This is a list of National Basketball Association players who have had 38 or more rebounds in a single game and a list of players who have had 30 or more rebounds in a single game since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976.
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 players | |
| Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame | ||
| † | Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration | |
| Occurred in playoff competition |
| Rebounds | width=120 | Player | width=150 | Team | Date | width=150 | Opponent | Notes |
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| 55 | Philadelphia Warriors | Boston Celtics | Record set in a losing effort; grabbed 31 rebounds in one half; scored 34 points. | |||||
| 51 | Boston Celtics | Syracuse Nationals | Set a then-record for rebounds in a game; set a still-standing record for rebounds in a winning effort. | |||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 49 | Boston Celtics | Philadelphia Warriors | Set a then-record for rebounds in a game; set a still-standing record of 32 rebounds in a single half. | ||||
| Boston Celtics | Detroit Pistons | |||||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 45 | Philadelphia Warriors | Syracuse Nationals | Single-game record for a rookie; scored 44 points; the fourth quadruple double-double in NBA history. | ||||
| Philadelphia Warriors | Los Angeles Lakers | Scored 56 points; the fifth quadruple double-double in NBA history. | ||||||
| align=center rowspan=4 | 43 | Philadelphia Warriors | New York Knicks | Set a then-record for a rookie; scored 39 points. | ||||
| Philadelphia Warriors | Los Angeles Lakers | Triple overtime; Chamberlain also scored a then-record 78 points in the game; the sixth quadruple double-double in NBA history. | ||||||
| Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | |||||||
| Philadelphia 76ers | Boston Celtics | |||||||
| align=center rowspan=5 | 42 | Philadelphia Warriors | Boston Celtics | Rookie season; scored 44 points; the second quadruple double-double in NBA history. | ||||
| Philadelphia Warriors | Detroit Pistons | Rookie season; Chamberlain also scored a rookie record 58 points in the same game; the third quadruple double-double in NBA history. | ||||||
| San Francisco Warriors | Detroit Pistons | |||||||
| Philadelphia 76ers | Boston Celtics | Scored 37 points. | ||||||
| Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | Overtime. | ||||||
| align=center rowspan=4 | 41 | Boston Celtics | Syracuse Nationals | |||||
| San Francisco Warriors | Detroit Pistons | Overtime; scored 50 points; the seventh quadruple double-double in NBA history. | ||||||
| Boston Celtics | San Francisco Warriors | |||||||
| Philadelphia 76ers | Boston Celtics | Game 3 victory in the Eastern Division finals. | ||||||
| align=center rowspan=9 | 40 | Boston Celtics | Philadelphia Warriors | Game 3 victory in the Eastern Division finals. | ||||
| Boston Celtics | Cincinnati Royals | Overtime. | ||||||
| Philadelphia Warriors | Syracuse Nationals | Set a then-record for a rookie; third game of career; scored 41 points; the first quadruple double-double in NBA history. | ||||||
| Boston Celtics | St. Louis Hawks | NBA Finals record (tie) | ||||||
| Boston Celtics | Philadelphia Warriors | |||||||
| Boston Celtics | 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; scored 30 points. | ||||||
| Cincinnati Royals | Philadelphia 76ers | His rookie season. | ||||||
| San Francisco Warriors | Detroit Pistons | Scored 50 points; the eighth and final quadruple double-double in NBA history. | ||||||
| Philadelphia 76ers | Boston Celtics | Scored 31 points. | ||||||
| align=center rowspan=11 | 39 | Philadelphia Warriors | Syracuse Nationals | Set a then-record. | ||||
| Boston Celtics | Detroit Pistons | |||||||
| Boston Celtics | New York Knicks | |||||||
| Philadelphia Warriors | Cincinnati Royals | Rookie season; scored 39 points. | ||||||
| Philadelphia Warriors | Syracuse Nationals | Rookie season; scored 42 points. | ||||||
| Philadelphia Warriors | Boston Celtics | Rookie season; scored 43 points. | ||||||
| Boston Celtics | Philadelphia Warriors | |||||||
| Boston Celtics | Syracuse Nationals | |||||||
| Philadelphia Warriors | Detroit Pistons | Scored 58 points. | ||||||
| Boston Celtics | New York Knicks | |||||||
| Philadelphia 76ers | Boston Celtics | Scored 30 points. | ||||||
| align=center rowspan=17 | 38 | Rochester Royals | Syracuse Nationals | Rookie season; triple-double, scored 26 points with 12 assists. | ||||
| Boston Celtics | Philadelphia Warriors | |||||||
| Boston Celtics | New York Knicks | |||||||
| Philadelphia Warriors | Los Angeles Lakers | Scored 44 points. | ||||||
| Philadelphia Warriors | Cincinnati Royals | Scored 32 points. | ||||||
| Boston Celtics | St. Louis Hawks | Scored 30 points | ||||||
| Philadelphia Warriors | Chicago Packers | Scored 39 points. | ||||||
| Boston Celtics | San Francisco Warriors | |||||||
| San Francisco Warriors | Boston Celtics | Scored 40 points. | ||||||
| Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | |||||||
| San Francisco Warriors | Boston Celtics | |||||||
| Boston Celtics | New York Knicks | |||||||
| Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | |||||||
| Philadelphia 76ers | San Francisco Warriors | Triple-double, scored 24 points with 13 assists. | ||||||
| Philadelphia 76ers | San Francisco Warriors | Triple-double, scored 10 points with 10 assists; 26 rebounds in one half, setting the NBA Playoffs record. | ||||||
| Philadelphia 76ers | Seattle SuperSonics | Scored 53 points. | ||||||
| Los Angeles Lakers | Baltimore Bullets | |||||||