Rockets Nightly · roster & depth chart · 2026-27
Rockets roster
21players
under contract
under contract
21 players on the Houston Rockets roster, average age 27.6, $205.5M 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 (K. Durant - J. Okogie - A. Sengun - J. Smith Jr. - A. Thompson) played 377 minutes with a +10.3 net rating. 3 players are on the injury report — full report. Contracts and options are on the cap sheet.
Depth chart
by minutes · 2025-26Forwards
5
Julian Phillips
8.9 min · 2.9 pts · 1.0 reb · 0.2 ast
7
Isaiah Crawford
6.6 min · 2.0 pts · 1.1 reb · 0.4 ast
Centers
4
Rafael Castro
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 |  Aaron Holiday | G | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | 8 | UCLA | 13.7 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | — |
| 1 |  Amen Thompson | G-F | 6-7 | 200 | 23 | 3 | Overtime Elite | 37.4 | 18.3 | 7.8 | 5.3 | $12.3M |
| 4 | Julian Phillips | F | 6-6 | 201 | 22 | 3 | Tennessee | 8.9 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | $2.5M |
| 5 |  Fred VanVleet | G | 6-0 | 197 | 32 | 9 | Wichita State | — | — | — | — | $25.0M PO |
| 7 |  Kevin Durant | F | 6-11 | 240 | 37 | 19 | Texas | 36.4 | 26.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | $43.9M |
| 8 |  Jae'Sean Tate | F | 6-4 | 230 | 30 | 6 | Ohio State | 8.8 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 | $2.4M |
| 10 |  Jabari Smith Jr. | F | 6-11 | 220 | 23 | 4 | Auburn | 35.1 | 15.8 | 6.9 | 1.9 | $23.6M |
| 12 |  Steven Adams | C | 6-11 | 265 | 33 | 13 | Pittsburgh | 22.8 | 5.8 | 8.6 | 1.5 | $13.0M |
| 15 |  Reed Sheppard | G | 6-2 | 185 | 22 | 2 | Kentucky | 26.2 | 13.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | $11.1M |
| 17 |  Tari Eason | F | 6-8 | 215 | 25 | 4 | Louisiana State | 25.8 | 10.5 | 6.3 | 1.5 | $14.1M |
| 27 | Isaiah Crawford | F | 6-6 | 220 | 24 | 2 | Louisiana Tech | 6.6 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | $2.4M |
| 28 |  Alperen Sengun | C | 6-11 | 243 | 24 | 5 | Besiktas | 33.3 | 20.4 | 8.9 | 6.2 | — |
| 30 |  Clint Capela | C | 6-10 | 256 | 32 | 12 | Elan Chalon | 12.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 0.7 | $7.0M |
| 31 |  Bogdan Bogdanović | G | 6-5 | 225 | 34 | 9 | Fenerbahce | 19.7 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | $2.4M |
| 32 |  Jeff Green | F | 6-8 | 235 | 40 | 19 | Georgetown | 5.8 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | — |
| 34 |  Oscar Tshiebwe | F-C | 6-8 | 255 | 26 | 3 | Kentucky | 16.6 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 1.2 | $2.5M |
| 36 |  Marcus Smart | G | 6-3 | 220 | 32 | 12 | Oklahoma State | 28.5 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 | $6.1M |
 Sean Pedulla | G | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | 1 | Mississippi | 4.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | — | |
| Rafael Castro | C | 6-11 | 220 | 23 | R | George Washington | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Quadir Copeland | G | 6-6 | 203 | 23 | R | North Carolina State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bruce Thornton | G | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | R | Ohio State | — | — | — | — | $1.4M |
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.