New Orleans Pelicans depth chart 2026-27
The Pelicans starting five from their last 3 preseason games (Oct 6 to Oct 14): Jeremiah Fears, Trey Murphy, Bennedict Mathurin, Zion Williamson and Yves Missi. First off the bench: Saddiq Bey and Derik Queen.
Ordered by starts and minutes in their last 3 preseason games (Oct 6 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.
Pelicans starting lineup
| Player | Starts | Min per game | Last games | Last season | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 of 3 | 18.7 | 17 19 20 | 25.8 | Is he playing?vs Ajay Mitchell | |
| 2 of 3 | 17.3 | 19 14 19 | 35.5 | Is he playing?vs Alex Sarr | |
| 2 of 3 | 16.7 | 17 14 19 | 30.0 | Is he playing?vs Aaron Gordon | |
| 2 of 3 | 16.7 | 16 16 18 | 29.7 | Is he playing?vs Brandon Ingram | |
| 3 of 3 | 18.3 | 19 19 17 | 19.7 | Is he playing? |
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Pelicans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 of 3 | 18.0 | 20 17 17 | 31.2 | Is he playing?vs Andrew Wiggins | |
| 0 of 3 | 17.3 | 17 16 19 | 25.0 | Is he playing?vs Anthony Black | |
| 1 of 3 | 15.3 | 20 10 16 | 28.4 | Is he playing?vs Bub Carrington | |
| 0 of 3 | 15.3 | 16 13 17 | 23.9 | Is he playing?vs Anfernee Simons | |
| 1 of 3 | 14.0 | 12 12 18up 6 | 14.7 | Is he playing? | |
| 0 of 3 | 13.0 | 12 15 12 | 16.3 | Is he playing? | |
| 0 of 3 | 12.7 | 12 20 6down 10 | 21.0 | Is he playing? | |
 Jaron Pierre PGtwo-way | 0 of 3 | 12.3 | 12 13 12 | - |
Deep bench
Played in the window, under 12 minutes per game.
| Player | Starts | Min per game | Last games | Last season | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dejounte Murray PGDAY-TO-DAY | 1 of 3 | 19.0 | 19 . . | - | |
 Kobe Bufkin PG | 0 of 3 | 8.0 | 6 12 6 | - | |
 Malik Dia PFtwo-way | 0 of 3 | 6.0 | . 6 6 | - | |
| 0 of 3 | 6.0 | . . 6 | 9.5 | Is he playing? | |
 Jalon Moore PF | 0 of 3 | 6.0 | . . 6 | - | |
 Julian Reese Ctwo-way | 0 of 3 | 4.5 | . 3 6 | - |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 DeAndre Jordan C | Did not play | - |
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 Pelicans starting lineup?
Jeremiah Fears (PG), Trey Murphy (SG), Bennedict Mathurin (SF), Zion Williamson (PF) and Yves Missi (C): the five who started the most of their last 3 preseason games (Oct 6 to Oct 14).
Who is the Pelicans starting point guard?
Jeremiah Fears, 2 starts in 3 games at 18.7 minutes per game.
Who is the Pelicans sixth man?
Saddiq Bey, the most minutes off the bench at 18.0 per game (1 start).
Who is injured on the Pelicans?
Dejounte Murray (day-to-day, right toe, bruise), on today's injury report.
Why does this Pelicans 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 3 preseason games (Oct 6 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