List of National Basketball Association Players With Most Rebounds in A Game

List Of National Basketball Association Players With Most Rebounds In A Game

This is a list of National Basketball Association players who have had 38 or more rebounds in a single game.

Multiple occurrences: Wilt Chamberlain 29 times (four times in the playoffs) and Bill Russell 23 times (seven times in the playoffs).

The NBA did not record rebounds until the 1950–51 season.

^ Active NBA player
* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Occurred in playoff competition
Rebounds Player Team Date Opponent Notes
55 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01960-11-24November 24, 1960 Boston Celtics Record set in a losing effort; grabbed 31 rebounds in one half.
51 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01960-02-05February 5, 1960 Syracuse Nationals Set a then-record.
49 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01957-11-16November 16, 1957 Philadelphia Warriors Set a then-record for rebounds in a game; set a still-standing record of 32 rebounds in a single half.
49 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01965-03-11March 11, 1965 Detroit Pistons
45 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01960-02-06February 6, 1960 Syracuse Nationals Single-game record for a rookie; scored 44 points.
45 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01961-01-21January 21, 1961 Los Angeles Lakers Scored 56 points.
43 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01959-11-10November 10, 1959 New York Knicks Set a then-record for a rookie.
43 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01961-12-08December 8, 1961 Los Angeles Lakers Triple overtime; Chamberlain also scored a then-record 78 points in the game.
43 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01963-01-20January 20, 1963 Los Angeles Lakers
43 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia 76ers 01965-03-06March 6, 1965 Boston Celtics
42 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01960-01-15January 15, 1960 Boston Celtics Rookie season; scored 44 points.
42 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01960-01-25January 25, 1960 Detroit Pistons Rookie season; Chamberlain also scored a rookie record 58 points in the same game.
42 Thurmond, NateNate Thurmond* San Francisco Warriors 01965-11-09November 9, 1965 Detroit Pistons
42 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia 76ers 01966-01-14January 14, 1966 Boston Celtics
42 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Los Angeles Lakers 01969-03-07March 7, 1969 Boston Celtics Overtime.
41 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01958-02-12February 12, 1958 Syracuse Nationals
41 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* San Francisco Warriors 01962-10-26October 26, 1962 Detroit Pistons Overtime; scored 50 points.
41 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01965-03-14March 14, 1965 San Francisco Warriors
41 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia 76ers 01967-04-05April 5, 1967 Boston Celtics Game 3 victory in the Eastern Division finals.
40 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01958-03-23March 23, 1958 Philadelphia Warriors Game 3 victory in the Eastern Division finals.
40 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01958-12-12December 12, 1958 Cincinnati Royals Overtime.
40 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01959-11-04November 4, 1959 Syracuse Nationals Set a then-record for a rookie; third game of career; scored 41 points.
40 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01960-03-29March 29, 1960 St. Louis Hawks NBA Finals record (tie)
40 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01961-02-12February 12, 1961 Philadelphia Warriors
40 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01962-04-18April 18, 1962 Los Angeles Lakers NBA Finals record (tie); game 7 overtime victory; Russell's 19 rebounds in a single quarter is the most of any NBA quarter — regular season or playoffs.
40 Lucas, JerryJerry Lucas* Cincinnati Royals 01964-02-29February 29, 1964 Philadelphia 76ers His rookie season.
40 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* San Francisco Warriors 01964-11-22November 22, 1964 Detroit Pistons Scored 50 points.
40 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia 76ers 01965-12-28December 28, 1965 Boston Celtics
39 Johnston, NeilNeil Johnston* Philadelphia Warriors 01954-12-04December 4, 1954 Syracuse Nationals Set a then-record.
39 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01959-01-25January 25, 1959 Detroit Pistons
39 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01959-12-19December 19, 1959 New York Knicks
39 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01959-12-28December 28, 1959 Cincinnati Royals
39 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01960-01-13January 13, 1960 Syracuse Nationals
39 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01960-01-29January 29, 1960 Boston Celtics
39 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01960-03-19March 19, 1960 Philadelphia Warriors
39 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01961-03-23March 23, 1961 Syracuse Nationals
39 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01961-11-04November 4, 1961 Detroit Pistons
39 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01961-12-21December 21, 1961 New York Knicks
39 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia 76ers 01965-04-06April 6, 1965 Boston Celtics
38 Stokes, MauriceMaurice Stokes* Rochester Royals 01956-01-14January 14, 1956 Syracuse Nationals
38 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01958-02-23February 23, 1958 Philadelphia Warriors
38 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01959-12-04December 4, 1959 New York Knicks
38 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01960-11-29November 29, 1960 Los Angeles Lakers
38 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01960-12-18December 18, 1960 Cincinnati Royals
38 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01961-04-11April 11, 1961 St. Louis Hawks
38 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors 01961-11-25November 25, 1961 Chicago Packers
38 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01963-02-21February 21, 1963 San Francisco Warriors
38 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* San Francisco Warriors 01963-02-21February 21, 1963 Boston Celtics
38 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01963-04-16April 16, 1963 Los Angeles Lakers
38 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* San Francisco Warriors 01964-04-24April 24, 1964 Boston Celtics
38 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01965-01-30January 30, 1965 New York Knicks
38 Russell, BillBill Russell* Boston Celtics 01965-03-03March 3, 1965 Los Angeles Lakers
38 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia 76ers 01967-03-02March 2, 1967 San Francisco Warriors
38 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia 76ers 01967-04-16April 16, 1967 San Francisco Warriors 26 rebounds in one half, setting the NBA Playoffs record.
38 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia 76ers 01967-12-20December 20, 1967 Seattle SuperSonics
38 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* Los Angeles Lakers 01969-03-09March 9, 1969 Baltimore Bullets

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