Commanders Starting Lineup 2026

The Commanders start Marcus Mariota at quarterback, Jacory Croskey-Merritt at running back and Chig Okonkwo at tight end. Terry McLaurin, Stefon Diggs and Antonio Williams start at receiver. Week 5, from the depth chart the team filed (as of 2026-10-06) and the injury report (as of 2026-10-08). 1 starter is out this week, so the next man up is listed in his spot.

Commanders offense

Pos	Starter	Next up
QB	Marcus Mariotain for Jayden DanielsOUT	Athan Kaliakmanis
RB	Jacory Croskey-Merritt	Rachaad White
WR	Terry McLaurin
WR	Stefon Diggs
WR	Antonio Williams	Treylon Burks
TE	Chig Okonkwo	Ben Sinnott
LT	Brandon Coleman	Andrew Wylie
LG	Chris Paul	Tanoa Togiai
C	Lucas Patrick	Nick Allegretti
RG	Matt Gulbin	Nick Allegretti
RT	Josh Conerly Jr.	Andrew Wylie

Commanders defense

Pos	Starter	Next up
LDE	Tim Settle	Shy Tuttle
NT	Daron Payne
RDE	Javon Kinlaw	Charles Omenihu
SLB	Dorance Armstrong	K'Lavon Chaisson
LILB	Frankie Luvu	Kain Medrano
RILB	Sonny Styles	Ale Kaho
WLB	Odafe Oweh	Joshua Josephs
LCB	Rasul Douglas
RCB	Fabian Moreau	Mike Sainristil
FS	Jeremy Reaves	Percy Butler
SS	Nick Cross	Tyler Owens

Special teams

Pos	Starter	Next up
K	Drew Stevens
P	Tress Way
LS	Tyler Ott
KR	Dyami Brown	Austin Ekeler
PR	Treylon Burksin for Luke McCaffreyOUT

Base personnel: three receivers and one tight end on offense; on defense, the base front plus the slot corner when the base set is short of 11. Rebuilt every Tuesday with the depth chart.

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Source: the depth chart each team files with the league, via nflverse, and the official injury report. Player links go to the StickToTheModel profile.