celtics most rebounds by a player in a playoff game before 1959

Before 1958-59, Bill Russell had the most rebounds for the Celtics in a playoff game, with 40 rebounds in Game 3 of the 1958 Division Finals against the Philadelphia Warriors.

	NAME	REB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	40	3/23/1958	BOS	vs	PHI	48	14	6	6	17	35.3	2	2	100.0	39.1	3
2	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	4/13/1957	BOS	vs	STL	54	19	2	7	17	41.2	5	10	50.0	44.4	5
3	Bill Russell B. Russell	31	3/21/1957	BOS	vs	SYR	33	16		7	15	46.7	2	7	28.6	44.2	5
4	Bill Russell B. Russell	30	3/27/1958	BOS	vs	PHI	46	18	2	6	19	31.6	6	6	100.0	41.6	4
5	Bill Russell B. Russell	30	3/23/1957	BOS	@	SYR	44	20	7	7	18	38.9	6	7	85.7	47.4	4
6	Bill Russell B. Russell	29	3/29/1958	BOS	vs	STL	40	14		4	15	26.7	6	13	46.2	33.8	4
7	Bill Russell B. Russell	28	3/22/1958	BOS	@	PHI	41	16	2	7	21	33.3	2	5	40.0	34.5	2
8	Bill Russell B. Russell	27	3/30/1958	BOS	vs	STL	43	22		7	15	46.7	8	10	80.0	56.7	2
9	Bill Russell B. Russell	25	3/19/1958	BOS	vs	PHI	39	18	1	6	11	54.5	6	11	54.5	56.8	2
10	Bill Russell B. Russell	25	3/31/1957	BOS	vs	STL	31	11		5	15	33.3	1	3	33.3	33.7	3
11	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	23	4/13/1957	BOS	vs	STL	45	37	2	17	33	51.5	3	11	27.3	48.9	6
12	Bill Russell B. Russell	23	4/11/1957	BOS	@	STL	46	17		5	16	31.3	7	12	58.3	39.9	4
13	Bill Russell B. Russell	23	4/9/1957	BOS	vs	STL	36	14	3	5	15	33.3	4	6	66.7	39.7	5
14	Bill Russell B. Russell	23	3/24/1957	BOS	vs	SYR	41	10		4	14	28.6	2	4	50.0	31.7	2
15	Bill Russell B. Russell	21	3/26/1958	BOS	@	PHI	44	12	4	6	16	37.5	0	4	0.0	33.8	1
16	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	20	4/9/1958	BOS	vs	STL	34	18	4	4	17	23.5	10	11	90.9	41.2	6
17	Bill Russell B. Russell	20	4/7/1957	BOS	@	STL	44	17	5	7	10	70.0	3	7	42.9	65.0	3
18	Jim Loscutoff J. Loscutoff	20	3/24/1957	BOS	vs	SYR	38	14		6	16	37.5	2	3	66.7	40.4	4
19	Bill Russell B. Russell	19	4/6/1957	BOS	@	STL	38	8		4	15	26.7	0	1	0.0	25.9	4
20	Bill Russell B. Russell	18	3/30/1957	BOS	vs	STL	42	7	4	3	13	23.1	1	4	25.0	23.7	6
21	Jack Nichols J. Nichols	18	3/17/1956	BOS	vs	SYR	35	9	8	4	15	26.7	1	2	50.0	28.3	5
22	Arnie Risen A. Risen	17	3/19/1956	BOS	@	SYR	30	14	1	5	14	35.7	4	5	80.0	43.2	5
23	Arnie Risen A. Risen	15	3/21/1956	BOS	vs	SYR	37	14	1	4	12	33.3	6	9	66.7	43.9	5
24	Bob Brannum B. Brannum	15	3/26/1955	BOS	vs	SYR	34	5	2	2	13	15.4	1	4	25.0	16.9	5
25	Bob Harris B. Harris	15	3/21/1953	BOS	vs	SYR	35	14	3	4	6	66.7	6	6	100.0	81.0	6