most rebounds by a rookie in an nba debut game

Wilt Chamberlain has the most boards by a rookie in a game, with 45 boards versus the Syracuse Nationals on February 6, 1960.

Interpreted as:

most rebounds by a rookie in an NBA debut regular-season game

	NAME	REB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	45	2/6/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	48	44	3	15	37	40.5	14	23	60.9	46.7	2
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	43	1/15/1960	PHI	vs	BOS	48	44	2	16	42	38.1	12	19	63.2	43.7	2
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	43	11/10/1959	PHI	vs	NYK	48	39	4	14	29	48.3	11	19	57.9	52.2	3
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	42	1/25/1960	PHI		DET	47	58	4	24	41	58.5	10	13	76.9	62.1	3
5	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	40	2/29/1964	CIN	@	PHI		28	3	11	19	57.9	6	6	100.0	64.7	4
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	40	11/4/1959	PHI	vs	SYR	47	41	0	17	40	42.5	7	15	46.7	44.0	1
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	39	1/29/1960	PHI	vs	BOS	48	43	3	18	36	50.0	7	15	46.7	50.5	2
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	39	1/13/1960	PHI		SYR	53	42	5	15	32	46.9	12	19	63.2	52.0	1
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	39	12/28/1959	PHI		CIN	47	39	3	14	33	42.4	11	18	61.1	47.7	0
10	Maurice Stokes M. Stokes	38	1/14/1956	ROC	vs	SYR	45	26	12	11	18	61.1	4	8	50.0	60.4	4
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	37	1/24/1960	PHI	@	CIN	48	30	6	10	31	32.3	10	18	55.6	38.5	2
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	37	1/9/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	48	48	3	20	38	52.6	8	15	53.3	53.8	3
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	36	1/2/1960	PHI	vs	BOS	48	47	1	18	36	50.0	11	14	78.6	55.7	2
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	35	11/25/1959	PHI	@	BOS	48	45	1	19	37	51.4	7	16	43.8	51.1	4
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	35	11/8/1959	PHI	vs	CIN	39	32	2	12	32	37.5	8	14	57.1	41.9	0
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	34	12/25/1959	PHI		SYR	47	45	2	15	33	45.5	15	24	62.5	51.7	0
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	34	11/29/1959	PHI	vs	NYK	48	33	4	12	32	37.5	9	13	69.2	43.7	1
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	34	10/31/1959	PHI	vs	DET	47	36	2	13	32	40.6	10	15	66.7	46.6	0
19	Bill Russell B. Russell	34	2/5/1957	BOS		SYR	44	19	3	8	23	34.8	3	5	60.0	37.7	2
20	Bill Russell B. Russell	34	12/26/1956	BOS	vs	PHI	26	15	4	6	13	46.2	3	6	50.0	48.0	6
21	Maurice Stokes M. Stokes	34	1/21/1956	ROC		STL		18		6			6	7	85.7		4
22	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	33	2/7/1964	CIN	vs	PHI		24		9	16	56.3	6	8	75.0	61.5	4
23	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	33	11/29/1963	CIN	vs	NYK		25		11	18	61.1	3	5	60.0	61.9	3
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	33	1/31/1960	PHI		MIN	48	41	1	15	35	42.9	11	16	68.8	48.8	3
25	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	33	12/3/1959	PHI	vs	MIN	48	41	1	15	29	51.7	11	12	91.7	59.8	1