Before 1959-60, Bill Russell had the most boards in a game, with 49 rebounds against the Philadelphia Warriors on November 16, 1957.
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most rebounds by a player in a single regular-season game in NBA before 1960| NAME | REB | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | PTS | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
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| 1 |  | B. Russell | 49 | 11/16/1957 | vs | 43 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 52.4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | | B. Russell | 41 | 2/12/1958 | vs | 40 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 36.4 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 37.9 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | | B. Russell | 40 | 12/12/1958 | vs | 53 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 30.0 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 41.7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | | B. Russell | 39 | 1/25/1959 | vs | 53 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 45.0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 45.0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 |  | N. Johnston | 39 | 12/4/1954 | vs | 42 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 52.0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6 | | B. Russell | 38 | 2/23/1958 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 20.0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 23.5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | M. Stokes | 38 | 1/14/1956 | vs | 45 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 60.4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 8 | | B. Russell | 36 | 2/14/1959 | vs | 44 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 43.9 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 9 |  | G. Mikan | 36 | 3/4/1952 | @ | 41 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 39.3 | 19 | 21 | 90.5 | 55.0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | | G. Mikan | 36 | 1/20/1952 | vs | 61 | 22 | 45 | 48.9 | 17 | 21 | 81.0 | 56.2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | | B. Russell | 35 | 3/3/1959 | 48 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 59.1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | B. Pettit | 35 | 1/6/1959 | 38 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 72.7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | | B. Pettit | 35 | 3/2/1958 | vs | 21 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | | B. Russell | 35 | 2/15/1958 | @ | 18 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 40.8 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 15 |  | D. Schayes | 35 | 12/28/1950 | @ | 28 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 10 | 12 | 83.3 | 57.7 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | | B. Russell | 34 | 2/1/1959 | vs | 52 | 28 | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 62.5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | | B. Russell | 34 | 12/26/1957 | vs | 42 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 45.7 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 18 | | B. Russell | 34 | 2/5/1957 | 44 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 34.8 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 37.7 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | | B. Russell | 34 | 12/26/1956 | vs | 26 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 48.0 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 20 | | M. Stokes | 34 | 1/21/1956 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 21 | | B. Russell | 33 | 3/4/1959 | vs | 48 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 57.8 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 22 | | B. Russell | 33 | 12/29/1958 | vs | 48 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 72.2 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 67.8 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 23 | | B. Russell | 33 | 12/25/1958 | @ | 32 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 73.7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 24 | | B. Russell | 33 | 1/31/1958 | vs | 42 | 32 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 66.4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 25 | | M. Stokes | 33 | 1/16/1957 | vs | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
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