2026-27 New Orleans Pelicans depth chart.
This season’s roster, ranked by minutes per game in 2025-26 — 2025-26, the last completed season, because the current one has not produced figures yet. The NBA does not publish depth charts the way the NFL does, so every one of these is derived from something; this is derived from minutes actually played, with the number beside each name.
Ranked by minutes last season
16 of the 18 players on the current roster have 2025-26 minutes.
| Player | Pos | MPG | GP | PPG | RPG | APG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey Murphy III | F | 35.5 | 66 | 21.5 | 5.7 | 3.8 |
| Saddiq Bey | G | 31.2 | 72 | 17.7 | 5.6 | 2.5 |
| Julian Reese | F | 30.9 | 13 | 11.8 | 10.5 | 1.8 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | G | 30.0 | 54 | 17.6 | 5.4 | 2.4 |
| Zion Williamson | F | 29.7 | 62 | 21.0 | 5.7 | 3.2 |
| Herbert Jones | F | 28.4 | 56 | 8.9 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| Dejounte Murray | G | 27.8 | 14 | 16.7 | 5.4 | 6.4 |
| Jeremiah Fears | G | 25.8 | 82 | 14.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| Derik Queen | C | 25.0 | 81 | 11.7 | 7.1 | 3.7 |
| Jordan Poole | G | 23.9 | 39 | 13.4 | 2.0 | 3.1 |
| Bryce McGowens | G | 21.0 | 42 | 8.1 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| Yves Missi | C | 19.7 | 66 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 1.3 |
| DeAndre Jordan | C | 16.6 | 12 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 0.9 |
| Trendon Watford | F | 16.3 | 53 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| Karlo Matkovic | F | 14.7 | 62 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 0.8 |
| AJ Johnson | G | 9.4 | 48 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
These are the heaviest minute loads from 2025-26, not a coach’s announced lineup. Before a season is played nobody knows the starting five, and minutes earned on a roster that has since changed are a guide rather than a forecast.
No 2025-26 minutes
2 on the roster — rookies, two-way deals and players who did not appear.
| Player | Pos | No. |
|---|---|---|
| Jaron Pierre Jr. | G | 10 |
| Malik Dia | F | 8 |
Listed separately on purpose. Sorting a player with no minutes to the bottom of the table above would read as “last in the rotation”, and the data does not say that — it says nothing about him at all.