top 10 points scored by a rocket during the 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Hakeem Olajuwon posted the most points for the Rockets, with 8,883 points.

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	8,883	386	36.2	23.0	12.1	2.0	1.9	3.1	9.0	17.4	51.8	0.0	0.0	5.3	5.0	7.4	67.2	55.7	4.5	7.6	3.0	13,990	4,677	780	748	1,201	1,175	1,562
2	Robert Reid R. Reid	7,343	600	29.4	12.2	4.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	5.2	11.1	46.5	0.1	0.5	28.1	1.8	2.4	74.2	50.2	1.3	3.4	1.6	17,610	2,864	1,902	739	265	953	1,923
3	Moses Malone M. Malone	6,861	243	40.3	28.2	14.6	1.8	1.0	1.6	10.4	20.2	51.4	0.0	0.1	6.7	7.4	9.9	74.6	57.4	6.6	8.0	3.7	9,783	3,558	430	239	382	902	641
4	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	6,684	700	23.2	9.5	1.7	4.8	1.3	0.2	3.6	8.1	45.0	0.2	0.9	23.4	2.1	2.5	83.4	52.0	0.4	1.2	1.9	16,248	1,164	3,339	929	120	1,324	1,489
5	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	5,995	305	35.0	19.7	10.5	2.7	1.0	1.9	8.2	16.3	49.9	0.0	0.1	14.7	3.3	5.0	66.1	53.0	3.0	7.4	3.6	10,674	3,189	827	307	585	1,093	1,185
6	Rodney McCray R. McCray	5,059	405	33.4	12.5	6.7	3.8	0.8	0.7	4.8	9.2	52.2	0.0	0.1	3.8	2.9	3.8	76.3	57.5	2.4	4.4	1.9	13,517	2,718	1,521	338	291	780	955
7	Lewis Lloyd L. Lloyd	4,317	278	28.2	15.5	3.2	3.6	1.1	0.4	6.6	12.5	52.4	0.0	0.2	21.4	2.4	3.0	78.6	56.1	1.4	1.8	2.4	7,838	898	991	296	101	668	692
8	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	4,257	280	26.1	15.2	1.3	3.0	1.3	0.1	6.3	13.4	47.2	0.0	0.3	13.9	2.6	2.8	92.0	52.1	0.6	0.8	1.7	7,317	372	842	356	20	462	783
9	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	2,766	244	25.9	11.3	6.7	1.5	0.5	0.9	4.5	9.8	46.3	0.0	0.0	18.2	2.3	3.4	66.8	50.3	2.3	4.4	2.0	6,328	1,623	373	128	213	490	642
10	Jim Petersen J. Petersen	2,232	293	22.4	7.6	5.2	1.2	0.4	0.8	3.1	6.1	50.1	0.0	0.0	7.7	1.5	2.0	73.0	54.3	1.8	3.5	1.5	6,574	1,536	347	131	228	426	827
11	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	1,936	141	32.8	13.7	3.6	7.6	1.4	0.1	4.9	11.1	43.8	0.9	2.4	35.5	3.2	3.7	85.1	54.0	0.7	2.9	2.9	4,622	511	1,075	192	21	409	340
12	Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	1,707	195	20.3	8.8	1.7	3.6	0.8	0.0	3.4	7.2	47.4	0.2	0.6	30.3	1.8	2.2	80.3	53.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	3,960	322	705	149	9	327	446
13	Purvis Short P. Short	1,641	146	21.3	11.2	2.7	1.8	0.7	0.2	4.6	10.0	45.8	0.1	0.4	25.9	1.9	2.3	86.0	50.9	0.9	1.8	1.3	3,106	401	269	102	27	188	313
14	Mitchell Wiggins M. Wiggins	1,624	192	18.5	8.5	2.7	1.5	1.0	0.1	3.6	7.8	46.3	0.0	0.2	17.5	1.2	1.6	73.6	49.7	1.4	1.3	1.1	3,561	527	296	186	21	202	432
15	James Bailey J. Bailey	1,622	142	20.3	11.4	5.4	1.0	0.5	0.7	4.4	9.0	49.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.6	70.7	54.1	1.9	3.5	2.0	2,889	762	144	75	99	291	453
16	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	1,577	163	30.3	9.7	7.7	1.8	0.6	1.3	3.8	8.0	47.7	0.0	0.0	20.0	2.0	2.5	81.1	53.0	2.4	5.3	2.0	4,946	1,250	294	92	211	329	613
17	John Lucas J. Lucas	1,542	112	29.3	13.8	2.0	7.9	1.2	0.1	5.1	11.3	45.2	0.6	1.9	31.1	3.0	3.8	78.2	53.1	0.5	1.6	2.2	3,278	228	889	139	7	251	202
18	Major Jones M. Jones	1,514	327	14.2	4.6	3.7	0.6	0.4	0.5	1.9	4.0	48.5	0.0	0.0	11.1	0.8	1.3	57.9	50.8	1.4	2.2	1.0	4,645	1,195	200	124	155	332	565
19	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	1,483	114	27.2	13.0	5.0	1.7	0.4	0.1	5.6	11.8	47.2	0.3	1.1	26.2	1.6	2.0	79.9	51.4	1.8	3.1	1.4	3,098	566	190	51	16	156	282
20	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	1,446	258	21.2	5.6	1.6	4.0	0.8	0.1	2.3	5.1	44.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.5	74.9	48.6	0.4	1.2	1.4	5,472	422	1,025	200	17	350	395
21	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	1,370	82	38.2	16.7	9.6	2.5	1.0	0.5	6.4	11.7	54.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.5	72.9	59.1	3.3	6.3	2.7	3,135	787	202	82	37	225	259
22	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1,334	240	17.3	5.6	4.2	1.1	0.3	0.6	2.4	5.1	46.8	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.5	49.9	47.9	1.3	2.9	1.0	4,141	1,003	273	77	145	232	462
23	Buck Johnson B. Johnson	1,248	197	16.5	6.3	2.8	1.1	0.6	0.4	2.6	5.1	51.2	0.0	0.1	11.1	1.1	1.4	73.5	54.8	1.2	1.6	1.0	3,249	542	215	111	76	201	421
24	Terry Teagle T. Teagle	1,101	141	16.5	7.8	1.9	1.5	0.5	0.2	3.4	7.7	44.0	0.1	0.4	30.4	0.9	1.2	73.4	47.2	0.7	1.2	1.4	2,324	272	213	66	22	199	252
25	Mike Woodson M. Woodson	1,046	81	27.9	12.9	2.4	2.5	1.1	0.2	5.1	11.6	43.8	0.4	1.1	34.8	2.4	2.9	82.3	50.3	0.6	1.8	1.7	2,259	194	206	89	18	136	195