most rebounds by a player in a game since 1965

Since 1964-65, Bill Russell has grabbed the most rebounds in a game, with 49 boards against the Pistons on March 11, 1965.

Interpreted as:

most rebounds by a player in a regular-season game since 1965

	NAME	REB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	49	3/11/1965	BOS		DET	48	27	6			11	24	45.8	5	7	71.4	49.9			1
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	43	3/6/1965	PHI	vs	BOS	48	27	8			10	22	45.5	7	17	41.2	45.8			4
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	42	3/7/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	53	12	6			3	8	37.5	6	12	50.0	45.2			2
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	42	1/14/1966	PHI	vs	BOS	48	37	6			15	28	53.6	7	14	50.0	54.2			2
5	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	42	11/9/1965	SFW	vs	DET	48	18	3			6	17	35.3	6	13	46.2	39.6			2
6	Bill Russell B. Russell	41	3/14/1965	BOS	vs	SFW	48	20	4			6	16	37.5	8	9	88.9	50.1			3
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	40	12/28/1965	PHI	vs	BOS	48	31	6			11	25	44.0	9	12	75.0	51.2			2
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	40	11/22/1964	SFW	vs	DET	48	50	0			21	39	53.8	8	21	38.1	51.8			1
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	38	3/9/1969	LAL	vs	BAL		25	7			12	16	75.0	1	8	12.5	64.0			4
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	38	12/20/1967	PHI	@	SEA	45	53	6			20	23	87.0	13	26	50.0	76.9			2
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	38	3/2/1967	PHI	vs	SFW	48	24	13			8	20	40.0	8	17	47.1	43.7			2
12	Bill Russell B. Russell	38	3/3/1965	BOS	vs	LAL	48	10	5			4	15	26.7	2	5	40.0	29.1			3
13	Bill Russell B. Russell	38	1/30/1965	BOS	@	NYK		12	6			4			4	12	33.3
14	Moses Malone M. Malone	37	2/9/1979	HOU	@	NOJ	44	33	2	1	2	12	24	50.0	9	13	69.2	55.5	19	18	3
15	Tom Boerwinkle T. Boerwinkle	37	1/8/1970	CHI	vs	PHX	35	22	1			10	14	71.4	2	3	66.7	71.8			5
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	37	12/1/1967	PHI		SEA	48	52	2			22	29	75.9	8	30	26.7	61.6			3
17	Bill Russell B. Russell	37	12/23/1966	BOS	vs	STL	43	11	6			3	8	37.5	5	7	71.4	49.6			3
18	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	37	12/20/1966	SFW	vs	LAL	43	23	4			9	20	45.0	5	10	50.0	47.1			2
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	37	3/3/1966	PHI	vs	SFW	48	62	3			26	39	66.7	10	19	52.6	65.5			2
20	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	37	1/20/1965	CIN	@	DET		18				5	16	31.3	8	11	72.7	43.2			5
21	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	37	12/4/1964	BAL	vs	STL	48	37				13	28	46.4	11	14	78.6	54.2
22	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	37	10/27/1964	SFW	vs	BAL	48	28	1			14	26	53.8	0	6	0.0	48.9			4
23	Bill Russell B. Russell	36	10/18/1968	BOS	@	DET	47	9				4			1	5	20.0
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	36	2/28/1967	PHI		CIN	45	28	9			11	14	78.6	6	13	46.2	71.0			1
25	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	36	3/9/1966	PHI	vs	STL	48	31	5			13	25	52.0	5	13	38.5	50.5			3

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