highest rebounds in the nba finals

Bill Russell has gotten the most career boards in the NBA Finals, with 1,718 rebounds.

Interpreted as:
highest rebounds by a player in the NBA finals
NAMEREBSERIESGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Bill Russell
B. Russell
1,718
NBA Finals
70
45.5
16.4
24.5
5.9
13.0
45.6
4.6
7.5
61.3
50.5
3,185
1,151
225
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
862
NBA Finals
35
47.3
18.6
24.6
3.8
7.5
13.5
55.9
3.5
9.4
37.7
52.9
1,657
652
134
101
3Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
593
NBA Finals
44
42.0
26.4
13.5
10.0
23.5
42.7
6.3
8.3
75.5
48.6
1,850
1,161
140
4LeBron James
L. James
561
NBA Finals
55
42.5
28.4
10.2
7.8
1.7
0.8
10.7
22.1
48.4
1.8
5.2
35.2
5.2
7.1
73.1
56.3
1.9
8.3
3.9
2,337
1,562
430
93
46
217
130
-86
5Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
507
NBA Finals
56
37.2
23.5
9.1
3.2
0.9
2.2
9.7
18.6
52.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.1
5.8
70.0
55.6
2.4
5.9
2.7
2,082
1,317
181
45
116
121
196
6Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
473
NBA Finals
52
30.8
19.9
9.1
7.8
19.5
40.1
4.3
5.7
74.2
45.1
1,602
1,035
209
7Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
452
NBA Finals
34
39.6
20.8
13.3
2.8
0.8
2.4
7.9
16.2
48.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
5.1
7.1
71.6
53.8
3.7
9.6
2.8
1,346
708
94
27
81
96
85
+157
8Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
416
NBA Finals
25
41.5
28.4
16.6
9.6
23.0
41.8
9.1
12.0
75.4
50.0
1,037
709
77
9Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
397
NBA Finals
50
40.9
19.4
7.9
11.7
2.0
0.3
6.8
13.1
51.6
0.2
0.8
23.7
5.7
6.5
87.4
60.7
1.8
6.2
3.8
2,044
971
584
102
16
190
147
10Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
393
NBA Finals
30
42.3
28.8
13.1
3.4
0.5
2.1
11.3
18.8
60.2
0.0
0.0
6.2
12.7
48.4
59.0
4.0
9.1
3.4
1,268
865
103
16
62
101
109
+34
11Larry Bird
L. Bird
361
NBA Finals
31
42.8
23.1
11.6
6.0
2.0
0.8
8.4
18.3
45.8
0.6
1.5
42.2
5.7
6.5
87.2
54.5
2.5
9.1
2.9
1,326
716
187
63
24
91
80
12John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
350
NBA Finals
47
39.8
21.7
7.4
4.1
1.2
0.2
8.3
19.7
42.1
5.1
6.0
84.8
48.5
1.7
5.0
1,872
1,020
195
15
3
154
13Sam Jones
S. Jones
312
NBA Finals
64
29.2
17.9
4.9
7.2
15.5
46.1
3.5
4.3
82.2
51.2
1,871
1,143
151
14Draymond Green
D. Green
300
NBA Finals
33
38.5
11.5
9.1
6.6
1.8
1.0
4.0
9.7
41.4
1.1
3.8
28.0
2.5
3.3
74.5
51.9
1.5
7.6
2.6
1,269
381
219
59
32
87
138
+140
15Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
294
NBA Finals
33
27.8
4.9
8.9
1.3
0.8
0.4
1.8
3.8
48.0
0.0
0.2
14.3
1.2
2.2
56.3
51.5
3.2
5.7
1.3
918
163
42
26
14
42
129
+4
16Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
292
NBA Finals
35
42.0
19.0
8.3
5.9
1.9
1.1
7.0
16.5
42.5
0.9
3.3
25.6
4.1
5.4
74.7
50.1
2.8
5.6
3.3
1,470
664
207
67
39
117
118
+38
17Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
282
NBA Finals
20
41.3
11.4
14.1
4.1
0.9
0.5
4.7
10.0
47.2
2.0
3.3
59.1
49.8
3.7
9.2
1.3
825
227
82
14
8
15
68
18Jerry West
J. West
277
NBA Finals
55
43.3
30.5
5.0
5.6
11.1
24.2
45.9
8.3
10.0
82.6
53.3
2,380
1,679
306
159
19Tom Sanders
T. Sanders
277
NBA Finals
43
26.2
10.5
6.4
1.2
4.3
9.3
46.1
1.9
2.6
73.5
50.3
1,126
453
50
179
20Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
269
NBA Finals
25
37.0
23.0
10.8
8.0
17.9
45.0
7.0
8.4
83.3
53.4
926
576
109
21Robert Parish
R. Parish
260
NBA Finals
31
32.9
15.4
8.4
1.3
1.0
1.7
6.3
13.1
48.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.7
4.4
63.0
51.2
2.8
5.6
2.1
1,020
477
40
32
54
65
108
22Kevin McHale
K. McHale
230
NBA Finals
31
32.5
17.9
7.4
1.4
0.3
1.4
6.8
12.5
54.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.4
5.7
76.8
59.9
2.7
4.7
2.3
1,009
556
43
10
44
70
95
23Paul Silas
P. Silas
229
NBA Finals
25
33.5
7.2
9.2
2.4
0.8
0.2
2.5
6.0
42.3
2.2
2.8
77.1
50.1
2.9
6.3
1.5
837
180
61
20
5
18
78
24Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
225
NBA Finals
11
44.0
12.8
20.5
2.4
4.5
13.2
33.8
3.9
5.8
67.2
40.7
484
141
26
35
25Horace Grant
H. Grant
224
NBA Finals
26
36.5
10.6
8.6
2.1
1.0
1.3
4.5
8.7
52.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.3
63.9
54.4
3.0
5.7
1.0
949
275
55
26
35
27
75
+14
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3.0
3
22
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.710
4.0
4
19
10
.655
6.0
5
19
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.655
6.0
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6.5
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10.0
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11.0
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.387
14.0
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.387
14.0
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15.0
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16.5
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.258
18.0
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