what is the most rebounds per game in a playoff game by a rookie

Wilt Chamberlain has averaged the most rebounds per game by a rookie in a playoff game, with 35.0 per game in Game 5 of the 1960 Division Finals versus the Celtics.

NAME RPG DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
35.0
3/22/1960
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
46
50
35
2
22
42
52.4
6
14
42.9
51.9
2
2 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
34.0
3/20/1960
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
24
34
2
9
17
52.9
6
11
54.5
54.9
2
3 Bill Russell
B. Russell
32.0
4/13/1957
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
54
19
32
2
7
17
41.2
5
10
50.0
44.4
5
4 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
31.0
4/17/1970
MIL MIL
vs
NYK NYK
47
33
31
5
14
28
50.0
5
7
71.4
53.1
3
5 Bill Russell
B. Russell
31.0
3/21/1957
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
33
16
31
7
15
46.7
2
7
28.6
44.2
5
6 Bill Russell
B. Russell
30.0
3/23/1957
BOS BOS
@
SYR SYR
44
20
30
7
7
18
38.9
6
7
85.7
47.4
4
7 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
29.0
3/16/1960
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
48
42
29
1
17
35
48.6
8
14
57.1
51.0
2
8 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
28.0
3/18/1960
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
29
28
1
12
23
52.2
5
10
50.0
52.9
1
9 Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
27.0
3/29/1969
BAL BAL
@
NYK NYK
43
18
27
2
7
14
50.0
4
5
80.0
55.6
3
10 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
27.0
3/11/1960
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
48
35
27
3
16
36
44.4
3
10
30.0
43.3
2
11 Dave DeBusschere
D. DeBusschere
26.0
3/24/1963
DET DET
vs
STL STL
46
23
26
3
7
18
38.9
9
13
69.2
48.5
2
12 Ray Scott
R. Scott
26.0
3/18/1962
DET DET
vs
CIN CIN
22
26
11
24
45.8
0
3
0.0
43.4
4
13 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
25.0
4/3/1970
MIL MIL
vs
PHI PHI
47
46
25
2
18
36
50.0
10
15
66.7
54.0
3
14 Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
25.0
4/7/1964
CIN CIN
vs
BOS BOS
48
16
25
10
6
16
37.5
4
9
44.4
40.1
4
15 Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
25.0
3/22/1964
CIN CIN
vs
PHI PHI
25
25
1
10
20
50.0
5
6
83.3
55.2
4
16 Bill Russell
B. Russell
25.0
3/31/1957
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
31
11
25
5
15
33.3
1
3
33.3
33.7
3
17 Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
24.0
4/5/1964
CIN CIN
vs
BOS BOS
48
14
24
6
5
17
29.4
4
5
80.0
36.5
4
18 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
24.0
3/24/1960
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
26
24
0
8
18
44.4
10
16
62.5
51.9
5
19 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
23.0
4/13/1970
MIL MIL
@
NYK NYK
48
38
23
11
16
25
64.0
6
12
50.0
62.7
2
20 Ray Scott
R. Scott
23.0
3/29/1962
DET DET
vs
LAL LAL
16
23
5
16
31.3
6
10
60.0
39.2
4
21 Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
23.0
4/13/1957
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
45
37
23
2
17
33
51.5
3
11
27.3
48.9
6
22 Bill Russell
B. Russell
23.0
4/11/1957
BOS BOS
@
STL STL
46
17
23
5
16
31.3
7
12
58.3
39.9
4
23 Bill Russell
B. Russell
23.0
4/9/1957
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
36
14
23
3
5
15
33.3
4
6
66.7
39.7
5
24 Bill Russell
B. Russell
23.0
3/24/1957
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
41
10
23
4
14
28.6
2
4
50.0
31.7
2
25 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
22.0
3/14/1960
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
47
53
22
2
24
42
57.1
5
16
31.3
54.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds per game going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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