most rebounds in a playoff loss by a player

Bill Russell has gotten the most rebounds in a loss in a playoff game, with 40 boards in Game 2 of the 1960 NBA Finals against the St. Louis Hawks.

	NAME	REB	L	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	40	1	3/29/1960	BOS	vs	STL	48	21	1	8	12	66.7	5	9	55.6	65.8	2
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	38	1	4/24/1964	SFW	vs	BOS	48	27	1	12	23	52.2	3	8	37.5	50.9	1
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	37	1	4/8/1965	PHI	@	BOS	48	24	1	7	21	33.3	10	15	66.7	43.5	3
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	34	1	4/19/1968	PHI	vs	BOS	48	14	5	4	9	44.4	6	15	40.0	44.9	2
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	34	1	4/12/1966	PHI	vs	BOS	48	46	1	19	34	55.9	8	25	32.0	51.1	5
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	34	1	3/20/1960	PHI	vs	BOS	48	24	2	9	17	52.9	6	11	54.5	54.9	2
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	33	1	4/4/1971	LAL	@	CHI	48	13	9	4	10	40.0	5	10	50.0	45.1	3
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	33	1	4/10/1966	PHI	@	BOS	53	15	3	7	14	50.0	1	4	25.0	47.6	1
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	32	1	4/3/1966	PHI	vs	BOS	48	25	5	9	19	47.4	7	15	46.7	48.8	1
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	32	1	4/15/1965	PHI	@	BOS	48	30	2	12	15	80.0	6	13	46.2	72.4	1
11	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	1	4/22/1964	BOS	@	SFW	47	16	3	7	19	36.8	2	5	40.0	37.7	4
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	32	1	3/14/1961	PHI	vs	SYR	48	46	2	19	39	48.7	8	14	57.1	50.9	3
13	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	31	1	3/26/1970	BAL	@	NYK	51	14	5	6	15	40.0	2	3	66.7	42.9	4
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31	1	4/29/1969	LAL	@	BOS	48	8	1	3	8	37.5	2	11	18.2	31.2	3
15	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	31	1	4/14/1967	SFW	@	PHI	53	24	3	10	20	50.0	4	5	80.0	54.1	3
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31	1	4/4/1965	PHI	@	BOS	48	33	3	13	22	59.1	7	12	58.3	60.5	2
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31	1	3/24/1962	PHI	@	BOS	48	33	3	13	25	52.0	7	12	58.3	54.5	3
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30	1	4/8/1973	LAL	@	CHI	47	11	0	3	7	42.9	5	7	71.4	54.6	4
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30	1	3/26/1969	LAL	vs	SFW	48	11	3	5	11	45.5	1	3	33.3	44.6	4
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30	1	4/15/1968	PHI	vs	BOS	48	28	7	11	21	52.4	6	11	54.5	54.2	0
21	Bill Russell B. Russell	30	1	3/31/1962	BOS	@	PHI	48	31	4	11	26	42.3	9	12	75.0	49.6	5
22	Bill Russell B. Russell	29	1	4/1/1969	BOS	vs	PHI	48	14	5	5	16	31.3	4	8	50.0	35.9	2
23	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	29	1	4/16/1967	SFW	@	PHI	39	7	2	3	14	21.4	1	3	33.3	22.8	0
24	Bill Russell B. Russell	29	1	4/5/1967	BOS	@	PHI	48	10	9	3	13	23.1	4	5	80.0	32.9	2
25	Bill Russell B. Russell	29	1	3/23/1966	BOS	vs	CIN		22	4	9	22	40.9	4	12	33.3	40.3	3

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