Oklahoma City Thunder: 2026-27 roster preview
The roster the team opens 2026-27 with, what each player did in 2025-26, and how many minutes the outlook expects from him. Minutes come from last season, capped at 2,900 and scaled to a season; rookies and players without a rating count at replacement level (-2.1 per 100).
Outlook
+5.9
3rd of 30
Projected wins
54
Roster strength: Impact × expected minutes, points per 100 over average
+10.3
Minutes kept: Share of last season's minutes still on the roster
71%
2025-26 net rating
+10.9
Who carries it
What each player adds to the roster's strength: his Impact times his share of the minutes.
- Above average
- Below average
| Status | Injury | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderG | Returning | – | 8 | 33.3 | 31.1 | 4.3 | 6.6 | +8.5 | +6.4 | +2.2 | 2,264 | +4.91 | – |
| 22 |  Cason WallaceG | Returning | – | 3 | 26.6 | 8.6 | 3.1 | 2.6 | +2.5 | -0.3 | +2.8 | 2,046 | +1.31 | – |
| 7 |  Chet HolmgrenC-F | Returning | – | 4 | 28.9 | 17.1 | 8.9 | 1.7 | +6.0 | +2.3 | +3.8 | 1,995 | +3.05 | – |
| 25 |  Ajay MitchellG | Returning | – | 2 | 25.8 | 13.6 | 3.3 | 3.6 | +3.2 | +1.5 | +1.7 | 1,471 | +1.20 | – |
| 6 | Jaylin WilliamsF | Returning | – | 4 | 19.7 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 2.4 | +1.9 | +0.2 | +1.7 | 1,279 | +0.62 | – |
| 3 |  Jared McCainG | Returning | – | 2 | 17.3 | 8.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | +0.0 | -0.1 | +0.1 | 1,162 | 0.00 | – |
| 55 |  Isaiah HartensteinF-C | Returning | – | 9 | 24.3 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 3.5 | +3.2 | +1.2 | +2.0 | 1,141 | +0.94 | – |
| 9 |  Alex CarusoG | Returning | – | – | 18.2 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 2.0 | +3.1 | -0.1 | +3.2 | 1,020 | +0.82 | – |
| 8 |  Jalen WilliamsG-F | Returning | – | 4 | 28.4 | 17.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | +1.9 | +1.5 | +0.4 | 938 | +0.46 | – |
| 34 | Kenrich WilliamsG-F | Returning | – | – | 15.2 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 1.4 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.4 | 852 | -0.10 | – |
| 23 | Brooks BarnhizerF | Returning | – | 1 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | -2.8 | -2.2 | -0.6 | 349 | -0.25 | – |
| 44 | Nikola TopicG | Returning | – | 2 | 15.9 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 4.4 | – | – | – | 159 | -0.08 | Questionable |
| 5 | Zhaire SmithG | Did not play in 2025-26 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Thomas SorberC | Did not play in 2025-26 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Questionable |
| 15 |  Aday MaraC | Rookie | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 |  Bennett StirtzG | Rookie | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 |  Otega OwehG | Rookie | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Questionable |
| Josh Dix | Rookie | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cristoph Tilly | Rookie | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Andrew Holifield | Rookie | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Robert McCray VG | Rookie | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
5,004 minutes nobody on the roster is expected to play go to replacement level.
Gone
Luguentz Dortto ATL69 games · 26.8 MPG · -1.3
Isaiah Joeto DET71 games · 21.2 MPG · +2.6
Aaron Wigginsto ATL65 games · 21.8 MPG · -0.6
Branden Carlsonto POR42 games · 11.7 MPG · -0.1
Ousmane Diengto MIL27 games · 10.9 MPG · -3.3
Chris Youngbloodto POR30 games · 5.9 MPG · –
Payton Sandfortnot on a roster4 games · 15.8 MPG · –
Buddy Boeheimnot on a roster4 games · 4 MPG · –