All Time NBA Records	Single Season NBA Records
Career Triple Doubles	Highest PPG in a Season
Career Quadruple Doubles	Highest APG in a Season
Career Points/Scoring Leaders	Highest RPG in a Season
Career PPG Leaders	Highest Steals Total in a Season
Career Assists Leaders
Career APG Leaders
Career Rebounds Leaders	Most Points in 1 Game
Career RPG Leaders	Most Assists in 1 Game
Career Steals Leaders	Most Rebounds in 1 Game

If you’ve ever looked up NBA rebounding records, you’ll see that Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell dominate the lists. So, it shouldn’t come as much surprise that they dominate the most rebounds in one NBA game, topped off with Chamberlain’s 55 rebounds verses the Boston Celtics on Nov. 24th, 1960, passing Bill Russell’s 51 boards that was set in the previous season.

Most Rebounds in One Game
Reb.	Players	Team	Opponent	Date
55	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics	Nov. 24, 1960
51	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	Syracuse Nationals	Feb. 05, 1960
49	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia Warriors	Nov. 16, 1957
	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons	Mar. 11, 1965
45	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Syracuse Nationals	Feb. 06, 1960
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers	Jan. 21, 1961
43	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	New York Knicks	Nov. 10, 1959
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers	Dec. 08, 1961
	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers	Jan. 20, 1963
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics	Mar. 06, 1965
42	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics	Jan. 15, 1960
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Detroit Pistons	Jan. 25, 1960
	Nate Thurmond	San Francisco Warriors	Detroit Pistons	Nov. 09, 1965
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics	Jan. 14, 1966
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics	Mar. 07, 1969
41	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	Syracuse Nationals	Feb. 12, 1958
	Wilt Chamberlain	San Francisco Warriors	Detroit Pistons	Oct. 26, 1962
	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	San Francisco Warriors	Mar. 14, 1965
40	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	Cincinnati Royals	Dec. 12, 1958
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Syracuse Nationals	Nov. 04, 1959
	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia Warriors	Feb. 12, 1961
	Jerry Lucas	Cincinnati Royals	Philadelphia 76ers	Feb. 29, 1964
	Wilt Chamberlain	San Francisco Warriors	Detroit Pistons	Nov. 22, 1964
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics	Dec. 28, 1965
39	Neil Johnston	Philadelphia Warriors	Syracuse Nationals	Feb. 23, 1958
	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks	Dec. 19, 1959
	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons	Jan. 25, 1959
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Syracuse Nationals	Jan. 13, 1960
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics	Jan. 29, 1960
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Cincinnati Royals	Dec. 28, 1959
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Detroit Pistons	Nov. 04, 1961
	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks	Dec. 21, 1961
38	Maurice Stokes	Rochester Royals	Syracuse Nationals	Jan. 14, 1956
	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia Warriors	Feb. 23, 1958
	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks	Dec. 04, 1959
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers	Nov. 29, 1960
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Cincinnati Royals	Dec. 18, 1960
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Chicago Bulls	Nov. 25, 1961
	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	San Francisco Warriors	Feb. 21, 1963
	Wilt Chamberlain	San Francisco Warriors	Boston Celtics	Feb. 21, 1963
	Wilt Chamberlain	San Francisco Warriors	Boston Celtics	Apr. 24, 1964
	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks	Jan. 30, 1965
	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers	Mar. 03, 1965
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia 76ers	San Francisco Warriors	Mar. 02, 1967
	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics	Dec. 20, 1967
	Wilt Chamberlain	Los Angeles Lakers	Baltimore Bullets	Mar. 09, 1969

* Denotes Active Players
Updated: Oct. 1st 2008

Sources:
http://www.basketball-reference.com
http://www.databasebasketball.com
http://www.wikipedia.org