Houston Rockets depth chart 2026-27
The Rockets starting five from their last 2 preseason games (Oct 9 to Oct 11): Fred VanVleet, Amen Thompson, Marcus Smart, Jabari Smith and Clint Capela. First off the bench: Tari Eason and Kevin Durant.
Ordered by starts and minutes in their last 2 preseason games (Oct 9 to Oct 11). 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.
Rockets starting lineup
| Player | Starts | Min per game | Last games | Last season | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fred VanVleet PGDAY-TO-DAY | 1 of 2 | 24.0 | 24 . | - | |
| 2 of 2 | 27.0 | 24 30up 6 | 37.4 | Is he playing?vs Austin Reaves | |
| 1 of 2 | 24.0 | . 24 | 28.5 | Is he playing?vs Justin Champagnie | |
| 2 of 2 | 25.0 | 22 28up 6 | 35.1 | Is he playing?vs Andrew Wiggins | |
| 1 of 2 | 24.0 | . 24 | 12.3 | Is he playing? |
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Rockets 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 of 2 | 23.0 | 24 22 | 25.8 | Is he playing?vs Cam Spencer | |
 | 1 of 2 | 23.0 | 23 . | 36.4 | Is he playing?vs Anthony Edwards |
| 1 of 2 | 22.0 | 19 25up 6 | 26.2 | Is he playing?vs Collin Gillespie | |
 | 1 of 2 | 22.0 | 22 . | 33.3 | Is he playing?vs Alex Sarr |
| 0 of 2 | 15.0 | 16 14 | 19.7 | Is he playing? | |
 Isaiah Crawford PFtwo-way | 0 of 2 | 14.5 | 12 17 | - | |
 | 0 of 2 | 14.0 | 14 . | 22.8 | Is he playing?vs Jordan Poole |
 Bruce Thornton PG | 0 of 2 | 13.5 | 9 18up 9 | - | |
| 0 of 2 | 12.0 | 12 12 | 16.6 | Is he playing? |
Deep bench
Played in the window, under 12 minutes per game.
| Player | Starts | Min per game | Last games | Last season | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Quadir Copeland PGtwo-way | 0 of 2 | 10.5 | 9 12 | - | |
| 0 of 2 | 7.5 | 7 8 | 8.9 | Is he playing? | |
 Sean Pedulla PGtwo-way | 0 of 2 | 5.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Did not play | 8.8 | Is he playing? |
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 Rockets starting lineup?
Fred VanVleet (PG), Amen Thompson (SG), Marcus Smart (SG), Jabari Smith (PF) and Clint Capela (C): the five who started the most of their last 2 preseason games (Oct 9 to Oct 11).
Who is the Rockets starting point guard?
Fred VanVleet, 1 starts in 2 games at 24.0 minutes per game.
Who is the Rockets sixth man?
Tari Eason, the most minutes off the bench at 23.0 per game.
Who is injured on the Rockets?
Fred VanVleet (day-to-day, rest), Kevin Durant (day-to-day, not injury related), Alperen Şengün (day-to-day, rest) and Steven Adams (day-to-day, rest), on today's injury report.
Why does this Rockets 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 2 preseason games (Oct 9 to Oct 11), and it moves the morning after every game.
By the Parlae deskDepth chart updated Oct 14, 2026 at 10:57 PM ETHow this is builtReport a wrong number