Houston Rockets Opening Day Rosters

2025-2026 Houston Rockets Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Steven Adams C 6-11 265 Jul 20, 1993 32 Pittsburgh 12 2013 1st Rnd, #12, Oklahoma City Thunder
Isaiah Crawford SF 6-6 220 Nov 1, 2001 23 Louisiana Tech 1 2024 NBA Draft, Undrafted
J.D. Davison PG 6-1 195 Oct 3, 2002 23 Alabama 3 2022 2nd Rnd, #53, Boston Celtics
Kevin Durant SF/SG 6-11 240 Sep 29, 1988 37 Texas 18 2007 1st Rnd, #2, Seattle SuperSonics
Tari Eason PF 6-8 215 May 10, 2001 24 LSU 3 2022 1st Rnd, #17, Houston Rockets
Dorian Finney-Smith SF 6-7 220 May 4, 1993 32 Florida 9 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Jeff Green PF 6-8 235 Aug 28, 1986 39 Georgetown 17 2007 1st Rnd, #5, Boston Celtics
Kevon Harris SG 6-5 216 Jun 24, 1997 28 Stephen F. Austin 3 2020 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Aaron Holiday PG 6-0 185 Sep 30, 1996 29 UCLA 7 2018 1st Rnd, #23, Indiana Pacers
Clint Capela C 6-10 256 May 18, 1994 31 Chalon-Sur-Saone (France) 11 2014 1st Rnd, #25, Houston Rockets
Josh Okogie SG 6-4 213 Sep 1, 1998 27 Georgia Tech 7 2018 1st Rnd, #20, Minnesota Timberwolves
Alperen Sengun C 6-11 243 Jul 25, 2002 23 Besiktas Icrypex (Turkey) 4 2021 1st Rnd, #16, Oklahoma City Thunder
Reed Sheppard PG 6-2 185 Jun 24, 2004 21 Kentucky 1 2024 1st Rnd, #3, Houston Rockets
Jabari Smith, Jr. PF 6-11 220 May 13, 2003 22 Auburn 3 2022 1st Rnd, #3, Houston Rockets
Jae'sean Tate SF 6-4 230 Oct 28, 1995 29 Ohio State 5 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Amen Thompson G-F 6-7 200 Jan 30, 2003 22 Pine Crest School (Florida) 2 2023 1st Rnd, #4, Houston Rockets
Fred VanVleet PG 6-0 197 Feb 25, 1994 31 Wichita State 9 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted

Houston 124, Oklahoma City 125

October 21, 2025

Regular Season

Paycom Center (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

Attendance: 18,203

Officials: Eric Dalen, Zach Zarba, Jason Goldenberg

Team Rebounds: Houston (21) Oklahoma City (11)

Technicals: Houston (0) Oklahoma City (0)

  1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Final
HOU (0-1) 30 27 22 25 11 9 124
OKC (1-0) 27 24 24 29 11 10 125

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 110 112.5 113.4
OKC 110 113.4 112.5

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .500 0.200 0.308 0.278
OKC .505 0.100 0.289 0.192

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
7 Kevin Durant Starter SG 47:03 9-16 0-4 5-6 11.5 0.0 9 9 3 6 0 0 4 23
12 Steven Adams Starter C 36:30 1-4 0-0 2-2 9.2 5.0 8 13 3 4 0 0 3 4
28 Alperen Sengun Starter PF 48:53 12-24 5-8 10-11 29.6 4.0 7 11 7 5 2 1 4 39
10 Jabari Smith, Jr. Starter SF 41:45 7-15 2-6 0-0 8.2 3.0 2 5 0 4 1 0 0 16
1 Amen Thompson Starter PG 38:36 8-17 0-7 2-2 9.5 2.0 2 4 5 3 1 1 4 18
30 Clint Capela Bench C 07:52 1-1 0-0 2-2 2.5 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
20 Josh Okogie Bench SG 19:58 1-3 1-3 5-6 6.2 1.0 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 8
17 Tari Eason Bench SF 21:36 1-6 1-4 0-0 -0.5 0.0 6 6 0 1 0 1 4 3
15 Reed Sheppard Bench PG 27:47 3-11 2-7 1-2 5.2 1.0 1 2 4 1 1 1 2 9
  Team                   21         3  
        290 43-97 11-39 27-31 115.6 16 36 73 23 26 6 5 25 124
          44.3% 28.2% 87.1%                    

Oklahoma City Thunder

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
55 Isaiah Hartenstein Starter C 36:51 2-5 0-1 2-2 11.8 5.0 3 8 5 6 2 0 1 6
5 Luguentz Dort Starter SF 45:15 2-12 0-8 2-2 4.2 2.0 4 6 5 4 1 0 1 6
2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Starter PG 47:13 12-26 1-9 10-14 19.0 0.0 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 35
7 Chet Holmgren Starter PF 38:30 11-17 2-5 4-4 15.5 2.0 5 7 2 6 0 0 3 28
22 Cason Wallace Starter SG 41:39 5-10 3-8 1-2 16.8 1.0 6 7 5 3 4 0 2 14
9 Alex Caruso Bench SF 30:11 3-9 2-6 0-0 7.8 0.0 2 2 3 2 2 1 0 8
21 Aaron Wiggins Bench PF 20:32 4-8 2-5 0-0 4.2 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 10
25 Ajay Mitchell Bench PG 14:36 6-12 3-6 1-1 10.4 1.0 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 16
3 Chris Youngblood Bench SG 00:06 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Jaylin Williams Bench C 12:53 1-5 0-4 0-0 -0.2 0.0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2
23 Brooks Barnhizer Bench SF 02:15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   11         1  
        290 46-104 13-52 20-25 103.4 11 27 49 29 27 12 4 12 125
          44.2% 25.0% 80.0%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Amen Thompson
18p, 4r, 5a
Kevin Durant
23p, 9r, 3a
Jabari Smith, Jr.
16p, 5r, 0a
Alperen Sengun
39p, 11r, 7a
Steven Adams
4p, 13r, 3a
Rotation Reed Sheppard
9p, 2r, 4a
Josh Okogie
8p, 2r, 1a
Tari Eason
3p, 6r, 0a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Clint Capela
4p, 0r, 0a

Oklahoma City Thunder Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
35p, 5r, 5a
Cason Wallace
14p, 7r, 5a
Luguentz Dort
6p, 6r, 5a
Chet Holmgren
28p, 7r, 2a
Isaiah Hartenstein
6p, 8r, 5a
Rotation Ajay Mitchell
16p, 2r, 2a
 
 
Alex Caruso
8p, 2r, 3a
Aaron Wiggins
10p, 1r, 1a
Jaylin Williams
2p, 0r, 1a
Lim PT  
 
Chris Youngblood
0p, 0r, 0a
Brooks Barnhizer
0p, 0r, 0a