who has the most rookie rebounds in a game since 1970

Since 1969-70, Larry Smith has grabbed the most rebounds by a rookie in a game, with 31 rebounds against the Nuggets on March 28, 1981.

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NAMEREBDATETMOPPMINPTSASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Larry Smith
L. Smith
31
3/28/1981
vs
45
23
5
1
0
10
19
52.6
0
0
3
8
37.5
51.1
14
17
1
5
2Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
28
2/2/1971
@
47
22
0
7
26
26.9
8
10
80.0
36.2
5
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
27
11/1/1969
@
48
36
1
15
35
42.9
6
11
54.5
45.2
3
4Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
26
3/15/1986
vs
44
35
7
3
1
14
27
51.9
0
0
7
9
77.8
56.5
18
8
4
3
5John Henson
J. Henson
25
4/10/2013
@
41
17
3
0
7
7
17
41.2
0
0
3
5
60.0
44.3
6
19
1
2
-2
6Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
25
4/20/1993
vs
41
20
6
0
4
8
13
61.5
0
0
4
8
50.0
60.5
7
18
6
3
7Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
25
3/5/1985
@
48
20
2
1
7
7
22
31.8
0
0
6
8
75.0
39.2
9
16
2
5
8Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
25
2/14/1985
@
44
30
0
3
3
10
20
50.0
0
0
10
18
55.6
53.7
15
10
4
5
9Larry Smith
L. Smith
25
2/4/1981
vs
40
8
2
1
1
2
13
15.4
0
0
4
9
44.4
23.6
13
12
2
2
10Paul Griffin
P. Griffin
25
2/23/1977
vs
45
13
7
1
2
4
11
36.4
5
6
83.3
47.7
8
17
5
11John Drew
J. Drew
25
12/28/1974
vs
39
40
7
12
24
50.0
16
19
84.2
61.8
13
12
4
12Bill Walton
B. Walton
25
10/25/1974
vs
45
16
2
2
5
5
7
71.4
6
6
100.0
83.0
5
20
3
13Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
25
3/28/1973
45
20
36
55.6
5
6
83.3
58.2
5
14Elmore Smith
E. Smith
25
3/7/1972
@
35
24
1
11
19
57.9
2
3
66.7
59.1
4
15Elmore Smith
E. Smith
25
2/11/1972
vs
17
8
1
2
50.0
6
16Sidney Wicks
S. Wicks
25
1/28/1972
vs
45
25
5
10
27
37.0
5
8
62.5
41.0
4
17Elmore Smith
E. Smith
25
1/11/1972
vs
13
0
5
11
45.5
3
6
50.0
47.7
18Sam Lacey
S. Lacey
25
2/2/1971
@
47
27
1
12
27
44.4
3
3
100.0
47.7
2
19Pete Cross
P. Cross
25
1/1/1971
vs
41
23
1
8
16
50.0
7
8
87.5
58.9
1
20Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
24
1/16/1993
@
50
29
2
1
5
11
18
61.1
0
0
7
12
58.3
62.3
9
15
6
2
21Terry Cummings
T. Cummings
24
1/5/1983
@
37
27
2
3
2
11
18
61.1
0
0
5
8
62.5
62.7
11
13
3
2
22Terry Cummings
T. Cummings
24
11/9/1982
@
40
32
3
2
1
15
21
71.4
0
0
2
4
50.0
70.3
9
15
3
4
23Larry Smith
L. Smith
24
3/25/1981
vs
42
9
2
2
1
3
13
23.1
0
0
3
5
60.0
29.6
13
11
1
3
24Larry Smith
L. Smith
24
3/22/1981
vs
41
13
1
1
1
4
8
50.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
61.1
9
15
0
5
25Bill Walton
B. Walton
24
10/18/1974
vs
46
18
5
2
4
7
18
38.9
4
6
66.7
43.6
6
18
6
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1982-83 season.

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