most rebounds scored by rookie on opening night

Wilt Chamberlain has grabbed the most boards by a rookie in a season opener, with 28 boards against the Knicks on October 24, 1959.

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
7Shaquille 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
8David 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
9Buck Williams
B. Williams
17
10/30/1981
vs
39
19
1
8
17
47.1
0
3
6
50.0
48.4
10Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
17
10/13/1970
@
35
16
1
7
15
46.7
2
2
100.0
50.4
3
11Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
17
10/16/1963
@
44
23
1
9
14
64.3
5
6
83.3
69.1
5
12Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
17
10/19/1961
@
38
29
7
14
50.0
15
18
83.3
66.1
4
13Zydrunas 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
14Dikembe 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
15Elmore Smith
E. Smith
16
10/12/1971
vs
34
10
0
5
21
23.8
0
0
23.8
6
16Darrell 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
17Lloyd Neal
L. Neal
15
10/13/1972
vs
42
14
1
5
11
45.5
4
8
50.0
48.2
4
18Blake 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
19Andres 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
20Shawn 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
21LaPhonso Ellis
L. Ellis
14
11/7/1992
vs
51
10
5
2
3
5
18
27.8
0
0
0
0
27.8
5
9
4
5
22Bernard King
B. King
14
10/18/1977
@
39
8
5
4
15
26.7
0
0
26.7
3
23Brad Daugherty
B. Daugherty
13
11/1/1986
vs
37
8
6
0
0
3
8
37.5
0
0
2
3
66.7
42.9
0
13
3
5
24Rich Kelley
R. Kelley
13
10/23/1975
@
27
8
3
3
9
33.3
2
4
50.0
37.2
2
25Paul Silas
P. Silas
13
10/17/1964
vs
24
9
1
4
7
57.1
1
1
100.0
60.5
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1982-83 season.

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