rookie record for most rebounds in a playoff game

Wilt Chamberlain has the most boards by a rookie in a playoff game, with 35 rebounds in Game 5 of the 1960 Division Finals against the Celtics.

NAMEREBDATETMOPPMINPTSASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
35
3/22/1960
@
46
50
2
22
42
52.4
6
14
42.9
51.9
2
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
34
3/20/1960
vs
48
24
2
9
17
52.9
6
11
54.5
54.9
2
3Bill Russell
B. Russell
32
4/13/1957
vs
54
19
2
7
17
41.2
5
10
50.0
44.4
5
4Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
31
4/17/1970
vs
47
33
5
14
28
50.0
5
7
71.4
53.1
3
5Bill Russell
B. Russell
31
3/21/1957
vs
33
16
7
15
46.7
2
7
28.6
44.2
5
6Bill Russell
B. Russell
30
3/23/1957
@
44
20
7
7
18
38.9
6
7
85.7
47.4
4
7Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
29
3/16/1960
@
48
42
1
17
35
48.6
8
14
57.1
51.0
2
8Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
28
3/18/1960
vs
48
29
1
12
23
52.2
5
10
50.0
52.9
1
9Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
27
3/29/1969
@
43
18
2
7
14
50.0
4
5
80.0
55.6
3
10Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
27
3/11/1960
vs
48
35
3
16
36
44.4
3
10
30.0
43.3
2
11Dave DeBusschere
D. DeBusschere
26
3/24/1963
vs
46
23
3
7
18
38.9
9
13
69.2
48.5
2
12Ray Scott
R. Scott
26
3/18/1962
vs
22
11
24
45.8
0
3
0.0
43.4
4
13Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
25
4/3/1970
vs
47
46
2
18
36
50.0
10
15
66.7
54.0
3
14Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
25
4/7/1964
vs
48
16
10
6
16
37.5
4
9
44.4
40.1
4
15Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
25
3/22/1964
vs
25
1
10
20
50.0
5
6
83.3
55.2
4
16Bill Russell
B. Russell
25
3/31/1957
vs
31
11
5
15
33.3
1
3
33.3
33.7
3
17Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
24
4/5/1964
vs
48
14
6
5
17
29.4
4
5
80.0
36.5
4
18Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
24
3/24/1960
vs
48
26
0
8
18
44.4
10
16
62.5
51.9
5
19Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
23
4/13/1970
@
48
38
11
16
25
64.0
6
12
50.0
62.7
2
20Ray Scott
R. Scott
23
3/29/1962
vs
16
5
16
31.3
6
10
60.0
39.2
4
21Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
23
4/13/1957
vs
45
37
2
17
33
51.5
3
11
27.3
48.9
6
22Bill Russell
B. Russell
23
4/11/1957
@
46
17
5
16
31.3
7
12
58.3
39.9
4
23Bill Russell
B. Russell
23
4/9/1957
vs
36
14
3
5
15
33.3
4
6
66.7
39.7
5
24Bill Russell
B. Russell
23
3/24/1957
vs
41
10
4
14
28.6
2
4
50.0
31.7
2
25Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
22
3/14/1960
vs
47
53
2
24
42
57.1
5
16
31.3
54.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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