most rebounds in a game by a rookie since 1970

Since 1969-70, Larry Smith has gotten the most boards by a rookie in a game, with 31 boards against the Nuggets on March 28, 1981.

Interpreted as:

most rebounds in a regular-season game by a rookie since 1970

	NAME	REB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Larry Smith L. Smith	31	3/28/1981	GSW	vs	DEN	45	23	5	1	0	10	19	52.6	0	0	3	8	37.5	51.1	14	17	1	5
2	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	28	2/2/1971	BOS	@	PHI	47	22	0			7	26	26.9			8	10	80.0	36.2				5
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27	11/1/1969	MIL	@	NYK	48	36	1			15	35	42.9			6	11	54.5	45.2				3
4	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	26	3/15/1986	CHI	vs	MIL	44	35	7	3	1	14	27	51.9	0	0	7	9	77.8	56.5	18	8	4	3
5	John Henson J. Henson	25	4/10/2013	MIL	@	ORL	41	17	3	0	7	7	17	41.2	0	0	3	5	60.0	44.3	6	19	1	2	-2
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	25	4/20/1993	ORL	vs	WAS	41	20	6	0	4	8	13	61.5	0	0	4	8	50.0	60.5	7	18	6	3
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25	3/5/1985	HOU	@	DEN	48	20	2	1	7	7	22	31.8	0	0	6	8	75.0	39.2	9	16	2	5
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25	2/14/1985	HOU	@	NYK	44	30	0	3	3	10	20	50.0	0	0	10	18	55.6	53.7	15	10	4	5
9	Larry Smith L. Smith	25	2/4/1981	GSW	vs	POR	40	8	2	1	1	2	13	15.4	0	0	4	9	44.4	23.6	13	12	2	2
10	Paul Griffin P. Griffin	25	2/23/1977	NOJ	vs	MIL	45	13	7	1	2	4	11	36.4			5	6	83.3	47.7	8	17		5
11	John Drew J. Drew	25	12/28/1974	ATL	vs	LAL	39	40	7			12	24	50.0			16	19	84.2	61.8	13	12		4
12	Bill Walton B. Walton	25	10/25/1974	POR	vs	GSW	45	16	2	2	5	5	7	71.4			6	6	100.0	83.0	5	20		3
13	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	25	3/28/1973	BUF		HOU		45				20	36	55.6			5	6	83.3	58.2				5
14	Elmore Smith E. Smith	25	3/7/1972	BUF	@	POR	35	24	1			11	19	57.9			2	3	66.7	59.1				4
15	Elmore Smith E. Smith	25	2/11/1972	BUF	vs	DET		17				8					1	2	50.0					6
16	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	25	1/28/1972	POR	vs	GSW	45	25	5			10	27	37.0			5	8	62.5	41.0				4
17	Elmore Smith E. Smith	25	1/11/1972	BUF	vs	CIN		13	0			5	11	45.5			3	6	50.0	47.7
18	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	25	2/2/1971	CIN	@	NYK	47	27	1			12	27	44.4			3	3	100.0	47.7				2
19	Pete Cross P. Cross	25	1/1/1971	SEA	vs	POR	41	23	1			8	16	50.0			7	8	87.5	58.9				1
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	24	1/16/1993	ORL	@	CHI	50	29	2	1	5	11	18	61.1	0	0	7	12	58.3	62.3	9	15	6	2
21	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	24	1/5/1983	SDC	@	UTA	37	27	2	3	2	11	18	61.1	0	0	5	8	62.5	62.7	11	13	3	2
22	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	24	11/9/1982	SDC	@	IND	40	32	3	2	1	15	21	71.4	0	0	2	4	50.0	70.3	9	15	3	4
23	Larry Smith L. Smith	24	3/25/1981	GSW	vs	SDC	42	9	2	2	1	3	13	23.1	0	0	3	5	60.0	29.6	13	11	1	3
24	Larry Smith L. Smith	24	3/22/1981	GSW	vs	LAL	41	13	1	1	1	4	8	50.0	0	0	5	6	83.3	61.1	9	15	0	5
25	Bill Walton B. Walton	24	10/18/1974	POR	vs	CLE	46	18	5	2	4	7	18	38.9			4	6	66.7	43.6	6	18		6