Cavaliers Nightly · roster & depth chart · 2026-27

Cavaliers roster

17players
under contract

17 players on the Cleveland Cavaliers roster, average age 26.1, $219.3M in 2026-27 cap hits. The depth chart below is ordered by minutes (last season's, until the new one tips off); the expected starting five is the five most-used players, and the most-used lineup last season (D. Mitchell - D. Hunter - D. Garland - E. Mobley - J. Tyson) played 89 minutes with a -14.7 net rating. Contracts and options are on the cap sheet.

Depth chart

by minutes · 2025-26

Guards

James Harden · starter

34.8 min · 23.6 pts · 4.8 reb · 8.0 ast

Donovan Mitchell · starter

33.5 min · 27.9 pts · 4.5 reb · 5.7 ast

Peyton Watson · starter

29.6 min · 14.6 pts · 4.9 reb · 2.1 ast

Jaylon Tyson

26.9 min · 13.2 pts · 5.1 reb · 2.2 ast

Sam Merrill

26.5 min · 12.8 pts · 2.6 reb · 2.4 ast

Craig Porter Jr.

17.9 min · 4.5 pts · 3.4 reb · 3.2 ast

Tyrese Proctor

10.9 min · 5.4 pts · 1.3 reb · 1.5 ast

Meleek Thomas

0.0 min · — pts · — reb · — ast

Forwards

Nae'Qwan Tomlin

15.7 min · 5.8 pts · 2.9 reb · 0.8 ast

Tristan Enaruna

9.5 min · 4.1 pts · 1.6 reb · 0.8 ast

Riley Minix

6.5 min · 3.9 pts · 0.7 reb · 0.6 ast

Mario Hezonja

0.0 min · — pts · — reb · — ast

Centers

Evan Mobley · starter

31.9 min · 18.2 pts · 9.0 reb · 3.6 ast

Jarrett Allen · starter

27.1 min · 15.4 pts · 8.5 reb · 1.8 ast

Thomas Bryant

12.2 min · 6.2 pts · 3.4 reb · 0.6 ast

Khalifa Diop

0.0 min · — pts · — reb · — ast

Ernest Udeh, Jr.

0.0 min · — pts · — reb · — ast

Full roster

2025-26 per game · 2026-27 cap hit

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	Exp	From	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	2026-27 salary
1	James Harden	G	6-5	220	37	17	Arizona State	34.8	23.6	4.8	8.0	$42.3M
3	Thomas Bryant	C-F	6-9	248	29	9	Indiana	12.2	6.2	3.4	0.6	$2.4M
4	Evan Mobley	C	6-11	215	25	5	Southern California	31.9	18.2	9.0	3.6	$50.1M
5	Sam Merrill	G	6-4	205	30	6	Utah State	26.5	12.8	2.6	2.4	$9.2M
8	Peyton Watson	G	6-8	200	23	4	UCLA	29.6	14.6	4.9	2.1	$20.5M
9	Craig Porter Jr.	G	6-1	180	26	3	Wichita State	17.9	4.5	3.4	3.2	$2.4M
12	Riley Minix	F	6-7	230	25	2	Morehead State	6.5	3.9	0.7	0.6	—
15	Meleek Thomas	G	6-5	185	20	R	Arkansas	—	—	—	—	$1.4M
18	Khalifa Diop	C	6-11	231	24	R	CB Gran Canaria	—	—	—	—	—
20	Jaylon Tyson	G-F	6-6	215	23	2	California	26.9	13.2	5.1	2.2	$3.7M
21	Tristan Enaruna	F	6-7	220	25	1	Cleveland State	9.5	4.1	1.6	0.8	—
24	Tyrese Proctor	G	6-4	185	22	1	Duke	10.9	5.4	1.3	1.5	$2.2M
31	Jarrett Allen	C	6-9	243	28	9	Texas	27.1	15.4	8.5	1.8	$28.0M
33	Mario Hezonja	F-G	6-8	220	31	5	FC Barcelona	—	—	—	—	$2.4M
35	Nae'Qwan Tomlin	F	6-8	210	25	2	Memphis	15.7	5.8	2.9	0.8	$2.4M
39	Ernest Udeh, Jr.	C	6-11	266	22	R	Miami	—	—	—	—	—
45	Donovan Mitchell	G	6-2	215	29	9	Louisville	33.5	27.9	4.5	5.7	$50.1M

Roster from the league's official team pages, refreshed daily. Stats are 2025-26 per-game averages (last season, until the new one tips off). Salaries are this season's cap hits from our cap database; PO/TO/ETO = player, team or early-termination option on a later season.