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

most career minutes by a player for the rockets

NAME	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Hakeem Olajuwon	42,844	1,177	36.4	22.5	11.4	2.5	1.8	3.2	3.0	9.0	17.5	51.3	0.0	0.1	20.5	4.6	6.4	71.3	26,511	13,382	2,992	2,088	3,740	3,569	4,236	+536
Calvin Murphy	30,607	1,002	30.5	17.9	2.1	4.4	1.5	0.1	1.9	7.2	15.0	48.2	0.0	0.3	13.9	3.4	3.9	89.2	17,949	2,103	4,402	1,165	51	822	3,250
Rudy Tomjanovich	25,714	768	33.5	17.4	8.1	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.6	7.3	14.6	50.1	0.3	1.1	26.2	2.7	3.5	78.4	13,383	6,198	1,573	374	175	332	1,937
James Harden	23,006	621	37.0	29.6	6.0	7.7	1.8	0.6	4.4	8.7	19.6	44.3	3.3	9.0	36.2	8.9	10.4	86.2	18,365	3,736	4,796	1,087	390	2,763	1,661	+2620
Robert Reid	21,718	762	28.5	11.6	4.9	3.0	1.2	0.5	1.5	4.9	10.5	46.7	0.1	0.5	28.1	1.6	2.2	73.3	8,823	3,706	2,253	881	364	1,165	2,502
Elvin Hayes	20,782	572	36.3	20.6	12.2	1.9	0.5	0.9	2.0	8.3	18.6	44.5	0.0	0.0	18.2	4.0	6.1	66.0	11,762	6,974	1,104	128	213	490	1,636
Otis Thorpe	18,631	518	36.0	15.8	9.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.5	6.2	11.1	55.9	0.0	0.1	9.1	3.4	5.0	67.0	8,177	5,010	1,338	404	178	1,320	1,703
Moses Malone	17,780	464	38.3	24.0	15.0	1.5	0.9	1.6	3.8	8.7	17.0	51.4	0.0	0.1	6.7	6.5	8.9	73.6	11,119	6,959	697	433	758	1,448	1,317
Mike Newlin	17,646	604	29.2	14.0	3.2	4.3	1.1	0.1	2.4	5.3	11.5	46.1				3.5	4.0	86.4	8,480	1,920	2,581	467	42	295	1,916
Cuttino Mobley	16,343	436	37.5	17.1	4.0	2.7	1.2	0.4	2.2	6.1	14.1	43.2	1.5	4.1	37.2	3.4	4.0	83.9	7,448	1,761	1,177	526	187	956	991	+361
Allen Leavell	16,248	700	23.2	9.5	1.7	4.8	1.3	0.2	1.9	3.6	8.1	45.0	0.2	0.9	23.4	2.1	2.5	83.4	6,684	1,164	3,339	929	120	1,324	1,489
Yao Ming	15,818	486	32.5	19.0	9.2	1.6	0.4	1.9	2.7	7.0	13.3	52.4	0.0	0.0	20.0	5.1	6.1	83.3	9,247	4,494	769	189	920	1,311	1,596	+1491
Steve Francis	15,024	384	39.1	19.0	6.0	6.3	1.6	0.4	3.6	6.5	15.2	43.0	1.2	3.5	34.5	4.7	5.9	78.9	7,281	2,318	2,411	619	166	1,399	1,210	+351
Kenny Smith	13,712	468	29.3	12.6	1.9	5.3	1.0	0.1	2.1	4.6	9.5	49.0	1.1	2.7	40.7	2.2	2.6	85.7	5,910	889	2,457	467	42	976	699
Rodney McCray	13,517	405	33.4	12.5	6.7	3.8	0.8	0.7	1.9	4.8	9.2	52.2	0.0	0.1	3.8	2.9	3.8	76.3	5,059	2,718	1,521	338	291	780	955
Trevor Ariza	13,419	382	35.1	12.7	5.2	2.5	1.8	0.3	1.4	4.5	11.0	40.6	2.3	6.5	35.4	1.5	2.0	75.6	4,863	1,980	953	683	116	540	790	+1009
Vernon Maxwell	13,299	402	33.1	14.9	2.9	4.3	1.4	0.2	2.2	5.4	13.4	40.5	1.8	5.6	32.6	2.3	3.1	72.9	6,002	1,182	1,730	559	89	883	872
Shane Battier	11,912	348	34.2	8.8	4.7	2.3	0.9	1.0	0.9	3.1	7.1	42.9	1.7	4.3	38.8	1.0	1.3	74.3	3,052	1,623	784	310	351	326	766	+1047
Luis Scola	11,662	386	30.2	14.5	7.7	1.9	0.7	0.3	1.8	6.0	11.9	51.0	0.0	0.0	5.9	2.4	3.2	74.4	5,597	2,984	723	274	124	691	1,183	+608
Sleepy Floyd	11,631	439	26.5	11.5	2.5	5.4	1.1	0.2	2.2	4.2	9.8	42.7	0.7	2.1	33.4	2.4	2.9	81.2	5,030	1,104	2,363	470	76	949	808
Eric Gordon	11,527	379	30.4	15.7	2.3	2.3	0.6	0.4	1.6	5.3	12.7	42.1	2.8	7.7	36.0	2.2	2.8	80.5	5,944	858	886	228	156	625	631	+783
Tracy McGrady	11,133	303	36.7	22.7	5.5	5.6	1.3	0.6	2.5	8.3	19.7	42.0	1.6	4.8	32.2	4.6	6.3	73.7	6,888	1,667	1,699	396	176	764	522	+1094
Ralph Sampson	10,674	305	35.0	19.7	10.5	2.7	1.0	1.9	3.6	8.2	16.3	49.9	0.0	0.1	14.7	3.3	5.0	66.1	5,995	3,189	827	307	585	1,093	1,185
Buck Johnson	10,562	432	24.4	9.6	3.6	1.8	0.9	0.5	1.4	4.0	8.2	48.9	0.0	0.1	11.9	1.6	2.1	73.9	4,139	1,565	767	368	234	594	1,216
Stu Lantz	10,048	318	31.6	15.6	3.9	3.4				5.7	12.9	44.4				4.1	5.1	80.4	4,947	1,242	1,067				857