The Houston Rockets got their most steals in a game against the Cavaliers on November 16, 1986, with 21 steals.

Interpreted as:

most steal in a regular-season game by houston

	TEAM	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Rockets	21	11/16/1986	HOU	vs	CLE	W 134-106	240	134	46	35	9	52	100	52.0	0	0		30	39	76.9	57.2	16	30	16	21
2	Rockets	20	12/7/2016	HOU	vs	LAL	W 134-95	240	134	52	35	2	51	94	54.3	15	36	41.7	17	21	81.0	64.9	15	37	20	22
3	Rockets	20	12/8/2015	HOU	@	BKN	L 105-110	240	105	36	26	3	39	82	47.6	15	35	42.9	12	17	70.6	58.7	10	26	23	15
4	Rockets	20	2/10/2007	HOU	vs	CHA	W 104-83	240	104	39	23	4	38	84	45.2	9	25	36.0	19	25	76.0	54.7	11	28	12	14
5	Rockets	20	11/1/1996	HOU	vs	SAC	W 96-85	240	96	45	25	1	34	87	39.1	8	25	32.0	20	31	64.5	47.7	17	28	21	19
6	Rockets	20	2/4/1988	HOU	vs	NJN	W 115-87	240	115	49	24	5	43	87	49.4	1	3	33.3	28	29	96.6	57.6	15	34	26	20
7	Rockets	19	11/5/1996	HOU	@	SAC	W 102-80	240	102	38	23	4	36	79	45.6	7	18	38.9	23	33	69.7	54.5	13	25	21	23
8	Rockets	18	1/20/2025	HOU	vs	DET	L 96-107	240	96	39	19	1	37	94	39.4	11	39	28.2	11	16	68.8	47.5	15	24	16	17
9	Rockets	18	11/2/2015	HOU	vs	OKC	W 110-105	240	110	34	22	7	41	89	46.1	9	29	31.0	19	29	65.5	54.0	7	27	12	22
10	Rockets	18	4/16/1994	HOU	@	SEA	L 97-100	240	97	31	21	4	36	76	47.4	4	14	28.6	21	24	87.5	56.0	11	20	21	16
11	Rockets	18	3/26/1990	HOU	vs	SAS	W 113-95	240	113	45	25	9	47	88	53.4	0	4	0.0	19	24	79.2	57.3	15	30	22	21
12	Rockets	18	11/8/1987	HOU	@	LAL	L 92-101	240	92	36	17	7	37	95	38.9	2	6	33.3	16	24	66.7	43.6	14	22	19	20
13	Rockets	18	4/4/1986	HOU	@	PHX	W 112-89	240	112	50	19	7	47	94	50.0	0	1	0.0	18	25	72.0	53.3	17	33	18	23
14	Rockets	18	3/22/1985	HOU	vs	LAL	L 107-130	240	107	46	26	8	47	106	44.3	1	4	25.0	12	31	38.7	44.7	21	25	17	19
15	Rockets	18	2/26/1985	HOU	@	LAL	L 94-100	240	94	42	22	11	39	90	43.3	1	4	25.0	15	23	65.2	46.9	11	31	23	20
16	Rockets	18	3/13/1984	HOU	vs	SDC	W 117-109	240	117	32	37	11	48	94	51.1	0	0		21	32	65.6	54.1	10	22	13	23
17	Rockets	17	3/21/2025	HOU	@	MIA	W 102-98	240	102	46	14	4	39	84	46.4	14	28	50.0	10	21	47.6	54.7	15	31	15	14
18	Rockets	17	1/1/2025	HOU	vs	DAL	W 110-99	240	110	35	16	1	42	89	47.2	8	25	32.0	18	23	78.3	55.5	4	31	12	18
19	Rockets	17	3/5/2016	HOU	@	CHI	L 100-108	240	100	40	22	3	35	87	40.2	9	35	25.7	21	30	70.0	49.9	11	29	18	27
20	Rockets	17	12/15/2015	HOU	@	SAC	L 97-107	240	97	36	22	3	34	82	41.5	12	39	30.8	17	23	73.9	52.6	7	29	21	28
21	Rockets	17	2/21/2015	HOU	vs	TOR	W 98-76	240	98	52	22	9	35	84	41.7	6	29	20.7	22	31	71.0	50.2	11	41	23	23
22	Rockets	17	11/14/2014	HOU	vs	PHI	W 88-87	240	88	47	16	11	29	78	37.2	7	34	20.6	23	37	62.2	46.7	13	34	21	25
23	Rockets	17	3/14/2003	HOU	vs	CHI	W 121-91	240	121	35	29	10	41	71	57.7	10	17	58.8	29	32	90.6	71.1	4	31	18	17
24	Rockets	17	1/31/1995	HOU	vs	DEN	W 86-74	240	86	37	26	6	37	79	46.8	3	17	17.6	9	19	47.4	49.2	8	29	12	13
25	Rockets	17	3/5/1994	HOU	vs	LAC	W 124-107	240	124	42	32	8	53	91	58.2	3	14	21.4	15	22	68.2	61.6	10	32	16	17