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. 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. They won 22 straight games during the season, the third-longest streak in NBA history.

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. Italics denotes still active but not with team.

Points scored (regular season) (as of the end of the 2025–26 season)

Hakeem Olajuwon (26,511) James Harden (18,365) Calvin Murphy (17,949) Rudy Tomjanovich (13,383) Elvin Hayes (11,762) Moses Malone (11,119) Yao Ming (9,247) Robert Reid (8,823) Mike Newlin (8,480) Otis Thorpe (8,177) Cuttino Mobley (7,448) Steve Francis (7,281) Tracy McGrady (6,888) Allen Leavell (6,684) Jalen Green (6,173) Alperen Şengün (6,049) Vernon Maxwell (6,002) Ralph Sampson (5,995) Eric Gordon (5,944) Kenny Smith (5,910) Luis Scola (5,597) Rodney McCray (5,059) Sleepy Floyd (5,030) Stu Lantz (4,947) Trevor Ariza (4,863) Lewis Lloyd (4,384) Clint Capela (4,357) Clyde Drexler (4,155) Buck Johnson (4,139) John Block (4,138) Don Kojis (4,037) Jabari Smith Jr. (3,967) John Lucas II (3,756) Kevin Kunnert (3,550) Aaron Brooks (3,465) Rafer Alston (3,370) Mario Elie (3,356) Robert Horry (3,109) Kevin Martin (3,068) Shane Battier (3,052) Charles Barkley (3,017) Amen Thompson (3,005) Chandler Parsons (3,002) Matt Bullard (2,991) Dwight Howard (2,919) Ed Ratleff (2,813) Jim Barnett (2,794) Patrick Beverley (2,708) Mitchell Wiggins (2,648) Maurice Taylor (2,619)

Other Statistics (regular season) (as of the end of the 2025–26 season)

Most minutes playedPlayerMinutes 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 reboundsPlayerRebounds 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 3,588 Ralph Sampson 3,189

Most assistsPlayerAssists 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 II 2,358 Robert Reid 2,253

Most stealsPlayerSteals 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 blocksPlayerBlocks Hakeem Olajuwon 3,740 Yao Ming 920 Moses Malone 758 Ralph Sampson 585 Clint Capela 554 Kelvin Cato 431 Kevin Kunnert 413 James Harden 390 Robert Reid 364 Shane Battier 351

Most three-pointers madePlayer3-pointers made James Harden 2,029 Eric Gordon 1,054 Trevor Ariza 876 Jalen Green 779 Vernon Maxwell 730 Cuttino Mobley 672 Shane Battier 576 Matt Bullard 557 Jabari Smith Jr. 533 Kenny Smith 521

Individual honors

NBA Most Valuable Player Award Moses Malone – 1979, 1982 Hakeem Olajuwon – 1994 James Harden – 2018

NBA Finals MVP Hakeem Olajuwon – 1994, 1995

NBA Scoring Champions Elvin Hayes – 1969 James Harden – 2018, 2019, 2020

NBA Defensive Player of the Year Hakeem Olajuwon – 1993, 1994

NBA Rookie of the Year Ralph Sampson – 1984 Steve Francis – 2000

NBA Sixth Man of the Year Eric Gordon – 2017

NBA Most Improved Player Aaron Brooks – 2010

NBA Coach of the Year Tom Nissalke – 1977 Don Chaney – 1991 Mike D'Antoni – 2017

NBA Executive of the Year Ray Patterson – 1977 Daryl Morey – 2018

J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award Calvin Murphy – 1979 Dikembe Mutombo – 2009

Best NBA Player ESPY Award Hakeem Olajuwon – 1995, 1996

NBA All-Defensive First Team Hakeem Olajuwon – 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994 Rodney McCray – 1988 Scottie Pippen – 1999 Patrick Beverley – 2017

NBA All-Defensive Second Team Moses Malone – 1979 Hakeem Olajuwon – 1985, 1991, 1996, 1997 Rodney McCray – 1987 Shane Battier – 2008, 2009 Ron Artest – 2009 Patrick Beverley – 2014

NBA All-Rookie First Team 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 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 Moses Malone – 1979, 1982 Hakeem Olajuwon – 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997 James Harden – 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

All-NBA Second Team Moses Malone – 1980, 1981 Ralph Sampson – 1985 Hakeem Olajuwon – 1986, 1990, 1996 Yao Ming – 2007, 2009 Tracy McGrady – 2007 Dwight Howard – 2014

All-NBA Third Team 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 Selections2015–16 Media Guide, pp. 152–3 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 Rudy Tomjanovich – 1997 Mike D'Antoni – 2018

All-Star Game MVP2015–16 Media Guide, p. 150 Ralph Sampson – 1985

See also NBA records

Notes 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. A regulation NBA game is 48 minutes long. Both games went to triple overtime. The record only applies for a player that had 10 or more field goal attempts in a game. The record only applies for a player that had 5 or more three-point field goals made in a game. This means that the Rockets made 61 fields goals out of 89 attempted. Drexler shares this record with 10 other players. Olajuwon shares this record with Mark Eaton. This record was achieved in one other game, between the New Jersey Nets and the Portland Trail Blazers. The Rockets share this record with the Washington Wizards. The Rockets share this record with the Orlando Magic (January 19, 2009) The Rockets share this record with the Denver Nuggets (February 13, 2017).

References General

Specific

External links Rockets.com Houston Rockets official site Houston Rockets Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com