what are the most rebounds scored by a player in an nba elimination game

Bill Russell has grabbed the most boards in an elimination game, with 40 rebounds in Game 7 of the 1962 NBA Finals versus the Lakers.

	NAME	REB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	40	4/18/1962	BOS	vs	LAL	53	30	4			8	18	44.4	14	17	82.4	58.9			2
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	35	3/22/1962	PHI	vs	SYR	48	56	1			22	48	45.8	12	22	54.5	48.5			2
3	Bill Russell B. Russell	35	4/9/1960	BOS	vs	STL	47	22	4			7	15	46.7	8	10	80.0	56.7			2
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	35	3/22/1960	PHI	@	BOS	46	50	2			22	42	52.4	6	14	42.9	51.9			2
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	34	4/19/1968	PHI	vs	BOS	48	14	5			4	9	44.4	6	15	40.0	44.9			2
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	34	4/12/1966	PHI	vs	BOS	48	46	1			19	34	55.9	8	25	32.0	51.1			5
7	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	4/28/1966	BOS	vs	LAL	48	25	1			10	22	45.5	5	5	100.0	51.7			5
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	32	4/15/1965	PHI	@	BOS	48	30	2			12	15	80.0	6	13	46.2	72.4			1
9	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	4/1/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	46	18	2			8	23	34.8	2	3	66.7	37.0			6
10	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	4/13/1957	BOS	vs	STL	54	19	2			7	17	41.2	5	10	50.0	44.4			5
11	Bill Russell B. Russell	31	4/17/1968	BOS	vs	PHI	48	17	5			6	13	46.2	5	7	71.4	52.9			5
12	Bill Russell B. Russell	31	4/1/1966	BOS	vs	CIN		16	11			7	13	53.8	2	6	33.3	51.2			3
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30	4/16/1964	SFW	vs	STL	48	39	6			19	29	65.5	1	6	16.7	61.6			2
14	Bill Russell B. Russell	29	4/15/1965	BOS	vs	PHI	48	15	8			7	16	43.8	1	2	50.0	44.4			3
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	28	4/15/1973	LAL	vs	CHI	48	21	4			10	17	58.8	1	1	100.0	60.2			2
16	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	28	4/23/1967	SFW	@	PHI	48	17	1			7	21	33.3	3	7	42.9	35.3			4
17	Bill Russell B. Russell	28	4/9/1967	BOS	vs	PHI	48	9	5			2	7	28.6	5	9	55.6	41.1			5
18	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	27	5/1/1977	BOS	@	PHI	46	11	1			5	16	31.3	1	2	50.0	32.6	7	20	3
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	27	5/6/1970	LAL	vs	NYK	46	45	3			20	27	74.1	5	14	35.7	67.9			3
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	27	4/9/1970	LAL	vs	PHX	43	30	6			11	18	61.1	8	17	47.1	58.9			2
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	27	5/5/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	43	18	3			7	8	87.5	4	13	30.8	65.6			5
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	27	4/26/1964	SFW	@	BOS	48	30	2			12	28	42.9	6	13	46.2	44.5			5
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	26	5/4/1977	LAL	vs	GSW	47	36	4	5	1	14	25	56.0	8	10	80.0	61.2	8	18	5
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	26	4/7/1970	LAL	@	PHX	48	12	11			4	11	36.4	4	12	33.3	36.9			1
25	Bill Russell B. Russell	26	4/19/1968	BOS	@	PHI	48	12	5			4	6	66.7	4	10	40.0	57.7			5