Houston Rockets accomplishments and records

The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball franchise based in Houston, Texas. The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years, before relocating to Houston.^[1] They have made the playoffs in 25 of their 42 seasons, and won their division and conference four times each; they also won back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995.^[2] They won 22 straight games during the 2007–08 season, the third-longest streak in NBA history.^[3]

The Rockets moved into the Toyota Center at the start of the 2003–2004 season

Hakeem Olajuwon, the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in both of the Rockets' championship seasons, played for the Rockets for 17 years and is the career leader for the franchise in 9 categories. He also holds the NBA records for blocks in a playoff game and most points and blocks in a 4-game playoff series. Moses Malone, who played 6 of 19 seasons for the Rockets, had the most points, rebounds, and free throws made in a season for the Rockets, and he also holds the NBA records for most offensive rebounds in a regular season and playoff game.

The individual player records section lists the Rockets career leaders in major statistical categories, as well as franchise records for single seasons and games. The team section lists the Rockets' teams that have recorded the highest and lowest totals in a category in a single season and game, and any NBA records that the Rockets have set as a team.

Individual records

Franchise leaders

Bold denotes still active with team.

Italic denotes still active but not with team. Points scored (regular season)

(as of the end of the 2020–21 season)^[4]

• 1. Hakeem Olajuwon (26,511)
• 2. James Harden (18,365)
• 3. Calvin Murphy (17,949)
• 4. Rudy Tomjanovich (13,383)
• 5. Elvin Hayes (11,762)
• 6. Moses Malone (11,119)

• 7. Yao Ming (9,247)
• 8. Robert Reid (8,823)
• 9. Mike Newlin (8,480)
• 10. Otis Thorpe (8,177)
• 11. Cuttino Mobley (7,448)
• 12. Steve Francis (7,281)

• 13. Tracy McGrady (6,888)
• 14. Allen Leavell (6,684)
• 15. Vernon Maxwell (6,002)
• 16. Ralph Sampson (5,995)
• 17. Kenny Smith (5,910)
• 18. Luis Scola (5,597)

• 19. Rodney McCray (5,059)
• 20. Sleepy Floyd (5,030)
• 21. Stu Lantz (4,947)
• 22. Trevor Ariza (4,863)
• 23. Eric Gordon (4,564)
• 24. Lewis Lloyd (4,384)

• 25. Clyde Drexler (4,155)
• 26. Buck Johnson (4,139)
• 27. John Block (4,138)
• 28. Clint Capela (4,075)
• 29. Don Kojis (4,037)
• 30. John Lucas II (3,756)

Other statistics (regular season)

(as of May 16, 2021)^[4]

Most minutes played
Player	Minutes
Hakeem Olajuwon	42,844
Calvin Murphy	30,607
Rudy Tomjanovich	25,714
James Harden	23,006
Robert Reid	21,718
Elvin Hayes	20,782
Otis Thorpe	18,631
Moses Malone	17,780
Mike Newlin	17,646
Cuttino Mobley	16,343

Most rebounds
Player	Rebounds
Hakeem Olajuwon	13,382
Elvin Hayes	6,974
Moses Malone	6,959
Rudy Tomjanovich	6,198
Otis Thorpe	5,010
Yao Ming	4,494
James Harden	3,736
Robert Reid	3,706
Clint Capela	3,243
Ralph Sampson	3,189

Most assists
Player	Assists
James Harden	4,796
Calvin Murphy	4,402
Allen Leavell	3,339
Hakeem Olajuwon	2,992
Mike Newlin	2,581
Kenny Smith	2,457
Steve Francis	2,411
Sleepy Floyd	2,363
John Lucas	2,358
Robert Reid	2,253

Most steals
Player	Steals
Hakeem Olajuwon	2,088
Calvin Murphy	1,165
James Harden	1,087
Allen Leavell	929
Robert Reid	881
Trevor Ariza	683
Steve Francis	619
Vernon Maxwell	559
Cuttino Mobley	526
Sleepy Floyd	470

Most blocks
Player	Blocks
Hakeem Olajuwon	3,740
Yao Ming	920
Moses Malone	758
Ralph Sampson	585
Clint Capela	491
Kelvin Cato	431
Kevin Kunnert	413
James Harden	390
Robert Reid	364
Shane Battier	351

Most three-pointers made
Player	3-pointers made
James Harden	2,029
Eric Gordon	956
Trevor Ariza	876
Vernon Maxwell	730
Cuttino Mobley	672
Shane Battier	576
Matt Bullard	557
Kenny Smith	521
Rafer Alston	517
Patrick Beverley	477

Individual honors

NBA Most Valuable Player Award Moses Malone – 1979, 1982[5] Hakeem Olajuwon – 1994[6] James Harden – 2018[7] NBA Finals MVP Hakeem Olajuwon – 1994, 1995[6] NBA Scoring Champions Elvin Hayes – 1969[8] James Harden – 2018, 2019, 2020[9] NBA Defensive Player of the Year[10] Hakeem Olajuwon – 1993, 1994 NBA Rookie of the Year[10] Ralph Sampson – 1984 Steve Francis – 2000 NBA Sixth Man of the Year[10] Eric Gordon – 2017 NBA Most Improved Player[10] Aaron Brooks – 2010 NBA Coach of the Year[10] Tom Nissalke – 1977 Don Chaney – 1991 Mike D'Antoni – 2017 NBA Executive of the Year Ray Patterson – 1977[11] Daryl Morey – 2018[12] J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award Calvin Murphy – 1979[13] Dikembe Mutombo – 2009[14]

NBA All-Defensive First Team[10] Hakeem Olajuwon – 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994 Rodney McCray – 1988 Scottie Pippen – 1999 Patrick Beverley – 2017 NBA All-Defensive Second Team[10] Moses Malone – 1979 Hakeem Olajuwon – 1985, 1991, 1996, 1997 Rodney McCray – 1987 Shane Battier – 2008, 2009 Ron Artest – 2009 Patrick Beverley – 2014[15] NBA All-Rookie First Team[10] Elvin Hayes – 1969 Calvin Murphy – 1971 Joe Meriweather – 1976 John Lucas – 1977 Ralph Sampson – 1984 Hakeem Olajuwon – 1985 Steve Francis – 2000 Yao Ming – 2003 Luis Scola – 2008 NBA All-Rookie Second Team[10] Robert Horry – 1993 Matt Maloney – 1997 Cuttino Mobley – 1999 Michael Dickerson – 1999 Eddie Griffin – 2002 Luther Head – 2006 Carl Landry – 2008 Chandler Parsons – 2012

All-NBA First Team[10] Moses Malone – 1979, 1982 Hakeem Olajuwon – 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997 James Harden – 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 All-NBA Second Team[10] Moses Malone – 1980, 1981 Ralph Sampson – 1985 Hakeem Olajuwon – 1986, 1990, 1996 Yao Ming – 2007, 2009 Tracy McGrady – 2007 Dwight Howard – 2014[16] All-NBA Third Team[10] Hakeem Olajuwon – 1991, 1995, 1999 Clyde Drexler – 1995 Yao Ming – 2004, 2006, 2008 Tracy McGrady – 2005, 2008 James Harden – 2013 Russell Westbrook – 2020

NBA All-Star Selections[17][18] Don Kojis – 1968, 1969 Elvin Hayes – 1969–1972 Jack Marin – 1973 Rudy Tomjanovich – 1974–1977, 1979 Moses Malone – 1978–1982 Calvin Murphy – 1979 Ralph Sampson – 1984–1987 Hakeem Olajuwon – 1985–1990, 1992–1997 Otis Thorpe – 1992 Charles Barkley – 1997 Clyde Drexler – 1996, 1997 Steve Francis – 2002–2004 Tracy McGrady – 2005–2007 Yao Ming – 2003–2009, 2011 James Harden – 2013–2020 Dwight Howard – 2014 Russell Westbrook – 2020 Chris Paul – 2018–2019 All-Star head coach[18] Rudy Tomjanovich – 1997 Mike D'Antoni – 2018 All-Star Game MVP[10] Ralph Sampson – 1985 [19]

See also

• NBA records

Notes

• ^a Shooting percentages in basketball are calculated by taking the number of field goals, three-pointers, or free throws attempted, and dividing it by the corresponding number of shots taken.
• ^b A regulation NBA game is 48 minutes long.^[20] Both games went to triple overtime.^[21]
• ^c The record only applies for a player that had 10 or more field goal attempts in a game.^[22]
• ^d The record only applies for a player that had 5 or more three-point field goals made in a game.^[22]
• ^f This means that the Rockets made 61 fields goals out of 89 attempted.
• ^g Drexler shares this record with 10 other players.^[23]
• ^h Olajuwon shares this record with Mark Eaton.^[24]
• ⁱ This record was achieved in one other game, between the New Jersey Nets and the Portland Trail Blazers.^[25]
• ^j The Rockets share this record with the Washington Wizards.^[26]
• ^k The Rockets share this record with the Orlando Magic (January 19, 2009)
• ^l The Rockets share this record with the Denver Nuggets (February 13, 2017).