most rebounds by a rookie in a game past 1979

Mychal Thompson got the most rebounds by a rookie in a game in 1978-79, with 22 boards against the San Diego Clippers on November 3, 1978.

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NAMEREBDATETMOPPMINPTSASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
22
11/3/1978
vs
34
20
8
3
3
7
17
41.2
6
10
60.0
46.7
7
15
6
4
2Wayne Cooper
W. Cooper
18
4/8/1979
vs
35
17
0
0
0
7
14
50.0
3
3
100.0
55.5
4
14
1
1
3Rick Robey
R. Robey
18
3/30/1979
vs
38
25
7
0
0
11
25
44.0
3
4
75.0
46.7
8
10
4
5
4Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
18
10/17/1978
@
37
24
4
11
18
61.1
2
6
33.3
58.1
5
5Rick Robey
R. Robey
17
3/7/1979
@
29
12
3
0
0
5
13
38.5
2
2
100.0
43.2
6
11
2
5
6Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
17
10/31/1978
vs
38
18
8
2
3
8
16
50.0
2
2
100.0
53.3
2
15
4
2
7Rick Robey
R. Robey
16
4/8/1979
vs
43
24
5
3
0
11
17
64.7
2
2
100.0
67.1
3
13
6
3
8Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
16
4/3/1979
@
34
12
0
0
0
5
13
38.5
2
2
100.0
43.2
6
10
1
4
9Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
16
3/29/1979
@
26
16
2
3
0
8
11
72.7
0
0
72.7
6
10
3
2
10Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
16
3/11/1979
@
36
25
1
1
1
10
15
66.7
5
11
45.5
63.0
5
11
8
2
11Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
16
11/11/1978
@
40
7
3
3
7
42.9
1
2
50.0
44.4
3
12Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
16
10/21/1978
@
45
16
1
7
14
50.0
2
5
40.0
49.4
3
13Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
15
3/9/1979
@
40
31
4
0
5
14
28
50.0
3
5
60.0
51.3
6
9
1
2
14Wayne Cooper
W. Cooper
15
12/6/1978
vs
31
22
1
2
3
11
16
68.8
0
0
68.8
7
8
0
2
15Rick Robey
R. Robey
15
12/6/1978
vs
36
28
3
0
1
9
13
69.2
10
10
100.0
80.5
6
9
2
5
16Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
15
11/18/1978
vs
34
21
2
1
1
9
14
64.3
3
8
37.5
59.9
4
11
4
4
17George Johnson
G. Johnson
14
4/1/1979
vs
34
18
1
1
2
9
10
90.0
0
0
90.0
5
9
3
4
18Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
14
3/25/1979
vs
47
23
4
3
7
11
24
45.8
1
4
25.0
44.6
6
8
3
4
19Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
14
1/2/1979
@
25
25
0
1
1
10
13
76.9
5
6
83.3
79.9
2
2
20Rick Robey
R. Robey
14
12/8/1978
vs
32
23
1
6
11
54.5
11
13
84.6
68.8
7
4
21Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
14
11/2/1978
vs
40
14
2
6
11
54.5
2
2
100.0
58.9
6
8
2
22Wayne Cooper
W. Cooper
14
10/25/1978
@
27
10
2
0
0
4
14
28.6
2
2
100.0
33.6
7
7
3
3
23Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
14
10/24/1978
vs
41
29
1
3
2
12
19
63.2
5
8
62.5
64.4
3
11
1
4
24Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
13
4/8/1979
vs
38
12
1
3
3
5
20
25.0
2
2
100.0
28.7
4
9
3
1
25Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
13
3/28/1979
vs
34
25
0
0
3
12
25
48.0
1
2
50.0
48.3
6
7
1
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1982-83 season.

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