nba player with top defensive rpg

Nikola Jokić has the most rebounds per game this season, with 12.1 per game.

Interpreted as:
NBA player with top defensive rpg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games this regular season
NAMERPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
12.1
2025-26
28
34.6
28.9
10.8
1.4
0.8
10.4
17.2
60.7
2.0
4.8
42.5
6.0
7.1
83.9
71.1
2.9
9.3
3.5
970
808
340
302
39
23
98
81
+272
2Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
11.6
2025-26
26
33.1
21.6
3.1
0.8
0.7
7.0
15.0
47.0
1.8
5.0
35.4
5.7
6.6
86.6
60.4
3.0
8.6
2.5
861
561
302
80
22
19
64
89
+193
3Ivica Zubac
I. Zubac
11.1
2025-26
28
32.0
15.6
2.5
0.4
1.0
6.8
11.1
60.9
0.0
0.0
2.0
2.9
71.3
62.9
3.4
7.7
2.0
896
437
312
70
12
27
55
70
-26
4Jalen Duren
J. Duren
11.0
2025-26
26
28.8
18.3
1.7
0.9
1.0
7.0
11.0
63.1
0.0
0.0
4.4
6.0
73.7
67.1
4.3
6.7
2.2
749
477
286
45
23
25
58
85
+210
5Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
10.9
2025-26
29
31.6
11.5
2.0
0.5
1.4
4.7
6.4
73.3
0.0
0.0
2.1
4.0
51.3
70.0
3.9
7.0
1.5
915
334
316
57
14
42
43
84
+141
6Kel'el Ware
K. Ware
10.7
2025-26
29
24.6
12.5
0.6
0.9
1.4
4.8
8.6
56.0
1.2
2.6
48.0
1.7
2.0
81.4
66.1
3.3
7.4
1.1
714
362
311
17
25
40
31
53
-53
7Isaiah Hartenstein
I. Hartenstein
10.6
2025-26
21
27.4
11.6
3.1
1.2
0.8
5.0
7.6
65.6
0.0
0.2
0.0
1.6
2.5
63.5
66.4
3.5
7.1
2.1
576
243
222
65
25
17
44
59
+172
8Jalen Johnson
J. Johnson
10.5
2025-26
27
35.1
23.8
8.2
1.5
0.4
8.6
16.4
52.5
1.6
4.1
39.3
5.0
6.0
83.2
62.6
1.6
8.9
3.4
949
642
284
221
40
10
93
59
+3
9Donovan Clingan
D. Clingan
10.2
2025-26
25
26.0
10.5
1.8
0.6
1.6
4.0
7.8
51.3
0.8
2.6
28.8
1.8
2.6
66.7
58.7
4.5
5.7
0.8
651
263
256
44
15
40
21
61
+11
10Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
9.6
2025-26
26
21.9
7.5
1.0
0.6
1.0
2.9
5.5
52.8
0.6
1.4
41.7
1.0
1.7
61.4
59.4
3.5
6.1
0.8
570
194
250
25
16
26
21
55
+17
11Jusuf Nurkić
J. Nurkić
9.6
2025-26
26
24.8
8.8
4.1
1.4
0.3
3.5
7.5
47.4
0.4
1.4
27.0
1.3
2.7
49.3
50.8
2.5
7.1
2.5
645
229
250
107
36
9
65
82
-150
12Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
9.4
2025-26
23
31.2
18.3
2.4
1.0
0.9
6.6
14.1
46.9
1.4
4.5
32.0
3.7
4.8
76.6
56.6
1.6
7.8
1.9
718
422
216
55
22
21
44
39
+98
13Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
9.3
2025-26
25
34.2
19.1
4.1
1.0
1.6
7.0
14.1
49.6
1.5
4.3
35.2
3.6
5.6
64.0
57.6
2.6
6.7
2.2
854
477
232
103
24
41
56
59
+88
14Josh Giddey
J. Giddey
9.2
2025-26
26
33.5
20.1
8.9
1.0
0.4
7.0
14.7
47.6
2.0
4.9
40.2
4.1
5.5
74.8
58.7
1.2
8.0
3.5
871
522
240
232
27
11
90
51
-19
15Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
9.2
2025-26
24
36.1
23.2
6.9
1.5
1.0
8.8
17.5
50.2
0.8
2.6
31.7
4.8
6.6
72.8
56.9
3.0
6.3
3.4
867
557
221
165
36
25
82
86
+150
16Nikola Vučević
N. Vučević
9.2
2025-26
27
30.1
16.0
3.5
0.9
0.4
6.5
13.3
48.6
1.8
4.9
37.1
1.2
1.5
78.0
57.0
2.3
6.9
1.6
813
431
248
94
23
11
43
58
-76
17Deandre Ayton
D. Ayton
9.0
2025-26
23
29.4
15.3
0.9
0.8
1.0
7.1
10.0
71.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.7
63.2
71.0
2.9
6.0
2.0
676
352
206
20
18
24
45
62
+6
18Steven Adams
S. Adams
8.8
2025-26
21
21.8
6.0
1.5
0.7
0.7
2.1
4.5
47.9
0.0
0.0
1.7
2.4
70.6
54.1
4.6
4.2
1.0
458
126
185
31
15
14
22
41
+152
19Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
8.6
2025-26
21
36.6
34.1
8.8
1.6
0.5
10.5
22.9
45.8
3.4
10.6
32.0
9.8
12.1
80.7
60.5
0.9
7.8
4.2
768
716
181
184
33
11
88
53
+54
20Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
8.0
2025-26
30
33.9
19.1
5.1
1.4
1.7
7.4
14.9
49.8
1.3
3.6
36.7
2.9
3.5
81.9
57.9
2.2
5.8
2.6
1,017
572
240
152
41
50
79
91
+44
21Mark Williams
M. Williams
8.0
2025-26
24
24.5
12.6
1.1
1.3
0.9
5.0
7.5
66.5
0.0
0.0
100.0
2.7
3.5
76.2
70.2
3.0
5.0
1.0
588
303
192
26
32
21
24
59
+31
22Neemias Queta
N. Queta
7.9
2025-26
27
24.6
10.0
1.6
0.7
1.2
4.4
6.6
66.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.3
2.1
59.6
66.5
3.1
4.8
0.8
663
270
213
43
19
33
22
80
+147
23Josh Hart
J. Hart
7.9
2025-26
26
30.0
12.2
5.0
1.4
0.3
4.6
9.1
50.4
1.6
4.0
39.0
1.4
1.7
82.2
61.8
1.7
6.2
2.0
780
316
205
131
36
8
53
66
+114
24P.J. Washington
P.J. Washington
7.9
2025-26
25
31.9
15.7
2.0
1.0
1.4
5.8
12.8
45.5
1.5
4.5
33.9
2.5
3.6
68.1
54.3
1.6
6.3
2.4
798
392
197
51
26
34
61
64
-84
25Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
7.8
2025-26
24
28.7
18.7
1.6
0.6
1.5
6.9
12.1
57.2
1.5
3.8
39.6
3.3
4.1
80.8
67.2
1.4
6.4
1.8
689
448
188
38
14
35
44
72
+268
StatMuse has season-level data for rebounds per game going back to the 1950-51 season.

More Nuggets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.9

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

RPG

12.1

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

APG

10.8

Jokić

Nikola Jokić
Team Rankings

ORTG

125.4

1st

DRTG

116.3

17th

NETRTG

9.1

2nd

3P%

40.3

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
26
3
.897
2
21
7
.750
4.5
3
Nuggets Nuggets
21
7
.750
4.5
4
19
8
.704
6.0
5
19
10
.655
7.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
12/23
@
8:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
10:30 PM
Sat
12/27
@
7:00 PM
Mon
12/29
@
7:30 PM
Wed
12/31
@
7:30 PM
Last Game
UTA Jazz

10 - 18

112

Final

135

DEN Nuggets

21 - 7

Mon 22 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
23
6
.793
2
20
8
.714
2.5
3
18
11
.621
5.0
4
16
11
.593
6.0
5
17
13
.567
6.5
6
16
13
.552
7.0
7
16
14
.533
7.5
8
15
14
.517
8.0
9
15
15
.500
8.5
10
13
15
.464
9.5
11
11
18
.379
12.0
12
9
20
.310
14.0
13
8
19
.296
14.0
14
6
23
.207
17.0
15
5
22
.185
17.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
26
3
.897
2
21
7
.750
4.5
3
21
7
.750
4.5
4
19
8
.704
6.0
5
19
10
.655
7.0
6
17
9
.654
7.5
7
15
13
.536
10.5
8
15
15
.500
11.5
9
13
16
.448
13.0
10
12
17
.414
14.0
11
11
19
.367
15.5
12
10
18
.357
15.5
13
8
22
.267
18.5
14
7
21
.250
18.5
15
7
22
.241
19.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
11/20
@
115-118
Thu
11/20
@
113-114
Thu
11/20
@
112-109
Thu
11/20
@
127-123
Thu
11/20
@
144-112

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
12/23
@
7:00 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:00 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM