Hornets Nightly · roster & depth chart · 2026-27
Hornets roster
24players
under contract
under contract
24 players on the Charlotte Hornets roster, average age 25.3, $174.9M 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 (M. Bridges - L. Ball - M. Diabaté - B. Miller - K. Knueppel) played 509 minutes with a +26.4 net rating. 2 players are on the injury report — full report. Contracts and options are on the cap sheet.
Depth chart
by minutes · 2025-26Guards
7
Antonio Reeves
6.8 min · 2.7 pts · 0.8 reb · 0.3 ast
9
Michael Ajayi
0.0 min · — pts · — reb · — ast
10
Kobe Stewart
0.0 min · — pts · — reb · — ast
11
Jarkel Joiner
0.0 min · — pts · — reb · — ast
12
Kylan Boswell
0.0 min · — pts · — reb · — ast
Forwards
6
Tidjane Salaün
15.6 min · 6.0 pts · 4.0 reb · 0.7 ast
7
Liam McNeeley
11.9 min · 4.3 pts · 2.4 reb · 0.8 ast
Centers
Full roster
2025-26 per game · 2026-27 cap hit| # | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | Exp | From | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 2026-27 salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 |  Royce O'Neale | F | 6-6 | 226 | 33 | 9 | Baylor | 28.4 | 9.8 | 4.8 | 2.7 | $10.9M |
| 2 |  Grant Williams | F | 6-7 | 236 | 27 | 7 | Tennessee | 19.8 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 1.6 | $14.3M |
| 2 |  Dorian Finney-Smith | F | 6-7 | 220 | 33 | 10 | Florida | 16.8 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | $13.3M |
| 3 |  Coby White | G | 6-4 | 210 | 26 | 7 | North Carolina | 25.0 | 17.4 | 3.4 | 4.0 | $22.8M |
| 4 |  Sion James | G | 6-5 | 220 | 23 | 1 | Duke | 22.5 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 2.0 | $2.4M |
| 5 |  Christian Anderson | G | 6-0 | 165 | 20 | R | Texas Tech | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 |  Kon Knueppel | G-F | 6-6 | 215 | 21 | 1 | Duke | 31.5 | 18.5 | 5.3 | 3.4 | $10.5M |
| 8 |  Grayson Allen | G | 6-3 | 198 | 30 | 8 | Duke | 28.8 | 16.5 | 3.0 | 3.8 | $18.1M |
| 8 |  Dennis Schröder | G | 6-1 | 175 | 32 | 13 | Braunschweig | 24.2 | 10.8 | 2.7 | 4.9 | $14.8M |
| 11 |  Naz Reid | C-F | 6-9 | 264 | 27 | 7 | Louisiana State | 26.1 | 13.6 | 6.2 | 2.2 | $23.3M |
| 11 |  Ryan Kalkbrenner | C | 7-1 | 256 | 24 | 1 | Creighton | 21.4 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 0.8 | $2.4M |
| 12 | Antonio Reeves | G | 6-5 | 205 | 25 | 2 | Kentucky | 6.8 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | — |
| 14 |  Moussa Diabaté | F | 6-10 | 210 | 24 | 4 | Michigan | 26.0 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 1.9 | $2.5M |
| 16 |  PJ Hall | C | 6-8 | 245 | 24 | 2 | Clemson | 11.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 0.5 | — |
| 21 |  Pat Connaughton | G | 6-5 | 209 | 33 | 11 | Notre Dame | 7.1 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | $3.8M |
| 22 |  Hannes Steinbach | F | 6-11 | 20 | R | Washington | — | — | — | — | $5.2M | |
| 24 |  Brandon Miller | F | 6-7 | 200 | 23 | 3 | Alabama | 30.3 | 20.2 | 4.9 | 3.3 | $15.1M |
| 26 |  Xavier Tillman | F | 6-8 | 245 | 27 | 6 | Michigan State | 6.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.4 | — |
| 31 | Tidjane Salaün | F | 6-10 | 207 | 21 | 2 | Cholet | 15.6 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 0.7 | $8.2M |
| 33 | Liam McNeeley | F | 6-7 | 210 | 20 | 1 | Connecticut | 11.9 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 | $2.9M |
| Michael Ajayi | G | 6-7 | 235 | 23 | R | Butler | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Kobe Stewart | G-F | 6-6 | 180 | 24 | R | Presbyterian | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Jarkel Joiner | G | 6-1 | 181 | 27 | R | North Carolina State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Kylan Boswell | G | 6-2 | 200 | 21 | R | Illinois | — | — | — | — | — |
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.