nba most rebounds by a player in a playoff game between 1961-62 to 1962-63

Between the 1961-62 and 1962-63 seasons, Bill Russell grabbed the most boards in a playoff game, with 40 boards in Game 7 of the 1962 NBA Finals versus the Lakers.

NAME REB DATE TM OPP MIN PTS AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Bill Russell
B. Russell
40
4/18/1962
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
53
30
4
8
18
44.4
14
17
82.4
58.9
2
2 Bill Russell
B. Russell
38
4/16/1963
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
48
16
6
6
13
46.2
4
9
44.4
47.2
3
3 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
37
3/27/1962
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
42
5
16
31
51.6
10
17
58.8
54.6
1
4 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
35
3/22/1962
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
48
56
1
22
48
45.8
12
22
54.5
48.5
2
5 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
34
3/31/1962
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
41
2
15
29
51.7
11
22
50.0
53.0
2
6 Bill Russell
B. Russell
31
3/28/1962
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
48
31
6
12
26
46.2
7
9
77.8
51.7
4
7 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31
3/24/1962
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
48
33
3
13
25
52.0
7
12
58.3
54.5
3
8 Bill Russell
B. Russell
30
3/31/1962
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
48
31
4
11
26
42.3
9
12
75.0
49.6
5
9 Bill Russell
B. Russell
30
3/24/1962
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
46
16
4
7
22
31.8
2
4
50.0
33.7
3
10 Bill Russell
B. Russell
29
4/14/1963
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
47
25
3
10
19
52.6
5
8
62.5
55.5
3
11 Bill Russell
B. Russell
29
4/14/1962
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
48
26
3
10
19
52.6
6
6
100.0
60.1
3
12 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
29
3/28/1962
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
48
35
6
14
32
43.8
7
12
58.3
46.9
2
13 Bill Russell
B. Russell
28
3/31/1963
BOS BOS
vs
CIN CIN
48
19
5
8
20
40.0
3
6
50.0
42.0
2
14 Bill Russell
B. Russell
28
4/7/1962
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
45
15
6
6
14
42.9
3
3
100.0
49.0
4
15 Bill Russell
B. Russell
27
4/21/1963
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
48
24
5
7
13
53.8
10
13
76.9
64.1
4
16 Bill Russell
B. Russell
26
4/6/1963
BOS BOS
vs
CIN CIN
48
24
5
9
19
47.4
6
10
60.0
51.3
4
17 Dave DeBusschere
D. DeBusschere
26
3/24/1963
DET DET
vs
STL STL
46
23
3
7
18
38.9
9
13
69.2
48.5
2
18 Bill Russell
B. Russell
26
4/1/1962
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
48
29
7
10
25
40.0
9
13
69.2
47.2
4
19 Ray Scott
R. Scott
26
3/18/1962
DET DET
vs
CIN CIN
22
11
24
45.8
0
3
0.0
43.4
4
20 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
26
3/18/1962
PHI PHI
@
SYR SYR
48
28
4
12
26
46.2
4
7
57.1
48.1
1
21 Walter Dukes
W. Dukes
25
3/27/1962
DET DET
vs
LAL LAL
16
3
11
27.3
10
13
76.9
47.8
5
22 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
25
3/19/1962
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
48
40
4
18
32
56.3
4
7
57.1
57.0
4
23 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
25
3/16/1962
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
48
32
5
11
29
37.9
10
12
83.3
46.7
2
24 Bill Russell
B. Russell
24
4/24/1963
BOS BOS
@
LAL LAL
48
12
9
5
12
41.7
2
5
40.0
42.3
3
25 Bill Russell
B. Russell
24
4/10/1963
BOS BOS
vs
CIN CIN
48
20
4
8
14
57.1
4
6
66.7
60.1
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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