most rebounds by a player in one game past 1970

Tom Boerwinkle got the most boards in a game in 1969-70, with 37 rebounds versus the Suns on January 8, 1970.

Interpreted as:
most rebounds by a player in one regular-season game past 1970
NAMEREBDATETMOPPMINPTSASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Tom Boerwinkle
T. Boerwinkle
37
1/8/1970
CHI CHI
vs
PHX PHX
35
22
1
10
14
71.4
2
3
66.7
71.8
5
2Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
30
3/20/1970
BAL BAL
@
CHI CHI
39
16
13
7
7
100.0
2
2
100.0
101.5
3
3Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
30
10/18/1969
SFW SFW
vs
SDR SDR
53
13
8
6
22
27.3
1
1
100.0
29.0
4
4Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
29
3/11/1970
BAL BAL
@
SFW SFW
49
14
1
7
23
30.4
0
0
30.4
4
5Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
29
3/6/1970
SDR SDR
@
NYK NYK
46
33
1
13
31
41.9
7
9
77.8
47.2
2
6Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
29
11/25/1969
SFW SFW
@
SEA SEA
48
29
2
11
20
55.0
7
8
87.5
61.6
5
7Otto Moore
O. Moore
28
3/17/1970
DET DET
vs
NYK NYK
48
13
0
5
15
33.3
3
4
75.0
38.8
4
8Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
28
3/10/1970
SFW SFW
@
LAL LAL
48
17
6
8
17
47.1
1
3
33.3
46.4
3
9Bill Bridges
B. Bridges
28
11/29/1969
ATL ATL
vs
CIN CIN
45
19
11
8
13
61.5
3
3
100.0
66.3
3
10Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
27
3/21/1970
BAL BAL
vs
SFW SFW
42
15
4
5
14
35.7
5
8
62.5
42.8
2
11Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
27
3/3/1970
ATL ATL
vs
LAL LAL
44
14
2
6
15
40.0
2
8
25.0
37.8
3
12Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
27
2/14/1970
SDR SDR
vs
SFW SFW
45
41
2
16
23
69.6
9
14
64.3
70.3
1
13Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
27
11/1/1969
MIL MIL
@
NYK NYK
48
36
1
15
35
42.9
6
11
54.5
45.2
3
14Dave DeBusschere
D. DeBusschere
26
3/10/1970
NYK NYK
vs
SEA SEA
34
4
4
2
17
11.8
0
6
0.0
10.2
3
15Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
26
2/20/1970
BAL BAL
vs
DET DET
20
7
6
8
75.0
3
16Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
26
2/10/1970
SFW SFW
vs
ATL ATL
48
22
5
11
19
57.9
0
0
57.9
4
17Willis Reed
W. Reed
26
2/3/1970
NYK NYK
vs
SFW SFW
38
21
1
9
22
40.9
3
4
75.0
44.2
3
18Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
26
12/23/1969
SDR SDR
vs
LAL LAL
48
32
4
11
26
42.3
10
13
76.9
50.4
5
19Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
26
12/3/1969
SFW SFW
vs
DET DET
48
20
6
6
22
27.3
8
12
66.7
36.7
3
20Happy Hairston
H. Hairston
26
11/30/1969
LAL LAL
vs
CHI CHI
53
27
6
11
25
44.0
5
7
71.4
48.1
5
21Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
25
3/20/1970
SFW SFW
@
CIN CIN
48
31
2
14
26
53.8
3
5
60.0
55.0
2
22Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
25
3/17/1970
SDR SDR
vs
BOS BOS
30
3
12
20
60.0
6
7
85.7
65.0
0
23Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
25
3/11/1970
SFW SFW
vs
BAL BAL
54
9
3
4
16
25.0
1
1
100.0
27.4
2
24Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
25
3/9/1970
SDR SDR
PHI PHI
48
32
1
13
22
59.1
6
10
60.0
60.6
5
25Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
25
3/4/1970
SFW SFW
@
BOS BOS
44
10
5
3
11
27.3
4
6
66.7
36.7
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1982-83 season.

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