rookies to record 25 or more rebounds in an nba playoff game

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar grabbed 25 boards in his rookie season in Game 5 of the 1970 Division Semifinals versus the 76ers on April 3, 1970.

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

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