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	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	11/16/1957	49	BOS	vs	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	vs	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	vs	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	vs	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		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	vs	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	vs	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	vs	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	vs	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	vs	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	vs	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	vs	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	vs	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		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	vs	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	vs	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	vs	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	vs	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	vs	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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