most points scored by a rockets player in a game who scored 42 points or less

13 players are tied for the most points for the Rockets in a game with 42 or fewer points, with 42 points. The first three are Jalen Green on January 13, on March 19, 2024 and on January 23, 2023, Fred VanVleet on April 11, 2024 and James Harden 10 times.

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most points scored by a rockets player in a regular-season game who scored 42 points or less

	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	Jalen Green J. Green	42	1/13/2025	HOU	vs	MEM	40	3	4	1	0	13	18	72.2	5	6	83.3	11	11	100.0	91.9	0	3	3	1	+8
2	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	42	4/11/2024	HOU	@	UTA	40	7	7	2	1	12	30	40.0	9	13	69.2	9	10	90.0	61.0	3	4	2	3	+12
3	Jalen Green J. Green	42	3/19/2024	HOU	@	WAS	36	10	3	1	1	12	21	57.1	7	13	53.8	11	13	84.6	78.6	2	8	1	2	+26
4	Jalen Green J. Green	42	1/23/2023	HOU	vs	MIN	35	4	4	1	1	15	25	60.0	6	12	50.0	6	10	60.0	71.4	2	2	1	0	+19
5	James Harden J. Harden	42	2/11/2020	HOU	vs	BOS	39	8	7	1	1	9	19	47.4	7	16	43.8	17	18	94.4	78.0	0	8	6	5	+24
6	James Harden J. Harden	42	11/9/2019	HOU	@	CHI	36	10	9	2	0	12	27	44.4	9	19	47.4	9	11	81.8	66.0	1	9	6	1	+36
7	James Harden J. Harden	42	3/3/2019	HOU	@	BOS	39	7	4	2	1	14	31	45.2	6	18	33.3	8	9	88.9	60.1	0	7	4	6	+13
8	James Harden J. Harden	42	2/13/2019	HOU	@	MIN	40	5	6	0	0	15	34	44.1	8	22	36.4	4	4	100.0	58.7	2	3	6	2	-14
9	James Harden J. Harden	42	2/9/2019	HOU	vs	OKC	37	2	1	1	0	11	28	39.3	6	16	37.5	14	15	93.3	60.7	0	2	5	2	-9
10	James Harden J. Harden	42	1/9/2019	HOU	vs	MIL	41	11	6	2	1	13	30	43.3	6	16	37.5	10	11	90.9	60.3	1	10	9	4	+2
11	James Harden J. Harden	42	3/20/2018	HOU	@	POR	33	6	7	0	0	13	25	52.0	5	7	71.4	11	15	73.3	66.5	0	6	4	3	-5
12	James Harden J. Harden	42	2/3/2017	HOU	vs	CHI	44	12	9	1	1	13	33	39.4	5	13	38.5	11	14	78.6	53.6	1	11	2	4	-11
13	James Harden J. Harden	42	2/23/2016	HOU	@	UTA	44	5	4	2	0	16	30	53.3	2	7	28.6	8	10	80.0	61.0	1	4	5	5	+2
14	James Harden J. Harden	42	12/9/2015	HOU	@	WAS	40	9	7	2	2	13	23	56.5	5	9	55.6	11	12	91.7	74.3	2	7	7	4	+6
15	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	42	12/31/2004	HOU	vs	MIL	47	10	5	2	0	13	24	54.2	3	6	50.0	13	16	81.3	67.7	2	8	4	2	+14
16	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	42	3/10/1996	HOU	@	VAN	43	18	3	2	3	16	26	61.5	0	1	0.0	10	11	90.9	68.1	4	14	1	2
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	42	2/29/1996	HOU	vs	PHI	43	11	5	1	3	15	25	60.0	0	1	0.0	12	17	70.6	64.7	3	8	6	1
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	42	12/29/1994	HOU	vs	GSW	46	8	3	3	2	14	25	56.0	0	0		14	18	77.8	63.8	2	6	2	4
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	42	4/12/1994	HOU	vs	MIN	45	10	2	1	3	18	29	62.1	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	65.5	0	10	3	4
20	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	42	4/6/1993	HOU	vs	LAC	36	13	6	5	4	17	25	68.0	0	0		8	11	72.7	70.4	5	8	3	4
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	42	1/16/1993	HOU	vs	NYK	44	12	6	2	3	15	26	57.7	0	0		12	14	85.7	65.3	3	9	3	4
22	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	42	2/7/1985	HOU	vs	GSW	41	15	0	0	2	17	24	70.8	0	0		8	12	66.7	71.7	5	10	5	3
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	42	12/6/1984	HOU	@	GSW	45	13	0	0	5	18	22	81.8	0	0		6	9	66.7	80.9	5	8	3	4
24	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	42	2/2/1983	HOU	vs	DEN	45	6	9	4	1	14	26	53.8	3	5	60.0	11	12	91.7	67.1	1	5	5	3
25	Moses Malone M. Malone	42	12/26/1981	HOU	@	UTA	36	11	2	0	1	17	24	70.8	0	0		8	10	80.0	73.9			4	2