most rebounds in a game by rockets player

Moses Malone has gotten the most rebounds for the Rockets in a game, with 37 boards against the New Orleans Jazz on February 9, 1979.

Interpreted as:
most rebounds in a regular-season game by rockets player
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
2Elvin 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
3Charles 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
4Moses 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
5Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
30
12/5/1970
SDR SDR
vs
LAL LAL
48
38
4
16
39
41.0
6
8
75.0
44.7
5
6Moses Malone
M. Malone
29
10/17/1979
HOU HOU
vs
IND IND
40
44
0
1
2
16
22
72.7
0
0
12
14
85.7
78.1
16
13
8
3
7Moses Malone
M. Malone
29
11/16/1977
HOU HOU
vs
BUF BUF
42
36
2
13
23
56.5
10
13
76.9
62.7
16
13
3
1
8Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
29
3/6/1970
SDR SDR
@
NYK NYK
46
33
1
13
31
41.9
7
9
77.8
47.2
2
9Moses Malone
M. Malone
28
11/10/1979
HOU HOU
vs
DET DET
46
18
5
3
1
6
20
30.0
0
6
9
66.7
37.6
14
14
4
3
10Toby Kimball
T. Kimball
28
12/2/1967
SDR SDR
vs
SFW SFW
44
18
1
7
22
31.8
4
5
80.0
37.2
4
11Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
27
12/4/1996
HOU HOU
vs
BOS BOS
40
19
7
3
1
7
13
53.8
1
5
20.0
4
6
66.7
60.7
5
22
4
4
+17
12Moses Malone
M. Malone
27
4/1/1977
HOU HOU
@
WAS WAS
45
20
0
8
19
42.1
4
5
80.0
47.2
12
15
1
13Zaid Abdul-Aziz
Z. Abdul-Aziz
27
12/5/1973
HOU HOU
vs
CAP CAP
41
12
1
5
10
50.0
2
4
50.0
51.0
10
17
2
14Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
27
10/20/1971
HOU HOU
CHI CHI
47
22
1
8
29
27.6
6
8
75.0
33.8
4
15Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
27
2/14/1970
SDR SDR
vs
SFW SFW
45
41
2
16
23
69.6
9
14
64.3
70.3
1
16Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
27
2/12/1969
SDR SDR
@
CIN CIN
48
12
3
4
21
19.0
4
11
36.4
23.2
4
17Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
27
2/9/1969
SDR SDR
@
MIL MIL
48
32
5
10
22
45.5
12
18
66.7
53.5
2
18Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
27
12/13/1968
SDR SDR
@
MIL MIL
27
0
11
28
39.3
5
9
55.6
42.2
3
19Dwight Howard
D. Howard
26
1/18/2016
HOU HOU
@
LAC LAC
45
36
4
1
1
11
16
68.8
0
0
14
18
77.8
75.3
10
16
4
2
-4
20Dwight Howard
D. Howard
26
10/30/2013
HOU HOU
vs
CHA CHA
35
17
2
0
2
8
14
57.1
0
0
1
4
25.0
53.9
6
20
4
3
+10
21Otis Thorpe
O. Thorpe
26
2/15/1990
HOU HOU
vs
NYK NYK
42
21
4
0
0
8
16
50.0
0
0
5
8
62.5
53.8
9
17
5
3
22Moses Malone
M. Malone
26
2/3/1981
HOU HOU
vs
DEN DEN
44
38
3
1
2
15
33
45.5
0
0
8
11
72.7
50.2
8
18
9
5
23Moses Malone
M. Malone
26
10/23/1980
HOU HOU
vs
KCK KCK
44
30
0
0
4
9
18
50.0
0
12
17
70.6
58.9
10
16
1
24Moses Malone
M. Malone
26
10/21/1980
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
41
41
1
1
0
12
20
60.0
0
0
17
21
81.0
70.1
8
18
4
25Moses Malone
M. Malone
26
4/7/1979
HOU HOU
vs
SAS SAS
39
29
0
2
3
11
22
50.0
7
7
100.0
57.8
15
11
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1982-83 season.

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