most rebounds in a game in 1981-1982

Moses Malone got the most rebounds in a game in 1981-82, with 32 rebounds versus the Seattle SuperSonics on February 11, 1982.

Interpreted as:
most rebounds by a player in a regular-season game in 1981-1982
NAMEREBDATETMOPPMINPTSASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Moses Malone
M. Malone
32
2/11/1982
HOU HOU
vs
SEA SEA
44
38
2
3
0
17
35
48.6
0
0
4
7
57.1
49.9
21
11
4
3
2Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
25
12/12/1981
CHI CHI
vs
PHI PHI
46
28
2
2
6
8
16
50.0
0
0
12
16
75.0
60.8
9
16
0
3
3Dan Roundfield
D. Roundfield
24
1/2/1982
ATL ATL
vs
NJN NJN
19
8
16
50.0
0
3
4
75.0
53.5
5
19
4Jerome Whitehead
J. Whitehead
23
3/25/1982
SDC SDC
vs
DEN DEN
43
18
6
1
0
7
14
50.0
0
0
4
4
100.0
57.1
5
18
6
4
5Moses Malone
M. Malone
23
2/26/1982
HOU HOU
vs
GSW GSW
43
43
0
0
2
13
28
46.4
0
1
0.0
17
20
85.0
58.4
13
10
0
2
6Buck Williams
B. Williams
23
2/12/1982
NJN NJN
vs
GSW GSW
37
17
2
1
5
6
12
50.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
58.1
6
17
2
3
7Larry Smith
L. Smith
23
1/9/1982
GSW GSW
vs
IND IND
37
14
1
0
0
7
12
58.3
0
0
0
1
0.0
56.3
11
12
2
1
8Robert Parish
R. Parish
23
12/1/1981
BOS BOS
@
IND IND
32
15
0
4
13
30.8
0
0
7
8
87.5
45.4
7
16
3
9Moses Malone
M. Malone
22
2/2/1982
HOU HOU
vs
SDC SDC
42
53
4
2
1
19
30
63.3
0
0
15
18
83.3
69.9
11
11
3
2
10Kent Benson
K. Benson
22
11/27/1981
DET DET
vs
ATL ATL
50
12
5
2
5
9
55.6
0
0
2
2
100.0
60.7
8
14
3
11Moses Malone
M. Malone
22
11/11/1981
HOU HOU
vs
LAL LAL
45
37
4
2
1
15
25
60.0
0
0
7
9
77.8
63.9
10
12
3
3
12Jack Sikma
J. Sikma
21
4/13/1982
SEA SEA
vs
POR POR
41
22
3
1
1
9
18
50.0
0
0
4
4
100.0
55.7
5
16
1
0
13Moses Malone
M. Malone
21
4/6/1982
HOU HOU
vs
LAL LAL
48
37
0
0
0
9
21
42.9
0
0
19
21
90.5
61.2
14
7
5
5
14Jack Sikma
J. Sikma
21
4/6/1982
SEA SEA
vs
PHX PHX
40
24
4
2
1
11
18
61.1
0
0
2
3
66.7
62.1
2
19
4
1
15Robert Parish
R. Parish
21
3/21/1982
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
41
37
1
5
16
27
59.3
0
0
5
9
55.6
59.8
5
16
3
16Larry Bird
L. Bird
21
3/16/1982
BOS BOS
@
WAS WAS
45
31
2
10
20
50.0
0
0
11
14
78.6
59.3
5
16
2
17Dave Greenwood
D. Greenwood
21
2/26/1982
CHI CHI
@
ATL ATL
45
13
5
0
2
6
15
40.0
0
0
1
3
33.3
39.8
4
17
4
18Moses Malone
M. Malone
21
2/23/1982
HOU HOU
vs
DAL DAL
48
34
3
0
2
12
28
42.9
0
1
0.0
10
13
76.9
50.4
9
12
4
1
19Moses Malone
M. Malone
21
2/19/1982
HOU HOU
@
NJN NJN
46
34
1
0
1
12
22
54.5
0
0
10
13
76.9
61.3
3
18
9
4
20Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
21
2/14/1982
POR POR
@
IND IND
38
16
5
0
2
7
14
50.0
0
0
2
6
33.3
48.1
6
15
4
1
21Maurice Lucas
M. Lucas
21
2/3/1982
NYK NYK
@
LAL LAL
42
13
4
6
11
54.5
0
1
4
25.0
50.9
3
18
3
22Larry Smith
L. Smith
21
1/20/1982
GSW GSW
vs
SDC SDC
40
8
1
3
2
3
10
30.0
0
0
2
6
33.3
31.6
10
11
3
4
23Jack Sikma
J. Sikma
21
1/9/1982
SEA SEA
@
DEN DEN
34
8
2
0
2
2
11
18.2
0
0
4
5
80.0
30.3
2
19
1
3
24Buck Williams
B. Williams
21
1/6/1982
NJN NJN
vs
MIL MIL
39
18
3
0
0
8
17
47.1
0
0
2
3
66.7
49.1
9
12
5
3
25Larry Bird
L. Bird
21
12/29/1981
BOS BOS
@
DEN DEN
37
27
6
1
1
12
21
57.1
1
2
50.0
2
4
50.0
59.3
7
14
6
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1982-83 season.

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