Andre Drummond has been a rebounding machine ever since stepping foot in the NBA. The Detroit Pistons big man has a career average of 12.9 rebounds per game, a shade below the Hall-of-Famer Dennis Rodman’s career mark of 13.1 boards.

After Drummond’s 21-rebound performance against the Indiana Pacers, he now has 35 career games with 20 or more rebounds. And according to Reddit user The_Jims, that now puts him in a tie with another Hall-of-Famer, the great Shaquille O’Neal, for 11th in NBA history in career 20-rebound games.

That certainly is quite an achievement for Drummond, who is only 24 years old and has been in the league for just five-plus seasons. To have as many 20-rebound games during that short span of time as Shaq did during his storied 19-year career is hard to fathom.

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Although, Shaq was never that prolific of a rebounder despite his immense size. After averaging 13-plus rebounds per game in his first two seasons in the league, he only had one other season with 13 boards per game.

In contrast, Drummond has averaged at least 13 rebounds for the last four full seasons, and is currently leading the NBA this year with a 15.1 mark.

Drummond’s continued dominance on the boards — not to mention his radically improved free-throw shooting — have both been a major reason for the 8-3 Pistons’ surprising early-season success. At the rate he’s going, he’ll finish with a handful more 20-rebound outings before the season’s done.