most points in a single playoff game by a rocket

Hakeem Olajuwon has the most points for the Rockets in a playoff game, with 49 points in Game 6 of the 1987 Western Conference Semifinals against the Seattle SuperSonics.

	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	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	49	5/14/1987	HOU	@	SEA	53	25	2	2	6	19	33	57.6	0	0		11	13	84.6	63.3	11	14	2	4
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	46	5/1/1994	HOU	vs	POR	40	8	4	4	6	16	30	53.3	1	2	50.0	13	18	72.2	60.7	2	6	3	3
3	James Harden J. Harden	45	5/25/2015	HOU	vs	GSW	40	9	5	2	2	13	22	59.1	7	11	63.6	12	13	92.3	81.2	2	7	3	2	+21
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	45	4/27/1995	HOU	@	UTA	44	8	6	2	3	20	30	66.7	0	0		5	10	50.0	65.4	1	7	5	4
5	James Harden J. Harden	44	4/15/2018	HOU	vs	MIN	41	4	8	2	0	15	26	57.7	7	12	58.3	7	9	77.8	73.4	2	2	3	2	+5
6	James Harden J. Harden	44	4/21/2017	HOU	@	OKC	38	6	6	0	1	11	21	52.4	4	12	33.3	18	18	100.0	76.1	1	5	7	5	+1
7	James Harden J. Harden	43	5/5/2017	HOU	vs	SAS	40	2	5	3	0	14	28	50.0	5	13	38.5	10	11	90.9	65.5	1	1	5	4	-14
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	43	5/26/1995	HOU	vs	SAS	46	11	4	0	5	19	32	59.4	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	63.7	3	8	2	5
9	James Harden J. Harden	42	4/24/2015	HOU	@	DAL	36	5	9	1	0	15	24	62.5	5	7	71.4	7	7	100.0	77.5	0	5	5	4	-1
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	42	5/30/1995	HOU	@	SAS	44	9	8	1	5	19	30	63.3	0	0		4	7	57.1	63.5	0	9	0	5
11	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	42	4/30/1988	HOU	@	DAL	44	3	9	1	0	16	22	72.7	1	1	100.0	9	10	90.0	79.5	1	2	2	2
12	Moses Malone M. Malone	42	4/26/1981	HOU	vs	KCK	48	23	1	0	1	16	34	47.1	0	0		10	14	71.4	52.3				3
13	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	42	4/17/1981	HOU	@	SAS	42	1	3	0	0	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	70.6			5	2
14	James Harden J. Harden	41	5/4/2019	HOU	vs	GSW	45	9	6	1	0	14	32	43.8	5	13	38.5	8	8	100.0	57.7	2	7	3	4	-4
15	James Harden J. Harden	41	5/14/2018	HOU	vs	GSW	35	4	7	1	0	14	24	58.3	5	9	55.6	8	10	80.0	72.2	1	3	4	4	-7
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	41	5/8/2018	HOU	vs	UTA	38	7	10	1	0	13	22	59.1	8	10	80.0	7	8	87.5	80.3	0	7	0	1	+20
17	James Harden J. Harden	41	4/29/2018	HOU	vs	UTA	37	8	7	1	0	12	26	46.2	7	12	58.3	10	11	90.9	66.5	1	7	3	2	+15
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	41	5/24/1995	HOU	@	SAS	41	16	4	3	2	18	31	58.1	0	0		5	6	83.3	60.9	4	12	4	5
19	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	41	5/5/1995	HOU	vs	UTA	41	9	6	1	0	12	18	66.7	4	8	50.0	13	14	92.9	84.9	3	6	1	3
20	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	41	5/25/1994	HOU	vs	UTA	46	13	6	1	3	14	22	63.6	0	0		13	13	100.0	74.0	1	12	3	3
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	41	4/30/1988	HOU	@	DAL	43	26	2	3	4	15	27	55.6	0	0		11	14	78.6	61.8	7	19	3	4
22	Moses Malone M. Malone	41	4/10/1981	HOU	vs	SAS	48	15	0	0	1	16	23	69.6	0	0		9	14	64.3	70.3			4	3
23	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	40	5/2/2008	HOU	@	UTA	42	10	5	0	1	13	26	50.0	2	7	28.6	12	18	66.7	59.0	1	9	1	1	-17
24	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	40	5/5/1995	HOU	vs	UTA	38	8	3	0	1	14	22	63.6	0	0		12	15	80.0	69.9	2	6	2	5
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	40	5/5/1988	HOU	vs	DAL	44	15	3	2	1	16	24	66.7	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	72.7	3	12	1	3