players most nba finals rebounds in 1950s in a single season

Between the 1949-50 and 1958-59 seasons, Bill Russell had the most boards in an NBA Finals in his rookie season in 1956-57, with 160 boards.

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Data note: Rebounds: player game data complete from 1955-56 · postseason

	NAME	REB	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	MIN	PTS	AST	PF
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	160	1956-57	NBA Finals	BOS	7	41.6	13.3	22.9		5.1	14.4	35.6	3.0	6.1	48.8	38.8	291	93		30
2	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	128	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	7	44.7	30.1	18.3		9.9	25.4	38.8	10.4	13.9	75.3	47.8	313	211		23
3	Bill Russell B. Russell	118	1958-59	NBA Finals	BOS	4	46.5	9.3	29.5		3.0	9.5	31.6	3.3	7.3	44.8	36.4	186	37		9
4	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	102	1957-58	NBA Finals	STL	6	39.7	29.3	17.0		9.7	22.8	42.3	10.0	13.2	75.9	51.2	238	176		18
5	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	88	1956-57	NBA Finals	BOS	7	36.3	24.0	12.6		9.6	23.7	40.4	4.9	6.9	70.8	44.9	254	168		28
6	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	81	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	7	31.4	16.1	11.6		5.4	12.7	42.7	5.3	7.4	71.2	50.5	220	113		33
7	Bill Russell B. Russell	77	1957-58	NBA Finals	BOS	4	34.3	14.5	19.3		4.3	12.3	34.7	6.0	9.5	63.2	44.1	137	58		12
8	George Yardley G. Yardley	76	1955-56	NBA Finals	FTW	5		24.8	15.2	2.2	8.2	20.0	41.0	8.4	10.0	84.0	50.8		124	11	13
9	Larry Foust L. Foust	65	1955-56	NBA Finals	FTW	5		19.4	13.0	1.8	5.4	14.4	37.5	8.6	10.2	84.3	51.4		97	9	19
10	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	64	1957-58	NBA Finals	BOS	6	30.3	16.0	10.7		4.3	15.0	28.9	7.3	9.0	81.5	42.2	182	96		33
11	Jim Loscutoff J. Loscutoff	61	1956-57	NBA Finals	BOS	7	26.3	7.7	8.7		3.1	11.4	27.5	1.4	2.6	55.6	30.7	184	54		31
12	Larry Foust L. Foust	60	1958-59	NBA Finals	MIN	4	29.8	12.5	15.0		5.3	13.0	40.4	2.0	2.3	88.9	44.7	119	50		10
13	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	58	1957-58	NBA Finals	STL	6	39.0	25.2	9.7		7.7	17.3	44.2	9.8	11.3	86.8	56.4	234	151		30
14	Jack Coleman J. Coleman	55	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	7	32.6	10.4	7.9		4.3	10.4	41.1	1.9	3.1	59.1	44.1	228	73		21
15	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	55	1955-56	NBA Finals	PHI	5		13.6	11.0	3.8	4.6	13.6	33.8	4.4	7.2	61.1	40.6		68	19	23
16	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	51	1957-58	NBA Finals	BOS	6	31.3	19.7	8.5		6.8	16.5	41.4	6.0	6.8	87.8	50.4	188	118		32
17	Tom Gola T. Gola	50	1955-56	NBA Finals	PHI	5		13.8	10.0	6.0	5.0	13.0	38.5	3.8	5.0	76.0	45.4		69	30	22
18	Vern Mikkelsen V. Mikkelsen	49	1958-59	NBA Finals	MIN	4	31.5	21.0	12.3		7.8	18.0	43.1	5.5	7.8	71.0	49.0	126	84		12
19	Joe Graboski J. Graboski	49	1955-56	NBA Finals	PHI	5		11.0	9.8	3.2	4.4	15.2	28.9	2.2	3.2	68.8	33.1		55	16	13
20	Mel Hutchins M. Hutchins	48	1955-56	NBA Finals	FTW	5		8.6	9.6	2.6	3.0	10.2	29.4	2.6	4.0	65.0	36.0		43	13	16
21	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	47	1958-59	NBA Finals	MIN	4	42.3	22.8	11.8		8.5	25.5	33.3	5.8	8.8	65.7	38.8	169	91		18
22	Arnie Risen A. Risen	47	1957-58	NBA Finals	BOS	6	20.7	5.8	7.8		1.3	5.5	24.2	3.2	5.0	63.3	37.9	124	35		27
23	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	47	1956-57	NBA Finals	BOS	7	46.0	20.7	6.7	9.1	6.9	21.6	31.8	7.0	8.4	83.1	41.0	322	145	64	20
24	Arnie Risen A. Risen	44	1956-57	NBA Finals	BOS	7	17.9	8.7	6.3		3.1	7.1	44.0	2.4	3.6	68.0	50.0	125	61		37
25	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	41	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	7	28.4	14.9	5.9		4.7	10.9	43.4	5.4	7.7	70.4	52.1	199	104		26

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