Career Defensive Rebounds Per Game Leaders Rank Player Games Def Reb DefRPG* 1 Dave Cowens 484 4,921 10.17 2 Larry Bird 897 7,217 8.05 3 Paul Silas 245 1,918 7.83 4 Robert Parish 1106 7,601 6.87 5 Antoine Walker 514 3,237 6.30 6 Dino Radja 224 1,386 6.19 7 Sidney Wicks 163 1,006 6.17 8 Paul Pierce 350 1,806 5.16 9 Kevin McHale 971 4,764 4.91 10 Bill Walton 90 428 4.76 11 Eric Montross 139 603 4.34 12 Cedric Maxwell 607 2,405 3.96 13 Tony Battie 304 1,171 3.85 14 Curtis Rowe 183 667 3.64 15 John Havlicek 395 1,389 3.52 16 Vitaly Potapenko 273 933 3.42 17 Xavier McDaniel 232 785 3.38 18 Brian Shaw 178 581 3.26 19 Rick Robey 339 1,071 3.16 20 Ed Pinckney 340 1,065 3.13 21 Pervis Ellison 193 597 3.09 22 Don Nelson 236 723 3.06 23 Reggie Lewis 450 1,361 3.02 24 Charlie Scott 156 468 3.00 25 JoJo White 421 1,259 2.99 26 Joe Kleine 329 934 2.84 27 Jim Ard 204 555 2.72 28 Alton Lister 110 293 2.66 29 Rick Fox 444 1,167 2.63 30 Adrian Griffin 116 304 2.62 * - Minimum of 90 Games Played Record Index