most rebounds in first 16 career playoff games centers

Bill Russell has grabbed the most career boards by a center in the playoffs when playing 16+ games, with 4,104 boards.

Interpreted as:

most rebounds by a player in first 16 or more career playoff games centers

	NAME	REB	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	4,104	165	45.4	16.2	24.9	4.7			6.1	14.2	43.0				4.0	6.7	60.3	47.4				7,497	2,673	770				546
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	3,913	160	47.2	22.5	24.5	4.2			8.9	17.1	52.2				4.7	10.2	46.5	52.4				7,559	3,607	673				412
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,508	216	37.5	24.3	11.6	2.7	0.5	2.1	9.4	16.8	56.3	0.0	0.0		5.4	10.7	50.4	56.5	4.0	7.6	3.0	8,098	5,250	582	117	459	649	769	+638
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,481	237	37.3	24.3	10.5	3.2	1.0	2.4	9.9	18.7	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	6.0	74.0	57.1	2.6	6.5	2.6	8,851	5,762	767	189	476	447	797
5	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	1,777	119	41.1	10.6	14.9	3.8	0.8	0.7	4.3	8.7	49.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	3.2	60.8	52.1	3.9	9.4	1.8	4,889	1,260	453	67	55	69	371
6	Robert Parish R. Parish	1,765	184	33.6	15.3	9.6	1.3	0.8	1.7	6.2	12.2	50.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.2	72.2	54.7	3.1	6.5	2.1	6,177	2,820	234	145	309	365	617	-3
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,621	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	56.9	3.2	7.9	2.9	5,749	3,755	458	245	472	424	562	-29
8	Al Horford A. Horford	1,532	193	33.8	12.0	7.9	3.2	0.8	1.2	4.8	9.7	49.3	1.0	2.6	39.4	1.4	1.8	77.9	57.1	1.8	6.1	1.3	6,514	2,325	616	158	238	257	469	+93
9	Dwight Howard D. Howard	1,473	125	31.6	15.3	11.8	1.2	0.8	2.0	5.4	9.2	58.9	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.4	8.0	54.8	59.9	3.5	8.3	2.6	3,945	1,909	149	94	248	323	467	-77
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	1,435	139	37.5	20.2	10.3	2.0	0.9	2.2	7.9	16.9	46.9	0.1	0.2	34.8	4.3	6.0	71.8	51.7	2.4	7.9	2.5	5,207	2,813	275	122	303	345	522	+8
11	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,360	133	34.4	17.5	10.2	2.6	0.7	1.9	7.0	14.2	49.8	0.0	0.1	16.7	3.4	5.2	66.6	53.4	2.8	7.4	1.9	4,569	2,334	340	88	250	255	334	+513
12	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1,332	103	39.3	8.6	12.9	1.5	1.8	2.3	3.3	6.9	47.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	4.7	42.6	47.9	4.0	8.9	1.2	4,044	882	154	187	232	126	257	+386
13	David Robinson D. Robinson	1,301	123	34.3	18.1	10.6	2.3	1.2	2.5	6.2	13.0	47.9	0.0	0.1	10.0	5.6	7.9	70.8	54.7	3.0	7.6	2.3	4,221	2,221	280	151	312	280	423	+362
14	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,295	94	40.4	22.1	13.8	1.4	0.9	1.6	8.0	16.7	47.9	0.0	0.1	14.3	6.1	8.0	76.2	54.7	5.4	8.4	2.6	3,796	2,077	136	84	151	215	244
15	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	1,285	89	42.3	18.9	14.4	3.7	1.2	0.9	8.2	18.3	45.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.4	3.3	74.4	48.0	3.7	10.4	0.9	3,768	1,684	333	78	56	8	398
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1,238	100	38.4	27.4	12.4	7.7	1.2	0.9	10.3	19.9	52.0	1.7	4.6	37.3	5.0	6.0	83.3	60.8	3.0	9.4	3.3	3,837	2,735	769	122	87	334	335	+124
17	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	1,009	108	35.3	15.3	9.3	3.1	0.5	1.7	5.8	11.2	52.0	0.1	0.3	26.7	3.6	4.8	73.8	57.4	2.8	6.5	1.8	3,810	1,652	336	55	187	194	283	+411
18	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	1,001	96	32.3	11.6	10.4	1.3	0.7	1.5	4.3	6.9	62.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	59.7	63.8	3.4	7.1	1.4	3,096	1,117	122	71	140	132	321	-23
19	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	962	101	30.9	9.1	9.5	0.8	0.4	2.5	3.0	5.8	51.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.4	70.3	58.7	2.9	6.6	1.5	3,117	918	78	40	251	149	259	-71
20	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	953	69	35.7	12.3	13.8	3.1	0.4	1.9	4.9	11.8	41.4				2.5	4.1	61.0	45.1	2.3	5.3		2,465	846	215	11	51		220
21	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	930	99	31.5	7.8	9.4	1.4	0.5	2.1	3.1	6.3	48.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.7	2.2	76.3	53.8	2.5	6.9	1.8	3,123	774	138	49	203	144	378
22	Vlade Divac V. Divac	913	121	30.8	12.1	7.5	2.4	1.0	1.4	4.5	9.3	48.0	0.1	0.4	24.1	3.1	4.2	73.1	54.3	2.5	5.0	2.1	3,728	1,468	286	117	165	260	439	+43
23	Kendrick Perkins K. Perkins	843	143	23.6	5.1	5.9	0.7	0.4	1.1	2.0	4.0	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.6	66.2	54.0	1.9	4.0	1.5	3,369	735	102	53	156	218	453	+130
24	Johnny Kerr J. Kerr	827	76	29.9	12.3	10.9	2.0			4.9	12.6	38.6				2.5	3.7	68.7	43.1				2,275	933	152				173
25	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	764	78	33.6	12.4	9.8	1.9	0.7	0.7	5.0	10.6	47.4	0.3	1.0	31.2	2.1	2.6	80.4	52.9	2.2	7.6	1.4	2,622	968	148	56	53	110	277

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
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