most rebounds by a rookie in a game with less than 38 minutes played

Bill Russell has grabbed the most boards by a rookie in a game with fewer than 38 minutes played, with 34 boards against the Philadelphia Warriors on December 26, 1956.

Interpreted as:
most rebounds by a rookie in a regular-season game with less than 38 minutes played
NAME REB MIN DATE TM OPP PTS AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Bill Russell
B. Russell
34
26
12/26/1956
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
15
4
6
13
46.2
3
6
50.0
48.0
6
2 Bill Russell
B. Russell
32
37
12/30/1956
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
20
2
8
19
42.1
4
10
40.0
42.7
3
3 Bill Russell
B. Russell
31
35
1/6/1957
BOS BOS
vs
FTW FTW
18
2
7
16
43.8
4
8
50.0
46.1
2
4 Bill Russell
B. Russell
29
35
2/3/1957
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
19
3
7
12
58.3
5
13
38.5
53.6
3
5 Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
27
32
12/5/1968
BAL BAL
vs
LAL LAL
12
7
4
9
44.4
4
5
80.0
53.6
2
6 Bob Rule
B. Rule
27
36
12/22/1967
SEA SEA
vs
NYK NYK
20
1
7
16
43.8
6
11
54.5
48.0
4
7 Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
26
34
12/18/1968
BAL BAL
vs
SFW SFW
15
1
5
9
55.6
5
6
83.3
64.4
5
8 Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
26
34
11/29/1968
BAL BAL
vs
PHX PHX
10
4
4
13
30.8
2
3
66.7
34.9
2
9 Jim Loscutoff
J. Loscutoff
26
30
12/2/1955
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
9
4
4
15
26.7
1
1
100.0
29.1
4
10 Ray Felix
R. Felix
26
37
12/9/1953
BAL BAL
vs
SYR SYR
24
0
6
18
33.3
12
14
85.7
49.7
5
11 Elmore Smith
E. Smith
25
35
3/7/1972
BUF BUF
@
POR POR
24
1
11
19
57.9
2
3
66.7
59.1
4
12 Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
25
33
12/1/1961
CHI CHI
@
BOS BOS
33
2
14
24
58.3
5
9
55.6
59.0
5
13 Terry Cummings
T. Cummings
24
37
1/5/1983
SDC SDC
@
UTA UTA
27
2
3
2
11
18
61.1
0
0
5
8
62.5
62.7
11
13
3
2
14 Pete Cross
P. Cross
24
32
11/13/1970
SEA SEA
vs
CLE CLE
10
1
4
8
50.0
2
2
100.0
56.3
5
15 Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
24
37
10/17/1970
BOS BOS
@
SEA SEA
17
3
7
25
28.0
3
3
100.0
32.3
4
16 Tom Boerwinkle
T. Boerwinkle
24
35
1/11/1969
CHI CHI
vs
SEA SEA
11
1
5
15
33.3
1
1
100.0
35.6
2
17 Clyde Lee
C. Lee
24
34
3/4/1967
SFW SFW
NYK NYK
19
0
9
26
34.6
1
3
33.3
34.8
6
18 Bill Russell
B. Russell
24
37
3/3/1957
BOS BOS
vs
ROC ROC
30
2
12
21
57.1
6
12
50.0
57.1
2
19 DeJuan Blair
D. Blair
23
37
4/14/2010
SAS SAS
@
DAL DAL
27
4
3
0
12
21
57.1
0
0
3
4
75.0
59.3
8
15
3
3
+9
20 Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
23
33
3/10/1992
CHA CHA
vs
MIN MIN
24
1
1
0
11
20
55.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
57.5
11
12
3
3
21 Buck Williams
B. Williams
23
37
2/12/1982
NJN NJN
vs
GSW GSW
17
2
1
5
6
12
50.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
58.1
6
17
2
3
22 Zaid Abdul-Aziz
Z. Abdul-Aziz
23
37
2/7/1969
MIL MIL
vs
BAL BAL
12
1
4
9
44.4
4
5
80.0
53.6
2
23 Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
23
37
12/21/1968
BAL BAL
vs
PHX PHX
20
2
7
8
87.5
6
9
66.7
83.6
3
24 Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
23
34
11/27/1968
BAL BAL
SDR SDR
9
4
3
14
21.4
3
6
50.0
27.0
3
25 Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
23
36
11/15/1968
BAL BAL
vs
MIL MIL
10
1
4
11
36.4
2
4
50.0
39.2
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played and rebounds going back to the 1982-83 season.

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64
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