nba player with the most rebounds in a game against wilt

Bill Russell has grabbed the most boards in a game versus Wilt Chamberlain, with 40 boards on February 12, 1961.

Interpreted as:
NBA player with the most rebounds in a regular-season game against wilt
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
2/12/1961
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
48
19
4
9
26
34.6
1
4
25.0
34.2
5
2 Bill Russell
B. Russell
36
1/8/1963
BOS BOS
@
SFW SFW
48
16
5
6
13
46.2
4
7
57.1
49.8
5
3 Bill Russell
B. Russell
35
11/7/1959
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
48
22
2
7
19
36.8
8
8
100.0
48.8
5
4 Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
34
2/2/1969
SFW SFW
@
LAL LAL
63
24
2
10
30
33.3
4
10
40.0
34.9
5
5 Bill Russell
B. Russell
34
1/13/1961
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
53
14
4
7
20
35.0
0
5
0.0
31.5
5
6 Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
33
11/4/1967
SFW SFW
@
PHI PHI
48
11
5
2
14
14.3
7
9
77.8
30.6
3
7 Bill Russell
B. Russell
33
2/15/1964
BOS BOS
@
SFW SFW
48
16
3
7
18
38.9
2
9
22.2
36.4
4
8 Bill Russell
B. Russell
33
2/21/1963
BOS BOS
@
SFW SFW
48
25
4
8
21
38.1
9
11
81.8
48.4
5
9 Bill Russell
B. Russell
33
1/2/1963
BOS BOS
@
SFW SFW
53
10
5
5
15
33.3
0
0
33.3
3
10 Bill Russell
B. Russell
33
3/2/1960
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
48
26
7
11
31
35.5
4
6
66.7
38.6
3
11 Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
32
11/26/1965
SFW SFW
vs
PHI PHI
48
20
3
8
17
47.1
4
5
80.0
52.1
5
12 Bill Russell
B. Russell
32
11/30/1963
BOS BOS
vs
SFW SFW
45
19
10
8
25
32.0
3
5
60.0
34.9
2
13 Bailey Howell
B. Howell
32
11/5/1960
DET DET
PHI PHI
27
2
11
25
44.0
5
7
71.4
48.1
2
14 Bill Russell
B. Russell
32
2/23/1960
BOS BOS
PHI PHI
48
22
5
11
26
42.3
0
2
0.0
40.9
5
15 Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
31
11/23/1966
CIN CIN
vs
PHI PHI
17
5
7
17
41.2
3
3
100.0
46.4
4
16 Bill Russell
B. Russell
31
2/28/1964
BOS BOS
vs
SFW SFW
46
16
4
7
18
38.9
2
7
28.6
38.0
4
17 Bill Russell
B. Russell
31
12/13/1961
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
48
21
6
7
20
35.0
7
12
58.3
41.5
5
18 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
31
12/8/1961
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
63
7
23
55
41.8
17
24
70.8
48.0
4
19 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
30
12/5/1970
SDR SDR
vs
LAL LAL
48
38
4
16
39
41.0
6
8
75.0
44.7
5
20 Bill Russell
B. Russell
30
12/26/1962
BOS BOS
vs
SFW SFW
46
8
6
4
16
25.0
0
5
0.0
22.0
4
21 Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
30
12/6/1961
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
51
5
22
43
51.2
7
10
70.0
53.8
3
22 Bill Russell
B. Russell
30
1/29/1961
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
43
13
6
6
19
31.6
1
2
50.0
32.7
1
23 Willis Reed
W. Reed
29
12/8/1967
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
43
14
4
6
16
37.5
2
2
100.0
41.5
4
24 Bill Russell
B. Russell
29
2/12/1967
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
39
10
5
4
10
40.0
2
3
66.7
44.2
6
25 Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
29
2/4/1967
SFW SFW
PHI PHI
43
21
2
5
20
25.0
11
20
55.0
36.5
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1982-83 season.

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.634
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50
32
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