List of Houston Rockets seasons


The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The Rockets play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association. The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years, before moving to Houston, Texas.
In the Rockets' debut season, their win-loss record was 15–67. After drafting Elvin Hayes first overall in the 1968 NBA Draft, they made their first appearance in the playoffs in 1969. After Hayes was traded, Moses Malone replaced him. Malone won two Most Valuable Player awards during his time in Houston, and led the Rockets to the Eastern Conference finals in his first year with the Rockets. He also led the Rockets to the NBA Finals in 1981, but they were defeated in six games by the Boston Celtics. Two years after advancing to the finals, the Rockets won a franchise-low 14 games.
In 1984, the Rockets drafted future Hall-of-Famer Hakeem Olajuwon, who led them to the 1986 Finals in his second year, in which they lost again to Boston. In the next seven seasons, they lost in the first round of the playoffs five times. They did not win their first championship until, when Olajuwon led them to a franchise-best 58 wins, and the championship. The Rockets repeated the feat in, but have not advanced to the finals since. They missed the playoffs from to, and did not reach the playoffs until after they drafted Yao Ming in 2003. They did not advance past the first round of the playoffs for 13 years, until the 2008–09 NBA season. After the arrival of James Harden in 2012 and Dwight Howard the following year, the Rockets had their best seasons since the Olajuwon days, culminating in the Southwest Division title and a return to the Western Conference Finals in. The 2017–18 Rockets made franchise history by becoming the first Houston team ever to win 60 or more games in a regular season, finishing at 65–17.
The Rockets have played 52 seasons, and advanced to the playoffs in 33 of those seasons. They have won seven division titles, and have been conference champions four times. Their overall record is 2,225 wins and 1,991 losses.

Table key

Seasons

Note: Statistics are correct as of the.
NBA Champions
Conference Champions
Division Champions
Playoff Berth

All-time records

StatisticWinsLossesWin%
San Diego Rockets regular season record 119209
Houston Rockets regular season record 2,1461,806
All-time regular season record 2,2251,991'
San Diego Rockets post-season record 24.333
Houston Rockets post-season record 151153.497
All-time post-season record 153157.494
All-time regular and post-season record2,4182,172'