most rebounds by a small forward in one game in nba history

Elgin Baylor has gotten the most boards by a small forward in a game, with 31 boards on December 8, 1961 and on November 6, 1958.

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most rebounds by a small forward in one regular-season game in NBA history

	NAME	REB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	31	12/8/1961	LAL	@	PHI		63	7	23	55	41.8	17	24	70.8	48.0	4
2	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	31	11/6/1958	MIN	vs	PHI		26	4	12	30	40.0	2	5	40.0	40.4	5
3	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	30	1/14/1961	LAL	vs	CIN	41	45	5	17			11	14	78.6		4
4	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	29	2/13/1960	MIN	@	DET		37		14			9	14	64.3		5
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	28	11/17/1961	LAL	@	PHI	44	37	8	15	43	34.9	7	9	77.8	39.4	5
6	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	28	1/11/1961	LAL	vs	NYK		39	6	14	36	38.9	11	16	68.8	45.3	5
7	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	27	12/20/1970	PHI	@	POR	45	31	11	10	18	55.6	11	19	57.9	58.8	6
8	Jim Washington J. Washington	27	3/15/1969	CHI	vs	SEA	46	14	4	2	16	12.5	10	13	76.9	32.2	4
9	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27	12/5/1967	LAL	@	PHI	49	32	9	13	26	50.0	6	7	85.7	55.0	3
10	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	27	2/15/1966	DET	@	BAL		26		10			6	7	85.7
11	Terry Dischinger T. Dischinger	27	11/23/1962	CHI		BOS		32		13			6	6	100.0		3
12	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27	1/25/1962	LAL	vs	CIN		39		14	28	50.0	11	14	78.6	57.1	2
13	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27	12/30/1959	MIN	@	PHI		22	4	6	23	26.1	10	12	83.3	38.9	4
14	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27	11/6/1959	MIN	vs	DET		33		11	36	30.6	11	15	73.3	38.7	3
15	George Yardley G. Yardley	27	2/27/1958	DET		MIN		41	2	17	30	56.7	7	9	77.8	60.4	2
16	George Yardley G. Yardley	27	1/9/1955	FTW	vs	MIN		29		11			7	7	100.0		4
17	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	26	3/3/1972	PHI	vs	MIL	34	12	2	4	13	30.8	4	9	44.4	35.4	1
18	Paul Silas P. Silas	26	12/17/1967	STL		SFW	16	12	1	4	14	28.6	4	6	66.7	36.1	3
19	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	26	12/13/1964	LAL	vs	DET		35	7	14	33	42.4	7	11	63.6	46.2	4
20	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	26	2/16/1961	LAL	@	DET		57		23	45	51.1	11	14	78.6	55.7	5
21	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	26	2/27/1960	MIN	vs	PHI		23	6	10	24	41.7	3	6	50.0	43.2	2
22	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	26	1/29/1960	MIN	vs	SYR		34		15	33	45.5	4	8	50.0	46.5	3
23	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	26	12/11/1958	MIN	vs	SYR		31		10	25	40.0	11	15	73.3	49.1	2
24	Jim Loscutoff J. Loscutoff	26	12/2/1955	BOS	vs	STL	30	9	4	4	15	26.7	1	1	100.0	29.1	4
25	Mel Hutchins M. Hutchins	26	2/22/1953	MIL	vs	IND		14		5			4	5	80.0		2

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