Houston Rockets: 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
+2.8
8th of 30
Projected wins
47
Roster strength: Impact × expected minutes, points per 100 over average
+6.4
Minutes kept: Share of last season's minutes still on the roster
84%
2025-26 net rating
+5.3
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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amen ThompsonG-F | Returning | – | 3 | 37.4 | 18.3 | 7.8 | 5.3 | +4.3 | +2.1 | +2.1 | 2,884 | +3.12 | – |
| 7 |  Kevin DurantF | Returning | – | 19 | 36.4 | 26.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | +3.2 | +2.8 | +0.3 | 2,826 | +2.28 | – |
| 10 |  Jabari Smith Jr.F | Returning | – | 4 | 35.1 | 15.8 | 6.9 | 1.9 | +1.2 | +0.7 | +0.5 | 2,688 | +0.81 | – |
| 28 |  Alperen SengunF-C | Returning | – | 5 | 33.3 | 20.4 | 8.9 | 6.2 | -0.1 | +1.3 | -1.4 | 2,386 | -0.05 | – |
| 15 |  Reed SheppardG | Returning | – | 2 | 26.2 | 13.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | +1.3 | +0.8 | +0.6 | 2,138 | +0.72 | – |
| 36 |  Marcus SmartG | New · from LAL | – | 12 | 28.5 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 | +3.3 | +0.7 | +2.6 | 1,758 | +1.46 | – |
| 17 |  Tari EasonF | Returning | – | 4 | 25.9 | 10.5 | 6.3 | 1.5 | +0.9 | -0.1 | +1.0 | 1,544 | +0.34 | – |
| 30 |  Clint CapelaC | Returning | – | 12 | 12.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 0.7 | +1.9 | -0.8 | +2.7 | 917 | +0.45 | – |
| 12 |  Steven AdamsC | Returning | – | 13 | 22.8 | 5.8 | 8.6 | 1.5 | +1.7 | -0.0 | +1.8 | 725 | +0.32 | – |
| 31 |  Bogdan BogdanovicG | New · from LAC | – | 12 | 19.7 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | -1.6 | -0.8 | -0.8 | 450 | -0.18 | – |
| 34 |  Oscar TshiebweF-C | New · from UTA | – | – | 16.6 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 1.2 | -0.2 | +0.6 | -0.8 | 444 | -0.02 | – |
| 4 | Julian PhillipsF | New · from CHI | – | 3 | 8.9 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | -0.7 | -1.4 | +0.6 | 426 | -0.08 | – |
| 8 |  Jae'Sean TateF | Returning | – | – | 9.0 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.6 | -1.4 | -1.3 | -0.1 | 401 | -0.14 | – |
| 27 | Isaiah CrawfordF | Returning | – | – | 6.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | – | – | – | 93 | -0.05 | – |
 Sean PedullaG | New · from LAC | – | – | 4.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 5 |  Fred VanVleetG | Did not play in 2025-26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Bruce ThorntonG | Rookie | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Quadir CopelandG | Rookie | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Gone
Josh Okogieto UTA78 games · 17.4 MPG · +1.6
Aaron Holidaynot on a roster57 games · 13.6 MPG · +0.7
Dorian Finney-Smithto ATL37 games · 16.7 MPG · -1.9
JD Davisonto ORL28 games · 7.9 MPG · –
Jeff Greennot on a roster30 games · 5.8 MPG · –
Tristen Newtonto SAC1 games · 12 MPG · –