Bill Russell got the most rebounds in a 1960 playoff game, with 40 rebounds against the St. Louis Hawks on March 29, 1960.

Interpreted as:

most reb by a player in a playoff game 1959-60

	NAME	REB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	40	3/29/1960	BOS	vs	STL	48	21	1	8	12	66.7	5	9	55.6	65.8	2
2	Bill Russell B. Russell	39	3/19/1960	BOS	vs	PHI	40	26	5	12	24	50.0	2	2	100.0	52.3	2
3	Bill Russell B. Russell	35	4/9/1960	BOS	vs	STL	47	22	4	7	15	46.7	8	10	80.0	56.7	2
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	35	3/22/1960	PHI	@	BOS	46	50	2	22	42	52.4	6	14	42.9	51.9	2
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	34	3/20/1960	PHI	vs	BOS	48	24	2	9	17	52.9	6	11	54.5	54.9	2
6	Bill Russell B. Russell	30	3/16/1960	BOS	vs	PHI	47	19	1	9	17	52.9	1	1	100.0	54.5	6
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	29	3/16/1960	PHI	@	BOS	48	42	1	17	35	48.6	8	14	57.1	51.0	2
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	28	3/18/1960	PHI	vs	BOS	48	29	1	12	23	52.2	5	10	50.0	52.9	1
9	Bill Russell B. Russell	27	3/22/1960	BOS	vs	PHI	38	22	4	9	16	56.3	4	6	66.7	59.0	5
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	27	3/11/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	48	35	3	16	36	44.4	3	10	30.0	43.3	2
11	Bill Russell B. Russell	26	4/5/1960	BOS	vs	STL	45	17	3	7	14	50.0	3	6	50.0	51.1	2
12	Bill Russell B. Russell	25	3/24/1960	BOS	@	PHI	48	25	3	11	26	42.3	3	4	75.0	45.0	5
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	24	3/24/1960	PHI	vs	BOS	48	26	0	8	18	44.4	10	16	62.5	51.9	5
14	Tom Gola T. Gola	23	3/14/1960	PHI	vs	SYR		15	11	5	12	41.7	5	7	71.4	49.7	4
15	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	22	3/29/1960	STL	@	BOS	43	35	7	14	29	48.3	7	7	100.0	54.6	2
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	22	3/14/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	47	53	2	24	42	57.1	5	16	31.3	54.0	0
17	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	22	3/13/1960	SYR	vs	PHI		40	4	13	27	48.1	14	15	93.3	59.5	5
18	Bill Russell B. Russell	21	3/20/1960	BOS	@	PHI	48	17	2	6	23	26.1	5	7	71.4	32.6	3
19	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	20	3/26/1960	STL	vs	MIN	44	28		10	23	43.5	8	10	80.0	51.1	3
20	Gene Conley G. Conley	20	3/22/1960	BOS	vs	PHI	27	15	0	5	10	50.0	5	6	83.3	59.3	4
21	Bill Russell B. Russell	20	3/18/1960	BOS	@	PHI	36	15	2	7	15	46.7	1	1	100.0	48.6	5
22	Bill Russell B. Russell	19	4/3/1960	BOS	@	STL	48	13	0	3	10	30.0	7	8	87.5	48.1	0
23	Bill Russell B. Russell	19	4/2/1960	BOS	@	STL	48	15	3	4	11	36.4	7	10	70.0	48.7	3
24	Bill Russell B. Russell	19	3/27/1960	BOS	vs	STL	31	12	7	5	9	55.6	2	2	100.0	60.7	0
25	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	19	3/22/1960	STL	vs	MIN		25		7	20	35.0	11	14	78.6	47.8	6