most rpg by player not won finals mvp

Bill Russell has grabbed the most rebounds per game with exactly 0 Finals MVP awards in an NBA Finals, with 29.5 per game.

Interpreted as:
most rpg by player not won finals mvp in a season
NAME RPG FMVP SEASON SERIES TM GP MPG PPG APG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TPG MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
1 Bill Russell
B. Russell
29.5
0
1958-59
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
4
46.5
9.3
3.0
9.5
31.6
3.3
7.3
44.8
36.4
186
37
118
9
2 Bill Russell
B. Russell
28.8
0
1960-61
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
5
46.6
17.6
4.4
6.6
15.4
42.9
4.4
9.4
46.8
45.0
233
88
144
22
13
3 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
28.5
0
1966-67
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
6
47.8
17.7
6.8
7.0
12.5
56.0
3.7
12.0
30.6
49.7
287
106
171
41
16
4 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
27.6
0
1963-64
NBA Finals
SFW SFW
5
46.0
29.2
2.4
12.4
24.0
51.7
4.4
10.6
41.5
50.9
230
146
138
12
12
5 Bill Russell
B. Russell
27.0
0
1961-62
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
7
48.3
22.9
5.7
8.1
15.0
54.3
6.6
8.9
74.2
60.5
338
160
189
40
21
6 Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
26.7
0
1966-67
NBA Finals
SFW SFW
6
47.3
14.2
3.3
5.7
16.5
34.3
2.8
5.2
54.8
37.7
284
85
160
20
20
7 Bill Russell
B. Russell
26.0
0
1962-63
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
6
47.8
20.0
5.3
7.0
15.0
46.7
6.0
8.7
69.2
53.2
287
120
156
32
16
8 Bill Russell
B. Russell
25.2
0
1963-64
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
5
42.8
11.2
5.0
4.4
11.4
38.6
2.4
5.0
48.0
41.2
214
56
126
25
20
9 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
25.0
0
1968-69
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
7
47.3
11.7
3.0
4.1
8.3
50.0
3.4
9.1
37.5
47.6
331
82
175
21
21
10 Bill Russell
B. Russell
25.0
0
1964-65
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
5
44.2
17.8
5.8
6.6
9.4
70.2
4.6
8.0
57.5
68.9
221
89
125
29
14
11 Bill Russell
B. Russell
24.9
0
1959-60
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
7
45.0
16.7
3.0
5.7
12.1
47.1
5.3
7.7
68.5
53.8
315
117
174
21
12
12 Bill Russell
B. Russell
24.3
0
1965-66
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
7
47.9
23.6
3.7
9.1
17.0
53.8
5.3
7.1
74.0
58.5
335
165
170
26
27
13 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
24.1
0
1969-70
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
7
47.6
23.3
4.0
10.0
16.0
62.5
3.3
9.6
34.3
57.6
333
163
169
28
18
14 Bill Russell
B. Russell
22.9
0
1956-57
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
7
41.6
13.3
5.1
14.4
35.6
3.0
6.1
48.8
38.8
291
93
160
30
15 Bill Russell
B. Russell
21.8
0
1967-68
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
6
48.7
17.3
5.7
5.7
13.2
43.0
6.0
10.0
60.0
49.3
292
104
131
34
22
16 Bill Russell
B. Russell
21.1
0
1968-69
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
7
48.0
9.1
5.1
3.6
9.0
39.7
2.0
3.4
58.3
43.5
336
64
148
36
29
17 Bill Russell
B. Russell
19.3
0
1957-58
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
4
34.3
14.5
4.3
12.3
34.7
6.0
9.5
63.2
44.1
137
58
77
12
18 Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
19.0
0
1970-71
NBA Finals
BAL BAL
4
42.8
15.0
5.8
6.3
15.8
39.7
2.5
4.5
55.6
42.3
171
60
76
23
12
19 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
18.6
0
1972-73
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
5
48.0
11.6
3.8
4.4
8.4
52.4
2.8
7.6
36.8
49.4
240
58
93
19
16
20 Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
18.3
0
1956-57
NBA Finals
STL STL
7
44.7
30.1
9.9
25.4
38.8
10.4
13.9
75.3
47.8
313
211
128
23
21 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
17.9
0
1961-62
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
7
45.9
40.6
3.7
14.4
33.6
43.0
11.7
14.1
82.8
51.0
321
284
125
26
22
22 Gene Wiley
G. Wiley
17.8
0
1964-65
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
5
35.4
7.6
2.0
3.2
6.2
51.6
1.2
2.2
54.5
53.0
177
38
89
10
16
23 Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
17.0
0
1957-58
NBA Finals
STL STL
6
39.7
29.3
9.7
22.8
42.3
10.0
13.2
75.9
51.2
238
176
102
18
24 Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
16.8
0
1974-75
NBA Finals
WAS WAS
4
43.0
12.3
3.5
1.0
0.8
5.0
9.5
52.6
2.3
4.0
56.3
54.4
3.5
13.3
172
49
67
14
4
3
11
25 Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
16.4
0
1960-61
NBA Finals
STL STL
5
41.6
28.4
3.0
9.4
23.8
39.5
9.6
12.0
80.0
48.8
208
142
82
15
18
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