There are many sports which have 5 players per team. One of them is Basketball.
If a team has 5 players who are eligible to play and not injured, the team must play with 5 -- in that circumstance, the team does not have the option of playing with less than 5 players. A team can also play with less than 5 as long as the team started the game with 5 players.
Volleyball is a sport that requires only 6 players per team.
Rugby Union is a full contact team sport. It is the game with most players in a single team. There are 15 players in each team. There is no sport in which a team has 16 members.
Basketball
One popular sport that has 5 players on each side is basketball. In basketball, each team typically has 5 players on the court at a time, including positions such as point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward, and center. Another sport with 5 players on each side is indoor volleyball, where teams are composed of 5 players who rotate positions on the court. Both basketball and indoor volleyball require strategic teamwork and coordination among players to achieve success.
football
Football has 18 player in a team.
someone who signs players
Soccer
A rugby union team has 15 players. A rugby league team (a slightly different sport) has 13.
Soccer