most rebounds in a game 7

Bill Russell has gotten the most boards in a game 7, with 40 boards in Game 7 of the 1962 NBA Finals versus the Lakers.

Interpreted as:
most rebounds by a player in a game 7
NAMEREBDATETMOPPMINPTSASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Bill Russell
B. Russell
40
4/18/1962
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
53
30
4
8
18
44.4
14
17
82.4
58.9
2
2Bill Russell
B. Russell
35
4/9/1960
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
47
22
4
7
15
46.7
8
10
80.0
56.7
2
3Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
34
4/19/1968
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
14
5
4
9
44.4
6
15
40.0
44.9
2
4Bill Russell
B. Russell
32
4/28/1966
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
48
25
1
10
22
45.5
5
5
100.0
51.7
5
5Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
4/15/1965
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
48
30
2
12
15
80.0
6
13
46.2
72.4
1
6Bill Russell
B. Russell
32
4/1/1959
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
46
18
2
8
23
34.8
2
3
66.7
37.0
6
7Bill Russell
B. Russell
32
4/13/1957
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
54
19
2
7
17
41.2
5
10
50.0
44.4
5
8Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
30
4/16/1964
SFW SFW
vs
STL STL
48
39
6
19
29
65.5
1
6
16.7
61.6
2
9Bill Russell
B. Russell
29
4/15/1965
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
48
15
8
7
16
43.8
1
2
50.0
44.4
3
10Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
28
4/15/1973
LAL LAL
vs
CHI CHI
48
21
4
10
17
58.8
1
1
100.0
60.2
2
11Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
27
5/1/1977
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
46
11
1
5
16
31.3
1
2
50.0
32.6
7
20
3
12Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
27
4/9/1970
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
43
30
6
11
18
61.1
8
17
47.1
58.9
2
13Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
27
5/5/1969
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
43
18
3
7
8
87.5
4
13
30.8
65.6
5
14Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
26
5/4/1977
LAL LAL
vs
GSW GSW
47
36
4
5
1
14
25
56.0
8
10
80.0
61.2
8
18
5
15Bill Russell
B. Russell
26
4/19/1968
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
48
12
5
4
6
66.7
4
10
40.0
57.7
5
16Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
24
6/5/1993
PHX PHX
vs
SEA SEA
46
44
1
1
1
12
20
60.0
1
1
100.0
19
22
86.4
74.1
10
14
1
3
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
24
5/8/1970
LAL LAL
@
NYK NYK
48
21
4
10
16
62.5
1
11
9.1
50.4
1
18Bill Russell
B. Russell
24
4/10/1963
BOS BOS
vs
CIN CIN
48
20
4
8
14
57.1
4
6
66.7
60.1
4
19Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
23
5/20/1995
PHX PHX
vs
HOU HOU
44
18
5
1
0
7
16
43.8
0
2
0.0
4
5
80.0
49.5
6
17
7
3
20Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
23
4/13/1957
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
45
37
2
17
33
51.5
3
11
27.3
48.9
6
21Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
22
9/15/2020
DEN DEN
@
LAC LAC
40
16
13
2
3
5
13
38.5
0
4
0.0
6
6
100.0
51.2
3
19
5
4
+22
22Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
22
6/5/1994
NYK NYK
vs
IND IND
44
24
7
1
5
10
23
43.5
0
0
4
6
66.7
46.8
11
11
3
5
23Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
22
4/4/1971
BAL BAL
vs
PHI PHI
42
16
4
6
14
42.9
4
9
44.4
44.5
4
24Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
22
4/18/1962
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
51
41
4
13
40
32.5
15
21
71.4
41.6
6
25Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
22
4/5/1962
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
48
22
3
7
15
46.7
8
9
88.9
58.0
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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