most rebounds by nba players in a game after 1970

Since 1970-71, Moses Malone has gotten the most boards in a game, with 37 boards versus the New Orleans Jazz on February 9, 1979.

Interpreted as:
most rebounds by NBA players in a regular-season game after 1970
NAMEREBDATETMOPPMINPTSASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Moses Malone
M. Malone
37
2/9/1979
HOU HOU
@
NOJ NOJ
44
33
2
1
2
12
24
50.0
9
13
69.2
55.5
19
18
3
2Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
35
4/22/1988
CHI CHI
vs
CLE CLE
41
26
3
1
0
10
16
62.5
0
1
0.0
6
6
100.0
69.7
16
19
6
2
3Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
35
1/19/1971
SDR SDR
@
NYK NYK
50
29
1
13
40
32.5
3
5
60.0
34.4
2
4Rony Seikaly
R. Seikaly
34
3/3/1993
MIA MIA
vs
WAS WAS
40
12
4
0
1
6
12
50.0
0
0
0
0
50.0
8
26
5
2
5Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
34
3/4/1992
DET DET
vs
IND IND
45
10
3
2
0
4
15
26.7
0
1
0.0
2
4
50.0
29.8
18
16
2
5
6Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
34
12/14/1975
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
42
27
6
2
8
11
17
64.7
5
7
71.4
67.2
5
29
3
7Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
34
12/19/1971
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
43
32
4
12
15
80.0
8
13
61.5
77.2
3
8Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
33
11/2/1996
HOU HOU
@
PHX PHX
45
20
2
0
2
5
8
62.5
0
1
0.0
10
14
71.4
70.6
8
25
3
4
+21
9Kevin Willis
K. Willis
33
2/19/1992
ATL ATL
vs
WAS WAS
45
20
1
2
4
10
27
37.0
0
0
0
2
0.0
35.9
16
17
3
3
10Swen Nater
S. Nater
33
12/19/1976
MIL MIL
vs
ATL ATL
41
30
2
1
1
10
20
50.0
10
15
66.7
56.4
15
18
3
11Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
33
12/22/1972
DET DET
vs
SEA SEA
45
23
2
10
24
41.7
3
3
100.0
45.4
0
12Tom Boerwinkle
T. Boerwinkle
33
3/9/1971
CHI CHI
vs
MIL MIL
42
21
4
6
14
42.9
9
12
75.0
54.5
2
13Willis Reed
W. Reed
33
2/2/1971
NYK NYK
vs
CIN CIN
48
27
1
11
28
39.3
5
8
62.5
42.8
2
14Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
32
1/22/1994
SAS SAS
vs
DAL DAL
43
8
5
1
1
4
8
50.0
0
0
0
0
50.0
9
23
2
1
15Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
32
1/28/1992
DET DET
@
CHA CHA
50
16
3
0
1
6
9
66.7
1
1
100.0
3
5
60.0
71.4
12
20
4
3
16Moses Malone
M. Malone
32
2/11/1982
HOU HOU
vs
SEA SEA
44
38
2
3
0
17
35
48.6
0
0
4
7
57.1
49.9
21
11
4
3
17Swen Nater
S. Nater
32
12/14/1979
SDC SDC
vs
DEN DEN
44
12
3
1
1
5
11
45.5
0
0
2
2
100.0
50.5
7
25
7
4
18Robert Parish
R. Parish
32
3/30/1979
GSW GSW
vs
NYK NYK
36
30
5
1
2
11
20
55.0
8
11
72.7
60.4
7
25
5
4
19Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
32
11/17/1973
CAP CAP
@
ATL ATL
48
43
0
15
23
65.2
13
15
86.7
72.6
4
28
5
20Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
32
3/20/1973
BOS BOS
HOU HOU
45
20
9
10
30
33.3
0
1
0.0
32.9
2
21Bill Bridges
B. Bridges
32
3/19/1972
PHI PHI
vs
SEA SEA
40
18
2
7
16
43.8
4
5
80.0
49.5
3
22Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
10/29/1971
LAL LAL
vs
CIN CIN
40
25
4
10
18
55.6
5
19
26.3
47.4
2
23Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
3/7/1971
LAL LAL
vs
CHI CHI
48
20
5
8
18
44.4
4
10
40.0
44.6
4
24Gus Johnson
G. Johnson
32
12/27/1970
BAL BAL
@
NYK NYK
46
10
2
4
24
16.7
2
4
50.0
19.4
2
25Jusuf Nurkić
J. Nurkić
31
3/3/2024
PHX PHX
vs
OKC OKC
32
14
4
0
1
7
16
43.8
0
2
0.0
0
0
43.8
13
18
5
3
+10
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1982-83 season.

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