which small forward has the most rebounds in an nba game

Elgin Baylor has grabbed the most boards by a small forward in a game, with 31 boards on December 8, 1961 and on November 6, 1958.

Interpreted as:
Which small forward has the most rebounds in an NBA regular-season game?
NAMEREBDATETMOPPMINPTSASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
31
12/8/1961
@
63
7
23
55
41.8
17
24
70.8
48.0
4
2Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
31
11/6/1958
vs
26
4
12
30
40.0
2
5
40.0
40.4
5
3Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
30
1/14/1961
vs
41
45
5
17
11
14
78.6
4
4Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
29
2/13/1960
@
37
14
9
14
64.3
5
5Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
28
11/17/1961
@
44
37
8
15
43
34.9
7
9
77.8
39.4
5
6Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
28
1/11/1961
vs
39
6
14
36
38.9
11
16
68.8
45.3
5
7Billy Cunningham
B. Cunningham
27
12/20/1970
@
45
31
11
10
18
55.6
11
19
57.9
58.8
6
8Jim Washington
J. Washington
27
3/15/1969
vs
46
14
4
2
16
12.5
10
13
76.9
32.2
4
9Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
27
12/5/1967
@
49
32
9
13
26
50.0
6
7
85.7
55.0
3
10Dave DeBusschere
D. DeBusschere
27
2/15/1966
@
26
10
6
7
85.7
11Terry Dischinger
T. Dischinger
27
11/23/1962
32
13
6
6
100.0
3
12Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
27
1/25/1962
vs
39
14
28
50.0
11
14
78.6
57.1
2
13Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
27
12/30/1959
@
22
4
6
23
26.1
10
12
83.3
38.9
4
14Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
27
11/6/1959
vs
33
11
36
30.6
11
15
73.3
38.7
3
15George Yardley
G. Yardley
27
2/27/1958
41
2
17
30
56.7
7
9
77.8
60.4
2
16George Yardley
G. Yardley
27
1/9/1955
vs
29
11
7
7
100.0
4
17Billy Cunningham
B. Cunningham
26
3/3/1972
vs
34
12
2
4
13
30.8
4
9
44.4
35.4
1
18Paul Silas
P. Silas
26
12/17/1967
16
12
1
4
14
28.6
4
6
66.7
36.1
3
19Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
26
12/13/1964
vs
35
7
14
33
42.4
7
11
63.6
46.2
4
20Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
26
2/16/1961
@
57
23
45
51.1
11
14
78.6
55.7
5
21Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
26
2/27/1960
vs
23
6
10
24
41.7
3
6
50.0
43.2
2
22Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
26
1/29/1960
vs
34
15
33
45.5
4
8
50.0
46.5
3
23Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
26
12/11/1958
vs
31
10
25
40.0
11
15
73.3
49.1
2
24Jim Loscutoff
J. Loscutoff
26
12/2/1955
vs
30
9
4
4
15
26.7
1
1
100.0
29.1
4
25Mel Hutchins
M. Hutchins
26
2/22/1953
vs
14
5
4
5
80.0
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1982-83 season.

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