Cleveland Cavaliers Depth Chart
The Cleveland Cavaliers starting five and bench at every position
Updated Oct 10, 2026
The Cleveland Cavaliers starting five: James Harden (PG), Donovan Mitchell (SG), Peyton Watson (SF), Evan Mobley (PF), and Jarrett Allen (C). First off the bench: Craig Porter Jr., Sam Merrill, Jaylon Tyson, Nae'Qwan Tomlin, and Thomas Bryant.
Starting five
- PGJames Harden
- SGDonovan Mitchell
- SFPeyton Watson
- PFEvan Mobley
- CJarrett Allen
Bench by position
PG
- 2Craig Porter Jr.
- 3Tyrese Proctor
SG
- 2Sam Merrill
- 3Tyrese Proctor
- 4Jaylon Tyson
- 5Craig Porter Jr.
- 6Meleek Thomas
SF
- 2Jaylon Tyson
- 3Sam Merrill
- 4Mario Hezonja
- 5Nae'Qwan Tomlin
- 6Tristan Enaruna
- 7Riley Minix
PF
- 2Nae'Qwan Tomlin
- 3Jaylon Tyson
- 4Mario Hezonja
- 5Tristan Enaruna
- 6Riley Minix
C
- 2Thomas Bryant
- 3Khalifa Diop
- 4Ernest Udeh Jr.
A bench player who plays more than one position is listed at each. Injury status from ESPN.
NBA depth charts for fantasy basketball
See who starts and who comes off the bench for every NBA team, position by position, so you know whose minutes go up when a starter gets hurt.
Each team's page puts its starting five on a half court - point guard up top, the wings either side, the bigs near the basket - and lists the bench beside it by position. A bench player's number is his place on the chart: 2 is the first backup at that position.
Many bench players cover two positions - a combo guard backs up both PG and SG. Such a player is listed under each position he plays, so every position shows who really comes in behind its starter. The five starters are listed once, at their starting position.
OUT and DTD badges show ESPN's injury status, refreshed through the day. With a league connected, each player is tagged with the fantasy team that has him, so a backup who is still a free agent stands out.
They start from ESPN's depth charts, loaded every day, and are corrected by hand when a team's real rotation differs - after a trade, an injury or a coach's change.
Type his name in the search on the Depth Charts page. It finds starters and bench players alike and shows only the teams he could be on.
It narrows the page to the teams with a game today, which is when a depth chart matters most for setting a lineup or picking up a streamer.