Chicago Bulls depth chart 2026-27
The Bulls starting five from their last 4 preseason games (Oct 7 to Oct 14): Josh Giddey, Norman Powell, Caleb Wilson, Matas Buzelis and Jalen Smith. First off the bench: Tobe Awaka and Leonard Miller. Not in those games: Nic Claxton (day-to-day, 27.8 minutes per game last season).
Ordered by starts and minutes in their last 4 preseason games (Oct 7 to Oct 14). These are preseason games: the chart switches to regular season games after the team's first one on opening night. The trend column is each game's minutes, oldest first.
Bulls starting lineup
| Player | Starts | Min per game | Last games | Last season | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 of 4 | 23.0 | 23 23 24 22 | 32.1 | Is he playing?vs Andrew Wiggins | |
| 3 of 4 | 18.3 | 14 19 . 22 | 29.6 | Is he playing?vs Matas Buzelis | |
 Caleb Wilson PF | 4 of 4 | 27.5 | 29 32 25 24 | - | |
| 4 of 4 | 21.3 | 26 12 23 24 | 29.2 | Is he playing?vs Norman Powell | |
| 3 of 4 | 18.3 | 20 . 14 21 | 20.7 | Is he playing?vs Bennedict Mathurin |
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Bulls rotation off the bench
12 or more minutes per game in the window, most first.
| Player | Starts | Min per game | Last games | Last season | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tobe Awaka PFtwo-wayDAY-TO-DAY | 1 of 4 | 22.5 | 21 24 . . | - | |
| 0 of 4 | 19.5 | 14 23 22 19 | 15.6 | Is he playing? | |
 Noa Essengue PF | 0 of 4 | 18.0 | 15 19 23 15 | - | |
 | 1 of 4 | 17.7 | 17 23 13 . | 26.9 | Is he playing? |
| 0 of 4 | 16.8 | 15 17 19 16 | 16.1 | Is he playing? | |
 Dailyn Swain PF | 0 of 4 | 16.3 | 22 18 15 10down 8 | - | |
| 0 of 4 | 13.5 | . . 10 17up 7 | 27.0 | Is he playing?vs Aaron Gordon |
Deep bench
Played in the window, under 12 minutes per game.
| Player | Starts | Min per game | Last games | Last season | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jaylin Sellers PGtwo-way | 0 of 4 | 15.0 | . . . 15 | - | |
| 0 of 4 | 11.8 | 11 10 16 10 | 20.5 | Is he playing? | |
 Orlando Robinson C | 0 of 4 | 10.5 | . . 12 9 | - | |
 | 0 of 4 | 10.0 | . . 10 . | 13.6 | Is he playing? |
 Jalen Bridges PF | 0 of 4 | 8.0 | . 8 7 9 | - | |
 Drew Peterson PF | 0 of 4 | 7.0 | 7 7 7 . | - | |
 Brandon Boston SF | 0 of 4 | 5.3 | 5 4 . 7 | - |
On the roster, no minutes in the preseason window
Injured, resting or outside the rotation, with last season's minutes per game for scale.
| Player | Status | Last season | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Day-To-Day, hamstring, back around Oct 21 | 27.8 | Is he playing?vs Anthony Black |
 Zach Collins CDAY-TO-DAY | Day-To-Day, right toe, surgery, back around Oct 16 | - |
How this depth chart is ordered
Each chart reads the team's last 5 games of the newest kind it has played: preseason games until its first regular season game, then regular season games only. The starting five are the players who started the largest share of the games they played, the newest games counting most and minutes breaking a tie, listed point guard to center.
Everyone else is ordered by minutes per game played in the window. 12 or more minutes per game in at least half the team's games is the rotation; the rest is the bench. The last games column shows each game's minutes, with a dot for a game he did not play.
Designations come from the day's NBA injury report. Players who logged no minutes in the window are listed apart with last season's minutes per game, so an injured starter never drops off his team's chart.
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Common questions
What is the Bulls starting lineup?
Josh Giddey (PG), Norman Powell (SF), Caleb Wilson (PF), Matas Buzelis (PF) and Jalen Smith (C): the five who started the most of their last 4 preseason games (Oct 7 to Oct 14).
Who is the Bulls starting point guard?
Josh Giddey, 4 starts in 4 games at 23.0 minutes per game.
Who is the Bulls sixth man?
Tobe Awaka, the most minutes off the bench at 22.5 per game (1 start).
Who is injured on the Bulls?
Tobe Awaka (day-to-day, knee), Isaac Okoro (day-to-day, undisclosed), Nic Claxton (day-to-day, hamstring) and Zach Collins (day-to-day, right toe, surgery), on today's injury report.
Why does this Bulls depth chart differ from others?
Listed depth charts are a statement of intent and they lag. This one is ordered by the starts and minutes each player actually got in their last 4 preseason games (Oct 7 to Oct 14), and it moves the morning after every game.
By the Parlae deskDepth chart updated Oct 14, 2026 at 11:11 PM ETHow this is builtReport a wrong number