Traditional totals
Defensive rebounds
All players, no minimum games played
| # | Player | DReb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35 |  | Miles Bridges  CHA | 375 |
| 38 |  | Moussa Diabaté CHA | 362 |
| 45 |  | Kon Knueppel CHA | 335 |
| 71 |  | LaMelo Ball CHA | 282 |
| 96 |  | Brandon Miller CHA | 249 |
| 108 |  | Sion James CHA | 238 |
| 140 |  | Ryan Kalkbrenner CHA | 210 |
| 219 |  | Coby White  CHI/CHA | 153 |
| 269 |  | Tidjane Salaün CHA | 123 |
| 286 |  | Collin Sexton CHA/CHI | 114 |
| 319 |  | Grant Williams CHA | 96 |
| 352 |  | Tre Mann CHA | 72 |
| 372 |  | Tyus Jones  ORL/CHA/ DAL/ DEN | 64 |
| 383 |  | Liam McNeeley CHA | 60 |
| 389 |  | Josh Green CHA | 57 |
| 410 |  | Pat Connaughton CHA | 46 |
| 420 |  | P.J. Hall  MEM/CHA | 42 |
| 433 |  | Mason Plumlee CHA/ OKC/ SAS | 36 |
| 438 |  | Malaki Branham  WAS/CHA | 32 |
| 451 |  | KJ Simpson CHA/DEN | 27 |
| 461 |  | Xavier Tillman  BOS/CHA | 24 |
| 532 |  | Drew Peterson CHA | 6 |
| 533 |  | Antonio Reeves CHA | 6 |
| 570 |  | Tosan Evbuomwan  NYK/CHA | 1 |
Top defensive rebounds leaders
The current 2025-26 Season NBA leaders in defensive rebounds are Karl-Anthony Towns (656, NYK), Nikola Jokić (644, DEN), Jalen Johnson (640, ATL), Victor Wembanyama (606, SAS), and Bam Adebayo (583, MIA).