who was the first player with 41 rebounds in a game

Bill Russell grabbed 49 rebounds versus the Philadelphia Warriors on November 16, 1957.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first player with 41 or more rebounds in a game?
NAME DATE REB TM OPP MIN PTS AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Bill Russell
B. Russell
11/16/1957
49
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
43
28
4
11
21
52.4
6
13
46.2
52.4
3
2 Bill Russell
B. Russell
2/12/1958
41
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
40
18
7
8
22
36.4
2
4
50.0
37.9
3
3 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
11/10/1959
43
PHI PHI
vs
NYK NYK
48
39
4
14
29
48.3
11
19
57.9
52.2
3
4 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1/15/1960
43
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
44
2
16
42
38.1
12
19
63.2
43.7
2
5 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1/25/1960
42
PHI PHI
DET DET
47
58
4
24
41
58.5
10
13
76.9
62.1
3
6 Bill Russell
B. Russell
2/5/1960
51
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
48
23
5
8
16
50.0
7
10
70.0
56.4
1
7 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
2/6/1960
45
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
48
44
3
15
37
40.5
14
23
60.9
46.7
2
8 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
11/24/1960
55
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
34
4
15
43
34.9
4
10
40.0
35.9
3
9 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1/21/1961
45
PHI PHI
vs
LAL LAL
48
56
0
25
46
54.3
6
13
46.2
54.1
2
10 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
12/8/1961
43
PHI PHI
vs
LAL LAL
63
78
1
31
62
50.0
16
31
51.6
51.6
4
11 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
10/26/1962
41
SFW SFW
vs
DET DET
53
50
1
20
29
69.0
10
19
52.6
66.9
0
12 Bill Russell
B. Russell
1/20/1963
43
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
48
29
3
11
22
50.0
7
11
63.6
54.0
4
13 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
3/6/1965
43
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
27
8
10
22
45.5
7
17
41.2
45.8
4
14 Bill Russell
B. Russell
3/11/1965
49
BOS BOS
DET DET
48
27
6
11
24
45.8
5
7
71.4
49.9
1
15 Bill Russell
B. Russell
3/14/1965
41
BOS BOS
vs
SFW SFW
48
20
4
6
16
37.5
8
9
88.9
50.1
3
16 Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
11/9/1965
42
SFW SFW
vs
DET DET
48
18
3
6
17
35.3
6
13
46.2
39.6
2
17 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1/14/1966
42
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
37
6
15
28
53.6
7
14
50.0
54.2
2
18 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
4/5/1967
41
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
20
9
8
14
57.1
4
8
50.0
57.1
3
19 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
3/7/1969
42
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
53
12
6
3
8
37.5
6
12
50.0
45.2
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1982-83 season.

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1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
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21
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1
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68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
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32
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33
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18
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2
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61
21
.744
3.0
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51
31
.622
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32
.610
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48
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38
.537
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