which player has the most defensive rebounds per game in a season since 1980

Since 1979-80, Dennis Rodman has averaged the most defensive rebounds per game in a season with 12.3 per game in 1992-93.

Interpreted as:

Which player has the most defensive rebounds per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games in a season since 1980?

	NAME	DREB	SEASON	TM	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	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	12.3	1992-93	DET	62	38.9	7.5	18.3	1.6	0.8	0.7	3.0	6.9	42.7	0.2	1.2	20.5	1.4	2.6	53.4	46.7	5.9	1.7	2,410	468	1,132	102	48	45	103	201
2	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	12.3	1991-92	DET	82	40.3	9.8	18.7	2.3	0.8	0.9	4.2	7.7	53.9	0.4	1.2	31.7	1.0	1.7	60.0	57.4	6.4	1.7	3,301	800	1,530	191	68	70	140	248
3	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	11.6	1993-94	SAS	79	37.8	4.7	17.3	2.3	0.7	0.4	2.0	3.7	53.4	0.1	0.3	20.8	0.7	1.3	52.0	54.9	5.7	1.7	2,989	370	1,367	184	52	32	138	229
4	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	11.4	2002-03	DET	73	39.4	6.9	15.4	1.6	1.4	3.2	2.9	6.0	48.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.2	2.6	45.0	48.6	4.0	1.2	2,873	506	1,126	120	104	230	88	179	+222
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	11.4	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	3.7	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	11.1	2018-19	PHI	64	33.7	27.5	13.6	3.7	0.7	1.9	9.1	18.7	48.4	1.2	4.1	30.0	8.2	10.1	80.4	59.3	2.5	3.5	2,154	1,761	871	234	46	122	226	211	+371
7	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	11.0	2021-22	UTA	66	32.1	15.6	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	5.5	7.7	71.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.6	6.7	69.0	73.2	3.7	1.8	2,120	1,027	968	72	45	137	119	176	+417
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	11.0	2021-22	DEN	74	33.4	27.1	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	10.3	17.7	58.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	5.1	6.3	81.0	66.1	2.8	3.8	2,475	2,004	1,019	584	109	63	281	191	+442
9	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	10.9	2017-18	LAC	77	31.5	12.0	15.2	1.5	0.5	0.9	4.8	7.5	64.5	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.1	58.0	64.8	4.3	1.8	2,424	927	1,171	117	39	70	137	203	-126
10	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	10.9	2003-04	MIN	82	39.4	24.2	13.9	5.0	1.5	2.2	9.8	19.6	49.9	0.1	0.5	25.6	4.5	5.7	79.1	54.7	3.0	2.6	3,231	1,987	1,139	409	120	178	212	202	+614
11	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	10.9	2017-18	DET	78	33.7	15.0	16.0	3.0	1.5	1.6	6.0	11.3	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	5.1	60.5	55.5	5.1	2.6	2,625	1,171	1,247	237	114	127	200	250	-57
12	Dwight Howard D. Howard	10.8	2011-12	ORL	54	38.3	20.6	14.5	1.9	1.5	2.1	7.7	13.4	57.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.2	10.6	49.1	56.9	3.7	3.2	2,070	1,113	785	104	81	116	175	159	+179
13	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	10.8	2019-20	TOT	57	33.0	17.7	15.2	2.7	1.9	1.6	7.3	13.8	53.3	0.1	0.6	14.3	3.0	5.2	57.5	55.3	4.4	3.6	1,879	1,010	864	152	109	93	203	201	-191
14	Dwight Howard D. Howard	10.8	2007-08	ORL	82	37.7	20.7	14.2	1.3	0.9	2.1	7.1	11.9	59.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	10.9	59.0	61.9	3.4	3.2	3,088	1,695	1,161	110	74	176	263	274	+484
15	Kevin Love K. Love	10.7	2010-11	MIN	73	35.8	20.2	15.2	2.5	0.6	0.4	6.6	14.1	47.0	1.2	2.9	41.7	5.8	6.8	85.0	59.3	4.5	2.1	2,611	1,476	1,112	184	45	28	155	148	-272
16	Swen Nater S. Nater	10.7	1979-80	SDC	81	35.3	13.4	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.5	5.5	9.9	55.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.4	71.8	58.9	4.3	3.2	2,860	1,082	1,216	233	45	37	257	259
17	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	10.5	2004-05	MIN	82	38.1	22.2	13.5	5.7	1.5	1.4	8.3	16.6	50.2	0.1	0.3	24.0	5.4	6.7	81.1	56.7	3.0	2.7	3,121	1,817	1,108	466	121	112	222	207	+142
18	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	10.5	2002-03	MIN	82	40.5	23.0	13.4	6.0	1.4	1.6	9.1	18.1	50.2	0.2	0.9	28.2	4.6	6.1	75.1	55.3	3.0	2.8	3,321	1,883	1,102	495	113	129	229	199	+423
19	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	10.4	2006-07	MIN	76	39.4	22.4	12.8	4.1	1.2	1.7	8.4	17.6	47.6	0.2	0.7	21.4	5.5	6.6	83.5	54.6	2.4	2.7	2,995	1,704	975	313	89	126	205	184	+9
20	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	10.4	1999-00	ATL	82	36.4	11.5	14.1	1.3	0.3	3.3	3.9	7.0	56.2	0.0	0.0		3.6	5.1	70.8	62.1	3.7	2.1	2,984	942	1,157	105	27	269	174	248	-139
21	Kevin Willis K. Willis	10.4	1991-92	ATL	81	36.6	18.3	15.5	2.1	0.9	0.7	7.3	15.1	48.3	0.1	0.5	16.2	3.6	4.5	80.4	53.5	5.2	2.4	2,962	1,480	1,258	173	72	54	197	223
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	10.4	1989-90	HOU	82	38.1	24.3	14.0	2.9	2.1	4.6	9.8	19.6	50.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.7	6.5	71.3	54.1	3.6	3.9	3,124	1,995	1,149	234	174	376	316	314
23	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	10.3	2016-17	MIA	77	32.6	17.0	14.1	0.7	0.7	2.1	7.0	12.6	55.7	0.0	0.0		2.9	4.6	62.8	57.9	3.8	2.0	2,513	1,309	1,088	57	57	161	154	226	+98
24	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	10.3	2015-16	LAC	77	33.7	12.7	13.8	1.2	0.7	2.3	4.6	6.6	70.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	8.0	43.0	62.8	3.5	1.4	2,598	980	1,059	90	51	177	107	207	+440
25	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	10.3	2018-19	MIL	72	32.8	27.7	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	10.0	17.3	57.8	0.7	2.8	25.6	6.9	9.5	72.9	64.4	2.2	3.7	2,358	1,994	898	424	92	110	268	232	+654

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4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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