nba players with the most playoff defensive rebounds

LeBron James has grabbed the most career defensive boards in the playoffs, with 2,249 boards.

	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	LeBron James L. James	2,249	302	41.2	28.2	8.9	7.2	1.7	1.0	10.1	20.4	49.5	1.6	5.0	33.2	6.3	8.5	74.1	58.3	1.5	3.6	12,446	8,521	2,695	2,168	506	287	1,085	679	+1234
2	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2,081	251	37.3	20.6	11.4	3.0	0.7	2.3	7.9	15.7	50.1	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.8	7.0	68.9	54.8	3.1	2.5	9,370	5,172	2,859	764	168	568	633	701	+1090
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1,642	216	37.5	24.3	11.6	2.7	0.5	2.1	9.4	16.8	56.3	0.0	0.0		5.4	10.7	50.4	56.5	4.0	3.0	8,098	5,250	2,508	582	117	459	649	769	+638
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,560	193	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	9.0	19.5	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	6.6	8.9	73.6	52.6	2.6	2.8	7,907	4,761	2,062	610	258	135	550	662	+123
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,323	164	42.0	23.8	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	8.9	18.8	47.2	0.5	1.5	32.1	5.5	6.2	89.0	55.1	2.2	3.1	6,886	3,897	1,683	1,062	296	145	506	466
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,273	196	36.0	23.4	9.1	3.2	1.0	2.4	9.5	17.5	54.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.8	75.4	58.4	2.6	2.6	7,053	4,585	1,778	618	189	476	447	666
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,234	145	40.7	25.3	10.0	2.5	1.0	0.9	8.4	18.2	46.2	1.0	2.8	36.5	7.4	8.3	89.2	57.7	1.5	2.3	5,895	3,663	1,446	360	149	129	328	407	+48
8	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,214	143	36.9	18.2	10.7	3.3	1.2	1.3	7.4	15.5	47.8	0.1	0.4	27.3	3.3	4.1	78.9	52.5	2.2	2.4	5,283	2,601	1,534	471	178	186	342	431	+298
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,202	171	40.5	29.3	7.8	4.2	1.0	1.2	9.9	20.7	47.8	2.1	6.0	35.5	7.4	8.5	86.8	59.9	0.8	3.3	6,934	5,008	1,333	713	173	205	559	431	+641
10	Al Horford A. Horford	1,201	197	33.7	11.9	7.9	3.2	0.8	1.2	4.8	9.7	49.3	1.0	2.6	39.1	1.4	1.8	77.5	57.0	1.8	1.3	6,642	2,353	1,561	625	159	243	260	483	+50
11	Robert Parish R. Parish	1,194	184	33.6	15.3	9.6	1.3	0.8	1.7	6.2	12.2	50.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.2	72.2	54.7	3.1	2.1	6,177	2,820	1,765	234	145	309	365	617	-3
12	Draymond Green D. Green	1,184	169	34.5	11.4	8.6	6.0	1.5	1.3	4.1	9.2	44.5	1.0	3.4	30.0	2.2	3.0	72.6	54.2	1.6	2.6	5,834	1,934	1,457	1,020	257	225	447	637	+970
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,150	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	56.9	3.2	2.9	5,749	3,755	1,621	458	245	472	424	562	-29
14	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1,117	208	39.0	17.5	7.6	5.0	1.9	0.9	6.4	14.5	44.4	1.0	3.2	30.3	3.7	5.1	72.4	52.4	2.2	2.9	8,105	3,642	1,583	1,048	395	185	602	686	+232
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,116	190	39.7	19.5	7.7	12.3	1.9	0.3	6.8	13.4	50.6	0.3	1.1	24.1	5.6	6.7	83.8	59.5	1.8	3.7	7,538	3,701	1,465	2,346	358	64	696	524
16	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	1,098	139	37.5	20.2	10.3	2.0	0.9	2.2	7.9	16.9	46.9	0.1	0.2	34.8	4.3	6.0	71.8	51.7	2.4	2.5	5,207	2,813	1,435	275	122	303	345	522	+8
17	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1,072	123	39.4	23.0	12.9	3.9	1.6	0.9	8.2	16.0	51.3	0.5	2.0	25.5	6.1	8.5	71.7	58.4	4.1	2.9	4,849	2,833	1,582	482	193	108	353	408	+1
18	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	1,050	169	28.3	6.4	9.9	1.2	0.6	0.6	2.6	5.3	49.0	0.0	0.3	14.9	1.1	2.1	54.0	51.1	3.7	1.5	4,789	1,081	1,676	205	106	97	258	630	+127
19	Dwight Howard D. Howard	1,032	125	31.6	15.3	11.8	1.2	0.8	2.0	5.4	9.2	58.9	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.4	8.0	54.8	59.9	3.5	2.6	3,945	1,909	1,473	149	94	248	323	467	-77
20	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	991	130	34.8	7.2	11.2	1.3	1.5	1.9	2.8	5.8	48.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.6	3.9	41.8	48.0	3.6	1.0	4,524	939	1,454	173	199	250	136	296	+368
21	Robert Horry R. Horry	951	244	28.0	7.9	5.6	2.4	1.1	0.9	2.7	6.4	42.6	1.1	3.0	35.9	1.4	2.0	72.2	54.6	1.7	1.2	6,823	1,939	1,361	575	276	225	282	717	+590
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	943	100	38.4	27.4	12.4	7.7	1.2	0.9	10.3	19.9	52.0	1.7	4.6	37.3	5.0	6.0	83.3	60.8	3.0	3.3	3,837	2,735	1,238	769	122	87	334	335	+124
23	David Robinson D. Robinson	934	123	34.3	18.1	10.6	2.3	1.2	2.5	6.2	13.0	47.9	0.0	0.1	10.0	5.6	7.9	70.8	54.7	3.0	2.3	4,221	2,221	1,301	280	151	312	280	423	+362
24	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	929	127	38.9	24.2	8.3	5.0	1.2	0.8	8.1	18.4	44.0	2.4	7.0	34.9	5.5	6.6	83.9	56.7	1.0	2.9	4,943	3,076	1,053	633	150	106	369	329	+517
25	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	926	144	35.5	10.8	10.0	2.0	1.2	0.3	4.1	8.8	45.9	0.1	0.3	36.6	2.5	3.4	75.5	52.2	3.6	2.1	5,108	1,550	1,445	283	178	42	308	503	-60

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Mitchell

RPG

8.1

Mobley

APG

5.5

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

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Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

26.9

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.8

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.5

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

Nnaji

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

124.5

119.3

116.5

113.7

111.7

111.5

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.4

106.1

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.1

10.4

7.4

3.0

1.7

-1.7

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

864.6

Wembanyama

695.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

691

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

852.3

Wembanyama

714.8

Mitchell

700.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.66

Beringer

1.57

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.58

Beringer

1.55

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

59-41

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

54-42

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0