most rebounds in a game by a 27 year old

Bill Russell has the most boards by a 27-year-old player in a game, with 40 rebounds versus the Philadelphia Warriors on February 12, 1961.

Interpreted as:
most rebounds by a player in a regular-season game by a 27 year old
NAMEREBAgeDATETMOPPMINPTSASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Bill Russell
B. Russell
40
27
2/12/1961
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
48
19
4
9
26
34.6
1
4
25.0
34.2
5
2Bill Russell
B. Russell
39
27-312
12/21/1961
BOS BOS
NYK NYK
48
16
6
4
6
66.7
4
3Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
37
27-080
11/9/1963
SFW SFW
vs
NYK NYK
48
30
4
14
25
56.0
2
7
28.6
53.4
2
4George Mikan
G. Mikan
36
27-260
3/4/1952
MIN MIN
@
PHI PHI
41
2
11
28
39.3
19
21
90.5
55.0
5
5George Mikan
G. Mikan
36
27-216
1/20/1952
MIN MIN
vs
ROC ROC
61
22
45
48.9
17
21
81.0
56.2
4
6Bill Russell
B. Russell
35
27-334
1/12/1962
BOS BOS
vs
CIN CIN
48
25
3
11
19
57.9
3
5
60.0
59.0
1
7Rony Seikaly
R. Seikaly
34
27-297
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
8Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
34
27-192
2/2/1969
SFW SFW
@
LAL LAL
63
24
2
10
30
33.3
4
10
40.0
34.9
5
9Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
34
27-178
1/19/1969
SFW SFW
@
PHI PHI
48
35
3
13
22
59.1
9
17
52.9
59.4
2
10Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
34
27-319
2/12/1968
CIN CIN
CHI CHI
53
21
0
7
15
46.7
7
8
87.5
56.7
3
11Gus Johnson
G. Johnson
34
27-058
2/9/1966
BAL BAL
vs
LAL LAL
21
4
9
17
52.9
3
4
75.0
56.0
5
12Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
34
27-116
12/15/1963
SFW SFW
vs
BAL BAL
43
44
4
20
36
55.6
4
7
57.1
56.3
1
13Bill Russell
B. Russell
34
27-279
11/18/1961
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
48
17
4
8
20
40.0
1
1
100.0
41.6
1
14Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
33
27-222
3/4/1969
SFW SFW
vs
BOS BOS
48
13
3
5
18
27.8
3
6
50.0
31.5
1
15Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33
27-210
3/18/1964
SFW SFW
vs
PHI PHI
48
36
8
14
24
58.3
8
10
80.0
63.4
3
16Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33
27-178
2/15/1964
SFW SFW
vs
BOS BOS
48
32
3
13
20
65.0
6
13
46.2
62.2
5
17Bill Russell
B. Russell
33
27-251
10/21/1961
BOS BOS
vs
DET DET
39
11
4
5
12
41.7
1
2
50.0
42.7
3
18Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
32
27-205
10/21/1967
CIN CIN
vs
CHI CHI
48
16
3
7
18
38.9
2
3
66.7
41.4
2
19Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
27-181
2/18/1964
SFW SFW
DET DET
48
52
2
20
37
54.1
12
16
75.0
59.0
3
20Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
27-139
1/7/1964
SFW SFW
vs
BOS BOS
46
35
1
15
28
53.6
5
14
35.7
51.2
1
21Bill Russell
B. Russell
32
27-317
12/26/1961
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
48
22
7
8
17
47.1
6
9
66.7
52.5
3
22Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31
27-190
2/27/1964
SFW SFW
@
STL STL
48
40
2
18
29
62.1
4
11
36.4
59.1
2
23Bill Russell
B. Russell
31
27-304
12/13/1961
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
48
21
6
7
20
35.0
7
12
58.3
41.5
5
24Bill Russell
B. Russell
31
27-299
12/8/1961
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
46
17
2
7
18
38.9
3
6
50.0
41.2
2
25Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
31
27-083
12/8/1961
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
63
7
23
55
41.8
17
24
70.8
48.0
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1982-83 season.

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