most rebounds in a game by a 25 year old

Bill Russell has gotten the most rebounds by a 25-year-old player in a game, with 51 boards versus the Syracuse Nationals on February 5, 1960.

Interpreted as:
most rebounds by a player in a regular-season game by a 25 year old
NAMEREBAgeDATETMOPPMINPTSASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Bill Russell
B. Russell
51
25-358
2/5/1960
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
48
23
5
8
16
50.0
7
10
70.0
56.4
1
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
43
25-109
12/8/1961
PHI PHI
vs
LAL LAL
63
78
1
31
62
50.0
16
31
51.6
51.6
4
3Bill Russell
B. Russell
39
25-310
12/19/1959
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
48
15
6
7
16
43.8
1
9
11.1
37.6
3
4Neil Johnston
N. Johnston
39
25-303
12/4/1954
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
42
27
4
10
22
45.5
7
9
77.8
52.0
2
5Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
38
25-096
11/25/1961
PHI PHI
vs
CHI CHI
48
39
3
15
37
40.5
9
12
75.0
46.1
2
6Bill Russell
B. Russell
38
25-295
12/4/1959
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
42
26
11
18
61.1
4
6
66.7
63.0
2
7Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
37
25-148
12/20/1966
SFW SFW
vs
LAL LAL
43
23
4
9
20
45.0
5
10
50.0
47.1
2
8Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
37
25-133
12/4/1964
BAL BAL
vs
STL STL
48
37
13
28
46.4
11
14
78.6
54.2
9Bill Russell
B. Russell
37
25-326
1/4/1960
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
48
32
4
14
30
46.7
4
7
57.1
48.4
4
10Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
36
25-145
1/13/1962
PHI PHI
vs
CHI CHI
48
73
0
29
48
60.4
15
25
60.0
61.9
2
11Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
36
25-126
12/25/1961
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
58
59
0
23
44
52.3
13
22
59.1
55.0
3
12Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
36
25-110
12/9/1961
PHI PHI
vs
CHI CHI
48
61
0
28
48
58.3
5
10
50.0
58.2
3
13Bill Russell
B. Russell
36
25-002
2/14/1959
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
44
23
6
10
24
41.7
3
5
60.0
43.9
2
14Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
35
25-063
1/19/1971
SDR SDR
@
NYK NYK
50
29
1
13
40
32.5
3
5
60.0
34.4
2
15Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
35
25-228
11/13/1965
CIN CIN
vs
BAL BAL
38
17
27
63.0
4
4
100.0
66.1
3
16Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
35
25-195
3/4/1962
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
48
58
4
24
41
58.5
10
16
62.5
60.4
0
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
35
25-061
10/21/1961
PHI PHI
vs
NYK NYK
48
53
2
21
41
51.2
11
17
64.7
54.7
0
18Bill Russell
B. Russell
35
25-349
1/27/1960
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
48
15
4
6
15
40.0
3
5
60.0
43.6
2
19Bill Russell
B. Russell
35
25-268
11/7/1959
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
48
22
2
7
19
36.8
8
8
100.0
48.8
5
20Bill Russell
B. Russell
35
25-019
3/3/1959
BOS BOS
MIN MIN
48
19
8
13
61.5
3
7
42.9
59.1
2
21Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
35
25-080
3/2/1958
STL STL
vs
CIN CIN
21
7
7
13
53.8
1
22Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
34
25-092
11/21/1961
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
48
45
6
20
44
45.5
5
15
33.3
44.5
0
23Bill Russell
B. Russell
34
25-356
2/3/1960
BOS BOS
vs
MIN MIN
39
20
3
8
15
53.3
4
5
80.0
58.1
1
24Tom Boerwinkle
T. Boerwinkle
33
25-198
3/9/1971
CHI CHI
vs
MIL MIL
42
21
4
6
14
42.9
9
12
75.0
54.5
2
25Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33
25-205
3/14/1962
PHI PHI
@
CHI CHI
53
34
4
15
34
44.1
4
5
80.0
47.0
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1982-83 season.

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