Nick Van Exel has played the most minutes in a game versus the Rockets versus Charles Barkley, with 54 minutes on the court on November 12, 1996.

Interpreted as:

most minutes by a player in a regular-season game vs rockets chuck

	NAME	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	54	11/12/1996	LAL	@	HOU	29	2	14	2	0	10	27	37.0	4	12	33.3	5	5	100.0	49.7	0	2	0	0	+19
2	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	53	12/1/1999	PHX	vs	HOU	17	8	11	4	2	5	19	26.3	1	2	50.0	6	7	85.7	38.5	0	8	3	1	+3
3	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	53	11/23/1996	GSW	vs	HOU	28	4	11	2	1	10	19	52.6	2	5	40.0	6	6	100.0	64.7	0	4	6	1	-5
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	50	11/14/1997	LAL	@	HOU	24	13	8	2	3	8	18	44.4	0	0		8	13	61.5	50.6	5	8	3	3	+22
5	Joe Smith J. Smith	50	11/23/1996	GSW	vs	HOU	9	7	6	0	1	4	14	28.6	0	0		1	2	50.0	30.2	0	7	3	5	-3
6	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	49	11/26/1996	POR	@	HOU	22	4	4	2	2	9	18	50.0	3	6	50.0	1	2	50.0	58.3	2	2	2	4	-3
7	Eric Piatkowski E. Piatkowski	48	4/23/1999	LAC	vs	HOU	28	3	3	4	0	8	14	57.1	3	5	60.0	9	12	75.0	72.6	1	2	2	1	+3
8	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	48	2/20/1998	MIN	vs	HOU	27	5	10	0	0	12	28	42.9	1	3	33.3	2	3	66.7	46.0	1	4	5	1	+4
9	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	48	1/16/1998	MIN	@	HOU	33	13	5	4	1	16	26	61.5	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	61.4	5	8	0	2	-2
10	Eddie Jones E. Jones	48	11/14/1997	LAL	@	HOU	19	5	2	4	1	8	15	53.3	3	6	50.0	0	0		63.3	2	3	0	2	+9
11	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	48	4/18/1997	DAL	@	HOU	18	12	1	0	1	8	17	47.1	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	50.3	3	9	1	5	-1
12	Eddie Jones E. Jones	48	11/24/1996	LAL	vs	HOU	14	3	3	6	0	5	14	35.7	2	4	50.0	2	4	50.0	44.4	1	2	3	2	-5
13	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	47	12/1/1999	PHX	vs	HOU	21	8	8	1	0	8	19	42.1	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	50.6	5	3	0	5	-6
14	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	47	2/20/1998	MIN	vs	HOU	25	17	4	2	2	12	24	50.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	51.1	4	13	3	2	+7
15	Jayson Williams J. Williams	47	1/21/1998	NJN	vs	HOU	25	19	1	1	0	11	16	68.8	0	1	0.0	3	6	50.0	67.1	12	7	3	4	-2
16	Michael Finley M. Finley	47	12/6/1997	DAL	vs	HOU	35	7	6	1	2	10	19	52.6	4	5	80.0	11	12	91.7	72.1	2	5	4	4	-2
17	A.C. Green	47	4/18/1997	DAL	@	HOU	9	13	0	4	1	4	7	57.1	0	0		1	2	50.0	57.1	6	7	2	5	-15
18	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	47	4/2/1997	PHX	vs	HOU	30	4	12	2	0	10	18	55.6	2	5	40.0	8	9	88.9	68.3	0	4	1	3	+16
19	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	47	11/23/1996	GSW	vs	HOU	27	5	5	0	0	11	14	78.6	3	4	75.0	2	3	66.7	88.1	0	5	1	5	-10
20	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	47	11/7/1996	DEN	vs	HOU	33	14	0	2	1	11	26	42.3	6	11	54.5	5	6	83.3	57.6	6	8	1	0	-8
21	Chris Webber C. Webber	46	3/22/1999	SAC	@	HOU	29	11	6	5	4	13	28	46.4	0	2	0.0	3	5	60.0	48.0	4	7	3	4	-5
22	Terry Porter T. Porter	46	2/20/1998	MIN	vs	HOU	14	5	3	1	0	4	10	40.0	2	6	33.3	4	6	66.7	55.4	1	4	0	0	+3
23	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	46	1/21/1998	NJN	vs	HOU	19	5	5	1	2	8	17	47.1	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	53.1	1	4	3	1	+3
24	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	46	1/3/1998	POR	@	HOU	20	9	3	0	0	9	12	75.0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	80.4	4	5	1	1	+9
25	Steve Smith S. Smith	46	12/4/1997	ATL	@	HOU	22	5	5	0	2	8	21	38.1	3	8	37.5	3	3	100.0	49.3	1	4	1	3	-7