most rebounds in their first game

Wilt Chamberlain grabbed the most boards in his first game, with 28 rebounds against the Knicks on October 24, 1959.

Interpreted as:
most rebounds by a player in their first game
NAMEREBDATETMOPPMINPTSASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
28
10/24/1959
@
48
43
1
17
27
63.0
9
15
60.0
64.0
2
2Bill Walton
B. Walton
24
10/18/1974
vs
46
18
5
2
4
7
18
38.9
4
6
66.7
43.6
6
18
6
3Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
22
10/16/1968
vs
40
8
3
3
6
50.0
2
2
100.0
58.1
2
4Maurice Stokes
M. Stokes
20
11/5/1955
vs
32
8
11
10
11
90.9
3
5Calvin Natt
C. Natt
19
10/12/1979
vs
42
20
3
2
0
9
16
56.3
0
0
2
2
100.0
59.2
4
15
3
2
6Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
19
10/21/1976
@
40
15
1
0
3
3
15
20.0
9
11
81.8
37.8
2
7Jim Chones
J. Chones
19
10/18/1974
@
40
18
3
0
1
7
13
53.8
4
5
80.0
59.2
3
16
5
8Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
18
11/6/1992
vs
32
12
2
1
3
4
8
50.0
0
0
4
7
57.1
54.2
5
13
8
6
9Maurice Lucas
M. Lucas
18
10/23/1976
vs
41
24
1
1
0
9
19
47.4
6
6
100.0
55.5
7
11
3
10Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
18
10/22/1976
@
34
21
1
0
2
9
18
50.0
3
4
75.0
53.1
7
11
4
11David Robinson
D. Robinson
17
11/4/1989
vs
34
23
1
1
3
6
11
54.5
0
0
11
14
78.6
67.0
7
10
3
5
12Buck Williams
B. Williams
17
10/30/1981
vs
39
19
1
8
17
47.1
0
3
6
50.0
48.4
13Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
17
10/13/1970
@
35
16
1
7
15
46.7
2
2
100.0
50.4
3
14Tom Hoover
T. Hoover
17
10/29/1963
vs
16
6
4
8
50.0
5
15Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
17
10/16/1963
@
44
23
1
9
14
64.3
5
6
83.3
69.1
5
16Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
17
10/19/1961
@
38
29
7
14
50.0
15
18
83.3
66.1
4
17Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Z. Ilgauskas
16
10/31/1997
@
35
16
0
0
2
5
13
38.5
0
0
6
10
60.0
46.0
8
8
4
4
-3
18Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
16
11/1/1991
vs
37
18
2
0
3
6
20
30.0
0
0
6
8
75.0
38.3
7
9
2
3
19Elmore Smith
E. Smith
16
10/12/1971
vs
34
10
0
5
21
23.8
0
0
23.8
6
20Bill Russell
B. Russell
16
12/22/1956
vs
21
6
1
3
11
27.3
0
4
0.0
23.5
4
21Darrell Arthur
D. Arthur
15
10/29/2008
@
27
11
1
1
2
5
9
55.6
0
1
0.0
1
2
50.0
55.7
4
11
0
3
+5
22Lloyd Neal
L. Neal
15
10/13/1972
vs
42
14
1
5
11
45.5
4
8
50.0
48.2
4
23Blake Griffin
B. Griffin
14
10/27/2010
vs
39
20
4
1
0
8
14
57.1
0
0
4
6
66.7
60.1
9
5
2
4
-9
24Andres Nocioni
A. Nocioni
14
11/5/2004
vs
42
17
1
2
1
5
19
26.3
2
6
33.3
5
10
50.0
36.3
4
10
5
6
-21
25Shawn Marion
S. Marion
14
11/2/1999
@
35
14
3
0
2
7
17
41.2
0
1
0.0
0
0
41.2
5
9
2
4
+7
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1982-83 season.

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