Traditional totals
Defensive rebounds
All players, no minimum games played
| # | Player | DReb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  | Rudy Gobert   UTA | 727 |
| 57 |  | Hassan Whiteside UTA | 328 |
| 69 |  | Royce O'Neale UTA | 303 |
| 117 |  | Bojan Bogdanović UTA | 238 |
| 130 |  | Donovan Mitchell UTA | 227 |
| 157 |  | Jordan Clarkson UTA | 206 |
| 178 |  | Rudy Gay UTA | 187 |
| 207 |  | Mike Conley UTA | 170 |
| 236 |  | Nickeil Alexander-Walker  NOP/ POR/UTA | 150 |
| 274 |  | Joe Ingles UTA/POR | 120 |
| 326 |  | Danuel House Jr.   HOU/ NYK/UTA | 93 |
| 347 |  | Eric Paschall UTA | 76 |
| 348 |  | Trent Forrest UTA | 76 |
| 357 |  | Juancho Hernangomez  BOS/ SAS/UTA | 72 |
| 391 |  | Udoka Azubuike UTA | 53 |
| 396 |  | Elijah Hughes UTA/POR | 52 |
| 418 |  | Jared Butler UTA | 40 |
| 430 |  | Greg Monroe  MIN/ WAS/ MIL/UTA | 34 |
| 433 |  | Denzel Valentine  CLE/UTA | 33 |
| 484 |  | Malik Fitts UTA/BOS | 15 |
| 523 |  | Miye Oni UTA/ OKC/NOP | 6 |
| 546 |  | Xavier Sneed  MEM/UTA | 4 |
| 548 |  | Norvel Pelle BOS/UTA | 3 |
| 590 |  | Zylan Cheatham  MIA/UTA/NOP | 0 |
Top defensive rebounds leaders
The current 2021-22 Season NBA leaders in defensive rebounds are Nikola Jokić (812, DEN), Rudy Gobert (727, UTA), Nikola Vučević (661, CHI), Joel Embiid (649, PHI), and Giannis Antetokounmpo (644, MIL).