most points in rockets history in a game

James Harden has dropped the most points for the Rockets in a game, with 61 points on March 22, 2019 and on January 23, 2019.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in rockets history in a regular-season game

	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	James Harden J. Harden	61	3/22/2019	HOU	vs	SAS	37	7	1	3	0	19	34	55.9	9	13	69.2	14	17	82.4	73.5	2	5	3	3	+18
2	James Harden J. Harden	61	1/23/2019	HOU	@	NYK	40	15	4	5	0	17	38	44.7	5	20	25.0	22	25	88.0	62.2	6	9	5	3	+19
3	James Harden J. Harden	60	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	31	3	8	3	1	16	24	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
4	James Harden J. Harden	60	1/30/2018	HOU	vs	ORL	46	10	11	4	1	19	30	63.3	5	14	35.7	17	18	94.4	79.1	2	8	5	2	+7
5	James Harden J. Harden	59	10/30/2019	HOU	@	WAS	38	3	9	1	0	18	32	56.3	6	14	42.9	17	18	94.4	73.9	1	2	4	3	+6
6	James Harden J. Harden	58	2/28/2019	HOU	vs	MIA	44	7	10	4	1	16	32	50.0	8	18	44.4	18	18	100.0	72.6	2	5	4	1	+10
7	James Harden J. Harden	58	1/16/2019	HOU	vs	BKN	45	10	6	1	1	16	34	47.1	5	19	26.3	21	23	91.3	65.7	1	9	4	5	-8
8	James Harden J. Harden	57	3/20/2019	HOU	@	MEM	46	7	8	2	2	18	39	46.2	9	17	52.9	12	12	100.0	64.4	1	6	3	3	+11
9	James Harden J. Harden	57	1/14/2019	HOU	vs	MEM	34	9	2	2	1	17	33	51.5	6	15	40.0	17	18	94.4	69.6	2	7	5	4	+25
10	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	57	3/18/1978	HOU	vs	NJN	48	6	2	3	0	24	40	60.0				9	12	75.0	62.9				4
11	James Harden J. Harden	56	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	35	2	13	2	0	19	25	76.0	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	92.5	0	2	7	3	+25
12	James Harden J. Harden	55	12/11/2019	HOU	@	CLE	41	3	8	2	2	20	34	58.8	10	18	55.6	5	5	100.0	76.0	0	3	6	3	+10
13	James Harden J. Harden	54	12/13/2019	HOU	@	ORL	36	5	7	2	3	19	31	61.3	10	15	66.7	6	6	100.0	80.3	2	3	3	5	+21
14	James Harden J. Harden	54	11/26/2018	HOU	@	WAS	47	8	13	3	0	17	32	53.1	7	15	46.7	13	15	86.7	69.9	1	7	11	4	+7
15	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	54	11/13/1968	SDR	vs	DET	48	22				20	45	44.4				14	17	82.4	51.4				2
16	James Harden J. Harden	53	12/31/2016	HOU	vs	NYK	42	16	17	0	0	14	26	53.8	9	16	56.3	16	18	88.9	78.1	3	13	8	2	+13
17	Moses Malone M. Malone	53	2/2/1982	HOU	vs	SDC	42	22	4	2	1	19	30	63.3	0	0		15	18	83.3	69.9	11	11	3	2
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	52	4/19/1990	HOU	vs	DEN	42	18	4	3	3	21	34	61.8	0	0		10	13	76.9	65.5	6	12	11	6
19	James Harden J. Harden	51	12/22/2017	HOU	vs	LAC	41	4	8	3	0	15	28	53.6	6	14	42.9	15	16	93.8	72.8	0	4	8	6	-9
20	James Harden J. Harden	51	12/20/2017	HOU	vs	LAL	43	3	9	1	1	15	27	55.6	4	6	66.7	17	21	81.0	70.4	0	3	6	5	+4
21	James Harden J. Harden	51	1/27/2017	HOU	@	PHI	39	13	13	2	1	16	28	57.1	6	11	54.5	13	14	92.9	74.6	1	12	5	4	+13
22	James Harden J. Harden	51	4/1/2015	HOU	vs	SAC	38	8	6	3	0	16	25	64.0	8	9	88.9	11	13	84.6	83.0	2	6	7	1	+10
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	51	1/18/1996	HOU	vs	BOS	45	14	3	3	2	20	37	54.1	0	0		11	14	78.6	59.1	5	9	2	3
24	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	51	1/26/1991	HOU	vs	CLE	46	5	1	2	0	14	25	56.0	4	10	40.0	19	22	86.4	73.5	0	5	5	0
25	Moses Malone M. Malone	51	3/11/1981	HOU	vs	GSW	44	19	2	2	0	20	28	71.4	0			11	12	91.7	76.6			3	3

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