Karl-Anthony Towns career defensive rebounds
5,990Career Regular Season
Karl-Anthony Towns has recorded 5,990 defensive rebounds over 11 regular seasons, 47th among 2,379 NBA players on file.
- Best season on file: 774 in 2017-18.
- Most recent: 656 in 2025-26.
Sum of 11 regular seasons, 2015-16 through 2025-26. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.
| PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | FG%: Share of shots from the floor that went in. League average sits near 47%. | 3P%: Share of three-point attempts that went in. League average sits near 36%. | FT%: Share of free throws that went in. League average sits near 78%. | TS%: Scoring per shot with threes and free throws counted: PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)). League average sits near 58%. | DR: Rebounds grabbed at the defensive end, which end the opponent's possession. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 |  MIN | 1,503 | 858 | 161 | 58 | 138 | 54.2 | 34.1 | 81.1 | 59.0 | 629 |
| 2016-17 | MIN | 2,061 | 1,007 | 220 | 56 | 103 | 54.2 | 36.7 | 83.2 | 61.8 | 711 |
| 2017-18 | MIN | 1,743 | 1,012 | 199 | 64 | 115 | 54.5 | 42.1 | 85.8 | 64.6 | 774 |
| 2018-19 | MIN | 1,880 | 954 | 259 | 67 | 125 | 51.8 | 40.0 | 83.6 | 62.2 | 691 |
| 2019-20 | MIN | 926 | 378 | 153 | 33 | 42 | 50.8 | 41.2 | 79.6 | 64.2 | 283 |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 1,239 | 529 | 225 | 39 | 57 | 48.6 | 38.7 | 85.9 | 61.2 | 396 |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 1,818 | 727 | 269 | 72 | 83 | 52.9 | 41.0 | 82.2 | 64.0 | 533 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 602 | 236 | 140 | 20 | 17 | 49.5 | 36.6 | 87.4 | 61.8 | 188 |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 1,349 | 515 | 189 | 43 | 41 | 50.4 | 41.6 | 87.3 | 62.5 | 421 |
| 2024-25 |  NY | 1,759 | 920 | 222 | 71 | 50 | 52.6 | 42.0 | 82.9 | 63.0 | 708 |
| 2025-26 | NY | 1,504 | 889 | 226 | 65 | 40 | 50.1 | 36.8 | 85.8 | 61.9 | 656, led the NBA |
What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS% · DR
Bold marks the best figure in the NBA that season, among players with at least 20 games.
