Bill Russell has gotten the most rebounds by an MVP in a game, with 49 rebounds on March 11, 1965 and on November 16, 1957.

Interpreted as:

most rebounds in a regular-season game vs mvp by a player

	NAME	REB	MVP	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	49	1	3/11/1965	BOS		DET	48	27	6			11	24	45.8	5	7	71.4	49.9			1
2	Bill Russell B. Russell	49	1	11/16/1957	BOS	vs	PHI	43	28	4			11	21	52.4	6	13	46.2	52.4			3
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	45	1	2/6/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	48	44	3			15	37	40.5	14	23	60.9	46.7			2
4	Bill Russell B. Russell	43	1	1/20/1963	BOS	vs	LAL	48	29	3			11	22	50.0	7	11	63.6	54.0			4
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	43	1	1/15/1960	PHI	vs	BOS	48	44	2			16	42	38.1	12	19	63.2	43.7			2
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	43	1	11/10/1959	PHI	vs	NYK	48	39	4			14	29	48.3	11	19	57.9	52.2			3
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	42	1	1/14/1966	PHI	vs	BOS	48	37	6			15	28	53.6	7	14	50.0	54.2			2
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	42	1	1/25/1960	PHI		DET	47	58	4			24	41	58.5	10	13	76.9	62.1			3
9	Bill Russell B. Russell	41	1	3/14/1965	BOS	vs	SFW	48	20	4			6	16	37.5	8	9	88.9	50.1			3
10	Bill Russell B. Russell	41	1	2/12/1958	BOS	vs	SYR	40	18	7			8	22	36.4	2	4	50.0	37.9			3
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	40	1	12/28/1965	PHI	vs	BOS	48	31	6			11	25	44.0	9	12	75.0	51.2			2
12	Bill Russell B. Russell	40	1	2/12/1961	BOS	vs	PHI	48	19	4			9	26	34.6	1	4	25.0	34.2			5
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	40	1	11/4/1959	PHI	vs	SYR	47	41	0			17	40	42.5	7	15	46.7	44.0			1
14	Bill Russell B. Russell	39	1	12/21/1961	BOS		NYK	48	16				6			4	6	66.7				4
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	39	1	1/29/1960	PHI	vs	BOS	48	43	3			18	36	50.0	7	15	46.7	50.5			2
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	39	1	1/13/1960	PHI		SYR	53	42	5			15	32	46.9	12	19	63.2	52.0			1
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	39	1	12/28/1959	PHI		CIN	47	39	3			14	33	42.4	11	18	61.1	47.7			0
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	38	1	12/20/1967	PHI	@	SEA	45	53	6			20	23	87.0	13	26	50.0	76.9			2
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	38	1	3/2/1967	PHI	vs	SFW	48	24	13			8	20	40.0	8	17	47.1	43.7			2
20	Bill Russell B. Russell	38	1	3/3/1965	BOS	vs	LAL	48	10	5			4	15	26.7	2	5	40.0	29.1			3
21	Bill Russell B. Russell	38	1	1/30/1965	BOS	@	NYK		12	6			4			4	12	33.3
22	Bill Russell B. Russell	38	1	2/23/1958	BOS		PHI		13	2			5	25	20.0	3	6	50.0	23.5			5
23	Moses Malone M. Malone	37	1	2/9/1979	HOU	@	NOJ	44	33	2	1	2	12	24	50.0	9	13	69.2	55.5	19	18	3
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	37	1	12/1/1967	PHI		SEA	48	52	2			22	29	75.9	8	30	26.7	61.6			3
25	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	37	1	3/3/1966	PHI	vs	SFW	48	62	3			26	39	66.7	10	19	52.6	65.5			2