who has the most rebounds in a game before 1960

Before 1959-60, Bill Russell got the most boards in a game, with 49 rebounds versus the Philadelphia Warriors on November 16, 1957.

Interpreted as:

Who has the most rebounds in a regular-season game before 1960?

	NAME	REB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	49	11/16/1957	BOS	vs	PHI	43	28	4	11	21	52.4	6	13	46.2	52.4	3
2	Bill Russell B. Russell	41	2/12/1958	BOS	vs	SYR	40	18	7	8	22	36.4	2	4	50.0	37.9	3
3	Bill Russell B. Russell	40	12/12/1958	BOS	vs	CIN	53	20	5	6	20	30.0	8	9	88.9	41.7	0
4	Bill Russell B. Russell	39	1/25/1959	BOS	vs	DET	53	20		9	20	45.0	2	5	40.0	45.0	4
5	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	39	12/4/1954	PHI	vs	SYR	42	27	4	10	22	45.5	7	9	77.8	52.0	2
6	Bill Russell B. Russell	38	2/23/1958	BOS		PHI		13	2	5	25	20.0	3	6	50.0	23.5	5
7	Maurice Stokes M. Stokes	38	1/14/1956	ROC	vs	SYR	45	26	12	11	18	61.1	4	8	50.0	60.4	4
8	Bill Russell B. Russell	36	2/14/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	44	23	6	10	24	41.7	3	5	60.0	43.9	2
9	George Mikan G. Mikan	36	3/4/1952	MIN	@	PHI		41	2	11	28	39.3	19	21	90.5	55.0	5
10	George Mikan G. Mikan	36	1/20/1952	MIN	vs	ROC		61		22	45	48.9	17	21	81.0	56.2	4
11	Bill Russell B. Russell	35	3/3/1959	BOS		MIN	48	19		8	13	61.5	3	7	42.9	59.1	2
12	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	35	1/6/1959	STL		MIN		38	3	15			8	11	72.7		2
13	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	35	3/2/1958	STL	vs	CIN		21		7			7	13	53.8		1
14	Bill Russell B. Russell	35	2/15/1958	BOS	@	PHI		18	0	8	19	42.1	2	7	28.6	40.8	4
15	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	35	12/28/1950	SYR	@	PHI		28	6	9	19	47.4	10	12	83.3	57.7	4
16	Bill Russell B. Russell	34	2/1/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	52	28		11	18	61.1	6	10	60.0	62.5	5
17	Bill Russell B. Russell	34	12/26/1957	BOS	vs	NYK	42	14	8	6	14	42.9	2	3	66.7	45.7	2
18	Bill Russell B. Russell	34	2/5/1957	BOS		SYR	44	19	3	8	23	34.8	3	5	60.0	37.7	2
19	Bill Russell B. Russell	34	12/26/1956	BOS	vs	PHI	26	15	4	6	13	46.2	3	6	50.0	48.0	6
20	Maurice Stokes M. Stokes	34	1/21/1956	ROC		STL		18		6			6	7	85.7		4
21	Bill Russell B. Russell	33	3/4/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	48	23	5	11	19	57.9	1	2	50.0	57.8	3
22	Bill Russell B. Russell	33	12/29/1958	BOS	vs	SYR	48	28	5	13	18	72.2	2	6	33.3	67.8	2
23	Bill Russell B. Russell	33	12/25/1958	BOS	@	NYK		32		9			14	19	73.7		2
24	Bill Russell B. Russell	33	1/31/1958	BOS	vs	PHI	42	32	1	14	21	66.7	4	7	57.1	66.4	2
25	Maurice Stokes M. Stokes	33	1/16/1957	ROC	vs	STL		31		11			9	11	81.8		4