houston rockets most field goal attempts by a player in a single game

Elvin Hayes has the most attempted shots for the San Diego Rockets in a game, with 45 attempts against the Pistons on November 13, 1968.

Interpreted as:
houston rockets most field goal attempts by a player in a single regular-season game
NAME FGA DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
45
11/13/1968
SDR SDR
vs
DET DET
48
54
22
20
44.4
14
17
82.4
51.4
2
2 James Harden
J. Harden
41
11/16/2019
HOU HOU
@
MIN MIN
39
49
6
6
0
0
16
39.0
8
22
36.4
9
11
81.8
53.4
1
5
5
4
+16
3 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
41
1/1/1971
SDR SDR
@
LAL LAL
48
40
21
4
19
46.3
2
4
50.0
46.8
1
4 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
41
10/27/1970
SDR SDR
@
MIL MIL
46
34
21
0
15
36.6
4
9
44.4
37.8
5
5 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
40
1/30/1997
HOU HOU
vs
DEN DEN
43
48
10
3
0
2
24
60.0
0
0
0
0
60.0
3
7
3
3
-1
6 Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
40
3/18/1978
HOU HOU
vs
NJN NJN
48
57
6
2
3
0
24
60.0
9
12
75.0
62.9
4
7 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
40
1/19/1971
SDR SDR
@
NYK NYK
50
29
35
1
13
32.5
3
5
60.0
34.4
2
8 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
40
2/8/1969
SDR SDR
@
DET DET
53
28
24
0
13
32.5
2
4
50.0
33.5
4
9 James Harden
J. Harden
39
3/20/2019
HOU HOU
@
MEM MEM
46
57
7
8
2
2
18
46.2
9
17
52.9
12
12
100.0
64.4
1
6
3
3
+11
10 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
39
12/5/1970
SDR SDR
vs
LAL LAL
48
38
30
4
16
41.0
6
8
75.0
44.7
5
11 James Harden
J. Harden
38
1/23/2019
HOU HOU
@
NYK NYK
40
61
15
4
5
0
17
44.7
5
20
25.0
22
25
88.0
62.2
6
9
5
3
+19
12 Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
38
3/10/1978
HOU HOU
vs
WAS WAS
43
46
4
4
2
0
21
55.3
4
4
100.0
57.8
3
13 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
38
10/24/1971
HOU HOU
vs
LAL LAL
46
35
19
4
15
39.5
5
6
83.3
43.1
3
14 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
38
1/2/1971
SDR SDR
vs
LAL LAL
52
25
23
3
11
28.9
3
6
50.0
30.8
3
15 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
38
11/7/1970
SDR SDR
@
SFW SFW
48
45
13
4
19
50.0
7
10
70.0
53.1
1
16 James Harden
J. Harden
37
1/14/2020
HOU HOU
@
MEM MEM
39
41
6
6
0
1
13
35.1
5
19
26.3
10
11
90.9
49.0
3
3
1
3
+3
17 James Harden
J. Harden
37
12/3/2019
HOU HOU
@
SAS SAS
49
50
9
6
4
0
11
29.7
4
20
20.0
24
24
100.0
52.6
3
6
5
4
-3
18 Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
37
1/29/2006
HOU HOU
vs
MIA MIA
45
37
12
6
3
1
13
35.1
4
15
26.7
7
10
70.0
44.7
2
10
0
3
-3
19 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
37
1/18/1996
HOU HOU
vs
BOS BOS
45
51
14
3
3
2
20
54.1
0
0
11
14
78.6
59.1
5
9
2
3
20 Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
36
12/2/2004
HOU HOU
@
DAL DAL
49
48
9
9
2
3
19
52.8
6
13
46.2
4
7
57.1
61.4
5
4
2
3
0
21 Rudy Tomjanovich
R. Tomjanovich
36
3/15/1973
HOU HOU
@
GSW GSW
45
37
14
4
17
47.2
3
4
75.0
49.0
1
22 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
36
3/15/1969
SDR SDR
PHX PHX
48
39
13
0
18
50.0
3
5
60.0
51.0
3
23 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
36
3/11/1969
SDR SDR
vs
PHX PHX
48
33
18
5
15
41.7
3
5
60.0
43.2
4
24 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
36
11/22/1968
SDR SDR
vs
SEA SEA
47
45
18
1
19
52.8
7
8
87.5
56.9
3
25 James Harden
J. Harden
35
1/5/2019
HOU HOU
@
POR POR
37
38
5
7
1
1
13
37.1
5
17
29.4
7
7
100.0
49.9
0
5
7
4
-14
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1982-83 season.

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Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
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21
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