most rebounds by a player in a game in the 80s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Charles Oakley grabbed the most rebounds in a game, with 35 rebounds versus the Cavaliers on April 22, 1988.

Interpreted as:

most rebounds by a player in a regular-season game in the 80s

	NAME	REB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	35	4/22/1988	CHI	vs	CLE	41	26	3	1	0	10	16	62.5	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	69.7	16	19	6	2
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	32	2/11/1982	HOU	vs	SEA	44	38	2	3	0	17	35	48.6	0	0		4	7	57.1	49.9	21	11	4	3
3	Swen Nater S. Nater	32	12/14/1979	SDC	vs	DEN	44	12	3	1	1	5	11	45.5	0	0		2	2	100.0	50.5	7	25	7	4
4	Larry Smith L. Smith	31	3/28/1981	GSW	vs	DEN	45	23	5	1	0	10	19	52.6	0	0		3	8	37.5	51.1	14	17	1	5
5	Michael Cage M. Cage	30	4/24/1988	LAC	vs	SEA	48	8	3	1	3	1	8	12.5	0	0		6	6	100.0	37.6	11	19	3	3
6	Herb Williams H. Williams	29	1/23/1989	IND	vs	DEN	40	21	1	1	3	9	21	42.9	0	0		3	5	60.0	45.3	4	25	0	2
7	Moses Malone M. Malone	29	10/17/1979	HOU	vs	IND	40	44	0	1	2	16	22	72.7	0	0		12	14	85.7	78.1	16	13	8	3
8	Swen Nater S. Nater	28	1/12/1980	SDC	vs	UTA	46	8	5	3	1	4	9	44.4	0	0		0	4	0.0	37.2	8	20	2	4
9	Moses Malone M. Malone	28	11/10/1979	HOU	vs	DET	46	18	5	3	1	6	20	30.0	0			6	9	66.7	37.6	14	14	4	3
10	Buck Williams B. Williams	27	2/1/1987	NJN	@	GSW	60	18	2	0	1	7	13	53.8	0	0		4	4	100.0	61.0	5	22	2	4
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	27	3/25/1984	PHI	vs	BOS	46	32	1	0	1	11	25	44.0	0	0		10	12	83.3	52.8	15	12	7	3
12	Swen Nater S. Nater	27	12/7/1979	SDC	@	LAL	44	28	4	1	0	11	20	55.0	0	0		6	7	85.7	60.7	8	19	2	3
13	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	26	3/15/1986	CHI	vs	MIL	44	35	7	3	1	14	27	51.9	0	0		7	9	77.8	56.5	18	8	4	3
14	Moses Malone M. Malone	26	2/3/1981	HOU	vs	DEN	44	38	3	1	2	15	33	45.5	0	0		8	11	72.7	50.2	8	18	9	5
15	Moses Malone M. Malone	26	10/23/1980	HOU	vs	KCK	44	30	0	0	4	9	18	50.0	0			12	17	70.6	58.9	10	16		1
16	Moses Malone M. Malone	26	10/21/1980	HOU	@	DEN	41	41	1	1	0	12	20	60.0	0	0		17	21	81.0	70.1	8	18		4
17	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	26	3/11/1980	ATL	vs	PHI	47	28	4		1	9	18	50.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	61.3	9	17		4
18	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	26	2/24/1980	NJN	vs	SAS	46	23	10	1	2	8	18	44.4	0	0		7	8	87.5	53.4	8	18	10	5
19	Swen Nater S. Nater	26	1/8/1980	SDC	@	KCK	46	9	4	0	0	2	8	25.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	42.3	3	23	2	3
20	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	25	3/15/1989	UTA	vs	POR	46	12	4	0	6	4	10	40.0	0	0		4	6	66.7	47.5	10	15	1	5
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25	2/21/1989	HOU	@	NYK	41	29	3	1	3	13	24	54.2	0	1	0.0	3	7	42.9	53.5	8	17	3	4
22	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	25	11/17/1987	UTA	vs	DEN	36	6	0	0	7	3	9	33.3	0	0		0	2	0.0	30.4	6	19	0	5
23	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	25	3/24/1987	PHI	@	CHI	47	17	6	2	3	6	15	40.0	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	48.2	11	14	6	6
24	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	25	3/20/1987	PHI	vs	DEN	41	26	9	3	2	10	16	62.5	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	68.1	16	9	4	2
25	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	25	1/17/1987	SAS	vs	UTA	37	12	4	0	2	3	7	42.9	0	0		6	8	75.0	57.0	6	19	2	2