most points in a game against the rockets current player

Damian Lillard has put up the most points by an active player in a game against the Rockets, with 71 points on February 26, 2023.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game against the rockets current player

	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	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	71	2/26/2023	POR	vs	HOU	39	6	6	0	0	22	38	57.9	13	22	59.1	14	14	100.0	80.4	1	5	2	0	+21
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	51	3/3/2025	OKC	vs	HOU	36	5	7	1	1	18	30	60.0	5	9	55.6	10	10	100.0	74.1	2	3	2	1	+6
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	50	12/23/2022	DAL	@	HOU	42	8	10	3	0	17	30	56.7	6	12	50.0	10	12	83.3	70.9	0	8	7	3	0
4	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	49	1/5/2023	UTA	@	HOU	36	8	1	0	1	15	27	55.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	74.9	1	7	0	0	+16
5	Ja Morant J. Morant	49	10/21/2022	MEM	@	HOU	31	4	8	1	2	17	26	65.4	5	6	83.3	10	13	76.9	77.2	3	1	3	2	+23
6	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	49	1/5/2017	OKC	@	HOU	38	8	5	2	0	16	34	47.1	8	15	53.3	9	11	81.8	63.1	1	7	5	2	+2
7	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	48	4/7/2024	DAL	vs	HOU	45	7	2	1	0	15	25	60.0	3	8	37.5	15	17	88.2	73.9	0	7	2	1	+21
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	48	1/6/2024	MIL	@	HOU	39	17	2	0	1	16	25	64.0	1	2	50.0	15	21	71.4	70.1	3	14	2	4	-1
9	LeBron James L. James	48	1/16/2023	LAL	vs	HOU	36	8	9	0	0	16	26	61.5	5	10	50.0	11	12	91.7	76.7	1	7	0	1	+19
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	47	3/31/2024	DAL	@	HOU	35	12	7	2	0	18	30	60.0	9	16	56.3	2	5	40.0	73.0	0	12	4	1	+12
11	Quentin Grimes Q. Grimes	46	3/17/2025	PHI	@	HOU	43	13	4	2	1	15	27	55.6	8	14	57.1	8	13	61.5	70.3	2	11	6	3	-6
12	Bradley Beal B. Beal	46	10/30/2019	WAS	vs	HOU	41	6	8	3	0	14	20	70.0	7	12	58.3	11	12	91.7	91.0	2	4	5	4	+8
13	Paul George P. George	45	2/9/2019	OKC	@	HOU	41	11	3	1	0	12	22	54.5	6	14	42.9	15	18	83.3	75.2	2	9	2	5	+16
14	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	44	12/13/2023	MEM	@	HOU	40	7	2	4	1	15	24	62.5	3	8	37.5	11	13	84.6	74.0	1	6	3	4	-1
15	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	44	1/21/2023	MIN	vs	HOU	41	6	4	3	3	17	29	58.6	8	16	50.0	2	2	100.0	73.6	0	6	5	1	+14
16	Trae Young T. Young	44	11/25/2022	ATL	@	HOU	38	0	5	1	0	13	28	46.4	4	10	40.0	14	16	87.5	62.8	0	0	4	4	-6
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	44	10/22/2022	MIL	vs	HOU	28	12	3	0	0	17	21	81.0	2	3	66.7	8	13	61.5	82.3	2	10	4	2	+23
18	CJ McCollum	44	12/26/2020	POR	vs	HOU	44	3	8	1	0	17	30	56.7	9	16	56.3	1	2	50.0	71.2	0	3	0	1	+8
19	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	43	3/13/2023	BOS	@	HOU	39	5	2	1	1	16	25	64.0	4	10	40.0	7	8	87.5	75.4	1	4	2	1	+3
20	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	42	2/3/2025	NYK	vs	HOU	37	6	10	2	0	14	27	51.9	1	4	25.0	13	14	92.9	63.3	2	4	4	1	+12
21	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	42	12/29/2023	PHI	@	HOU	41	4	4	0	1	13	26	50.0	2	9	22.2	14	15	93.3	64.4	1	3	1	1	0
22	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	42	2/24/2023	GSW	vs	HOU	36	7	1	0	0	12	19	63.2	12	17	70.6	6	6	100.0	97.0	0	7	2	0	+32
23	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	42	2/4/2023	OKC	vs	HOU	30	4	6	3	2	14	23	60.9	0	2	0.0	14	15	93.3	70.9	0	4	0	3	+38
24	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	42	4/5/2022	BKN	vs	HOU	40	3	6	2	1	13	24	54.2	8	16	50.0	8	8	100.0	76.3	0	3	4	2	+21
25	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	42	2/10/2022	TOR	@	HOU	37	1	4	4	0	15	26	57.7	6	13	46.2	6	7	85.7	72.2	0	1	2	2	+9