Houston Rockets roster 2026-27: players, positions and stats
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Nuggets The Houston Rockets roster for 2026-27 has 20 players under standard contracts: 8 guards, 7 forwards and 4 centers. Alperen Sengun leads the team in scoring at 22.4 points per game. 5 players are on the injury report. Each player below has his jersey number, position and season averages.
Roster
2026-27 Season Averages| # | Player | POS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 |  Alperen Sengun | F-C | 7 | 35.1 | 22.4 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 54.1% | 50.0% |
| 7 |  Kevin Durant | F | 9 | 33.7 | 20.8 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 52.7% | 40.6% |
| 10 |  Jabari Smith Jr. | F | 9 | 34.6 | 17.6 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 50.0% | 49.1% |
| 1 |  Amen Thompson | G-F | 9 | 32.6 | 15.4 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 51.0% | 22.2% |
| 5 |  Fred VanVleet | G | 7 | 29.9 | 13.0 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 39.0% | 34.0% |
| 15 |  Reed Sheppard | G | 6 | 21.7 | 10.7 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 39.0% | 31.8% |
| 17 |  Tari Eason | F | 9 | 24.4 | 10.2 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 46.1% | 26.7% |
| 36 |  Marcus Smart | G | 6 | 23.0 | 9.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 44.2% | 38.7% |
| 31 |  Bogdan Bogdanovic | G | 9 | 12.3 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 50.0% | 45.5% |
| 12 |  Steven Adams | C | 1 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 30 |  Clint Capela | C | 6 | 14.2 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 64.3% | 0.0% |
| 34 |  Oscar Tshiebwe | F-C | 5 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 87.5% | 0.0% |
| 27 |  Isaiah Crawford | F | 6 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 55.6% | 50.0% |
| 2 |  Bruce Thornton | G | 6 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 55.6% | 50.0% |
| 8 |  Jae'Sean Tate | F | 6 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 4 |  Julian Phillips | F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 |  Quadir Copeland | G | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| G | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Quick answers3 questions
Who is on the Houston Rockets roster?
The Houston Rockets carry 20 players on standard contracts in 2026-27. By minutes played the core of the rotation is Alperen Sengun (F-C), Jabari Smith Jr. (F), Kevin Durant (F), Amen Thompson (G-F), Fred VanVleet (G), Tari Eason (F), Marcus Smart (G) and Reed Sheppard (G).
Who leads the Houston Rockets in scoring?
Alperen Sengun leads the Houston Rockets at 22.4 points per game in 2026-27. Kevin Durant is next at 20.8, then Jabari Smith Jr. at 17.6. Those averages count only games each player appeared in, so the roster table shows games played beside every line.
Who is injured for the Houston Rockets?
The Houston Rockets list 5 players on the injury report: Steven Adams (Out, expected back 9 Nov), Clint Capela (Out, expected back 9 Nov), Quadir Copeland (Out), Julian Phillips (Out) and Bruce Thornton (Out).