Alex English has put up the most points in a game versus Hakeem Olajuwon, with 54 points on November 19, 1985.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring by a player regular-season games vs olajuwon

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Alex English A. English	54	11/19/1985	DEN	vs	HOU	37	4	1	0	0	21	30	70.0	0	0		12	12	100.0	76.5	1	3	1	3
2	Dana Barros D. Barros	50	3/14/1995	PHI	vs	HOU	42	6	8	2	0	21	26	80.8	6	8	75.0	2	2	100.0	93.0	2	4	4	2
3	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	49	12/21/1985	ATL	vs	HOU	47	11	1	3	0	19	32	59.4	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	67.3	4	7	2	1
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	48	3/17/1985	BOS	vs	HOU	43	15	7	2	0	17	32	53.1	0	2	0.0	14	15	93.3	62.2	4	11	3	1
5	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	47	12/15/1995	SAC	@	HOU	41	6	7	4	0	17	29	58.6	3	5	60.0	10	13	76.9	67.7	2	4	3	3
6	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	46	1/6/1988	SEA	vs	HOU	40	8	2	1	0	15	23	65.2	1	2	50.0	15	15	100.0	77.7	1	7	1	4
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	46	2/6/1986	LAL	@	HOU	37	11	4	0	0	21	30	70.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	72.4	2	9	6	3
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	45	12/21/2000	LAL	@	HOU	44	4	3	1	0	20	26	76.9	1	1	100.0	4	6	66.7	78.6	3	1	1	1	-2
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	45	4/19/1995	UTA	vs	HOU	45	17	5	1	1	16	24	66.7	0	0		13	18	72.2	70.5	7	10	3	4
10	World B. Free W. B. Free	45	2/16/1985	CLE	vs	HOU	38	4	9	2	0	17	30	56.7	6	9	66.7	5	5	100.0	69.9	2	2	3	2
11	Drazen Petrovic D. Petrovic	44	1/24/1993	NJN	vs	HOU	41	0	4	1	1	17	23	73.9	3	3	100.0	7	7	100.0	84.4	0	0	5	3
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	44	2/9/1988	BOS	@	HOU	44	15	3	2	2	17	27	63.0	1	2	50.0	9	10	90.0	70.1	1	14	1	3
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	12/12/1987	CHI	vs	HOU	40	3	9	5	5	16	28	57.1	0	0		12	12	100.0	66.1	0	3	3	3
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	3/16/1987	CHI	@	HOU	43	4	5	4	0	15	28	53.6	0	1	0.0	14	14	100.0	64.4	1	3	4	5
15	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	43	3/29/2001	PHX	@	HOU	46	9	4	4	2	16	34	47.1	5	11	45.5	6	8	75.0	57.3	1	8	4	1	+8
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	43	12/17/1994	BOS	@	HOU	41	9	2	1	0	16	27	59.3	5	6	83.3	6	9	66.7	69.4	5	4	7	5
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	1/15/1987	CHI	vs	HOU	43	3	3	2	1	17	43	39.5	1	4	25.0	8	9	88.9	45.8	1	2	2	2
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	43	3/16/1986	LAL	vs	HOU	40	7	3	2	1	16	24	66.7	0	0		11	16	68.8	69.3	3	4	4	4
19	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	42	3/3/2002	PHI	@	TOR	44	4	5	5	0	16	37	43.2	0	6	0.0	10	10	100.0	50.7	1	3	3	1	+14
20	Glen Rice G. Rice	42	1/21/1997	CHA	vs	HOU	48	8	4	1	0	13	25	52.0	2	6	33.3	14	16	87.5	65.5	3	5	3	1	+6
21	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	42	3/10/1987	SEA	@	HOU	50	13	2	2	2	14	27	51.9	3	3	100.0	11	12	91.7	65.1	5	8	6	2
22	Alex English A. English	42	12/30/1985	DEN	vs	HOU	44	10	6	3	1	17	33	51.5	0	0		8	11	72.7	55.5	5	5	4	3
23	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	1/25/1985	SAS	@	HOU	38	2	3	2	0	21	26	80.8	0	0		0	0		80.8	1	1	2	3
24	Michael Adams M. Adams	41	4/5/1991	DEN	vs	HOU	45	0	8	3	0	15	34	44.1	6	15	40.0	5	5	100.0	56.6	0	0	6	3
25	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	41	3/20/1990	POR	@	HOU	43	16	6	3	1	18	26	69.2	0	3	0.0	5	8	62.5	69.4	6	10	1	4