Hakeem Olajuwon has played the most career minutes for the Rockets, with 42,844 minutes on the court.

most career minutes by a player for the rockets
Olajuwon Murphy Tomjanovich Harden Reid Hayes Thorpe Malone Newlin Mobley Leavell Yao Francis Smith McCray Ariza Maxwell Battier Scola Floyd Gordon McGrady Sampson Johnson Lantz Lucas Alston 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k 30k 35k 40k 42.8k 30.6k 25.7k 23.0k 21.7k 20.8k 18.6k 17.8k 17.6k 16.3k 16.2k 15.8k 15.0k 13.7k 13.5k 13.5k 13.3k 11.9k 11.7k 11.6k 11.5k 11.1k 10.7k 10.6k 10.0k 9.7k 9.6k
NAME GP MIN MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
Hakeem Olajuwon illustration Hakeem Olajuwon
1,177 42,844 36.4 22.5 11.4 2.5 1.8 3.2 3.0 9.0 17.5 51.3 0.0 0.1 20.5 4.6 6.4 71.3 26,511 13,382 2,992 2,088 3,740 3,569 4,236 +536
Calvin Murphy illustration Calvin Murphy
1,002 30,607 30.5 17.9 2.1 4.4 1.5 0.1 1.9 7.2 15.0 48.2 0.0 0.3 13.9 3.4 3.9 89.2 17,949 2,103 4,402 1,165 51 822 3,250
Rudy Tomjanovich illustration Rudy Tomjanovich
768 25,714 33.5 17.4 8.1 2.0 0.7 0.3 1.6 7.3 14.6 50.1 0.3 1.1 26.2 2.7 3.5 78.4 13,383 6,198 1,573 374 175 332 1,937
James Harden illustration James Harden
621 23,006 37.0 29.6 6.0 7.7 1.8 0.6 4.4 8.7 19.6 44.3 3.3 9.0 36.2 8.9 10.4 86.2 18,365 3,736 4,796 1,087 390 2,763 1,661 +2620
Robert Reid illustration Robert Reid
762 21,718 28.5 11.6 4.9 3.0 1.2 0.5 1.5 4.9 10.5 46.7 0.1 0.5 28.1 1.6 2.2 73.3 8,823 3,706 2,253 881 364 1,165 2,502
Elvin Hayes illustration Elvin Hayes
572 20,782 36.3 20.6 12.2 1.9 0.5 0.9 2.0 8.3 18.6 44.5 0.0 0.0 18.2 4.0 6.1 66.0 11,762 6,974 1,104 128 213 490 1,636
Otis Thorpe illustration Otis Thorpe
518 18,631 36.0 15.8 9.7 2.6 0.8 0.3 2.5 6.2 11.1 55.9 0.0 0.1 9.1 3.4 5.0 67.0 8,177 5,010 1,338 404 178 1,320 1,703
Moses Malone illustration Moses Malone
464 17,780 38.3 24.0 15.0 1.5 0.9 1.6 3.8 8.7 17.0 51.4 0.0 0.1 6.7 6.5 8.9 73.6 11,119 6,959 697 433 758 1,448 1,317
Mike Newlin illustration Mike Newlin
604 17,646 29.2 14.0 3.2 4.3 1.1 0.1 2.4 5.3 11.5 46.1 3.5 4.0 86.4 8,480 1,920 2,581 467 42 295 1,916
Cuttino Mobley illustration Cuttino Mobley
436 16,343 37.5 17.1 4.0 2.7 1.2 0.4 2.2 6.1 14.1 43.2 1.5 4.1 37.2 3.4 4.0 83.9 7,448 1,761 1,177 526 187 956 991 +361
Allen Leavell illustration Allen Leavell
700 16,248 23.2 9.5 1.7 4.8 1.3 0.2 1.9 3.6 8.1 45.0 0.2 0.9 23.4 2.1 2.5 83.4 6,684 1,164 3,339 929 120 1,324 1,489
Yao Ming illustration Yao Ming
486 15,818 32.5 19.0 9.2 1.6 0.4 1.9 2.7 7.0 13.3 52.4 0.0 0.0 20.0 5.1 6.1 83.3 9,247 4,494 769 189 920 1,311 1,596 +1491
Steve Francis illustration Steve Francis
384 15,024 39.1 19.0 6.0 6.3 1.6 0.4 3.6 6.5 15.2 43.0 1.2 3.5 34.5 4.7 5.9 78.9 7,281 2,318 2,411 619 166 1,399 1,210 +351
Kenny Smith illustration Kenny Smith
468 13,712 29.3 12.6 1.9 5.3 1.0 0.1 2.1 4.6 9.5 49.0 1.1 2.7 40.7 2.2 2.6 85.7 5,910 889 2,457 467 42 976 699
Rodney McCray illustration Rodney McCray
405 13,517 33.4 12.5 6.7 3.8 0.8 0.7 1.9 4.8 9.2 52.2 0.0 0.1 3.8 2.9 3.8 76.3 5,059 2,718 1,521 338 291 780 955
Trevor Ariza illustration Trevor Ariza
382 13,460 35.2 12.7 5.2 2.5 1.8 0.3 1.4 4.5 11.0 40.6 2.3 6.5 35.4 1.5 2.0 75.6 4,863 1,980 953 683 116 540 790 +1009
Vernon Maxwell illustration Vernon Maxwell
402 13,299 33.1 14.9 2.9 4.3 1.4 0.2 2.2 5.4 13.4 40.5 1.8 5.6 32.6 2.3 3.1 72.9 6,002 1,182 1,730 559 89 883 872
Shane Battier illustration Shane Battier
348 11,912 34.2 8.8 4.7 2.3 0.9 1.0 0.9 3.1 7.1 42.9 1.7 4.3 38.8 1.0 1.3 74.3 3,052 1,623 784 310 351 326 766 +1047
Luis Scola illustration Luis Scola
386 11,662 30.2 14.5 7.7 1.9 0.7 0.3 1.8 6.0 11.9 51.0 0.0 0.0 5.9 2.4 3.2 74.4 5,597 2,984 723 274 124 691 1,183 +608
Sleepy Floyd illustration Sleepy Floyd
439 11,631 26.5 11.5 2.5 5.4 1.1 0.2 2.2 4.2 9.8 42.7 0.7 2.1 33.4 2.4 2.9 81.2 5,030 1,104 2,363 470 76 949 808
Eric Gordon illustration Eric Gordon
379 11,527 30.4 15.7 2.3 2.3 0.6 0.4 1.6 5.3 12.7 42.1 2.8 7.7 36.0 2.2 2.8 80.5 5,944 858 886 228 156 625 631 +785
Tracy McGrady illustration Tracy McGrady
303 11,133 36.7 22.7 5.5 5.6 1.3 0.6 2.5 8.3 19.7 42.0 1.6 4.8 32.2 4.6 6.3 73.7 6,888 1,667 1,699 396 176 764 522 +1094
Ralph Sampson illustration Ralph Sampson
305 10,674 35.0 19.7 10.5 2.7 1.0 1.9 3.6 8.2 16.3 49.9 0.0 0.1 14.7 3.3 5.0 66.1 5,995 3,189 827 307 585 1,093 1,185
Buck Johnson illustration Buck Johnson
432 10,562 24.4 9.6 3.6 1.8 0.9 0.5 1.4 4.0 8.2 48.9 0.0 0.1 11.9 1.6 2.1 73.9 4,139 1,565 767 368 234 594 1,216
Stu Lantz illustration Stu Lantz
318 10,048 31.6 15.6 3.9 3.4 5.7 12.9 44.4 4.1 5.1 80.4 4,947 1,242 1,067 857
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