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The 50 players with the most rebounds, 2002–2026

Every player on this list is ranked on one number: rebounds in the regular season between 2002 and 2026. That window is the whole of this site’s NBA data and it is not the whole of the league’s history.

Dwight HowardDwight Howard: 14,61114,611LeBron JamesLeBron James: 12,09812,098Tim DuncanTim Duncan: 11,61711,617Andre DrummondAndre Drummond: 11,49511,495Pau GasolPau Gasol: 11,29111,291DeAndre JordanDeAndre Jordan: 10,84710,847Nikola VucevicNikola Vucevic: 10,69810,698Rudy GobertRudy Gobert: 10,57310,573Tyson ChandlerTyson Chandler: 10,45210,452Kevin GarnettKevin Garnett: 10,39110,391Zach RandolphZach Randolph: 10,20810,208Dirk NowitzkiDirk Nowitzki: 10,03810,038Kevin LoveKevin Love: 9,7129,712Al HorfordAl Horford: 9,1539,153Jonas ValanciunasJonas Valanciunas: 9,0539,053
Rebounds — the leading 15. Every one of the 50 is in the table below.
#PlayerPosSeasonsReboundsGamesPointsAssists
1Dwight HowardC2005–202214,6111,32819,4421,673
2LeBron JamesF2004–202612,0981,68343,43512,012
3Tim DuncanC2002–201611,6171,16120,1313,400
4Andre DrummondC2013–202611,4951,03211,6781,186
5Pau GasolPF2002–202011,2911,36020,8763,917
6DeAndre JordanC2009–202610,8471,4129,5221,055
7Nikola VucevicC2012–202610,6981,09717,6563,016
8Rudy GobertC2014–202610,57396611,2871,251
9Tyson ChandlerC2002–202010,4521,4149,503966
10Kevin GarnettPF2002–201610,3911,14617,7913,712
11Zach RandolphF2002–201810,2081,31818,5782,049
12Dirk NowitzkiF2002–201910,0381,37027,9303,224
13Kevin LoveF2009–20269,7121,21915,6692,239
14Al HorfordC2008–20269,1531,30415,0673,740
15Jonas ValanciunasC2013–20269,0531,02212,8461,379
16Russell WestbrookG2009–20269,0141,32927,15510,348
17Nikola JokicC2016–20268,97781618,0096,080
18Giannis AntetokounmpoF2014–20268,90191921,5574,494
19Shawn MarionSG2002–20158,9001,09915,7801,965
20LaMarcus AldridgeC2007–20228,7241,15220,5292,073
21Anthony DavisF2013–20268,65490119,4082,070
22Kevin DurantF2008–20268,2471,22732,5645,277
23Carlos BoozerPF2003–20158,1921,02413,9761,928
24Karl-Anthony TownsC2016–20268,03574216,4002,264
25Ben WallacePF2002–20127,9998844,8331,209
26Carmelo AnthonyPF2004–20227,8011,37028,2443,418
27Al JeffersonC2005–20187,6811,06914,3271,345
28Paul MillsapPF2007–20227,6541,14514,4992,371
29Chris BoshPF2004–20167,57997417,1461,791
30Elton BrandPF2002–20167,4821,13813,7081,788
31Clint CapelaC2015–20267,3307848,236726
32David LeePF2006–20177,30793411,2121,816
33Marcus CambyC2002–20137,2168525,8731,516
34Domantas SabonisF2017–20267,09667210,7023,240
35Julius RandleF2015–20267,02481215,1843,108
36Brook LopezC2009–20267,0191,27318,1641,712
37Samuel DalembertC2002–20156,9329776,802465
38Lamar OdomPF2002–20136,84688410,1982,834
39James HardenG2010–20266,8091,26329,3398,873
40Antawn JamisonPF2002–20146,7751,01016,6921,473
41DeMarcus CousinsC2011–20226,66470712,8021,979
42Josh SmithPF2005–20186,65397012,9962,789
43Amar'e StoudemireC2003–20166,6321,03615,9941,050
44Thaddeus YoungF2008–20246,6141,31114,2252,135
45Marc GasolC2009–20216,60393512,5142,996
46David WestF2004–20186,5821,14114,0232,272
47Serge IbakaF2010–20236,50796111,013749
48Draymond GreenF2013–20266,4561,0058,2285,322
49Tristan ThompsonC2012–20256,4179066,804799
50Marcin GortatC2008–20196,4079157,951915

How this list is made

Ranked on rebounds in the regular season, 2002–2026. Players are ranked on that number alone and on nothing else: there is no judgement here about who was better. Where two are level they share a rank, and the list runs past fifty when fiftieth place is shared, because splitting a tie would mean choosing between them on no stated basis.

This is not an all-time list, and the gap is a large one. The figures begin in 2002: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West and Bill Russell are not in this data at all; Hakeem Olajuwon and Michael Jordan appear only for the part of their career that falls inside it. A ranking of the whole history of the league would look very different, which is why the years are in the title of this page.

Some of these totals are part of a career, not all of it. Tim Duncan, Pau Gasol, Tyson Chandler, Kevin Garnett, Zach Randolph and Dirk Nowitzki — and 7 others on this list — were already playing when these figures begin in 2002, so what is counted here starts part-way through. Their season tables show where this site’s figures start.

Some of these players are still playing. 20 of them appear in 2026, the last season counted, so their totals are not final either.

Counting statistics only. A rate — an average, a percentage — needs a minimum number of appearances before it means anything, and no such minimum is published that this site could cite. Inventing one would put a number nobody chose at the centre of a ranking. A total needs no cut-off: most goals is a fact with nothing hidden in it.

Player and team figures from hoopR open data, CC BY 4.0, counted from the box scores. Championships from Wikidata (public domain). Regular season only; the play-offs are counted separately where they appear at all.

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