Wilt Chamberlain has gotten the most career rebounds, with 23,924 boards.

Interpreted as:

most rebounds by a player in the NBA career total

	NAME	REB	GP	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	23,924	1,045	47,859	31,419	4,643			12,681	23,497	54.0				6,057	11,862	51.1	54.7				2,075		45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4
2	Bill Russell B. Russell	21,620	963	40,726	14,522	4,100			5,687	12,930	44.0				3,148	5,614	56.1	47.1				2,592		42.3	15.1	22.5	4.3
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	17,440	1,560	57,446	38,387	5,660	1,160	3,189	15,837	28,307	55.9	1	18	5.6	6,712	9,304	72.1	59.2	2,975	9,394	2,527	4,657		36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	2.7
4	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	16,279	1,303	50,000	27,313	2,398	864	1,771	10,976	24,272	45.2	5	34	14.7	5,356	7,999	67.0	49.1	2,778	6,973	1,358	4,193		38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	2.4
5	Moses Malone M. Malone	16,212	1,329	45,071	27,409	1,796	1,089	1,733	9,435	19,225	49.1	8	80	10.0	8,531	11,090	76.9	56.9	6,731	9,481	3,804	3,076		33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	3.1
6	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	15,091	1,392	47,368	26,496	4,225	1,025	3,020	10,285	20,334	50.6	30	168	17.9	5,896	8,468	69.6	55.1	3,859	11,232	3,381	3,304	+8910	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	2.4
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	14,968	1,476	54,852	36,928	5,248	2,085	1,145	13,528	26,210	51.6	85	310	27.4	9,787	13,188	74.2	57.7	3,562	11,406	4,524	4,578	+3010	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	3.1
8	Robert Parish R. Parish	14,715	1,611	45,704	23,334	2,180	1,219	2,361	9,614	17,914	53.7	0	6	0.0	4,106	5,694	72.1	57.1	4,598	10,117	3,183	4,443	+105	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	2.1
9	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	14,662	1,462	50,418	26,071	5,445	1,859	2,037	10,505	21,142	49.7	174	632	27.5	4,887	6,190	78.9	54.6	3,209	11,453	3,179	3,561	+4913	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	2.2
10	Dwight Howard D. Howard	14,627	1,242	39,435	19,485	1,676	1,081	2,228	7,051	12,016	58.7	22	103	21.4	5,361	9,455	56.7	60.2	4,151	10,476	3,302	3,912	+2878	31.8	15.7	11.8	1.3	0.9	1.8	2.7
11	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	14,464	964	35,881	14,437	2,575	125	553	5,521	13,105	42.1				3,395	5,089	66.7	47.0	744	1,827		2,624		37.2	15.0	15.0	2.7	0.5	2.1
12	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	14,241	1,043	38,940	20,941	2,544	52	48	7,914	15,340	51.6				5,113	8,088	63.2	55.4	264	481		3,536		37.3	20.1	13.7	2.4	0.7	0.6
13	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	13,769	984	35,832	10,624	3,822	628	367	4,369	8,586	50.9	3	6	50.0	1,883	2,976	63.3	53.7	2,085	4,974	579	2,762		36.4	10.8	14.0	3.9	1.1	0.6	1.9
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	13,748	1,238	44,222	26,946	3,058	2,162	3,830	10,749	20,991	51.2	25	124	20.2	5,423	7,621	71.2	55.3	4,034	9,714	3,667	4,383	+564	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	3.0
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	13,099	1,207	41,918	28,596	3,026	739	2,732	11,330	19,457	58.2	1	22	4.5	5,935	11,252	52.7	58.6	4,209	8,890	3,310	4,146	+4887	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	2.7
16	Buck Williams B. Williams	13,017	1,307	42,464	16,784	1,646	1,080	1,100	6,404	11,661	54.9	5	30	16.7	3,971	5,979	66.4	58.7	4,526	8,491	2,784	4,267	+155	32.5	12.8	10.0	1.3	0.8	0.8	2.1
17	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	12,942	829	32,131	14,053	2,730	28	24	5,709	11,441	49.9				2,635	3,365	78.3	54.4	62	312		2,389		38.8	17.0	15.6	3.3	0.4	0.3
18	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	12,849	792	30,690	20,880	2,369			7,349	16,872	43.6				6,182	8,119	76.1	51.1				2,529		38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0
19	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	12,546	1,073	39,330	23,757	4,215	1,648	888	8,435	15,605	54.1	538	2,020	26.6	6,349	8,643	73.5	61.2	4,260	8,286	3,376	3,287	+532	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	3.1
20	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	12,359	1,196	36,791	11,729	1,240	494	3,289	4,169	8,045	51.8	0	2	0.0	3,391	4,960	68.4	57.3	3,808	8,551	2,173	3,383	+1607	30.8	9.8	10.3	1.0	0.4	2.8	1.8
21	Paul Silas P. Silas	12,357	1,254	34,989	11,782	2,572	358	138	4,293	9,949	43.2	0	0		3,196	4,748	67.3	48.9	2,035	3,213	333	3,105		27.9	9.4	9.9	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.4
22	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	12,205	1,282	40,280	12,417	3,217	1,351	384	4,835	10,263	47.1	68	269	25.3	2,679	3,522	76.1	52.6	3,924	8,281	2,785	4,421	+171	31.4	9.7	9.5	2.5	1.1	0.3	2.2
23	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	11,954	911	28,839	6,683	1,600	611	531	2,766	5,310	52.1	82	355	23.1	1,069	1,832	58.4	54.6	4,329	7,625	1,484	2,843	+827	31.7	7.3	13.1	1.8	0.7	0.6	1.6
24	Kevin Willis K. Willis	11,901	1,424	38,362	17,253	1,328	958	751	7,095	14,572	48.7	40	190	21.1	3,023	4,238	71.3	52.5	4,132	7,769	2,520	4,172	-825	26.9	12.1	8.4	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.8
25	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	11,607	1,183	40,594	24,815	2,215	1,136	2,894	9,702	19,241	50.4	19	125	15.2	5,392	7,289	74.0	55.3	2,752	8,855	3,537	4,034	+412	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	3.0