most rebounds by a player in a game in 1977

Swen Nater grabbed the most rebounds in a game in 1976-77, with 33 boards against the Hawks on December 19, 1976.

Interpreted as:

most rebounds by a player in a regular-season game in 1977

	NAME	REB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Swen Nater S. Nater	33	12/19/1976	MIL	vs	ATL	41	30	2	1	1	10	20	50.0	10	15	66.7	56.4	15	18	3
2	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	29	12/7/1976	BUF	vs	IND	47	42	4			13	22	59.1	16	20	80.0	68.2	6	23	4
3	Moses Malone M. Malone	27	4/1/1977	HOU	@	WAS	45	20	0			8	19	42.1	4	5	80.0	47.2	12	15	1
4	Swen Nater S. Nater	26	2/9/1977	MIL	@	PHI	42	21	5	2	1	10	18	55.6	1	2	50.0	55.6	9	17	2
5	Bill Walton B. Walton	26	12/18/1976	POR	vs	LAL	47	28	3	0	4	10	24	41.7	8	12	66.7	47.8	9	17	3
6	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	25	3/22/1977	BOS	@	SAS	42	21	2	3	1	8	19	42.1	5	6	83.3	48.5	7	18	3
7	Paul Griffin P. Griffin	25	2/23/1977	NOJ	vs	MIL	45	13	7	1	2	4	11	36.4	5	6	83.3	47.7	8	17	5
8	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	25	2/4/1977	PHI	vs	NYN	41	26	3			11	24	45.8	4	5	80.0	49.6	9	16	5
9	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	25	11/11/1976	BUF	vs	DEN	45	22	4	0	3	9	23	39.1	4	9	44.4	40.8	6	19	3
10	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	24	3/23/1977	BOS	@	ATL	43	17	2			7	20	35.0	3	3	100.0	39.9			3
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	24	3/17/1977	HOU	@	CLE	41	15	3	0	0	4	13	30.8	7	8	87.5	45.4	11	13	3
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24	1/21/1977	LAL	vs	NYK	39	35	1			13	24	54.2	9	10	90.0	61.6			2
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24	11/7/1976	LAL	vs	KCK	40	24	8	0	3	11	16	68.8	2	4	50.0	67.6	1	23	2
14	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	24	10/28/1976	BOS	vs	BUF	41	13	8			6	13	46.2	1	2	50.0	46.8			5
15	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	23	2/8/1977	CHI	vs	SAS	35	24	1	1	5	10	17	58.8	4	4	100.0	64.0	6	17	3
16	Moses Malone M. Malone	23	1/27/1977	HOU	vs	DET	40	25	0	0	5	7	12	58.3	11	16	68.8	65.7			4
17	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	23	1/19/1977	PHI	vs	ATL	31	11	5			5	15	33.3	1	4	25.0	32.8			2
18	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	23	10/30/1976	BOS	@	SAS	43	20	4	3	1	8	18	44.4	4	5	80.0	49.5			5
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23	10/29/1976	LAL	vs	ATL	35	29	1		5	14	21	66.7	1	1	100.0	67.6			1
20	Leon Douglas L. Douglas	22	3/30/1977	DET	@	PHI	47	30	4			12	22	54.5	6	8	75.0	58.8			3
21	Moses Malone M. Malone	22	3/26/1977	HOU	vs	KCK	46	13	1	1	3	3	11	27.3	7	9	77.8	43.4			3
22	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	22	2/20/1977	NYK	@	NYN	40	22	3			8	18	44.4	6	9	66.7	50.1			3
23	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	22	2/17/1977	BOS	@	KCK	47	33	7	1	1	14	25	56.0	5	5	100.0	60.7			4
24	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	22	2/3/1977	POR	@	IND	44	35	7	2	1	13	24	54.2	9	10	90.0	61.6	9	13	3
25	Moses Malone M. Malone	22	1/21/1977	HOU	@	DET	41	17	1	2	4	6	17	35.3	5	11	45.5	38.9			1