who has the most minutes in rockets history

Hakeem Olajuwon has played the most career minutes for the Rockets, with 42,844 minutes on the court.

	NAME	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	42,844	1,177	36.4	22.5	11.4	2.5	1.8	3.2	9.0	17.5	51.3	0.0	0.1	20.5	4.6	6.4	71.3	55.5	3.3	8.0	3.0	26,511	13,382	2,992	2,088	3,740	3,569	4,236	+536
2	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	30,607	1,002	30.5	17.9	2.1	4.4	1.5	0.1	7.2	15.0	48.2	0.0	0.3	13.9	3.4	3.9	89.2	53.6	0.7	1.3	1.9	17,949	2,103	4,402	1,165	51	822	3,250
3	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	25,714	768	33.5	17.4	8.1	2.0	0.7	0.3	7.3	14.6	50.1	0.3	1.1	26.2	2.7	3.5	78.4	53.9	2.2	5.2	1.6	13,383	6,198	1,573	374	175	332	1,937
4	James Harden J. Harden	23,006	621	37.0	29.6	6.0	7.7	1.8	0.6	8.7	19.6	44.3	3.3	9.0	36.2	8.9	10.4	86.2	61.2	0.9	5.1	4.4	18,365	3,736	4,796	1,087	390	2,763	1,661	+2623
5	Robert Reid R. Reid	21,718	762	28.5	11.6	4.9	3.0	1.2	0.5	4.9	10.5	46.7	0.1	0.5	28.1	1.6	2.2	73.3	50.2	1.4	3.5	1.5	8,823	3,706	2,253	881	364	1,165	2,502
6	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	20,782	572	36.3	20.6	12.2	1.9	0.5	0.9	8.3	18.6	44.5	0.0	0.0	18.2	4.0	6.1	66.0	48.4	2.3	4.4	2.0	11,762	6,974	1,104	128	213	490	1,636
7	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	18,631	518	36.0	15.8	9.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	6.2	11.1	55.9	0.0	0.1	9.1	3.4	5.0	67.0	59.3	3.3	6.4	2.5	8,177	5,010	1,338	404	178	1,320	1,703
8	Moses Malone M. Malone	17,780	464	38.3	24.0	15.0	1.5	0.9	1.6	8.7	17.0	51.4	0.0	0.1	6.7	6.5	8.9	73.6	57.4	6.5	8.5	3.8	11,119	6,959	697	433	758	1,448	1,317
9	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	17,646	604	29.2	14.0	3.2	4.3	1.1	0.1	5.3	11.5	46.1				3.5	4.0	86.4	53.1	0.8	2.3	2.4	8,480	1,920	2,581	467	42	295	1,916
10	Cuttino Mobley C. Mobley	16,343	436	37.5	17.1	4.0	2.7	1.2	0.4	6.1	14.1	43.2	1.5	4.1	37.2	3.4	4.0	83.9	53.9	0.8	3.3	2.2	7,448	1,761	1,177	526	187	956	991	+361
11	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	16,248	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	6,684	1,164	3,339	929	120	1,324	1,489
12	Yao Ming Y. Ming	15,818	486	32.5	19.0	9.2	1.6	0.4	1.9	7.0	13.3	52.4	0.0	0.0	20.0	5.1	6.1	83.3	59.6	2.5	6.7	2.7	9,247	4,494	769	189	920	1,311	1,596	+1491
13	Steve Francis S. Francis	15,024	384	39.1	19.0	6.0	6.3	1.6	0.4	6.5	15.2	43.0	1.2	3.5	34.5	4.7	5.9	78.9	53.3	1.9	4.1	3.6	7,281	2,318	2,411	619	166	1,399	1,210	+351
14	Kenny Smith K. Smith	13,712	468	29.3	12.6	1.9	5.3	1.0	0.1	4.6	9.5	49.0	1.1	2.7	40.7	2.2	2.6	85.7	59.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	5,910	889	2,457	467	42	976	699
15	Rodney McCray R. McCray	13,517	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	5,059	2,718	1,521	338	291	780	955
16	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	13,419	382	35.1	12.7	5.2	2.5	1.8	0.3	4.5	11.0	40.6	2.3	6.5	35.4	1.5	2.0	75.6	53.5	0.8	4.4	1.4	4,863	1,980	953	683	116	540	790	+1009
17	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	13,299	402	33.1	14.9	2.9	4.3	1.4	0.2	5.4	13.4	40.5	1.8	5.6	32.6	2.3	3.1	72.9	50.5	0.5	2.5	2.2	6,002	1,182	1,730	559	89	883	872
18	Shane Battier S. Battier	11,912	348	34.2	8.8	4.7	2.3	0.9	1.0	3.1	7.1	42.9	1.7	4.3	38.8	1.0	1.3	74.3	56.8	1.1	3.6	0.9	3,052	1,623	784	310	351	326	766	+1047
19	Luis Scola L. Scola	11,662	386	30.2	14.5	7.7	1.9	0.7	0.3	6.0	11.9	51.0	0.0	0.0	5.9	2.4	3.2	74.4	54.6	2.1	5.6	1.8	5,597	2,984	723	274	124	691	1,183	+608
20	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	11,631	439	26.5	11.5	2.5	5.4	1.1	0.2	4.2	9.8	42.7	0.7	2.1	33.4	2.4	2.9	81.2	51.6	0.6	2.0	2.2	5,030	1,104	2,363	470	76	949	808
21	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	11,527	379	30.4	15.7	2.3	2.3	0.6	0.4	5.3	12.7	42.1	2.8	7.7	36.0	2.2	2.8	80.5	56.5	0.3	2.0	1.6	5,944	858	886	228	155	625	631	+784
22	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	11,133	303	36.7	22.7	5.5	5.6	1.3	0.6	8.3	19.7	42.0	1.6	4.8	32.2	4.6	6.3	73.7	50.6	0.8	4.7	2.5	6,888	1,667	1,699	396	176	764	522	+1094
23	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	10,674	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	5,995	3,189	827	307	585	1,093	1,185
24	Buck Johnson B. Johnson	10,562	432	24.4	9.6	3.6	1.8	0.9	0.5	4.0	8.2	48.9	0.0	0.1	11.9	1.6	2.1	73.9	52.5	1.3	2.4	1.4	4,139	1,565	767	368	234	594	1,216
25	Stu Lantz S. Lantz	10,048	318	31.6	15.6	3.9	3.4			5.7	12.9	44.4				4.1	5.1	80.4	51.4				4,947	1,242	1,067				857

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.7

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RPG

9.0

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APG

6.5

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Team Rankings

ORTG

122.0

3rd

DRTG

113.4

6th

NETRTG

8.6

2nd

3P%

38.8

3rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Lakers	22	11	.667	6.0
4	Nuggets	24	12	.667	5.5
5	Rockets	22	11	.667	6.0
6	Timberwolves	23	13	.639	6.5
7	Suns	21	15	.583	8.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 1/7	HOU	@	POR	10:00 PM
Fri 1/9	HOU	@	POR	10:00 PM
Sun 1/11	HOU	@	SAC	9:00 PM
Tue 1/13	CHI	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Thu 1/15	OKC	@	HOU	7:30 PM

Last Game

Suns

21 - 15

Final

100

Rockets

22 - 11

Mon 5 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.5

Towns

11.1

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.7

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.1

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.3

Sarr

2.2

Huff

2.1

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.8

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.2

Ayton

69.4

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

124.5

122.9

122.0

121.0

120.0

119.1

DRtg Rankings

106.5

111.0

112.2

112.6

113.3

113.4

NetRtg Rankings

13.5

8.6

7.6

6.7

6.1

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

6-30

8-29

8-28

9-25

11-22

12-23

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,828.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,724.4

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,837.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,825.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

40.0

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.4

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

25-11

20-13-1

21-14

21-15

Worst Record ATS

12-25

12-24

14-20

15-21

15-20

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	27	9	.750
2	Celtics	23	12	.657	3.5
3	Knicks	23	13	.639	4.0
4	Raptors	22	15	.595	5.5
5	76ers	19	15	.559	7.0
6	Magic	20	16	.556	7.0
7	Heat	20	16	.556	7.0
8	Cavaliers	20	17	.541	7.5
9	Bulls	17	19	.472	10.0
10	Hawks	17	21	.447	11.0
11	Bucks	16	20	.444	11.0
12	Hornets	13	23	.361	14.0
13	Nets	11	22	.333	14.5
14	Wizards	9	25	.265	17.0
15	Pacers	6	30	.167	21.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	30	7	.811
2	Spurs	25	10	.714	4.0
3	Lakers	22	11	.667	6.0
4	Nuggets	24	12	.667	5.5
5	Rockets	22	11	.667	6.0
6	Timberwolves	23	13	.639	6.5
7	Suns	21	15	.583	8.5
8	Warriors	19	18	.514	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	17	20	.459	13.0
10	Grizzlies	15	20	.429	14.0
11	Clippers	13	22	.371	16.0
12	Mavericks	13	23	.361	16.5
13	Jazz	12	23	.343	17.0
14	Kings	8	28	.222	21.5
15	Pelicans	8	29	.216	22.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 12/4	LAC	@	MEM	98-107
Thu 12/4	PHI	@	MIL	116-101
Thu 12/4	PHX	@	HOU	98-117
Thu 12/4	DAL	@	OKC	111-132
Fri 12/5	NOP	@	BKN	101-119

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 1/6	CLE	@	IND	7:00 PM
Tue 1/6	ORL	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Tue 1/6	SAS	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Tue 1/6	MIA	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Tue 1/6	LAL	@	NOP	8:00 PM

Hakeem Olajuwon has played the most career minutes for the Rockets, with 42,844 minutes on the court.

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2,035.3

1,828.8

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37.9

36.1

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40.0

36.7

36.4

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