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	10	10/29/2025	IND	@	DAL	37	27	13	3	2	0	9	23	39.1	2	5	40.0	7	12	58.3	47.7	3	3	4	+7
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	10	10/29/2025	DEN	vs	NOP	28	21	12	10	2	0	10	15	66.7	1	2	50.0	0	0		70.0	2	2	4	+25