Charles Oakley has the most offensive rebounds by a rookie in a game, with 18 rebounds against the Bucks on March 15, 1986.

Interpreted as:

most orbs in a regular-season game by a rookie

	NAME	OREB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	18	3/15/1986	CHI	vs	MIL	44	35	26	7	3	1	14	27	51.9	0	0		7	9	77.8	56.5	8	4	3
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	15	2/14/1985	HOU	@	NYK	44	30	25	0	3	3	10	20	50.0	0	0		10	18	55.6	53.7	10	4	5
3	Joe Smith J. Smith	14	2/5/1996	GSW	@	LAC	38	23	16	1	0	1	10	17	58.8	0	0		3	4	75.0	61.3	2	0	1
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	14	1/6/1985	HOU	@	UTA	37	29	18	1	0	2	12	21	57.1	0	0		5	6	83.3	61.3	4	3	4
5	Larry Smith L. Smith	14	3/28/1981	GSW	vs	DEN	45	23	31	5	1	0	10	19	52.6	0	0		3	8	37.5	51.1	17	1	5
6	Alex Stepheson A. Stepheson	13	3/14/2016	MEM	@	HOU	25	12	15	0	0	0	5	17	29.4	0	0		2	8	25.0	29.2	2	0	6	-15
7	Clifford Rozier C. Rozier	13	4/20/1995	GSW	vs	SAC	33	15	19	1	1	0	4	14	28.6	0	1	0.0	7	11	63.6	39.8	6	6	4
8	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	13	2/3/1992	DEN	@	MIN	45	39	21	4	1	2	12	21	57.1	0	0		15	21	71.4	64.5	8	2	3
9	Michael Ansley M. Ansley	13	2/1/1990	ORL	@	MIL	31	24	16	2	1	0	11	23	47.8	0	0		2	3	66.7	49.3	3	2	3
10	Larry Smith L. Smith	13	3/25/1981	GSW	vs	SDC	42	9	24	2	2	1	3	13	23.1	0	0		3	5	60.0	29.6	11	1	3
11	Larry Smith L. Smith	13	2/4/1981	GSW	vs	POR	40	8	25	2	1	1	2	13	15.4	0	0		4	9	44.4	23.6	12	2	2
12	John Drew J. Drew	13	12/28/1974	ATL	vs	LAL	39	40	25	7			12	24	50.0				16	19	84.2	61.8	12		4
13	Tari Eason T. Eason	12	2/1/2023	HOU	vs	OKC	19	20	13	1	3	2	8	21	38.1	1	2	50.0	3	3	100.0	44.8	1	2	4	+1
14	Popeye Jones P. Jones	12	3/10/1994	DAL	@	LAL	17	10	12	1	2	0	5	8	62.5	0	0		0	0		62.5	0	1	1
15	Popeye Jones P. Jones	12	11/9/1993	DAL	vs	NJN	43	12	17	5	0	5	4	9	44.4	0	0		4	4	100.0	55.8	5	5	4
16	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	12	4/12/1986	SEA	vs	GSW	37	36	17	1	2	0	16	26	61.5	0	0		4	4	100.0	64.8	5	4	4
17	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	12	3/15/1981	GSW	vs	SAS	50	37	21	2	0	1	14	27	51.9	0	0		9	12	75.0	57.3	9	1	2
18	Mark Landsberger M. Landsberger	12	3/31/1978	CHI	vs	DET	36	25	19	0	1	0	11	18	61.1				3	5	60.0	61.9	7	3	2
19	Taj Gibson T. Gibson	11	2/17/2010	CHI	@	NYK	30	14	16	0	0	3	7	13	53.8	0	0		0	0		53.8	5	4	2	+12
20	Dwight Howard D. Howard	11	2/10/2005	ORL	vs	ATL	41	15	20	0	2	1	5	11	45.5	0	0		5	7	71.4	53.3	9	2	4	+8
21	Emeka Okafor E. Okafor	11	12/26/2004	CHA	@	NYK	39	23	15	0	2	1	7	14	50.0	0	0		9	12	75.0	59.6	4	2	1	-6
22	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	11	2/23/2004	DEN	@	MEM	35	26	14	0	1	0	9	25	36.0	0	1	0.0	8	11	72.7	43.6	3	5	4	0
23	Travis Knight T. Knight	11	1/24/1997	LAL	vs	GSW	28	16	15	1	2	1	7	10	70.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	68.0	4	0	0	+15
24	Joe Smith J. Smith	11	2/7/1996	GSW	vs	CHI	45	23	20	3	0	0	9	16	56.3	0	0		5	6	83.3	61.7	9	5	3
25	Chris Webber C. Webber	11	3/1/1994	GSW	vs	LAC	38	26	18	6	2	4	13	24	54.2	0	0		0	0		54.2	7	1	4