oldest nba players to score 40 points in a game for the rockets

Clyde Drexler is the oldest for the Rockets in a game with 40+ points. He was 35 years and 136 days old versus the Los Angeles Clippers on November 5, 1997.

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oldest NBA players to score 40 or more points in a regular-season game for the rockets

	NAME	AGE	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	35-136	43	11/5/1997	HOU	@	LAC	34	4	6	2	0	15	25	60.0	3	5	60.0	10	11	90.9	72.1	1	3	2	2	+29
2	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	34-282	43	11/29/1997	HOU	@	GSW	39	15	3	4	0	15	20	75.0	1	1	100.0	12	14	85.7	82.2	6	9	6	4	+16
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	34-067	45	3/29/1997	HOU	vs	DEN	39	11	4	0	2	14	24	58.3	1	1	100.0	16	17	94.1	71.5	1	10	2	5	+22
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	34-009	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
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	34-004	41	1/25/1997	HOU	vs	UTA	46	15	6	2	2	14	29	48.3	1	1	100.0	12	14	85.7	58.3	3	12	7	0	-3
6	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	33-163	41	12/2/1995	HOU	vs	CHA	45	6	6	2	0	17	23	73.9	5	9	55.6	2	4	50.0	82.8	1	5	3	1
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33-062	46	3/23/1996	HOU	vs	MIN	44	19	8	3	3	16	23	69.6	0	0		14	18	77.8	74.4	7	12	6	3
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33-049	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
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33-039	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
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33-029	40	2/19/1996	HOU	vs	SAC	46	13	4	1	4	17	35	48.6	0	0		6	8	75.0	51.9	3	10	2	3
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32-362	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
12	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	32-288	40	4/6/1995	HOU	@	GSW	45	2	8	5	0	14	22	63.6	2	6	33.3	10	14	71.4	71.0	0	2	2	2
13	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	32-281	41	3/30/1995	HOU	@	LAC	46	18	4	1	1	12	23	52.2	3	5	60.0	14	18	77.8	66.3	5	13	4	4
14	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	32-239	42	1/3/1981	HOU	vs	DEN	32	2	4	2	0	16	27	59.3	0	0		10	10	100.0	66.9	0	2	3	4
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32-045	40	3/7/1995	HOU	vs	PHX	38	13	5	1	1	16	23	69.6	0	0		8	10	80.0	73.0	4	9	2	6
16	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32-012	41	2/2/1995	HOU	vs	UTA	38	4	3	0	4	15	22	68.2	0	0		11	15	73.3	71.7	0	4	2	3
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	31-358	41	1/14/1995	HOU	@	DEN	43	7	4	1	0	16	26	61.5	0	0		9	10	90.0	67.4	0	7	3	4
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	31-357	47	1/13/1995	HOU	vs	SAS	45	10	4	1	3	21	35	60.0	0	0		5	7	71.4	61.7	1	9	7	4
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	31-347	41	1/3/1995	HOU	@	DAL	40	13	2	1	5	16	28	57.1	0	0		9	10	90.0	63.3	3	10	5	5
20	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	31-342	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
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	31-292	43	11/9/1994	HOU	@	IND	46	16	3	1	8	15	25	60.0	0	0		13	18	72.2	65.3	2	14	2	2
22	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	31-124	40	12/7/1993	HOU	vs	CHA	36	7	2	0	1	14	19	73.7	0	0		12	12	100.0	82.4	3	4	4	6
23	James Harden J. Harden	31-122	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
24	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	31-109	41	2/29/2020	HOU	@	BOS	43	8	5	3	0	16	27	59.3	1	2	50.0	8	12	66.7	63.5	2	6	6	2	-3
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	31-086	41	2/6/2020	HOU	@	LAL	37	8	5	1	0	17	28	60.7	1	2	50.0	6	8	75.0	65.0	1	7	8	5	+12