James Harden has dropped the most points for the Rockets in a season opener, with 44 points versus the Trail Blazers on December 26, 2020.

	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	44	12/26/2020	HOU	@	POR	43	4	17	1	0	12	21	57.1	6	13	46.2	14	16	87.5	78.5	1	3	5	1	-6
2	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	39	10/21/2025	HOU	@	OKC	49	11	7	2	1	12	24	50.0	5	8	62.5	10	11	90.9	67.6	4	7	4	5	+9
3	Steve Francis S. Francis	39	10/30/2002	HOU	@	IND	39	8	4	1	1	13	28	46.4	1	3	33.3	12	14	85.7	57.1	4	4	5	4	-3
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	39	11/4/1988	HOU	@	DEN	34	19	0	3	4	14	23	60.9	0	0		11	17	64.7	64.0	6	13	4	5
5	James Harden J. Harden	37	10/31/2012	HOU	@	DET	44	6	12	4	1	14	25	56.0	4	10	40.0	5	6	83.3	66.9	1	5	4	2	+18
6	Moses Malone M. Malone	36	10/30/1981	HOU	@	LAL	48	10	2	1	4	18	28	64.3	0	0		0	2	0.0	62.3			1	5
7	James Harden J. Harden	34	10/26/2016	HOU	@	LAL	37	7	17	1	0	9	19	47.4	1	7	14.3	15	16	93.8	65.3	3	4	7	5	+10
8	Don Kojis D. Kojis	34	10/17/1968	SDR	vs	SEA	42	12	2			13	27	48.1				8	8	100.0	55.7				4
9	Cuttino Mobley C. Mobley	33	10/31/2000	HOU	vs	MIN	32	5	1	3	2	10	22	45.5	2	5	40.0	11	11	100.0	61.5	1	4	2	1	0
10	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	33	11/1/1991	HOU	vs	LAL	52	8	1	2	0	12	18	66.7	0	0		9	11	81.8	72.2	2	6	3	5
11	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	33	10/21/1976	HOU	@	ATL	39	4	9			14	18	77.8				5	5	100.0	81.7				0
12	James Harden J. Harden	32	10/28/2014	HOU	@	LAL	31	1	6	1	0	7	17	41.2	3	6	50.0	15	16	93.8	66.6	0	1	0	1	+12
13	Christian Wood C. Wood	31	12/26/2020	HOU	@	POR	44	13	3	0	1	14	22	63.6	0	2	0.0	3	4	75.0	65.2	3	10	3	4	-6
14	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	31	2/5/1999	HOU	@	LAL	38	15	3	1	0	12	21	57.1	0	1	0.0	7	11	63.6	60.0	6	9	1	1	-7
15	Moses Malone M. Malone	31	10/12/1979	HOU	@	BOS	39	16	2	0	1	10	17	58.8	0	0		11	14	78.6	66.9	7	9	6	2
16	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	31	10/9/1973	HOU	@	BUF		3	10			15	25	60.0				1	2	50.0	59.9				3
17	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	30	10/30/2007	HOU	@	LAL	40	6	4	0	0	10	20	50.0	0	4	0.0	10	12	83.3	59.3	0	6	3	4	-4
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	29	11/1/1991	HOU	vs	LAL	49	18	2	5	0	12	21	57.1	0	0		5	6	83.3	61.3	7	11	8	6
19	Moses Malone M. Malone	29	10/13/1978	HOU	@	NYK	45	20	1	1	3	11	20	55.0				7	10	70.0	59.4			5	3
20	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	29	10/19/1977	HOU	vs	CHI	38	10	1		0	14	23	60.9				1	1	100.0	61.9			0	2
21	Jalen Green J. Green	28	10/23/2024	HOU	vs	CHA	35	2	0	0	0	9	23	39.1	5	15	33.3	5	5	100.0	55.6	0	2	0	0	-11
22	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	28	11/4/1988	HOU	@	DEN	38	7	1	2	0	11	15	73.3	0	0		6	6	100.0	79.4	5	2	3	2
23	Rodney McCray R. McCray	28	11/1/1986	HOU	vs	LAL	47	4	7	4	0	12	15	80.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	83.5	3	1	2	1
24	Lewis Lloyd L. Lloyd	28	10/29/1983	HOU	vs	SAS	42	11	10	3	0	13	24	54.2	0	0		2	8	25.0	50.9	6	5	4	2
25	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	28	10/14/1971	HOU	vs	PHI		17				13	19	68.4				2	4	50.0	67.4				3