most points scored by a rockets player in a game who scored 51 points or less

4 players are tied for the most points for the Rockets in a game with 51 or fewer points, with 51 points. The first three are James Harden 4 times, Hakeem Olajuwon on January 18, 1996 and Vernon Maxwell on January 26, 1991.

Interpreted as:

most points scored by a rockets player in a regular-season game who scored 51 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Kevin Porter Jr. K. Porter Jr.	50	4/29/2021	HOU	vs	MIL	41	5	11	0	1	16	26	61.5	9	15	60.0	9	11	81.8	81.1	0	5	5	5	+19
9	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	50	1/27/2020	HOU	@	UTA	38	6	3	2	1	14	22	63.6	6	11	54.5	16	20	80.0	81.2	0	6	2	0	+12
10	James Harden J. Harden	50	12/3/2019	HOU	@	SAS	49	9	6	4	0	11	37	29.7	4	20	20.0	24	24	100.0	52.6	3	6	5	4	-3
11	James Harden J. Harden	50	3/30/2019	HOU	vs	SAC	38	11	10	0	0	13	31	41.9	7	23	30.4	17	18	94.4	64.2	1	10	3	1	+17
12	James Harden J. Harden	50	12/13/2018	HOU	vs	LAL	35	10	11	2	0	14	26	53.8	4	12	33.3	18	19	94.7	72.8	2	8	6	4	+14
13	James Harden J. Harden	50	11/27/2015	HOU	vs	PHI	40	9	8	0	0	14	28	50.0	6	12	50.0	16	20	80.0	67.9	2	7	9	2	+13
14	James Harden J. Harden	50	3/19/2015	HOU	vs	DEN	40	10	4	1	0	12	27	44.4	4	12	33.3	22	25	88.0	65.8	1	9	4	2	+22
15	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	50	11/20/1970	SDR	vs	SEA	48	25	3			18	35	51.4				14	16	87.5	59.5				1
16	James Harden J. Harden	49	7/31/2020	HOU	@	DAL	43	9	8	3	3	14	20	70.0	3	9	33.3	18	21	85.7	83.8	0	9	1	5	+8
17	James Harden J. Harden	49	11/16/2019	HOU	@	MIN	39	6	6	0	0	16	41	39.0	8	22	36.4	9	11	81.8	53.4	1	5	5	4	+16
18	Moses Malone M. Malone	49	3/13/1982	HOU	vs	POR	45	12	3	1	5	17	26	65.4	0	0		15	19	78.9	71.3	5	7	4	3
19	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	49	1/30/1970	SDR	vs	SEA	50	22	2			18	35	51.4				13	19	68.4	56.5				5
20	James Harden J. Harden	48	1/19/2019	HOU	vs	LAL	42	8	6	4	1	14	30	46.7	8	19	42.1	12	15	80.0	65.6	3	5	6	3	+11
21	James Harden J. Harden	48	12/9/2017	HOU	@	POR	37	8	3	3	0	16	29	55.2	4	7	57.1	12	14	85.7	68.3	1	7	2	2	+9
22	James Harden J. Harden	48	11/16/2017	HOU	@	PHX	35	2	7	2	1	12	22	54.5	6	11	54.5	18	18	100.0	80.2	0	2	5	3	+15
23	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	48	12/2/2004	HOU	@	DAL	49	9	9	2	3	19	36	52.8	6	13	46.2	4	7	57.1	61.4	5	4	2	3	0
24	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	48	1/30/1997	HOU	vs	DEN	43	10	3	0	2	24	40	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	3	7	3	3	-1
25	Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	48	12/6/1980	HOU	vs	DEN	34	4	6	2	0	19	30	63.3	0	0		10	13	76.9	67.2	1	3	3	2